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This comprehension task involves progressively disclosing a poem to students. It assesses their ability to infer.

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.

This task assesses the understanding needed to punctuate direct speech by asking students to re-write words in speech bubbles as direct speech.

Students read a Junior Journal article about tree cutting. From their comprehension of the story they complete a retrieval chart and explain the figurative language used.

Students are assessed on their comprehension of text by completing a cloze exercise about albatross.

This resource assesses points of view on the issue of keeping score in sport, with the task being to match statements to the views expressed by four students.

Students create well-formed sentences as they complete a cloze exercise on the ruins of Ko Bakong.

The context of this task is a story about a power cut. Students identify the changing feelings of the children in the story and record these as a graph over time.

Students identify spelling errors in common homophones and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

Students identify what type of people the characters in the story are and choose evidence from the text to justify their decisions; they also identify the main idea of the text. Suggestions for evaluating character and the author's style of characterisation are under the "Working with Students" tab.

Students read fifteen statements and identify the six statements of opinion.

Students use a table of contents from a book about deserts to answer questions.

Students match ten topics or subjects to the correct Dewey Decimal call number.

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.

Students take an entry from a library catalogue and answer questions about the various features of the catalogue entry.

Students match eight descriptions of non-fiction books to the correct type of reference book.

Students produce a simple written description, using nouns and adjectives with some precision.

Students describe what a thesaurus is, and label the features of a thesaurus.

Students complete a cloze passage on how forests prevent erosion. They add words to create well-formed sentences.

This resource provides information on students’ ability to write a string of adjectives in the correct order.

Students study a short transcript of part of a debate and answer six short questions on debating techniques and procedures.

Students complete a cloze passage with 25 blanks on octopuses. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

Students complete a cloze passage with 24 blanks on insects. A scoring guide with replacement words/synonyms and guidelines for interpretation are included.

The traditional fable of 'Hare and Tortoise' is presented as a cloze article in this resource. Students draw on their knowledge of grammar and vocabulary to create well-formed sentences.