Year 5 NAPLAN conventions of language practice

What the section covers

Spelling

Finding the misspelt word in a sentence, and spelling words that sound alike but are written differently.

Grammar

Nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns, subject–verb agreement, tense, simple and compound sentences.

Punctuation

Full stops, question marks, capital letters, commas in lists, apostrophes for ownership.

Word choice

Choosing the word that fits the sentence, and telling apart words that are close in meaning.

Sample questions

8 real questions from our Year 5 papers, covering the different ways this section asks things. Answer the ones you can click; the rest show how they work. Nothing to sign up for.

1. Question 1

   Which sentence uses correct subject-verb agreement?

   The dogs runs fast.The dog run fast.The dogs run fast.The dog run fastly.
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2. Question 2

   Drag the best preposition to complete the sentence.

   We will meet Drag here the library at 3 PM.

   Answer options

   Drag an option to a blank, or tap the option then the blank.

   atoninby
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3. Question 3

   Select the correct words from the dropdown.

   He Select…areiswas going to the shop and Select…iswaswere buying milk.
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4. Question 4

   Select the word that tells how she ran.

   She quickly ran to the bus stop.
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5. Question 5

   Match each word to its correct part of speech.

   The excited puppy barked loudly at the stranger.

   Items

   Drag or tap an item.

   Matches

   Connect it to a match.

   loudlyexcitedpuppybarked

   noun

   verb

   adverb

   adjective

   On touch screens: tap an item on the left, then tap its match on the right.

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6. Question 6

   Drag each word into its correct grammatical group.

   The small bird quickly flew over the tall fence.

   Items to organise

   Drag each item into a category. On touch screens, tap an item and then tap a category.

   5 remaining

   birdflewquicklysmalltall

   noun

   0

   Drop items here

   verb

   0

   Drop items here

   adverb

   0

   Drop items here

   adjective

   0

   Drop items here

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7. Question 7

   Select all the sentences that are punctuated correctly.

   It's raining outside.I dont like carrots.They're going to the zoo.Whose bag is this?Your the best friend ever.
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8. Question 8

   Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

   She said 'hello' to me.She said, 'hello' to me.She said 'Hello' to me.She said, 'Hello' to me.
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