Year 5 NAPLAN-style spelling tests

Free practice tests with recorded audio and proofreading questions.

3 free tests25 questions eachPrintable answer sheets

Three ways to practise

3 free practice tests

Spelling library · Year 5
Each list names one focus, in 15 words

Spelling System Sounds, patterns and syllables 8
Word Building Word parts and origins 8
Narrative and Persuasive Toolkits Four lists each, for stories and arguments 8
Curriculum Vocabulary Science, maths, HASS and more 8
NAPLAN practice Assembled from past NAPLAN spelling questions 9

Browse Year 5 lists
01 Start with a list built around one focus, or today’s spelling challenge.
02 Hear it in a sentence then spell it, or fix it in a proofreading question.
Coach’s corner
Rematch · your try was “litening”

Letter pattern A spelling pattern is hiding in this word First
igh spells /aɪ/ here The rule, with your word hidden After a try
light · ning Syllables and word parts After two
The word, face down Hold to peek if you still need it

Clues first. The answer last.
03 Win back a missed word in a rematch, with clues that unlock one at a time and the answer last.
04 Take the word apart in Word Explorer: its sounds, syllables, parts, family and origin.
05 Keep it when it’s right again on another task, a week or more later.