NZ Curriculum Year 5 English free practice questions with answers

Correct answer: D — a strip of the doorframe with height marks

• What is the question asking? It asks for a fact that the text states.
• Go back to the text and find the evidence: “carefully cut a thin strip of wood from the doorframe, right along the pencil marks”
• The third paragraph says Dad cut the strip with the pencil marks.
• So the correct answer is D (a strip of the doorframe with height marks).
• Why the other options are wrong:
• A (the wooden bed that Kiri had slept in): Dad cut a strip from the doorframe.
• B (a box of the cards from her birthdays): Dad cut a strip from the doorframe.
• C (the silver key to the old front door): Dad cut a strip from the doorframe.

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