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Students listen to a narrative about an unusual mouse and then respond to 6 multiple-choice questions.

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

The assessment focus is on student ability to identify details that support the main idea of a text, and to identify where the main idea is developed.

Students complete a cloze passage with 26 blanks about a boy stuck between some steps. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

This comprehension task assesses student ability to identify important information and establish the main idea of a narrative text. The text describes a person's experience of war and their learnings from it. SJ-2-1-2006. Text provided.

Students read a recount about New Zealanders travelling in Africa, then answer retrieval and inference questions. The text is provided.

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

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

Students read an article about Tuatara to be able to fill in a chart with specific information. SJ-1-3-1998. Text provided.

Students read a poster on sand dunes to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read opinions written by four different students and make inferences to answer comprehension questions.

Students read the letters written by four different people and identify the main idea of each letter.

A newspaper article on the Wearable Art show is the context for this resource, with five short written response comprehension questions.

Students are required to identify and interpret the metaphors in two short poems.

Students read a poster about railway crossing safety to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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

Students read a narrative then complete three tasks that focus on one of the characters. Assessment focus: an evaluation of a character and the author's construction of that character. SJ-4-3-2004. Text provided.

Students are assessed on their ability to find details and identify the main idea of a narrative about a Cook Island tradition.

Students read a short story about swimming in summer and answer questions about comprehension and inference. SJ-2-1-1992. Text provided.

Students read an extract from Steinbeck's 'Of Mice and Men' to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

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