2008 NAPLAN Reading

Read the text What Will We Do Now.

Who wanted to make a castle?

• Jim

• Ella

• Beth

• Vincent

Who didn’t want to go to the creek?

• Jim

• Ella

• Beth

• Vincent

Where is the spaceship?

• in the park

• at the creek

• in the garden

• inside the house

Who didn’t want to do anything outside?

• Jim

• Ella

• Beth

• Vincent

When did the children go fishing?

• last week

• yesterday

• this morning

• a long time ago

From reading the story, what do we know about the children?

• They fight a lot

• They are all brothers

• They live in the same house

• They do lots of things together

Read Chimpanzees on page 3 of the magazine.

The text tells us that chimpanzees eat

• tools

• sticks

• leaves

• termites

The text tells us "This chimp is hooking termites out of the ground with a stick."

Which word could you use instead of hooking?

• hitting

• getting

• cooking

• drinking

What is this chimpanzee doing?

• looking for termites

• smelling leaves

• drinking water

• washing itself

Chimpanzees need juicy fruit. Why does the fruit need to be juicy?

• to make it taste good

• to give chimps a drink

• to make chimps thirsty

• to make it good for termites