NZ Curriculum Year 6 English free practice questions with answers

Correct answer: C — a pipi about the size of a coin • What is the question asking? It asks for a fact that the text states.

• Go back to the text and find the evidence: “a pipi, no bigger than a fifty-cent piece.”
• The text says the pipi was no bigger than a fifty-cent piece, which is about the size of a coin.
• So the correct answer is C (a pipi about the size of a coin).
• Why the other options are wrong:
• A (a large shell as big as her hand): The pipi was small, no bigger than a fifty-cent piece.
• B (an empty crab shell on the mud): She found a pipi, which is a shellfish.
• D (a handful of smooth grey pebbles): She found a pipi, which is a shellfish.

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