S.A.T. Grade Two Reading Practice Questions
(Stanford Achievement Test - SAT)

The following practice test shows the types of questions asked on the Second Grade
Reading Section of the Stanford Achievement Test (SAT).  This test is typically given two months prior to the end of the school year. These questions are to be used by teachers and parents as a guide to help study the type of questions that will appear on the Grade 2 S.A.T.

Our goal is to make more practice tests for each type of question below.
When this is completed you will see the words "MORE PRACTICE"
in the box to the right of the question. Click on these words and you will be given more practice questions of that specific type. So far, this has only been completed for "CONTRACTIONS."
(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)
Type
1.		 Find the word that is made up of two words.

 

between
O		 surprise
O		 someone
O

Compound Words
 

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Type
2.		 Mark under . . . settlement
We reached a settlement with the lawyers.

 

settling
O		 settlement
O		 settles
O

Inflectional Endings (Suffixes)
 

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)
Type
3.		 Which answer means doesn't? 
I'm glad she doesn't get mad.

 

does now
O		 does not
O		 does need
O

CONTRACTIONS
MORE PRACTICE

HINT:
Here the contraction is given and the student must find the words it represents. This is far more difficult than than the grade 1 skill which gives the two words and the student then finds the contraction.
 

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)
Type
4.		 Here you see four words.  The first word is dictionary.  The letter "n" in dictionary has a line under it.   Think of the sound of the letter "n" in dictionary.  Look at the other 3 words in the row.  Which word has the same /n/ sound as the letter.

 

dictionary
column
O		 noodle
O		 clear
O

Phonetic Analysis
Single Consonants
 

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Type
5.		 Mark under the word that has the same sounds as the underlined letters in brick . . . brick.

 

brick
belong
O		 bread
O		 Rick
O

Phonetic Analysis
Consonant Clusters (blends)
 

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)
Type
6.		 Mark under the word that has the same sounds as the underlined letters in chair . . . chair

 

chair
show
O		 school
O		 arch
O

Phonetic Analysis
Consonant Digraphs
 

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Type
7.		 Mark under the word that has the same sound as the underlined letter in wish . . . wish.

 

wish
sign
O		 shine
O		 lid
O

Phonetic Analysis
Short Vowel Sounds
 

(TEACHER READS DIRECTIONS BELOW)
Type
8.		 Mark under the word that has the same sound as the underlined letter in gave . . . gave.

 

gave
meat
O		 today
O		 gone
O

Phonetic Analysis
Long Vowel Sounds
 

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Type
9.		 Mark under the word that has the same sounds as the underlined letters in could.... could

 

could
bought
O		 wood
O		 told
O

Phonetic Analysis
Other Vowel Sounds

 

(CHILD READS PROMPT BELOW - NO TEACHER HELP)
Type
10.		 Mark under the word that has the same sounds as the underlined letters in nerve.

 

nerve
dorm
O		 chirp
O		 charge
O

Phonetic Analysis
r - controlled vowels

READING VOCABULARY SECTION
Student reads the question
Type
11.

A rose is a kind of -

 

O food

O flower

O street

O car

Synonyms

Type I
Type
12.

To yell is to -

 

O cry

O laugh

O scream

O sing
Synonyms
Type II
Type
13.

Unhappy means -

 

O joyful

O cheerful

O perky

O sad
Synonyms
Type III
Type
14.

Cold means not -

 

O hot

O ice

O snow

O crying
Synonyms
Type IV
Type
15.

Please cross the road at the light

 Multiple
Meanings

HINT:
Child must define in his/her mind the actual meaning of "cross" in the example before proceeding.
In which sentence below does the word cross mean the same thing as in the sentence above?

O Cross the letter t when you write
O Mom was cross when I was late
O Cross out the wrong answer
O We can cross the bridge here
Type
16.

The heavy knapsack was a burden for me to carry.  Burden means -

 

O light

O easy

O load

O crying
Context

HINT:
The key here is to use the sentence words to figure out the meaning of the vocabulary word.
Type
17.

Marcos was painting the hall for his parents.  He heard a car drive up to the house. "Lena's home," Marcos said to his father.  He then walked to the front door to greet Lena.

A. Where did this story take place?

O At the store
O At school
O In Marcos yard
O In Marcos house

 

B.  The boxes below showed some things that happened in the story.

Marcos painted the hall

  

Marcos
talked to his father

1

2

3

Which of these things belongs in Box 2?

O

Marcos helped paint

O

 Marcos heard something

O

 Marcos walked to the door

O

 Marcos father called his name

 

 Reading
Comprehension

 

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