Year 4 · Oral language

Speaking and listening

Listen to an adult reader, discuss ideas with a partner and deliver organised spoken texts.

51 questions and practical tasks · 6 practice sets · filtered to VC2E4LY02

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

Retelling a heard sequence · Adapting heard information for a younger listener · Leading and summarising a short discussion · Delivering a friendly introduction · Organising an oral description · Explaining game rules aloud · Telling a learning story · Giving an oral book recommendation · Delivering a grouped information talk · Explaining an investigation plan

10 questions & tasks → Set 2

Questions 11–20

Delivering a practical persuasive speech · Delivering a formal welcome · Reporting observations over time · Delivering a useful progress update · Delivering a comparative recommendation · Presenting a response to a poem · Using voice to perform a poem · Performing narrative dialogue · Delivering a concise information bulletin · Giving clearly phrased directions

10 questions & tasks → Set 3

Questions 21–30

Delivering a practical demonstration talk · Presenting survey evidence aloud · Presenting an argument with a qualification · Speaking from a brief plan · Delivering a specific thank-you speech · Responding to a proposal with an example · Delivering a structured reflection · Shaping a spoken story with voice · Coordinating a spoken explanation and diagram · Delivering a debate opening

10 questions & tasks → Set 4

Questions 31–40

Adapting an announcement for two audiences · Explaining the effect of a question · Delivering and reviewing a complete mini presentation · Understanding and using spoken emphasis · Evaluating and improving spoken clarity · Recognising and using appropriate formality · Using feedback about structure and delivery · Responding to an authentic First Nations creator's spoken text · Discussing the context of an authentic oral text · Appreciating voice in an authentic First Nations oral text

10 questions & tasks → Set 5

Questions 41–50

Turning an interview into a spoken account · Coordinating an interview-style spoken text · Adapting spoken information after checking prior knowledge · Leading an evidence-based book discussion · Testing and revising spoken instructions · Revising a spoken proposal after discussion · Rehearsing and improving oral presentation · Adapting spoken text to purpose · Delivering a responsive spoken tutorial · Delivering an extended audience-aware proposal

10 questions & tasks → Set 6

Questions 51–51

Reviewing and extending speaking and listening skills

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Curriculum links

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

VC2E4LA01

Students learn that we change our words, tone and level of formality depending on who we are speaking or writing to.

VC2E4LY01

Students practise listening, responding and extending discussion respectfully.

VC2E4LY02

Students learn to organise a short speech or presentation and use voice features such as volume, pace and expression.

VC2E4LY10

Students create clear written and spoken texts with linked ideas for different audiences and purposes.

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