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Note : Some UNSW Global assessments are only available online. Read the instructions on the ANSWER SHEET and fill in your NAME , SCHOOL and OTHER INFORMATION . Use a pencil. Do NOT use a coloured pencil or a pen. Rub out any mistakes completely. You MUST record your answers on the ANSWER SHEET . Mark only ONE answer for each question. Your score will be the number of correct answers. Marks are NOT deducted for incorrect answers. Each section of the assessment is different. Read the instructions for each section carefully. Make sure you follow the instructions. The questions for Section B are found in this SHEET. Fill in the oval that matches your answer in the ANSWER SHEET . You are NOT allowed to use a dictionary or an electronic translator. DO NOT OPEN THIS SHEET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. Spelling Read the instructions on the ANSWER SHEET and fill in your NAME , SCHOOL and OTHER INFORMATION . Use a pencil. Do NOT use a coloured pencil or a pen. Rub out any mistakes completely. You MUST record your answers on the ANSWER SHEET . Mark only ONE answer for each question. Your score will be the number of correct answers. Marks are NOT deducted for incorrect answers. Each section of the assessment is different. Read the instructions for each section carefully. Make sure you follow the instructions. Fill in the oval that matches your answer in the ANSWER SHEET . You are NOT allowed to use a dictionary or an electronic translator. PA PE R A DO NOT OPEN THIS SHEET UNTIL INSTRUCTED. PRACTICE QUESTIONS

Rules and Conventions For questions 4 to 6 read the instructions carefully. Fill in the oval in the ANSWER SHEET. Fill in only ONE oval for each question. 4. Choose the CORRECT word to complete the sentence. I can’t play soccer because I have a foot. (A) saw (B) soar (C) sore (D) sour 5. Choose the word spelt CORRECTLY when it is written as a plural. WORD PLURAL (A) baby babys (B) day dayes (C) key keys (D) mummy mummys 6. Choose the word spelt CORRECTLY when ‘ing’ is added. WORD ADD ‘ing’ (A) skip skiping (B) hope hoping (C) begin begining (D) get geting © UNSW Global Pty Limited 2

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Dictation For questions 1 to 3 your teacher will read a word on its own and in a sentence. The word will then be repeated. Print the word in the box for each question number. Rules and Conventions For questions 4 to 6 refer to the QUESTION SHEET. Fill in your answers below. Fill in only ONE oval for each question. 4. A B C D 5. A B C D 6. A B C D Proofreading (ICAS only) For questions 7 to 8 choose the word spelt INCORRECTLY . 7. Sam was looking foreward to going to the cinema on Saturday. 8. The beach was so crowded that at least a dozen other kean surfers were w\ aiting for a wave. 1. Mum bought us a cat for Christmas. 2. Jay the names of all the planets. 3. A has two whee ls. © UNSW Global Pty Limited 4

5 © UNSW Global Pty Limited Correcting Some words in this passage are spelt incorrectly. What is the correct spelling of the underlined word? Don’t you think it’s 9. amayzing that you can use the s tars as a map? Last week Mum 10. tort me how to identify south using the Southern Cross. 9. 10.

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7 © UNSW Global Pty Limited ADMINISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPELLING (PAPER A) Dictation – Word List Qn Word Sentence Word 1. female Mum bought us a female cat for Christmas. female 2. knew Jay knew the names of all the planets. knew 3. bicycle A bicycle has two wheels. bicycle ANSWERS AND DESCRIPTORS QUESTION KEY CATEGORY: DESCRIPTION OF SKILL LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY 1 female Dictation: spell a common two syllable word with a long vowel sound Easy 2 knew Dictation: spell a common word with a silent letter Medium 3 bicycle Dictation: spell a word with with an unusual spelling pattern and a prefix Medium 4 C Spelling Rules and Conventions: identify the correct use of a commonly confused word Easy 5 C Spelling Rules and Conventions: identify the correct spelling of a plural form Medium 6 B Spelling Rules and Conventions: identify the correct spelling applying a rule to add ‘ing’ Hard 7 forward Proofreading: identify an error in a trigraph Medium 8 keen Proofreading: identify an error in an incorrectly used digraph Medium 9 amazing Correcting: correct an error in a long vowel sound Easy 10 taught Correcting: correct errors in a word with an irregular past tense Medium Level of difficulty refers to the expected level of difficulty for the question. Easy more than 70% of candidates will get the item correct Medium about 50–70% of candidates will get the item correct Medium/Hard about 30–50% of candidates will get the item correct Hard less than 30% of candidates will get the item correct

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