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Report Writing Skills

Read each question carefully. Choose the best answer, then write clearly in the spaces provided.

Recognising report features

Choose the best answer for each question.

1.What is the main job of an information report about glaciers?

To explain facts about glaciers in an organised way
To persuade readers to visit a particular glacier
To tell an imaginary adventure set on a glacier
To describe the writer’s favourite holiday

2.Which heading best suits a factual paragraph explaining what tuatara eat?

A Surprising Pet
Tuatara Food and Feeding
My Day at the Zoo
The Best Reptile Ever

3.Choose the linking phrase that best completes the idea: “Some wetlands have been drained for building. ______, many birds have lost places to feed and nest.”

For instance
As a result
In contrast
Meanwhile

4.Which sentence would be the clearest opening for a report paragraph about how bees help plants?

Bees are interesting, and I saw one yesterday.
This paragraph describes how bees pollinate flowers and support plant growth.
I think bees should be everyone’s favourite insect.
Buzz, buzz, the bee flew away.

5.Which sentence is most suitable for a factual report about the life cycle of a frog?

Frogs are the funniest animals in the pond.
A frog develops through several stages, beginning as an egg.
I would like to keep a bright green frog.
The frog jumped away because it was scared of me.

Using report-writing tools

Match each report feature with its purpose. Use each letter once.

Write and improve

Use complete sentences where needed. Sample answers are provided for questions with more than one possible response.

6.Write a topic sentence for a report paragraph about how New Zealand’s native forests provide habitats for wildlife.

7.Write two linking words or phrases that could connect ideas in an information report.

8.Rewrite this sentence with correct capitalisation and punctuation, and make the two ideas easy to follow: “many native plants grow slowly they can take years to flower”

9.A report paragraph is about why seaweed is important to coastal ecosystems. Write one relevant supporting fact that could develop this topic.

10.Plan one report paragraph about reducing rubbish at school. Write a topic sentence and name one fact or example that could support it.