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Students explain why three sentences are ambiguous and rewrite them to make the meaning clearer.

Students list four properties of copper metal and state if each property is physical or chemical. Students then explain how copper sulfate solution can be separated.

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 interpret a tree diagram to answer questions about the probability of selecting certain combinations.

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 answer questions using percentages to find missing amounts, and writing percentages using given amounts.

Students multiply, add, and subtract expressions with negative numbers.

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

Students solve addition and subtraction problems involving fractions and mixed numbers with different denominators.

Students demonstrate their understanding of the effect of division and multiplication involving fractions.

Students compare the strength of drinks with different rates of drink powder per volume of water.

Students work out the stock rate (number of sheep per hectare) for a farm and use it to determine the maximum number of sheep for the winter.

Students use the number of words typed in a given time to work out the number of words typed per minute and per hour.

A spatial pattern involving the area of a shape is represented by a table and a diagram. Students describe the rule in words and as an algebraic expression.

Students complete a table to describe a spatial pattern, and write an equation to express the rule.

Students calculate the lengths of circles and straight lines on an oval athletics track from its given radius and total length, and show their working.

Students calculate increases in length, area, and volume, and relate this to the scale factor for an enlargement.

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.

Students prepare an oral book review. The assessment focus is on the ability to summarise, read fluently, and promote the book. Oral Language Assessment Guide C is suitable for this task.

Students select the correct simplifications for algebraic expressions.

Students interpret and graph linear equations of monthly charges for Internet access.