--- title: SATs: the reading paper — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «SATs: the reading paper», a lesson of the english course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: SATs are national tests that Year 6 children in England sit in May; the reading paper gives you about three texts, one hour and 50 marks. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/) / SATs: the reading paper # SATs: the reading paper Lesson 51 of the english course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/0/) — SATs are national tests that Year 6 children in England sit in May; the reading paper gives you about three texts, one hour and 50 marks. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/1/) — The texts usually get harder as you go, so the last one may feel "well long" (very long), but reading it in chunks and keeping calm gets you through. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/2/) — Many marks are lost not from not knowing but from not doing exactly what the question says: "find and copy one word" means one word, and "tick two" means two ticks. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/5/) — In England, Year 6 children (aged 10 to 11) take national tests called SATs in May. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/7/) — The texts usually get harder through the paper. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/8/) — "Find and copy one word" means copying exactly one word from the text; writing a whole sentence can lose the mark. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/9/) — "Tick two" means exactly two ticks; a third tick loses the mark. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/10/) — The number of marks often shows how many points are needed: "Explain two ways" needs two. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/11/) — Underlining the key words in a question helps you see exactly what is asked. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/12/) — Many questions need evidence from the text: a quote or a clear detail, not just your opinion. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/13/) — You may skip a hard question and come back to it if there is time. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/14/) — The questions are not designed to trick you, but they must be read carefully. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/15/) — Staying calm helps you think; panic does not sharpen your focus. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/16/) — SATs do not decide whether you go to secondary school: everyone moves up, and the results mostly measure how much progress children have made. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/51-sats-the-reading-paper/17/) — In Glasgow "hen" is a fond word for a girl or woman, and "dinnae" means "don't"; in Singapore English "can or not?" means "is it allowed?" - ← previous: [Listening: following talk, asking good questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/50-listening-following-talk-asking-good-questions/) - next →: [SATs: grammar, punctuation and spelling paper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/52-sats-grammar-punctuation-and-spelling-paper/) - ↑ back to [English](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/)