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Students read an advertisement and retrieve information and make inferences from it.

Students read a poem titled 'The Sea' and explain the meanings of some of the language used.

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

This resource assesses students dictionary skills through a range of short answer questions. These are given in relation to a provided dictionary page, although another dictionary page could be used.

Students read an advertisement for a website. Comprehension questions then require the student to explore the writers' use of metaphor and superlatives.

Students read an article on cold water survival and retrieve information from this text.

An account of a fishing adventure in a lagoon provides the content for this cloze exercise. Students use their vocabulary and knowledge of grammar to create well-formed sentences.

This resource comprises a report on the control of traffic in the Holland Tunnel in New York presented as a cloze exercise. Students use comprehension skills to complete the gaps with their own vocabulary.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify and justify evidence used to visualise and make inferences about a character and setting.

Students read a short extract on diving and answer five comprehension questions.

Students read an extract from a drama script and answer questions on props, dialogue, and stage sets. (The text used is reproduced in the the Teacher information pages.) SJ-4-1-2000. Text provided.

Advertising provides the context for this resource that has an assessment focus on vocabulary, repetition, tone and comprehension. SJ-4-2-1999. Text provided.

Students read an article on parachuting and complete a retrieval chart and answer comprehension questions.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details to identify the main idea of a text about conservation projects for endangered species.

Students read two letters about personal viewpoints on graffiti and answer questions about the content and style of the letters.

The assessment focus is on student ability to make inferences about character and justify these with evidence from text.

Students read a narrative about relationships and wanting to impress others. Assessment focus: the author’s construction of a character and an evaluation of this character.

This task is about using evidence to find the main idea of a text. Students read a narrative text with a Māori context, find two groups of details, then select the main idea from four choices. Note that the text deals with the hunting and slaughter of pigs, which may be a challenging concept for some of your students. SJ-4-2-2004. Text provided.

Assessment focus: student ability to use contextual clues in order to infer the meaning of a word. (There is a link to the text used for this resource in the Using this Resource section.)

Students read a story 'The Gift' and answer questions about comprehension, point of view and inference.

Students read about a flu immunisation program and answer five questions to show their understanding of the text.

Students read a text on shoplifting to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

A newspaper story about a runaway weather balloon with a map that tracks its progress is the context for this assessment. Students read it to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students identify types of figures of speech used in some common phrases.

After reading a poem, students respond to questions which focus on understanding features of language used and their effects.