2009 Year 5 NAPLAN- A Special Day

Why is this particular Saturday a special day for Patrick?

• He will be allowed to watch TV all morning.

• He will get the present he has been asking for.

• He will discover an answer he has been waiting for.

• He will be able to spend the whole day with his mother.

Quickly he switched channels. What is the most likely reason that Patrick did this?

• He was impatient for the program to begin.

• He thought the program had already started.

• He wanted something to do before breakfast.

• He usually watched cartoons on Saturday morning.

What made Judith think Patrick was ready to go shopping?

• He was dressed and had finished breakfast.

• He was dressed more carefully than usual.

• He mentioned it to her at breakfast.

• He was keen to buy new sneakers.

What is the most likely reason Judith sounded vague?

• She had just woken up and was still tired.

• She was thinking about Patrick’s sneakers.

• She was concentrating on filling the electric kettle.

• She didn’t want to tell Patrick they were going out.

Patrick’s stomach lurched. This suggests that

• he suddenly felt ill.

• he needed some breakfast.

• he had woken up too early.

• he really didn’t want to go out.

Why does Patrick say, “My sneakers’ll be all right for another week”?

• because he doesn’t need new sneakers

• because he never agreed to go shopping for new sneakers

• to persuade his mother that the shopping trip can be postponed

• to persuade his mother to go to the shops earlier than she planned