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Students view a television advertisement, and answer questions about advertising techniques and the effect on the audience.

Students are required to read three poems, identify the animal that the object in each poem is being compared with, and identify the ways in which the look or movement of the objects are described so that they seem like these animals.

A model of combining two short sentences is given. Students create simple then compound sentences to go with some photos, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

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

Students create simple then compound sentences to go with a photo, using simple conjunctions to join sentences. A peer sharing task completes the resource.

This listening comprehension assessment is based on a short extract from a school journal on moving an old house. SJ-2-3-1995. Text not provided.

Students read a narrative about a girl who behaves like an overly enthusiastic parent and her father who behaves like a reluctantly involved adolescent. They use and evaluate evidence from the text, alongside their background knowledge, to complete the task. SJ-3-2-2010. Text not provided.

A poem and brief article about Japanese dolls is the context for this comprehension resource that has focus on comparisons and purpose. SJ-2-2-1983. Text provided.

Students read a story about a girl's first night in Samoa. Then they decide whether some statements are true or false and give evidence from the text to back up their responses. There is a link to the text used in the "Using this Resource" tab. SJ-1-1-1996. Text provided.

Students read a short extract from a legend to answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students identify common spelling errors, taken from the essential word lists, and write the identified errors correctly. Students also identify lines of text without errors.

In this resource students read bullet points about different cultures and answer information retrieval questions.

A poem about fleas from a School Journal is the context for this resource. The assessment focus is on making inferences. SJ-3-1-1999. Text provided.

From a school newspaper interview about a school production, students complete a retrieval chart for a press release. The assessment focus is on identifying key information.

Students are asked to read a short story and to insert the speech marks required to punctuate the direct speech in the story.

A letter without capitals is the context of this punctuation assessment. Students insert capitals for a number of different purposes.

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

Students are asked to read a short story and to insert the commas and speech marks required to indicate the direct speech in the story.

The assessment focus is punctuation with students inserting commas and speech marks into text.

A brief poem about hedgehogs is read to students who then answer retrieval and inferential questions.

Students read a short narrative recount and indicate each place in which a paragraph break is needed.

Students add commas to enclose words or phrases within sentences to show where extra information has been added.

This transactional writing resource requires students to express their views about organ donation.

Students read an article on Mother Teresa and then answer short comprehension questions.

For this NEMP task students listened to a set of directions, then followed instructions to show this information on a map.