SATS: Reading Practice 2 Copy

Copy and paste a word from the following extract which means ‘in a way that expresses emotional, urgent or piteous pleading, as for help or mercy’.

‘For a week or two after Wendy came it was doubtful whether they would be able to keep her, as she was another mouth to feed. Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable, and he sat on the edge of Mrs. Darling’s bed, holding her hand and calculating expenses, while she looked at him imploringly. She wanted to risk it, come what might, but that was not his way; his way was with a pencil and a piece of paper, and if she confused him with suggestions he had to begin at the beginning again.’

What is the difference in the way Mrs. and Mr. Darling saw Wendy for a week or two after she was born?

What was Mr. Darling most worried about?

Choose the correct statement.

How did Wendy come to realise that children soon know that they will grow up

Choose the correct answer.

Click the most likely interpretation that could explain the following quote.

‘Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more…’