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Free NAPLAN Reading & Language Practice: Speaking & listening — Year 5 (10 Questions, Instant Results)

10 questions on speaking and listening, pitched at Year 5, marked instantly with an explanation for every item. The set is chosen from 16 curriculum-aligned questions on this topic, one slice of the 3,261 free practice questions on this site, and you can get a fresh set with one click.

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How NAPLAN tests speaking and listening in Year 5

NAPLAN Reading and Conventions of Language in Year 5 is adaptive, so a student who answers the early questions correctly is routed to harder ones. Speaking & listening questions appear throughout, usually in a worded or diagram-based form that asks the student to choose the right idea before applying it. This page gives that idea a workout on its own so the student can see whether it holds up without the cover of easier questions around it.

What Year 5 students need to know about speaking and listening

A short orientation first. In Year 5 students plan and deliver presentations for a specific purpose and audience, use persuasive and informative language in speech, listen for point of view and question a speaker's claims.

Our tutors wrote and checked these questions against the Victorian Curriculum, which is why the wording and the difficulty match what a Year 5 student meets at school.

The usual speaking and listening errors at Year 5

If your child gets a question wrong here, it is worth checking whether one of these is behind it. They are the speaking and listening misconceptions RHZ tutors correct most often with Year 5 students:

Each of these is fixable in a session or two once it has been named, which is why the results panel below shows the correct answer and an explanation rather than just a score.

How to practise speaking and listening at home

Practice works when it is short, regular and specific. For speaking and listening, our tutors suggest:

  1. Give two- and three-step instructions and have your child repeat them before acting.
  2. Ask your child to retell a story or the day's events in order.
  3. Play listening games such as Simon Says and barrier games.

For Years 3 to 6, pair daily reading with a small amount of writing that gets edited. Grammar sticks when it is used, not when it is drilled.

How this speaking and listening quiz works

Every set on this page is a seeded selection of 10 from the 16 speaking and listening questions that pass our quality gate. A different seed gives a different set, and there are many more combinations than any one student will need. The correct answers never appear in the page source; the browser asks our server for them after you press Mark my answers.

A single-topic quiz is more precise than a mixed one: if the score here is low, the gap is in speaking and listening, not somewhere in Year 5 NAPLAN Reading & Language generally. It is still short, though, and it cannot show how a student copes with the stretch and challenge questions that decide a top result. That is what the free Skills Check adds.

The quiz: 10 questions

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Question 1
Speaking & listening

A strong argument uses?

Question 2
Speaking & listening

Leo is presenting to his class and speaks very quickly because he is nervous. His teacher says his delivery made the content hard to follow. Which change would MOST improve Leo's presentation for his listeners?

Question 3
Speaking & listening

A confident speaker talks?

Question 4
Speaking & listening

During a class discussion, Priya notices that her classmate Sam looks confused when she explains her idea. She stops and asks, 'Does that make sense, or should I try a different example?' What speaking strategy is Priya using?

Question 5
Speaking & listening

In a small group, Amara wants to disagree with Jonah's suggestion. She says, 'I see where you're coming from, but I think the evidence shows something different — here's why.' Which TWO things does this response do at the same time?

Question 6
Speaking & listening

Active listening includes?

Question 7
Speaking & listening

To disagree respectfully you might say?

Question 8
Speaking & listening

The most useful feedback is?

Question 9
Speaking & listening

In a debate, addressing the other side's point is called a?

Question 10
Speaking & listening

For a formal presentation you should use?

How to read a score out of 10

9 or 10 out of 10
The easy and at-level content is secure. The useful question now is how far above the year level the student can go, which a ten-item quiz cannot show. The free Skills Check adds stretch and challenge questions on every topic so you can see the ceiling as well as the floor.
7 or 8 out of 10
Solid, with one or two specific gaps. Look at which topic the incorrect answers came from (the results panel names the weakest topic) and spend a week on that topic before re-testing with a different seed.
5 or 6 out of 10
Some core ideas are shaky. The pattern matters more than the score: two misses in the same topic is a gap; misses scattered across topics usually means reading the question too fast. Either way, the Skills Check will tell you which.
4 or fewer out of 10
Foundations from an earlier year are probably missing, which is common and fixable. Try the quiz one year level down to confirm, then talk to a tutor about a short catch-up plan rather than more of the same practice.

What to do with the result

1. Want the full picture?

The free Skills Check takes about 15 minutes, covers every Year 5 topic including stretch and challenge questions, and sends a same-day topic-by-topic report. A tutor calls to walk you through it, no obligation.

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2. Printable practice with answers

Our Year 5 practice papers are full-length, curriculum-aligned and come with worked answers, so a student can practise on paper the way the real test is sat.

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3. Tutoring in Melbourne's west or online

Small groups from $25 an hour and 1:1 from $35 an hour at our Truganina centre, or online anywhere in Australia. Same tutors, same Skills Check, same progress notes either way.

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Questions? Call 03 9509 3293 or book a free consultation. RHZ Tutoring, 17/47 Apex Drive, Truganina VIC 3029.

Frequently asked questions

Is this Year 5 speaking and listening quiz free?

Yes, completely: no sign-up, no email, no payment, and you can take it as many times as you like. It is one of 3,261 free practice questions RHZ Tutoring publishes across Prep to Year 12. Press New set of questions, or add ?seed= to the address, for a different selection from the same topic.

Why only 10 questions on one topic?

Because a single-topic set is the most precise free check available: if the score is low, the gap is in speaking and listening and nowhere else. There are 16 eligible questions on this topic in our Year 5 NAPLAN Reading & Language bank, so several different sets are available before any repeat.

Where do the speaking and listening questions come from?

From RHZ Tutoring's own Year 5 NAPLAN Reading & Language question bank, written to the Victorian Curriculum, checked by a tutor and passed through an automated quality gate. The same bank feeds our tutoring sessions and the free Skills Check. The questions on this page sit at the easy and at-level tiers.

What should I do if the score is low?

Read the explanation for each incorrect answer first; most gaps in speaking and listening are one of the misconceptions listed on this page. Then try a second set a few days later. If it is still low, the free Skills Check will show whether the gap is confined to this topic, and a tutor can build a short catch-up plan.

Is there a mixed Year 5 NAPLAN Reading & Language quiz?

Yes. The Year 5 NAPLAN Reading & Language quiz spreads ten questions across every topic for the year, and the hub lists topic quizzes for every year level from Prep to Year 12.

Other NAPLAN Reading & Language topics for Year 5

Mixed NAPLAN Reading & Language Year 5 quiz (all topics) →

Speaking & listening in other year levels

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All 3,261 free practice questions, Prep to Year 12 →