Bug the Aphids

Bug the Aphids

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This task is about retrieving information and ideas from a text.
This is an advertisement for an insecticide called 'Pirimor'. An insecticide is used to kill insects that are pests, in this case those that damage crops. 
Use the advertisement 'Bug the Aphids' to answer the following questions.
 

With PIRIMOR© you don't bug

the bugs that bug the aphids.

Ladybirds, Lacewings and other predacious mites are your friends when it comes to helping to keep aphids under control. So when heavy aphid infestations occur, you can wipe them out quickly with PIRIMOR without harming the beneficial insects that you need to minimise re-infestation.

Bug your aphids with PIRIMOR – the environmentally friendly aphicide that won't harm your natural friends.

ICI Crop Care
25 McPherson Street
Richmond 7002

Question 1Change answer

a)  Explain two different meanings of the word "bug" used in this advertisement.
     Meaning one:
     Meaning two: 

Question

b)  According to this advertisement, ladybirds and lacewings ...

    • are environmentally dangerous.

    • eat aphids.

    • eat predacious mites.

    • are types of aphids.

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c)  Which statement is not consistent with the information presented in the advertisement?

    • Pirimor kills aphids.

    • Pirimor is harmful to children.

    • Pirimor kills all insects.

    • Pirimor is environmentally friendly.

Question 3Change answer

d)  Give four examples of scientific/technical words used in this advertisement.

Question 4Change answer

e)  From the context, the likely meaning of "predacious" is
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online (with some auto-marking).
Copyright: 
Source: ICI Crop Care Ltd.
Permission for use granted (Syngenta)
Registered pursuant to the ACVM Act 1997, No. P1904. (Text abridged)
Level:
5
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Thinking
Keywords: 
advertisement, comprehension, inference, locate information, vocabulary
Description of task: 
Students read an advertisement and retrieve information and make inferences from it.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • locate and summarise information and ideas 
  • infer ideas and information that are not directly stated in the text
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Acquiring and using information and ideas in informational texts, sets 5-7
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
   

Y10 (07/1999)
a) Meaning one: insects, pests, etc.
Meaning two: irritate, annoy.		 2 correct – easy

1 correct – very easy
b) (B) eat aphids. very easy
c) (C) Pirimor kills all insects. moderate
d) Any 4 of:

•   predacious mites
•   infestations
•   re-infestations
•   alphicide
•   environmentally
[not beneficial or minimise]

 2 marks – difficult

1 mark – very easy
e) Animals or insects that prey on others. difficult