Want to know whether phonics and spelling is secure at Year 5 level? Answer 10 questions here, see the score and the correct answers straight away, and then try a new set. Everything is free, part of 3,261 free practice questions RHZ Tutoring publishes, and nothing about your child is collected.
Start the quiz ↓ Or take the free 15-minute Skills Check →
Free practice quizzes › Year 5 English quiz › Phonics & spelling
Here is the ground the questions cover. Year 5 spelling covers complex letter patterns, morphemes (prefixes, suffixes, base words), homophones and common errors, and building vocabulary from word families. Students are expected to proofread their own work for spelling.
The items are tagged to the Victorian Curriculum for Year 5, so a score here reflects the standard a Year 5 class is working to, not a generic online level.
A wrong answer is more useful than a right one if you know why it happened. In sessions with Year 5 students, these are the patterns our tutors see most:
None of these is a sign of low ability. Each is a reasonable idea that worked in an earlier year and needs replacing, which is exactly what a good explanation, or a tutor, does.
If the quiz shows a gap, more of the same worksheets rarely fixes it. Try these instead:
Middle primary readers need volume and variety: fiction, non-fiction, magazines and instructions. Talk about what was read and ask for evidence when they answer a question.
The 10 questions are drawn from 12 eligible items on phonics and spelling in our Year 5 English bank, all at the easy and at-level tiers. The selection is fixed for this address so a shared link shows the same quiz; press New set of questions or add ?seed= to the address for a different mix. Options are shuffled, no two questions share a stem, and the answer key is fetched from our server only after you submit, so it is not hidden in the page.
A single-topic quiz is more precise than a mixed one: if the score here is low, the gap is in phonics and spelling, not somewhere in Year 5 English 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.
Choose one answer for each question, then press Mark my answers. Set 87640 · New set of questions →
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.
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.
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.
Questions? Call 03 9509 3293 or book a free consultation. RHZ Tutoring, 17/47 Apex Drive, Truganina VIC 3029.
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.
Because a single-topic set is the most precise free check available: if the score is low, the gap is in phonics and spelling and nowhere else. There are 12 eligible questions on this topic in our Year 5 English bank, so several different sets are available before any repeat.
From RHZ Tutoring's own Year 5 English 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.
Read the explanation for each incorrect answer first; most gaps in phonics and spelling 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.
Yes. The Year 5 English 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.
Mixed Year 5 English quiz (all topics) →
Prep Phonics & spelling · Year 1 Phonics & spelling · Year 2 Phonics & spelling · Year 3 Phonics & spelling · Year 4 Phonics & spelling · Year 6 Phonics & spelling