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Year 5 students preparing for NAPLAN need to be confident with text organisation — stages and phases. Describe how spoken, written and multimodal texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes in texts. 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: Text organisation — stages and phases

  • ✓Describe how spoken, written and multimodal texts use language features and are typically organised into characteristic stages and phases, depending on purposes in texts.
  • ✓Questions are based on original Australian passages
  • ✓Text types include narrative, informative and persuasive

Sample questions

Question 1 — Easy

Choose the sentence that uses the correct verb tense. Jada and her class were learning about coding last week.

A) Jada and her class were learning about coding last week.
B) Jada and her class was learning about coding last week.
C) Jada and her class are learning about coding last week.
D) Jada and her class is learning about coding last week.

Answer: Option A is correct — The subject 'Jada and her class' is plural, so it requires 'were' (not 'was'). The past tense 'were learning' is correct because of the time marker 'last week'.

Question 2 — Medium

Read the sentence below and choose the option that corrects the underlined error. 'Omar designed a new app, and then he showed it to his friends, but they couldn't figure out how to __uses__ it.' Which word should replace 'uses'?

A) using
B) used
C) use
D) to use

Answer: After the modal verb 'could' (in 'couldn't'), the base form of the verb is required. The correct form is 'use', not 'uses', 'using', or the infinitive 'to use'.

Question 3 — Hard

Which sentence uses the correct form of the verb 'to be'? The team of players _____ ready for the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

A) The team of players are ready for the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
B) The team of players were ready for the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
C) The team of players is ready for the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
D) The team of players am ready for the grand final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

Answer: Option C is correct — The subject 'team' is a collective noun treated as singular, so it takes the singular verb 'is'. 'Are' and 'were' are plural or past-tense forms that do not agree here.

How to use Skillo for Year 5 Reading

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

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