Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English

Reading and viewing

2 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LE04

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Question 1

inferred meaning · core

After the shower A gutter gurgles, full of sky; A silver bead slips slowly by. My boots make islands in the lane, Then small round worlds of mud again. The clouds unzip a strip of blue. A sparrow shakes; the rain is through.

What most likely makes the speaker's boots seem like islands?

The speaker is flying above the ocean.
The lane has become a real sea.
The boots are printed with a map.
Water surrounds them as they step in puddles.

VC2E4LE04 · VC2E4LY09

Question 2

sensory meaning · core

Use the text at Question 1.

Which detail is mainly about sound?

“a strip of blue”.
“My boots make islands”.
“a silver bead”.
“A gutter gurgles”.

VC2E4LE04 · VC2E4LY09

Answers and review guidance

Open responses, handwriting and spoken tasks need adult review. The models are examples; different responses may meet the criteria.

Question 1

Answer: Water surrounds them as they step in puddles.

The image compares boots surrounded by water to islands.

Question 2

Answer: “A gutter gurgles”.

“Gurgles” names the bubbling sound of water moving through the gutter.