YEAR 5 BASELINE ASSESSMENT

Where is this report set? The report was set in .

. What type of snake was rescued? A __________was rescued.

Was the snake a female or male? Find a word in the report to support your answer.

Answer explanation

Female – it is referred to as “she”.

Why were Smith and Labuschagne surprised to find a black mamba on the beach?

Shade the option that you think best indicates what you think a herpetologist would study?

• Herbs and other plants

• Snakes

• Sea creatures

How did the researchers know that the snake was exhausted?

Why do you think the snake was so weak when it was found?

• The snake had travelled a long distance.

• The snake was pregnant.

• The snake was hungry.

• The snake was just lazy.

Which facts from the passage indicate that it is dangerous? (Choose two that apply.)

• They dreamt about it being dangerous so they had to call in specialists to deal with the snake.

• Many people phoned in to report sighting the snake. They had to call in specialists to deal with the snake.

• They were snake eaters.

State whether the following are Statement, Question or Exclamation sentences.

a. Be careful of that snake!

b. The snake’s natural habitat was inland valleys.

• a. Question

  b. Command

• a. Exclamation

  b. Statement

• a. Command

  b. Exclamation

Identify the abstract noun in the following sentence.

Smith and Labuschagne approached the snake with caution.

• Smith

• snake

• caution

• Labuschagne