Read Old Ginger Nuts Holiday and answer questions 1 to 5.

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Old Ginger Nuts Holiday

Here I am

at the farm

One Tree farm Kangaroo Valley Dear Mum

This is Bubble

me MONDAY ied. Grandad said, Co me at Grandads I cr if Aunty When you left e tears and lets see Ginger Nut, dry thos on, Old like being called Old our tea ready. I dont Irene has got come home. Ginger Nut! I want to TUESDAY er. Aunty ss and licked me all ov andad bbles made such a fu Bu m as he had eas. Gr ld me not to cuddle hi Irene to y. I dont want to get as never hurt anybod said, A few e home. eas. I wish I was at WEDNESDAY I found a nty Irene collect eggs tten When I was helping Au ten pests, theyre a ro st. Grandad said, Rot rats ne . t rat when I get home nuisance! Id like a pe n but THURSDAY e creek this afternoo d took me shing in th Granda pt saying, Well have h any sh. Grandad ke oked we didnt catc nute. Aunty Irene co big as a whale in a mi a sh as at home. wish we had a creek shngers for tea. I FRIDAY could hear were bees d a picnic today. All we We ha be a lot quieter next dad said, Its going to Id buzzing. Gran nd! Aunty Irene says thout you buzzing arou week wi ise Ill beat it home. is letter today, otherw better post th Lots of love from Old Ginger Nut. nt tle longer. I dont wa ay here a lit P.S. PLEASE let me st to come home yet.

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Who wrote this letter? (A) (B) (C) (D) Grandad Aunty Irene Old Ginger Nut Old Ginger Nuts mum

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2.

When Old Ginger Nut says Id like a pet rat, the contraction Id is made up of the words (A) (B) (C) (D) I I I I did. had. could. would.

3.

When Grandad says, Its going to be a lot quieter here next week without you buzzing around! he means, (A) (B) (C) (D) Ill miss you when youre not here next week. Youre so noisy I cant wait for you to go home. Your constant noise reminds me of buzzing bees. Ill be able to work harder on the farm when you go.

4.

If Old Ginger Nut wrote a story about his holiday the best title would be (A) (B) (C) (D) Holidays with Mum Helping Aunty Irene Fishing with Grandad My Time at Grandads

5.

Put these pictures into the correct order to show what Old Ginger Nut did during the week.

The correct order for the pictures is (A) (B) (C) (D) 4, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 1, 3, 1, 4, 3 1 4 1

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Educational Assessment Australia would like to thank the copyright holders who have granted permission to use the texts and graphics cited below. We would appreciate information regarding any errors or omissions in the sources. SOURCES Old Ginger Nuts Holiday, text, images and graphics EAA 2006.

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QUESTION 1 2 3 4 5 ANSWER C D A D B DESCRIPTION OF SKILL Use text conventions of a letter to locate information Use syntactical information to identify a contraction Interpret the meaning of an idiomatic expression in text Identify the theme of a personal recount Use information in a personal recount to sequence a visual text AREA RL LG LU RL RL LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY Easy Medium Medium/Hard Hard Medium

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Area refers to the particular curriculum area or strand assessed by the question. RL Reading: Literary questions which require students to comprehend and interpret texts such as stories, poems, extracts from novels, reviews, plays questions which require students to understand and interpret information and argument texts, including texts which incorporate diagrams, tables and images, from a range of curriculum areas, eg reports, editorials, advertisements, explanations questions about how language is employed in texts, eg writers style, tone, vocabulary, figurative language

RF Reading: Factual

LU Language: Usage

LG Language: Grammar questions about accuracy and clarity within whole texts or sentences, eg pronoun reference, syntax, punctuation, tense

Level of difficulty refers to expected level of difficulty for the question. Easy Medium Hard It is estimated that 80 100% of candidates will choose the correct option It is estimated that 31 79% of candidates will choose the correct option It is estimated that less than 31% of candidates will choose the correct option

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