Free Year 5 Expanded noun groups Practice | Skillo

Year 5 students preparing for NAPLAN need to be confident with expanded noun groups. Noun groups can be expanded with adjectives, prepositional phrases and clauses to provide a fuller description. Skillo has targeted practice questions for this exact skill, mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0, free and ready to go.

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What is tested: Expanded noun groups

  • ✓Noun groups can be expanded with adjectives, prepositional phrases and clauses to provide a fuller description.
  • ✓Questions test identification and correction of errors
  • ✓Both Australian English conventions and sentence structure are assessed

Sample questions

Question 1 — Easy

Choose the sentence that correctly uses an adverb. Priya performed at the school talent quest in Hobart.

A) Priya sung beautiful at the talent quest.
B) Priya sang beautifuly at the talent quest.
C) Priya sang beautifully at the talent quest.
D) Priya sang beautiful at the talent quest.

Answer: Option C is correct — Adverbs modify verbs and are usually formed by adding '-ly' to an adjective. 'Beautifully' is the correct adverb form of 'beautiful'. 'Beautiful' is an adjective and cannot modify the verb 'sang', and 'beautifuly' is a misspelling.

Question 2 — Medium

Read the sentence and identify the underlined word's grammatical role. 'The excited children ran __quickly__ towards the Sydney Harbour fireworks.' What is the grammatical role of the word 'quickly'?

A) Adjective
B) Noun
C) Adverb
D) Verb

Answer: 'Quickly' describes how the children ran, modifying the verb 'ran'. A word that modifies a verb is called an adverb.

Question 3 — Hard

Which sentence uses the correct form of the adjective to compare more than two things? The students were ranking three Australian animals by size.

A) The red kangaroo is more larger than the wallaby or the quokka.
B) The red kangaroo is the most largest of the three animals.
C) The red kangaroo is the largest of the three animals.
D) The red kangaroo is the larger of the three animals.

Answer: Option C is correct — When comparing more than two things, the superlative form 'largest' is used. Options A and B incorrectly double the superlative, and option D uses the comparative form 'larger', which is only for comparing two things.

How to use Skillo for Year 5 Grammar

  1. Select Year 5 and Grammar on the home screen
  2. Use Quick Practice — questions on expanded noun groups will appear as part of the session
  3. Check the Skill Breakdown on your profile to track your accuracy on expanded noun groups specifically
  4. Review explanations after each question to understand the reasoning behind correct answers

Skillo is free, requires no email or account details, and is built specifically for Australian students. Every question is mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0 and filtered by skill so your child practises exactly what they need.

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