Year 4 · Conventions of language

Grammar and sentences

Build complex sentences and use clauses, phrases, connectives, tense and reported speech.

15 questions and practical tasks · 2 practice sets · filtered to VC2E4LA12

Work through one set at a time. Check closed answers for explanations; review open responses against a model and success criteria. Oral and handwriting tasks need an adult or learning partner.

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Set 1

Questions 1–10

direct and reported speech

10 questions & tasks → Set 2

Questions 11–15

direct and reported speech

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Curriculum links

These activities map to the following Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 Level 4 content descriptions.

VC2E4LA12

Students learn the difference between exact spoken words and speech that is retold in the writer's own words.

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