Year 9 NAPLAN Grammar Sample Questions

SAMPLE QUESTION 1 — Medium

Which sentence uses parallel structure correctly?

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SAMPLE QUESTION 2 — Medium

Read the passage. Which technique does the writer use to maintain cohesion across sentences? 'The storm struck the coast without warning. The tempest had been building for days. By the time the squall reached the harbour, the town was already preparing for the worst.'

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SAMPLE QUESTION 3 — Medium

Which sentence correctly uses a colon to introduce a list?

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SAMPLE QUESTION 4 — Medium

'_____ the philosopher Socrates who first systematically questioned the nature of justice in Western thought.' Which option correctly completes this CLEFT SENTENCE in the PAST TENSE?

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SAMPLE QUESTION 5 — Medium

'The trial data was conclusive; _____, the experimental drug was approved for general clinical use.' Which conjunctive adverb correctly signals that approval FOLLOWED FROM the conclusive data?

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SAMPLE QUESTION 6 — Medium

Read the sentence below. 'The committee _____ their final report for only three days when the minister requested an immediate presentation.' Which verb group correctly completes the sentence?

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SAMPLE QUESTION 7 — Medium

Read the following extract from a student's formal comparative essay. 'The two texts approach the theme of belonging from markedly different perspectives. The first constructs belonging as a communal achievement, earned through sustained participation in shared cultural practices. _______, the second presents it as an intrinsic quality of selfhood, independent of social context.' Which conjunction best completes the blank to maintain the formal register and signal the precise logical relationship between the two sentences?

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SAMPLE QUESTION 8 — Medium

Read the sentence below. 'The scientists _____ their data for only a month when the funding committee announced that the project would be extended by a year.' Which verb group correctly completes the sentence?

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SAMPLE QUESTION 9 — Medium

Mateo is writing an essay and wants to describe a scientist whose work is not recognised by others in her field, using a single word formed by adding a morpheme to 'recognised'. Which option best completes the following sentence? Despite her groundbreaking discoveries, the scientist remained largely ___ by her peers.

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SAMPLE QUESTION 10 — Medium

Which sentence uses a modal verb to express a logical deduction or inference about a past event?

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