NAPLAN assesses reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Our NAPLAN-style practice helps students get familiar with the question formats, build stamina and feel confident on test day.
These are NAPLAN-style practice resources created by Success Tutoring. They are not official ACARA test papers and are not endorsed by ACARA. Official information: www.nap.edu.au/naplan.
Timed, exam-style practice with marks.
A 45-minute NAPLAN-style numeracy practice test for Year 3 covering number, patterns, time, money and measurement. Mixed question types…
A 50-minute NAPLAN-style numeracy practice test for Year 5: place value, multiplication and division, fractions, decimals, area and…
A 60-minute NAPLAN-style numeracy practice test for Year 7: integers, order of operations, fractions, decimals, percentages, ratio, simple…
A 65-minute NAPLAN-style numeracy practice test for Year 9: index laws, scientific notation, expanding brackets, linear equations,…
A passage with questions.
A Year 4 student writes to her principal asking for a school vegetable garden. Students find the writer's arguments, work out why she…
A biographical text about Edith Cowan, the first woman elected to an Australian parliament. Students locate key dates and achievements,…
A news-style article about a primary school environment club cleaning up a local creek. Students locate facts and quotes, infer what…
An information report on the world's largest coral reef system, from how coral is built to the causes of bleaching. Students locate facts…
An opinion column arguing that Australia should lower the voting age to sixteen. Students identify the writer's contention and supporting…
After a storm, Lena finds a message in a bottle on the beach, and the address inside is one she knows very well. Students track the clues,…
A short persuasive text arguing that every Australian child should learn to swim. Students identify the writer's opinion and reasons, work…
A persuasive speech by a Year 6 student council representative asking the school to start a language program. Students identify the…
An information report on Australia's longest river: its journey from the Alps to the sea, its importance to Aboriginal peoples, paddle…
An information report explaining the geology of Uluru: how its sandstone formed, why its layers stand almost vertical, why it survived…
An explanatory text that moves from the stages of the water cycle to why Australia's rainfall is so variable, covering evaporation, El…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
A NAPLAN-style persuasive prompt on a topic every Year 3 student has an opinion about. Students practise matching persuasive devices to…
A NAPLAN-style narrative prompt: a small door appears in the trunk of a tree. Students plan the orientation, complication and resolution,…
A NAPLAN-style narrative prompt built around a single opening or closing line. Students plan a story with a clear complication and a…
A NAPLAN-style persuasive prompt on homework. Students identify persuasive techniques, plan a contention with three supported arguments…
A NAPLAN-style persuasive prompt on phone bans in schools. Students analyse persuasive techniques, then plan a contention, three developed…
A NAPLAN-style narrative prompt: an old photograph found in a drawer raises a question that the story must answer. Students plan point of…
A NAPLAN-style persuasive prompt for Year 9 on the effects of social media on teenagers. Students analyse sophisticated persuasive…