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Free Year 5 Specialist and technical vocabulary Practice | Skillo

Skillo provides free Year 5 NAPLAN Specialist and technical vocabulary practice (AC9E5LA08) for Australian students. No signup, no email, no credit card. Practice questions aligned with the ACARA Australian Curriculum v9.0 strand. Open and start in 10 seconds.

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Year 5 students preparing for NAPLAN need to be confident with specialist and technical vocabulary. Understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words. Skillo has targeted practice questions for this exact skill, mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0, free and ready to go.

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What does the Year 5 NAPLAN Specialist and technical vocabulary test cover?

  • Understand how vocabulary is used to express greater precision of meaning, including through the use of specialist and technical terms, and explore the history of words.
  • Questions are based on original Australian passages
  • Text types include narrative, informative and persuasive

Try a sample Specialist and technical vocabulary question

Question 1 — Easy

Which sentence uses direct speech punctuated correctly? The students were recording interviews about their favourite Australian foods.

A) "I think lamingtons are the best," said Tom. "They're so chocolatey!"
B) "I think lamingtons are the best" said Tom. "They're so chocolatey!"
C) "I think lamingtons are the best," Said Tom. "They're so chocolatey!"
D) "I think lamingtons are the best," said Tom. "Theyre so chocolatey!"

Answer: In direct speech, a comma is placed inside the closing quotation mark before the reporting clause (said Tom). The reporting verb 'said' begins with a lowercase letter when it follows a comma. The contraction 'They're' requires an apostrophe, making Option A the only fully correct sentence.

Question 2 — Medium

Which sentence correctly uses parentheses (brackets)? The class was writing reports about the solar system.

A) Mars (the red planet, is the fourth planet from the Sun.
B) Mars (the red planet) is the fourth planet from the Sun.
C) Mars the red planet) is the fourth planet from the Sun.
D) Mars (the red planet is) the fourth planet from the Sun.

Answer: Parentheses must be used in pairs — one opening and one closing bracket — around extra information that can be removed without changing the main meaning of the sentence. Option B correctly encloses 'the red planet' within matching parentheses.

Question 3 — Hard

Choose the sentence that uses an exclamation mark correctly.

A) "Watch out for the jellyfish!" called the lifeguard.
B) Watch out for the jellyfish! called the lifeguard.
C) The teacher asked if everyone had their permission slips!
D) The students walked quietly to the aquarium!

Answer: An exclamation mark correctly ends a direct speech exclamation inside the quotation marks. Option A is a question, not an exclamation; option B is missing quotation marks; and option D is not exclamatory.

How should my child prepare for Year 5 NAPLAN Specialist and technical vocabulary?

  1. Select Year 5 and Reading on the home screen
  2. Use Quick Practice — questions on specialist and technical vocabulary will appear as part of the session
  3. Check the Skill Breakdown on your profile to track your accuracy on specialist and technical vocabulary specifically
  4. Review explanations after each question to understand the reasoning behind correct answers

Skillo is free, requires no email or account details, and is built specifically for Australian students. Every question is mapped to the Australian Curriculum v9.0 and filtered by skill so your child practises exactly what they need.

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Skillo's NAPLAN-style practice is authored independently. NAPLAN® is a registered trademark of ACARA. Skillo is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ACARA.