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1 ES PA E i 1 PL Ach e * Ach e* SA M Supports the Australian Curriculum: English. Student Book 1 * ieve Complete answer key and mark scheme nables progress to be tracked e * A v e ch mid and high demand rammar, Punctuation, Spelling & vocabulary v Worksheets and spelling lists are graded low, WORKSHEETS hie h A c i ev understanding in key areas of grammar and punctuation achieve worksheets: student Book 1 36 photocopiable grammar and punctuation tests 36 photocopiable spelling tests Easy-to-use mark scheme and student record sheets Worksheets strengthen knowledge and Achieve Ac ieve * Student Book 1 AchieVe a ve * A ch Achieve worksheets ie Leaders in excellent educational resources for students and teachers Achieve_COVERS_revised NOV.indd 3 12/11/2014 1:43 pm

2 Scoresheet 4 Spelling lists 5 rammar, Punctuation and Vocabulary worksheets L Lower-level worksheets M Medium-level worksheets H Key to symbols Higher-level worksheets CONTENTS Spelling tests 47 Answers 53 L Lower-level M Medium-level H Higher-level rammar Punctuation Vocabulary

3 Scoresheet How am doing? 10 Name: Test level: L M H Spelling list number: Test name: Date of test: What I did well in this test: What I need to work on: Scoresheet Name: Test level: L M H Spelling list number: Test name: Date of test: What I did well in this test: Punctuation rammar Vocabulary Punctuation mark out of 2 rammar mark out of 6 Vocabulary mark out of 2 Total mark out of 10 Spelling mark out of 10 Punctuation rammar Vocabulary Spelling How am doing? Spelling Punctuation mark out of 2 rammar mark out of 6 What I need to work on: Vocabulary mark out of 2 Total mark out of 10 Spelling mark out of 10 4 insight ACHIEVE WORKSHEETS Student Book 1

4 L WORKSHEET 3 Wish you were here 1 Hi ranny, We re finally here in Queensland. Mum drove up the freeway like a snail and wanted to stop at all the towns and galleries on the way, but I was just desperate to get to the beach! 5 My dream holiday coming true. At the resort where we are staying the beach is wide with nice waves and warm water. It s perfect for learning to surf, Mum has promised to book me some lessons if I leave her to read in peace! I really don t want to come home. Two weeks in paradise is not enough! Love, Maddie 1 Circle the preposition in this sentence: We re finally here in Queensland. 2 Write an alternative word or phrase to replace the simile like a snail. 3 You can make the verb despair into an adjective using the suffix ate. Write the adjective: 4 Circle the article in this sentence: I was just desperate to get to the beach! 5 Circle the best verb for the gap in line 5. is are was were 6 Who does the pronoun we refer to in line 6? 7 Look at the sentence below. Add one comma between the clauses. At the resort where we are staying the beach is wide with nice waves and warm water. 8 Correct a comma splice (a comma used instead of a full stop) somewhere in lines 5 to 8. 9 Circle a noun in this sentence: Mum has promised to book me some lessons. 10 Identify an adverb in the final paragraph. TOTAL /10 insight ACHIEVE WORKSHEETS Student Book 1 13

5 M WORKSHEET 9 Big day out 1 A truck driver was transporting 200 Little Penguins to the aquarium when his truck breaked down on the freeway. The driver of a second truck pulled over to see if he could help. The penguin driver asked if the second driver could take the penguins to the aquarium while he got his truck fixed. The second driver 5 agreed, together the drivers transferred the birds into the empty vehicle. Some hours later, the second truck driver passed the first one again, who was still waiting on the side of the road. The penguins were still in the second truck, and they looked content. Didn t I ask you to take those penguins to the aquarium? shouted the first driver. The second replied, Yes! It was the best treat ever. I have some money left over, so we re going to the movies now. 1 Draw a where the clause which is the smallest species of penguin (set apart with commas) could be inserted into the sentence below. A truck driver was transporting 200 Little Penguins to the aquarium. 2 Correct the incorrect verb in line 2. 3 Use direct speech to rewrite the penguin driver s request to the second driver in the first paragraph. 4 Add a prefix or suffix to make a word in the same word family as agree. 5 What punctuation mark could the comma in the last sentence of the first paragraph be changed to, to make the sentence grammatically correct? 6 Underline the main clause in the first sentence of the second paragraph. 7 The word content has many meanings. Circle the word below that best fits its meaning in line 8. subject matter full of food 8 Write the contraction in line 9 as two words. satisfied bored 9 Circle an adverb in this sentence: It was the best treat ever. TOTAL /10 insight ACHIEVE WORKSHEETS Student Book 1 31

6 H WORKSHEET 12 Drone technology 1 Drones unmanned aerial vehicles) have long been used by the military for surveillance, now fast-evolving technology is giving people new ideas for how to use them. ES For example, filmmakers and photographers have discovered that drones are an inexpensive way of capturing aerial footage without the noise and 5 vibration of helicopters. Non-profit organisations are experimenting with using drones to deliver provisions and medical supplies in remote or dangerous locations. Even private companies are investigating how to use drones to deliver items that were ordered online to your doorstep. Can you imagine your pizza being delivered from the sky? However, as with any new technology, regulations are necessary to protect people s privacy, and serious thought needs to go into the ethics of. 1 Before which word should the opening bracket in line 1 appear? PA P 2 There is a comma splice in the first paragraph. Show two ways you could correct it, firstly by adding a conjunction and secondly by changing the punctuation. E P Filmmakers have discovered that they offer an inexpensive way to capture aerial footage. 2 marks 3 Which plural noun does the word them refer to in line 2? noun PL 4 Write the word classes of the underlined words in the spaces below. One has been done for you. SA M 5 Circle the best antonym for remote. distant exotic war-torn V close 6 The word investigating is a verb. Change the suffix to create a word from a different word class. V 7 Underline the main clause in this sentence: As with any new technology, regulations are necessary to protect people s privacy. 8 Reorganise these words to write an ending for the text: wars in armed using drones TOTAL 46 insight ACHIEVE WORKSHEETS Student Book 1 Achieve_Worksheets_SB1_TXT_7pp.indd 46 /10 21/09/2015 9:08 am

7 H WORKSHEET 3 Falling from race 1 In winter, we play tracking. Two people wait and the rest go and hide in the dunes. You have to leave markers, like arrows made of sticks, to show where you have gone. You ve got half an hour to hide and then the others come to find you. You can leave tracks and markers that are straightforward, or you can try to trick the finders. You 5 can leave tracks to the water and then walk along the water s edge so that there is no footprints to follow. I walk backwards really carefully in my own footprints. race got lost because she saw a penguin. loves animals and she wants to be a vet. I don t mind animals. Basically, I can take them or leave them, but would never leave an animal anywhere. That was what got us into trouble. extract adapted from Falling from race by Jane odwin 1 In which of these phrases from line 2 would it be most suitable to contract you have to you ve? Circle one, both or neither. You have to leave markers to show where you have gone 2 In the first paragrah, circle the commas that separate a phrase from the rest of the sentence. 3 Circle the best synonym for straightforward: only pointing forward easy to understand indirect complicated 4 Correct the verb error in this sentence: You can leave tracks to the water and then walk along the water s edge so that there is no footprints to follow. 5 Circle the adverb that is missing from line 6. Carefully Never 6 Change the suffix to create the antonym of carefully. Sometimes Recently 7 Insert either race or she into the gaps in the last paragraph for cohesion and ease of comprehension. 8 Consider the following statements. Which one is the most grammatically correct? race and me both love playing tracking. race and I both love playing tracking. Me and race both love playing tracking. I and race both love playing tracking. 2 marks 9 How would you classify the word got in the last line? verb adverb pronoun connective TOTAL /10 insight ACHIEVE WORKSHEETS Student Book 1 37

8 H SPELLIN TEST 11 Revise the words in spelling lists 7 9 H and then attempt the questions opposite. For questions 1 3 each sentence has one word that is incorrect. Write the correct spelling. For questions 4 10 fill in the blank with the correct word. H SPELLIN TEST 12 Revise the words in spelling lists H and then attempt the questions opposite. For questions 1 3 each sentence has one word that is incorrect. Write the correct spelling. For questions 4 10 fill in the blank with the correct word. 1 I slept in, and consakwently I was late for school. 2 Dad started cooking dinner. Meenwile, I set the table. 3 I eat a small tub of strawberry yogert every day for afternoon tea. 4 The plural of analysis. 5 The plural of scarf. 6 The plural of salmon. 1 He hated watching all sports on TV, espeshally cricket. 2 We had to do a range of fisical activities to test our fitness levels. 3 I waited in the kew for two hours to get on the best rollercoaster. 4 Single or separate. While twins may look alike, it s important that you treat them as human beings. 5 Offering something up in exchange for something else. Some ancient cultures used to animals, or even humans, to their gods. 7 The past tense of teach. 8 A two-syllable connective that means in comparison with. I ate all my Easter eggs immediately, my brother saved his for almost a year. 9 Ian had a son, Tom, who grew up and had a daughter (Isabelle). Isabelle is Ian s. 10 The electrical flash accompanied by thunder. Don t stand under a tree in a storm you might be struck by! 6 The group of words making up a language. Doing spelling tests improves my. 7 Really unhappy. I was sad and sick and felt. 8 I need to my handwriting. (practise/practice) 9 The headmaster of my school is also called a. (principle/principal) 10 I love shopping for, especially pens and notebooks. (stationary/ stationery) 52 insight ACHIEVE WORKSHEETS Student Book 1

9 L WORKSHEET ANSWERS Worksheet 1 L 1 a or the 2 in 3 It s a plural possessive. 4 later 5 he gathered 6 rough 7 puzzled 8 they or it 9 Unfortunately or fast 10 mature Worksheet 2 L 1 world s 2 any sentence that uses stand as a noun, e.g. music stand, football stand, taking a stand 3 in 4 challenging 5 lays or leaves or (to) feed 6 egg 7 his 8 Meanwhile 9 close to 10 the male goes to Worksheet 3 L 1 in 2 appropriate answers include: slowly, at a snail s pace 3 desperate 4 the 5 is 6 Maddie and her mother (both required) or the family 7 staying, the beach or wide, with 8 learning to surf. Mum has promised 9 Mum or lessons 10 really Worksheet 4 L 1 Fridges keep food cool. 2 so that (both words required) 3 so that it stays fresh 4 foods or fridge 5 fish 6 raw, cooked (both words required) 7 should or be or should (not) be 8 higher, warm or enough 9 survive. These 10 any appropriate sentence in which place is used as a noun e.g. I like this place. Worksheet 5 L 1 came 2 creepy or life-sized 3 eerily 4 synonyms include: spooky, weird, strange, uncanny, creepy 5 she called the parents. 6 Do room? ( for the correct placement of both) 7 nervously 8 luckily 9 their response scared her 10 a Worksheet 6 L 1 It precedes a noun which starts with a vowel sound. 2 valves (plural, not possessive) 3 in, from or into 4 is 5 pronoun 6 earlier, a Roman 7 that 8 -ly 9 separate or oxygenated 10 full of oxygen Worksheet 7 L 1 each with a single dentist 2 practices 3 dentist or town 4 spotless 5 himself 6 there is 7 the dentist s (clothes) could be replaced with his or her (clothes) 8 correct 9 chooses or to go or chooses to go 10 since or and Worksheet 8 L 1 occurs 2 expo or worlds or (comic) books or animation 3 of or under 4 companies 5 newest products, 6 as well as 7 enthusiastic 8 result is an amazing atmosphere 9 antonyms include dull, boring, unexciting 10 happily Worksheet 9 L 1 possible verbs include exclaimed, shouted, called out 2 Newborn 3 yet, said 4 their eyes are 5 By then 6 a kitten 7 always 8 prefix = un, suffix = ic 9 cats 10 appropriate adverbs include: violently, terribly, uncontrollably Worksheet 10 L 1 past tense 2 week s 3 we have raised a petition with over 1,000 signatures to protest against this outrage / the skatepark is the only outdoor space available to young people from our community 4 outrage 5 since 6 regularly 7 wrote 8 to indicate words quoted from another source 9 misbehaving 10 three (I, you, we) Worksheet 11 L 1 I 2 range 3 hardly 4 I couldn t see anything. 5 Disappointed 6 from or on 7 there, at least, ( for the correct pair of commas) 8 were (able); (to) see; (they) were 9 animals 10 we were able to see all our favourite animals Worksheet 12 L 1 deep or clear 2 Push the board out into deep water or the fin is clear of the bottom. 3 its 4 (Answers may vary.) e.g. Find out where the wind is coming from. Turn the board around until its sail is downwind. 5 upwind 6 to, of, up or on 7 Rise to your feet slowly or Rise slowly to your feet. 8 trying to keep your balance. 9 appropriate adverbs include: slowly, quickly, carefully 10 (Answers may vary.) e.g. I want to experience a hot air balloon ride one day. insight ACHIEVE WORKSHEETS Student Book 1 53