NSW Year 7 English free practice questions with answers

Correct answer: B — a violin case

• What is the question asking? It asks for a fact that the text states.
• Go back to the text and find the evidence: “carrying a violin case instead of a briefcase”
• The first paragraph names the object.
• So the correct answer is B (a violin case).
• Why the other options are wrong:
• A (a stack of books): Books are tempting because Mr Okafor is an English teacher, but the text says he walks in carrying a violin case instead of a briefcase, so no stack of books is mentioned at all.
• C (a set of pencils): Pencils do appear later, but Mr Okafor only tells the class to take one when he sets the writing task. He does not bring them; the thing he carries in is the violin case.
• D (a box of music tests): ‘Music tests’ may seem to fit because of the violin, yet no tests are mentioned anywhere. The violin is played to quieten the room, not to examine anyone.
• Check it against the evidence. Check the detail: “carrying a violin case instead of a briefcase” points to ‘a violin case’, so the other choices do not fit.

Go back to the text and find the exact words that answer the question, then match them to an option.