Section A: Reading
Read this information text about the process of making honey, then answer the questions.
How is honey made?
Honey is sweet a sweet food that is made by bees and enjoyed by humans!
1. The first step in honey making is collecting the nectar. Field bees, the older worker bees, leave
the hive to search for nectar. They have a strong tongue like a tube, called a proboscis. They use
this to suck up the nectar.
2. Once the nectar is collected, the field bees return to their hives. Young worker bees take the
nectar from the field bees.
3. Next, the nectar is turned into honey inside the beehive. The first honey the bees make has a
lot of water in it.
4. Now, the water in the honey is reduced. This is done by the honey bees. By moving their wings
very quickly, they make the air move around. This dries the honey.
5. Once the honey is drier, the bees seal it into the honeycomb.
6. A beekeeper can now collect the honey from the hive. And finally, the honey is bottled and sold
so that we can enjoy it.
(a) What does a bee use its proboscis for?
(b) What do bees do to dry the honey?
(c) Why have numbered paragraphs been used in ‘How is honey made?’
(d) How do connectives, such as ‘next’ and ‘finally’, help the reader? Tick one box.
They make the text more interesting.
They make the order clear.
They encourage readers to read more.
They describe how honey is made.
(e) What is the purpose of this text? Tick one box.
To describe
To persuade
To explain
Explain how you know.
(f) The text ‘How is honey made?’ has technical words in it (words that are special to the
topic being written about). Give one example of a technical word.
(g) Why has an exclamation mark been used at the end of the first sentence in the text ‘How
is honey made?’ Tick one box.
To show agreement
To express fear
To show surprise
To express confusion
Section B: Writing
Your teacher has decided that your class can keep a pet. You have been asked to suggest an
animal and to explain why it would make a good pet. You should give some facts about the
animal and explain how it should be looked after.
You should include:
an introduction
some facts about the animal
information on how to look after it
Think about:
how to organize the text
how to make the text interesting and clear
PLANNING
Spend up to 5 minutes making notes in the box to plan your page.
Write your text here.
