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What is the Process in this clause, and what type is it?

A fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes.

• ripe - action verb - the grapes have ripened

• spied - action verb

• bunch - because the grapes are bunching

• spied - sensing verb (perceiving)

The bunch hung from a high branch and the Fox had to jump for it.

There are two clauses in that sentence. True/false?

• True

• False

Find the Circumstance/s in the following sentence.

A lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws.

• in the forest [only]

• in the forest; on his paws

• a lion; his great head

• lay asleep in the forest

What kind of sentence is this?

A lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws.

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• complex and compound sentence (both)

Answer explanation

This is a complex sentence because it has an independent clause:

A lion lay asleep in the forest

and a dependent clause:

his great head resting on his paws.

When assessing phonemic awareness, what would usually be the order of difficulty of these skills?

deletion, substitution, blending

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• deletion, blending, substitution

• substitution, deletion, blending

• substitution, blending, deletion

• blending, deletion, substitution

• blending, substitution, deletion

In language, demands for goods or services are always expressed as imperatives (for example, 'stir in the flour' or 'shut the door'). TRUE or FALSE?

• True

• False

A text about the life cycle of the butterfly would be an example of this type of text:

• explanation

• information report

• recount

• procedure

What is the grammatical Theme in this clause?

Like the Platypus, the Short-beaked Echidna is an egg-laying mammal or monotreme.

• Like the Platypus

• the Short-beaked Echidna

• an egg-laying mammal or monotreme

• is (relating verb)

What is the best name for this pedagogical strategy?

The teacher is asking the children to provide suggestions for a text the class is creating together, and is guiding the structuring of the text. The teacher scribes the children's suggestions onto the whiteboard.

• modelling

• deconstruction

• joint construction

• explicit teaching

What are the morphemes in the word that has been underlined?

The bushwalker's food had been nibbled by mice during the night.

• /b/ /oo/ /sh/ /w/ /or/ /k/ /Ə/ /z/

• b - ush - w - alk - ers

• bushwalk - er - s

• bush - walk - er - s