Year 5 Reading: Figurative_language

24 practice questions on figurative_language for Year 5 students, aligned to the Australian Curriculum V9 NAPLAN assessment framework.

Sample Year 5 Reading — Figurative_language Questions

Question 1Mediumfigurative_language

In the sentence 'The words found him before he had to look for them', what does this expression mean?

Question 2Mediumfigurative_language

The phrase 'rainforests of the sea' is used to describe coral reefs. What does this comparison suggest?

Question 3Hardfigurative_language

The opening line says the pool 'smelled like chlorine and ambition'. What does including 'ambition' in this description achieve?

Question 4Mediumfigurative_language

The writer describes the sky as having 'turned the colour of a bruise'. What does this description tell the reader?

Question 5Easyfigurative_language

The phrase 'smiled until her cheeks ached' is used to show that Zara was

Question 6Mediumfigurative_language

'She rides the corrugations / like she was built for them' suggests

Question 7Mediumfigurative_language

The phrase 'a drumroll on the gutters' describes the sound of rain as

Question 8Mediumfigurative_language

The phrase 'the school bell cracks the day' is best described as

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All questions are aligned to the Australian Curriculum Version 9.0 (ACARA) and mapped to the NAPLAN Assessment Framework.

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