Learnaroo intervention
A clearer next step when learning needs extra support
Focused teaching and home-support guides, connected to the resources you already use. Start with the learning need, work through suitable practice and review what the learner can do.
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For teachers and schools
Find a focused teaching sequence in your dashboard, open it alongside the original resource and use relevant staff training in My Learning.
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Use clear home-support instructions and suitable practice. Coordinate school-managed support with your child's teacher.
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- Identify a specific need. Use a short observation or learning check, with adult judgement.
- Prepare and teach. Use a focused step workspace, modelling, six session suggestions and suitable adaptations.
- Practise with familiar resources. Open the original Learnaroo activities, guidance and assignments.
- Review and choose the next step. Save your adult preparation and reflection in your own learning record. Check pupil understanding separately through fresh work.
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EYFS · Understanding the world
Explore plants and growing
Support observation and plant vocabulary through adult-led practical activity.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Build listening and understanding through play
Support understanding of familiar messages through responsive, accessible play.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Mathematics
Count small collections with meaning
Support children who recite number words but need help matching them to objects and identifying the total.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Mathematics
Secure tens and ones
For pupils who confuse the value of a digit with its position in a two-digit number.
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Explore this supportKS1 · English
Write and check a complete telling sentence
Support pupils who express an idea but omit sentence-start capitals or ending punctuation.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Reading
Support an inference with evidence
For pupils who make plausible guesses but do not connect their interpretation to the text.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Reading
Explain vocabulary in context
For pupils who recognise a word but select a meaning that does not fit the sentence.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Mathematics
See why fractions are equivalent
Support pupils who change one fraction number without preserving the represented value.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Find a stated fact and show the evidence
Support pupils who guess from general knowledge or a keyword without checking the text.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Biology
Connect cell structures with functions
For pupils who recall cell labels but confuse what the structures do.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Geography
Read grid references in the correct order
Support pupils who reverse eastings/northings or confuse a square with an exact point.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Computing
Trace an algorithm before changing it
Support pupils who recognise terms but cannot explain how ordered instructions change a value.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Secure ratio notation and sharing
For learners who confuse ratio parts with the whole or use unequal scaling when simplifying.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Solve linear equations and check the solution
Support learners who change one side only or lose the meaning of equality.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Maths
Notice small quantities and compare groups
Recognising small amounts without recounting every object.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Maths
Explore adding and taking away through play
Understanding how a small collection changes when objects join or leave.
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Spot and continue a repeating pattern
Finding the repeat rather than guessing the next object.
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Explore this supportEYFS · English & literacy
Enjoy rhyme and notice initial sounds
Listening closely to sounds in familiar words.
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Explore this supportEYFS · English & literacy
Blend taught sounds and segment a simple word
Keeping the sounds in order when reading or spelling.
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Explore this supportEYFS · English & literacy
Form familiar letters with a clear movement model
Remembering a letter’s starting point and movement.
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Explore this supportEYFS · English & literacy
Notice the unusual part of a taught word
Reading a taught common-exception word without guessing its shape.
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Explore this supportEYFS · English & literacy
Build a short retelling through talk and play
Organising familiar events into a short spoken retelling.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Maths
Build number bonds to ten
Finding the missing part without starting the count again.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Maths
Make equal groups and share fairly
Understanding equal groups before recalling multiplication facts.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Maths
Find halves and quarters using equal parts
Recognising that fraction parts must be equal.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Maths
Measure length from the zero mark
Aligning an object with the ruler’s scale rather than its edge.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Maths
Describe shapes through their properties
Recognising shapes when they are rotated or look unfamiliar.
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Explore this supportKS1 · English
Read taught digraphs within a word
Treating a taught digraph as one phoneme when blending.
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Explore this supportKS1 · English
Use known word parts to spell
Choosing a spelling through taught correspondences and word endings.
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Explore this supportKS1 · English
Retell a short story and find a stated answer
Separating what happened in a story from a guess.
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Explore this supportKS1 · English
Say, write and reread one clear sentence
Keeping an intended idea while moving from talk to writing.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication & Language
Follow two linked instructions through play
Moving from a secure one-step response to two familiar linked actions, when developmentally appropriate.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Use place value to explain rounding
Choosing the neighbouring multiples before rounding.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Explain an exchange in column calculation
Understanding exchanged tens and hundreds rather than moving digits by rote.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Connect multiplication and division facts
Using a known product to reason about related division.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Find a fraction of an amount
Connecting the denominator to equal groups and the numerator to selected groups.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Connect a fraction, decimal and percentage
Seeing equivalent values rather than three unrelated notations.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Separate perimeter from area
Distinguishing the boundary from the surface inside.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Read coordinates and describe a translation
Keeping the horizontal and vertical moves in the correct order.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Read a chart’s scale before its values
Interpreting a key or scale instead of counting marks alone.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Scale a simple recipe multiplicatively
Scaling all quantities by the same factor rather than adding the same amount.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Use an inverse to find a missing number
Treating an unknown as a quantity that must keep an equality true.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Maths
Count through zero on a number line
Keeping order and direction when a sequence crosses zero.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Summarise the main idea and compare texts
Selecting the main idea rather than copying every detail.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Explain what a word choice suggests
Moving beyond naming a technique to explaining meaning.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Build a paragraph with connected ideas
Connecting sentences so the reader can follow one idea.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Proofread for one agreed accuracy target
Checking a chosen accuracy feature without rewriting everything at once.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Reread an accessible text for meaning and phrasing
Reading connected text accurately enough to retain its meaning.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Maths
Reason about calculations with negative numbers
Separating number order, addition/subtraction and multiplication sign rules.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Maths
Use equivalent forms to calculate an amount
Selecting a useful fraction or percentage representation for a calculation.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Maths
Share a total using equal ratio parts
Finding the value of one ratio part before the shares.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Maths
Read algebraic notation before substituting
Understanding that 3a means three multiplied by a.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Maths
Choose an angle fact and explain the calculation
Using a named relationship rather than guessing from the drawing.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Maths
Keep averages and spread distinct
Choosing the calculation that matches the named statistic.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Maths
Count favourable and equally likely outcomes
Using the whole outcome set rather than an intuitive guess.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Support a reading inference with precise evidence
Making a plausible interpretation that is tied to the text.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Build a sentence with a clear clause relationship
Joining ideas without creating an unintended sentence fragment.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Check agreement and purposeful tense choices
Choosing a verb form that fits the subject and intended time.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Use apostrophes for possession and contraction
Understanding a punctuation mark’s function rather than inserting it by habit.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Use word parts and context together
Using a prefix or suffix clue without applying an unreliable blanket rule.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Plan a clear paragraph for a real reader
Adapting content and register to audience and purpose.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Explain a literary image in context
Connecting a literary method with meaning rather than a label alone.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Explore a dramatic moment through performance
Understanding a play as a performance rather than a list of plot facts.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Apply operation order with a reason
Avoiding left-to-right calculation when operations have different priority.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Choose HCF or LCM for the question
Distinguishing a shared factor from a shared multiple.
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Explain powers of ten in standard form
Keeping the coefficient and power consistent with the number’s size.
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Use a multiplier for percentage change
Applying a percentage change to the whole amount.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Round at the requested precision and check an estimate
Distinguishing decimal places from significant figures.
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Connect expanding and a common factor
Applying a multiplier to every term inside a bracket.
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Use the zero-product property to solve a quadratic
Keeping both possible roots when a quadratic is factorised.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Explain a linear sequence’s nth term
Linking a common difference to a rule for position.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Solve an inequality and show its solution set
Keeping the inequality meaning when isolating the unknown.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Justify each step in an angle calculation
Choosing a valid angle relationship for the marked diagram.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Match area and volume formulas to the shape
Distinguishing square and cubic measures and choosing the right dimensions.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Identify the hypotenuse before using Pythagoras
Deciding whether to add or subtract squared lengths.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Choose a trigonometric ratio from the side labels
Labelling opposite and adjacent relative to the chosen angle.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Separate length, area and volume scale factors
Recognising that area does not scale by the length multiplier.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Identify a proportional relationship before calculating
Distinguishing a constant ratio from a constant product.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Compare prices using the same unit
Comparing unit rates rather than pack prices alone.
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Keep a scale calculation in compatible units
Applying the scale factor before converting units correctly.
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Count equally likely outcomes and their complements
Choosing a probability denominator from the stated equally likely outcomes.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Interpret expected frequency as an estimate
Distinguishing a long-run expectation from a guaranteed outcome.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Separate independence from mutually exclusive events
Using a complete outcome list and the correct relationship between events.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Put the overlap into a Venn diagram once
Avoiding double counting a shared group.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Explain what a sample can and cannot show
Separating reduced selection bias from guaranteed representativeness.
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Calculate a mean from frequencies and compare averages
Weighting each value by how often it occurs.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Read chart scales, categories and proportions
Using the axis or key before interpreting a chart.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Describe correlation without claiming cause
Making appropriately limited conclusions from paired data.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Maths
Use area to read an unequal-width histogram
Distinguishing frequency density from frequency.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English
Support a reading inference with precise evidence
Moving from a plausible impression to a supported interpretation.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English
Explain how a language choice shapes meaning
Developing analysis beyond spotting a named technique.
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Trace how a text develops its focus
Explaining organisation beyond naming beginning, middle and end.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English
Build a coherent scene or narrative for the brief
Choosing and developing details that serve the actual creative-writing task.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English
Develop a credible argument for an audience
Supporting a viewpoint without relying on invented statistics or device lists.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English
Edit one recurring accuracy issue deliberately
Turning a recurring sentence or punctuation error into a specific editing target.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English Literature
Connect a literary interpretation, evidence and context
Developing a supported interpretation without attaching irrelevant historical facts.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English Literature
Develop a supported reading of a poem
Connecting a poem’s language or organisation to a defensible interpretation.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English
Compare viewpoints and evaluate a supported claim
Distinguishing comparison from separate summaries and evaluation from unsupported preference.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Mathematics
Use factors to decide whether a number is prime
Odd is being treated as another word for prime.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Mathematics
Reflect a shape across a marked mirror line
The learner slides the shape instead of matching distances across the mirror.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Mathematics
Build volume from layers of unit cubes
Only visible top faces are counted as the whole volume.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Mathematics
Choose the direction when converting metric units
A single multiply-by-100 rule is applied to every pair of units.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Mathematics
Collect like terms without changing their meaning
Unlike terms are combined because they are next to each other.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Mathematics
Solve a one-step equation by preserving equality
The right side is changed without the same operation on the left.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Rearrange a formula to make a different subject
Only one term of the numerator is divided.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Solve two linear equations as one system
A proposed pair is accepted after checking only one equation.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Find the original amount after a percentage change
The same percentage is added or subtracted from the changed amount.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Write an error interval from a rounded measurement
Both endpoints are included or the full rounding unit is added.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Calculate average speed with consistent units
Minutes are written as decimal hundredths of an hour.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Distinguish a circle’s circumference from its area
The diameter is substituted for the radius in the area formula.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Apply repeated percentage change to the changing amount
A fixed percentage of the original is added every period.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Read a box plot and explain its interquartile range
The full range is reported as the IQR.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Simplify surds using a square factor
The root of a sum is split into the sum of roots.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Choose the index law from the operation
One exponent rule is applied regardless of the operation.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Make a prediction and show the clue behind it
A prediction is treated as a fact or an unsupported guess.
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Choose homophones by their meaning in a sentence
Spelling is chosen from sound without considering meaning.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Punctuate a short line of direct speech
Reporting words are placed inside the inverted commas.
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Identify word classes from their job in a sentence
A word is assigned one permanent class regardless of its context.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Choose vocabulary that fits the meaning and audience
The longest synonym is assumed to be the best word.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Link a writer’s choices to purpose and audience
A technique label replaces an explanation of the writer’s choice.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8702
Compare poems through one supported idea
Two separate technique lists are presented without a shared comparison.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8702
Embed a short quotation without losing its meaning
A quotation is inserted without being explained or fitted into the sentence.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Match a familiar sound to its source
The child guesses a source from position rather than the sound or agreed sensory cue.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Notice whether two familiar words rhyme
The child matches words by their first sound rather than their rhyming ending.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Join a familiar rhyme with a fitting word
The child notices a given rhyme but finds generating or choosing one difficult.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Literacy
Group familiar words by their first sound
The child groups objects by meaning rather than their first spoken sound.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Literacy
Use the school’s pure-sound model in phonics
Added “uh” sounds make the modelled phonemes harder to blend.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Literacy
Connect a taught sound with its written grapheme
The child identifies a spoken sound but cannot yet connect it with its taught written form.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Literacy
Blend through a word before using the picture
The child names a plausible picture object without reading the written word.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Literacy
Hear and sequence three phonemes before writing
The child can say the whole word but omits a phoneme when segmenting.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Literacy
Keep taught graphemes in the order of the word’s sounds
The child identifies phonemes but writes or selects their graphemes in a different order.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Literacy
Recognise the capital at the start of a familiar name
The child treats a capital and lowercase form in the name as unrelated marks.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Expand a child’s idea naturally during play
Repeated demands for a longer sentence interrupt the child’s meaningful communication.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Model a reason using because in familiar play
The word because is repeated without a meaningful connection between idea and reason.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Revisit a new word in meaningful contexts
The child repeats a new word once but does not yet connect it with its meaning.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Distinguish who from where in a familiar scene
The child gives a place when asked who or a person when asked where.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Communication and language
Use first and then to connect two familiar events
The child recalls both events but reverses their order or treats them as unrelated.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Mathematics
Connect zero with an empty group
The child calls an empty group one or avoids giving a quantity.
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Match a familiar numeral to its quantity
The child recognises a numeral but gives a different quantity.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Mathematics
Count a short sequence of actions
The child counts visible objects but loses the count when actions leave no objects behind.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Mathematics
Count out a requested number and stop
The child recites a count but keeps giving objects beyond the requested number.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Mathematics
Keep track when objects are scattered
The child skips or counts objects twice in an irregular arrangement.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Mathematics
Predict one more in a small collection
The child recounts successfully but cannot yet connect one joining with the next total.
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Predict one fewer when an object leaves
The child says the next counting number when one object is removed.
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Make five from two smaller groups
The child treats the two parts as unrelated totals and loses the whole five.
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Explore this supportEYFS · Mathematics
Recognise a triangle when it is turned
Only an upright, regular-looking triangle is recognised as a triangle.
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Notice what makes a square a special rectangle
The child relies on size or orientation rather than sides and corners.
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Compare length by lining up the starting ends
The child judges length from objects placed at different starting positions.
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Compare heaviness without judging by size
The child assumes that the bigger-looking object must be heavier.
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Distinguish full, empty and partly filled
The child labels every container holding something as full.
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Find and repair a break in an AB pattern
The child continues a sequence but does not notice a break in its repeating unit.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Keep a reading response within the question’s specified scope
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Include every fact anywhere in the text.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Synthesise relevant similarities and differences in a summary
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Both groups face heavy rain.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Infer an attitude from a pattern of details
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: The writer must dislike all travel.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Analyse a verb’s meaning before naming a technique
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: The verb proves the roof collapses.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Explain a connected pattern of word choices
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Every building is literally alive.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Explain sentence length through its actual context
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Short sentences always make the pace faster.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Explain a structural shift in the reader’s focus
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: A second paragraph always introduces a new narrator.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Explain how delayed information changes an earlier reading
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: The envelope certainly contains a threat.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Support a qualified judgement in an evaluation
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Agree fully regardless of conflicting evidence.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Make a comparison point that connects both texts
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Discuss only writer A.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Compare how two writers present a shared concern
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: One writer uses more words, so must be more persuasive.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Choose quotation or paraphrase to serve the reading task
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Every reading answer needs the same quotation quota.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Keep a chosen narrative viewpoint clear
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: A first-person narrator always knows everyone’s thoughts.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Give a short narrative an ending that resolves its chosen focus
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Every ending needs a dream reveal.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English · AQA 8700
Separate a persuasive claim from evidence supporting it
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: The trial guarantees identical results everywhere.
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Use a concession without abandoning the argument
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: A concession means the writer has no position.
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Make the requested writing form visible to its audience
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Use the same opening for every audience.
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Link paragraphs through the argument’s logic
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Adding however to every paragraph creates cohesion.
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Use punctuation to clarify a complex sentence
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Every sentence needs a semicolon.
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Proofread for specific recurring errors rather than rereading vaguely
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Change every unfamiliar word.
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Connect an extract detail to a relevant whole-text moment
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Any remembered scene answers any literature question.
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Connect context to a particular interpretation
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Every Victorian text proves all Victorians had identical views.
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Treat characterisation as a writer’s construction
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: The character’s claim is automatically the writer’s belief.
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Explain enjambment through syntax and meaning
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: All line breaks mark the end of a sentence.
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Explain a shift in a poem without assuming a fixed form
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: Every poem turns on line nine.
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Build an unseen reading from evidence while retaining uncertainty
The learner relies on this unsupported shortcut: The line proves the poet lived alone.
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Write small numbers in standard form
The negative exponent is confused with a negative number.
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Renormalise a product in standard form
A coefficient above 10 is left as the final standard form.
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Align powers of ten before adding standard-form values
Exponents are added as though the operation were multiplication.
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Connect fractional indices to roots (Higher)
The numerator and denominator are treated as an ordinary fraction multiplier.
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Use a negative index as a reciprocal
The negative exponent is treated as a negative coefficient.
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Combine like surds after simplifying (Higher)
Square roots are combined by adding their radicands.
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Rationalise a single-surd denominator (Higher)
Only the denominator is multiplied.
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Choose appropriate bounds for a positive product (Higher)
Rounded central values are treated as exact limits.
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Account for all four products in two brackets
Only first and last terms are multiplied.
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Recognise and factorise a difference of squares
The learner squares each term without creating two factors.
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Factorise a quadratic with a non-unit leading coefficient (Higher)
Factors are chosen that give the constant but not the middle coefficient.
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Substitute signed coefficients in the quadratic formula (Higher)
The sign of b is lost and −b is copied incorrectly.
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Expose a quadratic turning point by completing the square (Higher)
The added square correction is not subtracted again.
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Use second differences to find a quadratic rule (Higher)
A changing first difference is used as a linear coefficient.
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Substitute one equation into another
The replacement expression is inserted without preserving its grouping.
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Retain both intersections in a linear–quadratic system (Higher)
One quadratic root is discarded or paired with the wrong y value.
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Reverse an inequality when dividing by a negative
The inequality direction is retained after negative division.
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Use signed vertical change over horizontal change
Vertical and horizontal differences are taken in opposite directions.
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Find a straight-line equation from a point and gradient
The point’s y value is assumed to be the intercept.
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Use negative reciprocal gradients for perpendicular lines (Higher)
The gradient is negated without taking its reciprocal.
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Reverse the operations of a simple function (Higher)
The inverse is confused with the reciprocal of the function value.
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Read composition in the correct order (Higher)
The displayed function order is interpreted left to right.
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Keep mass and volume units consistent in density
Mass in kilograms is divided by volume in cubic centimetres without conversion.
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Use force per area for pressure
Force is multiplied by area rather than divided.
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Determine the constant in inverse-square proportion (Higher)
The square of the independent variable is ignored.
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Keep simple interest tied to the original principal
Each year’s interest is applied to an increasing balance.
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Multiply successive percentage-change factors
A percentage rise and equal percentage fall are assumed to cancel.
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Square a length conversion factor for area
A length factor of 100 is used directly to convert square units.
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Cube a length conversion factor for volume
The square or length conversion factor is used for volume.
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Square the length scale factor for similar areas (Higher)
Area is multiplied by the length factor alone.
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Cube the length scale factor for similar volumes (Higher)
Volume is scaled linearly or by the area factor.
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Apply both components of a translation vector
The components are reversed or treated as a new point.
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Reflect a point in a named horizontal line
The y-coordinate is negated regardless of the mirror line.
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Include centre, angle and direction in a rotation
An angle is given without a centre or direction.
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Measure a three-figure bearing clockwise from north
The angle is measured from east or anticlockwise.
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Use the fraction of a full turn for sector area
The circumference formula is used to find area.
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Use the fraction of a circumference for arc length
The two radii are added when only the curved arc is requested.
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Use circular cross-sectional area in cylinder volume
The diameter is substituted directly as the radius.
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Subtract squares when finding a shorter right-triangle side
Both given squares are added even though the hypotenuse is known.
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Use an inverse trigonometric function to find an angle
The learner applies sin to a ratio instead of inverse sin.
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Update second-draw probabilities without replacement (Higher)
First-draw probabilities are reused after an item has been removed.
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Count an overlap once when finding a union
The overlap is counted twice when adding set totals.
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Use class midpoints without claiming an exact grouped mean
Class endpoints are treated as individual observed values.
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Convert a frequency proportion to a pie-chart angle
Frequency is multiplied by 360 without dividing by the total.
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Keep adjacent consonants when blending
One consonant is omitted when several consonants occur together.
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Read igh as one taught grapheme
The learner says separate letter sounds for each letter of igh.
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Use the taught alternative sounds of oo
The learner assumes oo has the same pronunciation in every word.
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Recognise two taught spellings for the same vowel sound
A known vowel sound is recognised only in one spelling.
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Read ai and ay in taught words
The learner cannot transfer a familiar vowel sound to another taught spelling.
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Keep the taught a–e correspondence together when reading
The learner treats the final e as a separate added syllable in a taught a–e word.
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Use an –es plural after selected endings
The learner writes boxs or wishs by applying –s to every plural.
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Change consonant + y in selected noun plurals
The learner changes every final y to ies, including toys.
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Read a regular –ed ending with its word pronunciation
The learner reads every –ed ending as a separate “ed” syllable.
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Drop final e in selected words before –ing
The learner writes makeing by attaching –ing without the selected spelling change.
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Double the final consonant in selected short words
The learner writes hoping when hop was the intended base word.
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Use un– to explain a changed word meaning
The learner reads un– as an unrelated word or assumes it always has one grammatical effect.
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Read a contraction and identify omitted letters
The learner treats an apostrophe as a sound or uses it to mark every plural.
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Use capitals for names and the pronoun I
Capitals are used only at the beginning of a sentence.
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Choose a question mark from the sentence’s purpose
The learner uses a question mark whenever a sentence includes asked or a question-related word.
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Write a command with a clear action
The learner describes an action without clearly telling the reader what to do.
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Choose and or but to express the relationship
A conjunction is inserted without considering the relationship between the ideas.
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Choose an adjective that adds useful detail
Several adjectives are added without helping the reader understand the noun.
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Keep regular past and present choices consistent with the event
The learner changes tense unintentionally within a short account.
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Separate who is in a story from where it happens
The learner gives a place when asked for a character or a character when asked for the setting.
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Order three stated story events
The learner recalls events but orders them from preference rather than the narrative sequence.
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Suggest a character’s feeling from a clue
A feeling is guessed without using the text or illustration’s relevant evidence.
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Make a simple prediction from a story clue
A prediction ignores the story detail or is treated as a guaranteed event.
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Write a list that serves a real purpose
The learner writes connected sentences or unrelated items when a useful list is needed.
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Order clear instructions for a familiar task
The learner names materials but does not tell the reader what to do in order.
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Count equal pairs in twos
The learner counts pairs as single objects and reports the number of pairs as the total.
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Count equal groups of five
The learner recites fives but loses the connection between a group and its running total.
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Add or remove ten while keeping the ones
The learner restarts at a multiple of ten instead of continuing from the given number.
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Compare two-digit numbers using tens first
The learner chooses the number with the larger ones digit regardless of its tens.
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Regroup a two-digit number without changing its value
The learner thinks exchanging a ten for ten ones changes the total.
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Read zero ones in a two-digit number
The learner treats the zero in 40 as removable or reads it as four ones.
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Build a double from two equal groups
The learner adds one instead of adding an equal copy when asked to double.
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Use a known double to find a near double
The learner recalls doubles but does not connect them with a sum one away.
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Make ten as a step in addition
The learner knows a bond to ten but does not use it within an addition crossing ten.
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Use subtraction to compare two quantities
Subtraction is understood only as taking objects away, not comparing two groups.
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Swap addends and explain the unchanged sum
The learner changes the answer when addition order changes or generalises the swap to subtraction.
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Connect an addition with its subtraction facts
The learner knows one addition fact but treats its inverse subtraction as unrelated.
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Find an unknown part in an addition
The learner adds the known part to the total instead of finding the missing part.
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Read an array as equal rows and equal columns
The learner counts rows or columns as the total number of objects.
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Find how many equal-sized groups fit
The learner confuses the number of groups with the size of each group.
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Use pairing to explain odd and even
The learner uses the numeral’s appearance rather than whether every object can be paired.
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Share a whole into three equal parts
The learner counts three pieces as thirds even when their sizes differ.
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Find one quarter of a small quantity
The learner divides by two when asked for a quarter or counts the four groups as the answer.
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Build three quarters from three equal quarter-parts
The learner finds one quarter but stops before combining three parts.
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Count money by coin value rather than coin number
The learner gives the number of coins as the money amount.
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Make the same money amount with different coins
The learner thinks an amount changes when it is exchanged for a different number of coins.
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Read the hour hand at o’clock and half past
The learner places the hour hand directly on the hour number at half past.
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Describe quarter and half turns from a starting direction
The learner names only the finishing direction and loses the turn amount or direction.
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Read a simple mass scale using its unit
The learner gives the object’s appearance instead of reading the scale or omits its unit.
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Explain a stated cause and its effect
The learner names two events but reverses which causes which.
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Distinguish a stated fact from an inference
A plausible inference is described as a quotation or directly stated fact.
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Find what a pronoun refers to while reading
The pronoun is attached to the nearest noun without checking the sentence’s meaning.
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Trace a character’s change across two moments
Only one moment is described when the question asks how a character changes.
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Choose a nonfiction feature for the information needed
A feature is named correctly but used for an unrelated information need.
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Compare two views on one shared issue
Two summaries are given without saying how the views relate.
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Distinguish a checkable claim from a stated opinion
Every confident sentence is treated as a verified fact.
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Explain a figurative statement without reading it literally
A metaphor is interpreted as a factual claim about the object’s identity.
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Use a prefix to explain a specific meaning change
The learner assumes every prefix means not in exactly the same way.
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Apply selected spelling changes before –ly
The learner adds –ly mechanically and assumes every resulting word is always an adverb.
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Form taught –ation words from a known base
Letters are omitted at the base/ending boundary in a familiar –ation word.
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Use taught –ous word spellings in context
The –ous ending is omitted or replaced by a phonically plausible but incorrect ending.
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Remember a taught silent letter through the whole word
An unpronounced initial letter is omitted from a known word.
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Keep a correct vowel in a less-stressed part of a word
A less clearly heard vowel is replaced by a plausible but incorrect spelling.
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Use a word family to support a spelling connection
The learner relies only on the surface pronunciation and omits a root letter.
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Place the apostrophe after a regular plural s
A regular plural owner is given the singular possessive form or every plural receives an apostrophe.
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Replace a repeated noun only when the reference stays clear
Pronouns reduce repetition but leave the reader unsure who or what is meant.
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Add a relative clause that modifies a clear noun
A relative clause is attached where the reader cannot tell which noun it describes.
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Use a fronted adverbial with a clear time or place role
A sentence opening is labelled an adverbial without explaining what it contributes.
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Choose a subordinating conjunction for the intended relationship
Because, when and if are swapped without considering meaning.
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Distinguish a completed past time from present-perfect relevance
Has/have is added to a past form without considering the stated time or participle.
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Match the verb with the subject rather than a nearby noun
The verb is matched to the nearest noun instead of the sentence subject.
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Use a modal verb to express a degree of possibility
Might, will and must are treated as interchangeable certainty words.
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Change active to passive while keeping the event
Any sentence containing was is labelled passive.
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Choose content for the reader’s actual need
A plan contains favourite ideas without the information the intended reader needs.
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Start a new paragraph when the dialogue speaker changes
Different speakers are placed in one uninterrupted paragraph and their turns become unclear.
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Remove redundancy while preserving clarity
Every repeated word is removed, including repetition needed for meaning.
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Use a paragraph break to signal a meaningful time shift
A new paragraph is started after every sentence or never used despite a clear time shift.
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Choose a linking expression that matches the relation
However is inserted between ideas that do not contrast.
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Explain a deliberate line break in a short poem
Every poem line is read as a complete sentence with the same forced pause.
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Use a comma to clarify direct address
A comma is inserted only where a breath occurs, without checking meaning.
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Join closely related main clauses with a semicolon
A semicolon is placed before a fragment because it looks formal.
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Explain a digit’s value in a large number
The digit is named without its place value, especially beside zeros.
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Order decimals by place value rather than digit count
A decimal with more written digits is assumed to be larger.
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Explain multiplication by ten using place value
Zeros are attached indiscriminately, giving errors with decimals.
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Explain division by ten using place value
Digits are deleted or the decimal point is shifted in an inconsistent direction.
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Round a decimal to the nearest tenth
The learner uses the tenths digit itself to decide whether the tenth rounds up.
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Use an estimate to check the size of an addition
An exact written result is accepted without checking its approximate size.
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Adjust a convenient addition without changing the target
The learner rounds an addend for convenience but forgets to correct the extra amount.
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Adjust a convenient subtraction in the right direction
The learner subtracts a round amount and subtracts the adjustment again instead of restoring it.
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Record an addition exchange in its place-value column
An exchange digit is placed in the wrong column or added twice.
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Exchange across a zero column in subtraction
The learner changes zero tens to ten tens without first exchanging a hundred.
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Keep the tens multiplier in its place
The tens multiplier is treated as ones in the second partial product.
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Explain the carried remainder in short division
A carried remainder is appended without recognising its place-value conversion.
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Interpret a division remainder for the situation
The learner reports the same quotient format regardless of whether all people or complete packs must be accommodated.
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List factor pairs without missing or repeating them
Factor pairs are guessed, repeated in reverse or stopped before the list is complete.
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Find a common multiple through two multiple lists
Common factors and common multiples are confused.
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Distinguish square and cube number constructions
Squaring is interpreted as doubling, or cubing as tripling.
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Read taught Roman numerals without using place-value digits
IV is read as six or IX as eleven by adding every symbol indiscriminately.
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Measure a difference that crosses zero
The learner adds signed values instead of measuring the interval between them.
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Compare fractions with the same denominator
The learner treats a larger numerator as smaller despite equal-sized fractional units.
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Compare fractions with the same numerator
The learner assumes a larger denominator produces a larger fraction.
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Connect mixed numbers and improper fractions
The whole-number part is added directly to the numerator without conversion into fractional units.
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Add fractions by counting the same-sized units
The learner adds both numerators and denominators.
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Rename related fractions before adding them
The learner adds unlike fractional units as though they were the same size.
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Use common units when subtracting fractions
The denominator is subtracted or unlike units are removed without renaming.
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Multiply a fraction by a whole number as repeated groups
The whole-number factor is applied to the denominator instead of the number of fractional units.
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Divide a unit fraction into equal shares
Dividing a fractional amount is assumed to make it larger.
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Align decimal place values in addition
The rightmost written digits are aligned even when their place values differ.
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Scale a decimal by a whole-number factor
The decimal point is placed by guess rather than the represented value.
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Share decimal units in whole-number division
The learner performs whole-number division but assigns the quotient an incorrect decimal value.
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Use 10%,5% and 1% to build an amount
A benchmark is found correctly but combined into the wrong target percentage.
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Use familiar fractions for 25%,50% and 75%
The learner identifies an equivalent fraction but does not use it to calculate an amount.
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Separate a part-to-part ratio from a fraction of the whole
A ratio 2:3 is treated as two thirds of the whole.
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Share a total into unequal ratio-parts
The total is divided by only one ratio number instead of their sum.
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Use a formula while keeping the quantity and units clear
The letter is treated as a label to copy rather than a value to replace.
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Generate and check a sequence from a stated rule
The learner restarts from the rule number or applies it only once.
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Connect triangle area with half a matching rectangle
The sloping side is used as the height or the rectangle area is not halved.
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Use perpendicular height for parallelogram area
A sloping edge is multiplied by the base as if it were the perpendicular height.
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Find a missing angle around one point
The learner uses 180° even when the angles form a complete turn.
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Use a triangle’s angle sum to find the third angle
A full-turn total or a visual measurement is used instead of the triangle angle sum.
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Connect a cube’s faces with a valid net
Any arrangement of six squares is assumed to fold into a cube.
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Read for the central idea before collecting details
A minor detail is selected as the whole passage’s point.
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Find a named detail without confusing scanning with inference
The learner guesses a detail from general topic knowledge.
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Separate a narrator’s voice from the author
First-person narration is treated as autobiographical fact.
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Test a narrator’s claim against textual evidence
A narrator’s self-description is accepted despite conflicting events.
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Explain a word’s associations in its context
The learner names an emotion without explaining the word that suggests it.
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Choose homophones from sentence meaning
Sound alone is used to choose a spelling.
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Replace an unreliable spelling rhyme with checked word knowledge
The rhyme i before e is applied to every word.
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Classify a word by its role in a sentence
A word is assigned one class regardless of its sentence.
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Identify adverbs by function beyond the ly ending
Every ly word is called an adverb and adverbs are restricted to verbs.
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Identify determiners within noun phrases
Any descriptive word before a noun is called a determiner.
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Explain the relationship expressed by a preposition
Prepositions are identified only when they describe physical position.
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Separate a finite main clause from a non-finite phrase
An ing phrase is treated as a complete main clause.
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Find subject and object without relying on word position alone
The learner labels the first nearby noun without checking the verb relationship.
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Repair a comma splice with a suitable sentence boundary
A comma alone links two complete main clauses.
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Use a colon after a complete clause to introduce an explanation
A colon splits a verb from its complement.
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Mark supplementary information with paired punctuation
Only the opening punctuation is supplied.
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Place possessive apostrophes after irregular plural nouns
Every plural possessive is formed by adding an apostrophe after s.
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Distinguish a justified tense shift from accidental inconsistency
Every tense change is removed even when a new time is intended.
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Match the verb to the head of a subject noun phrase
The verb agrees with the nearest noun instead of the subject head.
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Write clearly in an appropriate formal register
Longer words are assumed to make writing more formal or accurate.
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Keep a paragraph centred on its main point
Unrelated ideas are added because every paragraph is expected to have a fixed length.
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Acknowledge a counterargument and answer its actual concern
The opposing view is mocked or replaced with a weaker claim.
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Choose descriptive details that build a coherent impression
Description becomes a list of impressive words without a clear scene.
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Identify alliteration through repeated initial sounds
Words are labelled alliterative simply because their first letters match.
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Separate a poem’s speaker from the poet
The poem’s first-person statements are assigned directly to the poet.
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Explain dramatic irony through unequal knowledge
Any surprising event is called dramatic irony.
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Distinguish an aside from a soliloquy in a dramatic context
A private thought is treated as speech heard by every character.
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Subtract a negative using inverse addition
Two adjacent minus signs are handled without considering their different roles.
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Explain the sign of a negative product
A sign rule is recalled but cannot be applied when both factors are negative.
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Distinguish a signed value from distance to zero
The learner gives a negative distance because the position is negative.
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Handle equal-priority operations from left to right
BIDMAS is interpreted as division always preceding multiplication.
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Build and check a prime factorisation
Composite leaves are treated as final factors.
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Find HCF from shared prime factors
All prime factors are multiplied together instead of selecting the shared factors.
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Find LCM without losing repeated prime factors
Only the shared factors are retained, producing an HCF instead.
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Separate squaring from taking a square root
The learner halves a number to find its square root.
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Estimate a product before accepting a calculator result
A misplaced decimal is accepted because the calculator display is trusted.
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Simplify factors before multiplying fractions
The learner subtracts equal numbers or cancels across addition.
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Explain division by a fraction through equal units
Dividing is assumed always to make a number smaller.
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Add unrelated denominators using a common unit
Numerators and denominators are added independently.
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Turn a terminating decimal into a simplest fraction
The number of decimal places is ignored when selecting the denominator.
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Represent a percentage of an amount as multiplication
25% is entered as 25 rather than 0.25.
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Keep the starting amount as the percentage-change base
The final amount is used as the denominator.
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Distinguish part-to-part ratio from a fraction of the whole
A ratio 2:3 is read as the first part being two thirds of the whole.
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Scale both parts of a ratio by the same factor
The same amount is added to both parts instead of multiplying.
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Find a missing ratio amount when one part is known
The known category amount is divided by the sum of all ratio parts.
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Distribute a negative factor to every term
Only the first term is multiplied by the negative factor.
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Reverse distribution using a common factor
One term is divided by the chosen factor but the other is left unchanged.
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Use brackets when substituting negative values
A negative substituted value loses its brackets before squaring.
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Undo a two-step linear expression in reverse order
The learner divides before removing an added term.
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Collect variable terms on one side of an equation
A term is moved with a sign change without understanding the same operation on both sides.
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Find the offset in a linear nth-term rule
The common difference is given as the whole nth-term rule.
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Check whether a number belongs to a linear sequence
A non-integer position is accepted as a sequence term.
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Use both parallel sides in trapezium area
A sloping side is substituted for the perpendicular height.
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Count all faces when finding cuboid surface area
The three dimensions are multiplied to answer a surface-area question.
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Read coordinates in all four quadrants
The two coordinate values are reversed.
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Identify vertically opposite angles using intersecting lines
Adjacent angles are treated as equal rather than supplementary.
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Connect parallel-line angle equality to a named reason
Any similar-looking pair is said to be equal without checking parallel lines.
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Connect polygon angle sum to triangles
The learner uses n×180° without accounting for the number of triangles.
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Recover a missing value from a mean and count
The mean is treated as the total.
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Find the median of an even number of ordered values
The learner chooses one central value without averaging the pair.
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Estimate probability from observed relative frequency
A probability estimate is described as a promise of the next outcome.
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List equally likely paired outcomes systematically
HT and TH are collapsed into one outcome despite different ordered tosses.
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Read quarter past and quarter to without losing the hour
The learner names the hour already passed when saying quarter to.
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Count the minute scale in fives
Clock numbers are read as minutes without counting groups of five.
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Find how many minutes pass within one hour
A finish time is reported as the duration.
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Find change by counting from the price to the payment
The learner adds the price to the payment or returns the price as change.
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Connect the centre angle with the same-arc circumference angle
The two angles are linked merely because they are in the same circle.
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Recognise a right angle standing on a diameter
Every triangle drawn in a circle is assumed to be right angled.
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Match angles in the same segment
Angles on opposite sides of a chord are called equal without checking their positions.
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Use opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral
Adjacent angles are incorrectly treated as an opposite pair.
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Locate the right angle where a tangent meets a radius
The right angle is placed at the centre rather than at the contact point.
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Use equal tangent lengths from one external point
Tangents from different external points are assumed equal.
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Add vectors as successive movements
The components are multiplied or the route length is confused with the resultant.
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Reverse a vector without changing its length
Negating a vector is interpreted as making its length negative.
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Scale both vector components by the same factor
Only one vector component is multiplied by the scalar.
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Ask a question that follows what someone said
A question starts a new topic rather than extending the speaker’s point.
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Build on a partner’s contribution
The learner changes the subject without responding to the contribution.
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Disagree kindly and give a relevant reason
Disagreement is treated as a personal criticism rather than a different view.
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Leave clear spaces between words
Words run together, making the phrase difficult for another reader to identify.
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Place familiar letters consistently on the writing line
All letters are made the same height or descenders are kept above the baseline.
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Connect 12-hour and 24-hour clock times
Twelve is added to every hour, including morning times and noon.
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Find elapsed time across an hour boundary
The learner subtracts clock digits as if one hour contained one hundred minutes.
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Convert hours and minutes using sixty
One hour thirty minutes is recorded as 1.30 decimal hours.
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Keep pounds and pence in the right places
Single-digit pence are written in the tenths place.
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Read unnumbered intervals on a capacity scale
The learner counts marks instead of the gaps between labelled values.
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Organise a short presentation for a real listener
The speaker lists disconnected details without helping the listener follow.
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Use a listener’s question to clarify an explanation
The speaker repeats the same words rather than resolving the listener’s uncertainty.
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Consider another viewpoint before giving a group decision
The learner answers a position the other person did not express.
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Adapt a short speech to its actual audience
A generic speech ignores what this audience needs to know.
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Respond to an opposing argument with a reason
The response attacks the speaker or changes the subject instead of addressing the point.
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Answer a follow-up question without inventing certainty
The learner guesses an unsupported fact to avoid admitting uncertainty.
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Make a square from two matching triangles
The child recognises individual shapes but leaves gaps or overlaps when joining them.
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Turn a shape to fit its outline
The child slides a piece repeatedly but does not turn it to match the outline.
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Use position words in a real arrangement
The child copies an adult’s pointing but does not yet use the position word to locate an object.
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Help a partner follow a short toy route
The child names the destination but leaves out a landmark needed to follow the route.
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Help a child clarify a message during play
The child repeats the same unclear word or gesture when a partner needs more information.
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Carry familiar language into a new play setting
The child repeats a taught word with its original picture but does not yet connect it to a new example.
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Read the correct protractor scale
The learner reads the number on the other protractor scale.
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Classify quadrilaterals by properties
The learner treats square and rectangle as mutually exclusive names.
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Split a compound shape without double counting
The learner counts an overlapping region twice or adds boundary lengths as area.
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Build a straight-line graph from a value table
The learner plots an x value against its position in the table rather than its calculated y value.
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Plot a quadratic curve from checked values
The learner treats (−2)² as −4 or joins the plotted points into a permanent zigzag.
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Keep a function’s operation order clear
The learner subtracts two before multiplying when applying the rule.
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Use a prism’s cross-sectional area
The learner multiplies three labelled lengths without finding the triangular cross-sectional area.
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Check selected able and ible spellings
The learner applies “add able to any whole word” as an exception-free rule.
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Read a short dialogue with meaningful phrasing
The learner decodes the words but pauses at arbitrary places or loses who is speaking.
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Test instructions with a real reader
The writer assumes the reader knows an unstated object, quantity or next action.
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Construct a perpendicular bisector with equal arcs
The learner measures a midpoint and draws a guessed right angle without showing the construction.
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Bisect an angle using matched compass arcs
The learner joins the vertex to an arbitrary point or uses unequal arc radii.
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Construct the shortest line from a point to a line
The learner measures a convenient sloping distance instead of the perpendicular distance.
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Combine two locus conditions on a scale diagram
The learner shades the union of two loci when both conditions are required.
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Use perpendicular height in cone volume
The learner uses slant height in the cone-volume formula or omits the factor one third.
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Keep sphere surface area and volume separate
The learner uses the diameter as radius or selects a formula without considering what is measured.
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Check the included angle in triangle congruence
The learner accepts any two sides and one angle as a guarantee of congruence.
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Explain why an isosceles triangle has equal base angles
The learner repeats the equal-base-angle fact when asked to prove that same fact.
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Match opposite sides and angles in the sine rule
The learner pairs a side with the adjacent angle instead of the opposite angle.
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Use the included angle in the cosine rule
The learner inserts an angle that is not between the two known sides or stops at the squared length.
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Choose the angle between the sides for triangle area
The learner uses a non-included angle or omits the factor one half.
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Use midpoint vectors to prove parallel lines
The learner states that lines look parallel without deriving a scalar relationship between their direction vectors.
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Use the restricted total in conditional probability
The learner divides by the whole sample instead of the group named after given that.
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Plot cumulative totals at upper class boundaries
The learner plots class frequencies at midpoints instead of cumulative frequencies at upper boundaries.
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Check shun endings through word connections
The learner writes the same ending for every word with a similar final sound.
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Notice when a reading stops making sense
The learner continues reading despite losing a pronoun reference or a key word’s meaning.
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Compare what two openings reveal first
The learner lists details from each text but does not connect their order to a shared comparison focus.
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Read a poem’s lines without losing its sentence
The learner makes a full stop at every line ending regardless of the sentence.
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Prepare a clear spoken presentation
The learner reads disconnected notes without a clear purpose or development.
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Respond to presentation questions and feedback
The learner gives a memorised answer that does not address the listener’s question.
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Separate Macbeth’s choices from the witches’ prophecy
The learner retells the prophecy as though it commands or mechanically causes every later action.
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Trace Scrooge’s change through matched evidence
The learner states that Scrooge becomes kind without selecting or explaining contrasting moments.
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Explain how Birling’s confidence creates dramatic irony
The learner names dramatic irony but does not explain the knowledge gap or its relevance to Birling’s judgement.
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Track who knows Juliet’s plan
The learner retells the ending without distinguishing what the audience and Romeo know.
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Compare control in Ozymandias and My Last Duchess
The learner lists techniques from each poem without a shared comparison or confuses a poetic speaker with the poet.
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Match a tangent–chord angle to the alternate segment
The learner chooses a nearby angle without checking which chord it stands on.
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Explain why a perpendicular from the centre bisects a chord
The learner quotes the chord theorem but assumes the midpoint while trying to prove it.
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Enlarge through a centre with a negative scale factor
The learner makes the image smaller or reflects in an axis when the scale factor is negative.
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Find the right triangle inside a 3D trigonometry problem
The learner uses a visible edge as the adjacent side instead of the line’s projection onto the base.
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Keep place value clear in long division by two digits
The learner loses the value of the partial dividend or omits a zero in the quotient.
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See multiplication of two proper fractions as part of a part
The learner adds numerators or expects every multiplication to make a number larger.
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See six to ten as five and some more
The child recounts every item and loses track when a collection extends beyond five.
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Make a double with two matching groups
The child calls any two groups a double, even when the groups are unequal.
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Share a small collection into equal groups
The child gives one recipient more because the row looks longer or deals objects in unequal handfuls.
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Choose and turn a solid to make a stable build
The child chooses by colour alone or expects every surface of a solid to stack in the same way.
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Draw an angle from a given ray
The learner reads the wrong protractor scale or puts the new ray through the wrong point.
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Classify a triangle by sides and by angles
The learner assumes a triangle can have only one classification or recognises types only in familiar orientations.
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Check both conditions for a regular polygon
The learner calls a polygon regular after checking only equal sides or only equal angles.
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Convert miles and kilometres using an approximate relationship
The learner reverses the conversion or treats an approximation as an exact equality.
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Translate every vertex by the same movement
The learner moves one point correctly but changes the shape while moving the remaining vertices.
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Reflect a point using its distance from the mirror line
The learner changes a coordinate sign even when the mirror line is not an axis.
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Keep the centre fixed when rotating a shape
The learner turns a shape about its own corner or the origin instead of the given centre.
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Keep units consistent when using a map scale
The learner applies the scale correctly but reports the answer in the wrong unit.
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Read movement and stopping on a distance–time graph
The learner reads a horizontal graph segment as movement along level ground or treats height as speed.
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Construct a perpendicular bisector and explain the equal arcs
The learner draws a line through an estimated midpoint without preserving equal distances from the endpoints.
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Cancel factors while retaining excluded values
The learner cancels individual terms or assumes that simplifying restores an excluded input.
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Add algebraic fractions using a common denominator
The learner adds denominators or changes a denominator without multiplying its numerator.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics
Check denominator restrictions when solving an equation
The learner accepts a solution that makes an original denominator zero.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics
Feed each new value into the next iteration
The learner repeatedly substitutes the starting value or rounds so early that the sequence changes.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics
Solve a quadratic inequality by checking interval signs
The learner finds the roots but assumes the solution always lies between them.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics
Find the region that satisfies every inequality
The learner shades the correct side of one boundary but ignores the other conditions or includes a strict boundary.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics
Explain a horizontal graph shift through the input
The learner moves y = f(x − 2) left because the expression contains a minus sign.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics
Estimate a curve’s gradient using a tangent
The learner uses two points on the curve instead of two points on a tangent at the requested position.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics
Estimate distance from a non-negative velocity curve
The learner adds velocities without accounting for elapsed time or treats a curved graph as a single rectangle.
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Explore this supportKS2 · English
Keep a whole piece of writing on course
Individual paragraphs make sense, but the piece changes direction or ends without resolving its main idea.
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Explore this supportKS3 · English
Revise the whole draft for its reader
The learner corrects spellings but leaves the purpose, order or reader’s questions unresolved.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English
Carry a writing plan through a complete response
The learner produces a strong opening but loses the viewpoint, runs out of time or leaves the response unfinished.
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Explore this supportGCSE · English
Build a comparative argument across the whole response
The learner writes separate mini-essays about each poem without developing a comparison that answers the question.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Prove equal tangent lengths using RHS
The learner quotes equal tangents when asked to justify why the lengths are equal.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Explain the cyclic angle sum using two arcs
The learner finds an opposite angle but cannot justify the 180° relationship.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Sketch a reciprocal graph without joining across zero
The learner plots a reciprocal table but joins the two branches through the origin.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Use negative inputs to distinguish a cubic from a quadratic
The learner draws y = x³ with two upward arms because they treat a cube like a square.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Sketch an exponential graph with its correct intercept
The learner draws y = 2ˣ through the origin or uses equal additions for equal input steps.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Read the radius from a circle equation
The learner treats the right-hand constant as the radius instead of the radius squared.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Find a circle tangent from the radius gradient
The learner uses the radius gradient for the tangent or forgets the tangent must pass through the contact point.
Six practice suggestions · repeat or adapt as needed
Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Anchor sine and cosine graphs in degrees
The learner mixes sine and cosine intercepts or plots degree inputs in radian mode.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Keep tangent branches separate at undefined angles
The learner draws tangent as a bounded wave or joins across 90°.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Prove a claim about every pair of consecutive integers
The learner checks several examples and treats that as a proof for all integers.
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Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Derive the centre-angle relationship in a diameter configuration
The learner recalls the double-angle rule but cannot connect it to equal radii and triangle angles.
Six practice suggestions · repeat or adapt as needed
Explore this supportGCSE · Mathematics · AQA 8300
Explain the alternate-segment theorem from a radius and chord
The learner names the theorem without explaining why the matching angles are equal.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Mathematics
Read the pictogram key before counting
The learner counts pictures as individual objects even when each picture represents two.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Mathematics
Record each response once in a tally chart
The learner counts the same response twice or loses track while moving between collection and chart.
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Explore this supportKS1 · Mathematics
Distinguish a solid from the shape of its face
The learner calls a cube a square or a sphere a circle without distinguishing the solid from a flat representation.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Mathematics
Include zero observations when finding the mean
The learner adds the values correctly but divides only by the number of non-zero values.
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Explore this supportKS2 · Mathematics
Keep to one service when reading a timetable
The learner combines departure and arrival times from different service columns.
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Explore this supportKS3 · Mathematics
Use a counterexample to test a mathematical claim
The learner accepts a claim after one successful example or changes the claim without acknowledging the exception.
Six practice suggestions · repeat or adapt as needed
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