Question 1
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Which word belongs with chapter, author and publisher?
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Pi Leo Academy · Year 4 English
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15 questions and practical tasks · Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 · Level 4 · VC2E4LA04
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Question 2
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Which word belongs with tide, shoreline and waves?
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Question 3
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Which word belongs with stem, roots and petals?
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Question 4
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Which word belongs with rehearsal, audience and stage?
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Question 5
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Which word belongs with recipe, ingredients and simmer?
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Question 6
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Which word is the general category for robin, magpie and kookaburra?
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Question 7
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Which word is the general category for canoe, ferry and yacht?
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Question 8
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Which word is the general category for violin, flute and drum?
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Question 9
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Which phrase can replace 'the bicycle' without introducing a new object: The bicycle leaned against the shed. ____ had a flat tyre?
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Question 10
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Which phrase refers back to the same animal: A dolphin surfaced beside the boat. ____ breathed and dived again?
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Question 11
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Which phrase refers back to the same place: The library opened at nine. Soon ____ was full of readers?
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Question 12
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Which word completes the strongest meaning link: A drought can cause a water ____.
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Question 13
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Which pair shows a part-to-whole relationship?
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Question 14
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Which pair shows two words with closely related meanings?
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Question 15
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Which word best links the ideas in a paragraph about reducing rubbish: reuse, repair, recycle and ____?
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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: novel
These words belong to the topic of books. A novel has chapters, an author and a publisher.
Question 2
Answer: ocean
Tide, shoreline, waves and ocean form a connected group of coastal words.
Question 3
Answer: flower
Stem, roots and petals are parts of a flowering plant, so flower completes the meaning group.
Question 4
Answer: performance
These words connect to putting on and watching a performance.
Question 5
Answer: cooking
A recipe lists ingredients and may tell you to simmer food. All belong to cooking vocabulary.
Question 6
Answer: birds
All three are kinds of bird. A general category can connect specific examples in a text.
Question 7
Answer: boats
Each example is a type of boat. Waterway names where they might travel, not what they are.
Question 8
Answer: musical instruments
All three produce music, making musical instruments the shared category.
Question 9
Answer: The two-wheeled vehicle
A bicycle is a two-wheeled vehicle. The alternative description maintains the same subject across the sentences.
Question 10
Answer: The marine mammal
A dolphin is a marine mammal. Using that related description keeps the reference clear.
Question 11
Answer: the building
In this context, the building refers to the library. The other places would change the subject without explanation.
Question 12
Answer: shortage
Drought means an extended lack of rain, which can lead to a shortage, or too little supply, of water.
Question 13
Answer: wheel and bicycle
A wheel is part of a bicycle. The other pairs show similar objects, category membership or an associated action.
Question 14
Answer: rescue and save
Rescue and save both mean bring someone or something out of danger. The other words are associated with rescues but are not synonyms.
Question 15
Answer: reduce
Reduce shares the paragraph's purpose of creating less rubbish. Waste and discard usually move against that purpose.