Year 6 Reading SATS Practice Domain 2e Prediction

Prepare your Key Stage 2 pupils for success in the Reading SATs paper with this targeted assessment resource focused entirely on Content Domain 2e (Prediction).

Prediction questions test a pupil’s ability to combine explicit text clues with implicit narrative evidence to forecast likely plot developments, character actions, and thematic outcomes. This classroom-ready assessment booklet features 10 original fiction passages paired with SATs-style prediction questions (2-3 questions per text), structured directly around official Department for Education (DfE) exam formats.

What’s Included?
10 Original Fiction Texts (250–300 words each): Engaging Year 6 narratives spanning popular genres—coastal mysteries, historical automatons, deep-sea expeditions, high-stakes rescues, and fantasy quests (e.g. The Echo of Blackwood Mine, The Whispering Gallery, The Last Train from Oakhaven, The Alpine Rescue, The Dragon of Green River).

30 SATs-Style Prediction Questions: Exactly 3 Domain 2e questions per passage, including 1-mark multiple-choice predictions, 1-mark single-line evidence tasks, and 3-mark extended justification boxes.

Full Answer Key & Mark Scheme: A complete answer sheet grid on Page 6 providing explicit mark allocation, accepted evidence points, and model answers for 1-mark and 3-mark questions.

Print-Ready Booklet Layout: Designed as a clean 6-page A4 test booklet—ideal for whole-class revision, guided reading sessions, or targeted intervention.

Question Types Covered (Domain 2e)
Multiple-Choice Immediate Action: Selecting what a character will do next from 4 plausible options (1 mark).

Short-Answer Event Prediction: Predicting a specific consequence or outcome using 1 piece of text evidence (1 mark).

3-Mark Tick & Justify Extended Responses: Selecting Yes / No / Maybe and writing a fully justified explanation supported by multiple details stated and implied in the text (3 marks).

Ideal Classroom Uses
SATs Booster & Intervention Groups: Perfect for building pupil confidence in answering 3-mark extended prediction questions with structured Point-Evidence-Explain responses.

Whole-Class Guided Reading: Use individual texts to teach explicit prediction strategies, such as distinguishing between wild guesses and evidence-based forecasts.

Morning Work & Daily Warm-Ups: Complete one passage and its 2-3 corresponding questions as a quick 10-minute daily comprehension task.

Homework Packs: Assign indiv