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Standard 5 · Maths and English

Standard 5 SEA Practice

The SEA is written at the end of Standard 5, so this is the year for focused practice. Free, self-marking exercises in maths and English, written for Trinidad and Tobago pupils.

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Mathematics

14 Maths topics

Adding and Subtracting Fractions

Add and subtract fractions with different denominators, find the fraction left from a whole, and solve fraction stories.

7 free exercises

Area Formulae

Use length times width for rectangles and side times side for squares, then split, subtract and tile your way through SEA style area problems.

6 free exercises

Discount, Savings and VAT

Work out bills and change, take off discounts, spot the best buy and add VAT at 12.5 percent, all in Trinidad and Tobago dollars.

4 free exercises

Dividing Decimals

Divide decimals by whole numbers, keep every digit in its place, spot the patterns for dividing by 10 and 100, and share money fairly.

4 free exercises

Fractions, Decimals and Percents

See that 1/2, 0.5 and 50% all name the same amount, change between the three forms, and put mixed forms in order.

4 free exercises

Geometry Review: Angles, Triangles, Symmetry

Review the geometry the SEA keeps testing: triangle types, angles and turns, solids and their faces, circles, parallel lines and lines of symmetry.

4 free exercises

Mean (Average)

Share a total out equally to find the mean, then use it to solve SEA style problems with totals, tables, graphs and new values.

7 free exercises

Multi-Step Problems: Mixed

Plan the steps, work them out and check them. Money, sharing, fractions, best buys and working backwards, just like the long questions at the end of the SEA.

8 free exercises

Multiplying Decimals

Multiply decimals by whole numbers, by 10 and 100, and tenths by tenths, then use it for money and measurement problems.

4 free exercises

Percent of a Quantity

Find 10%, 25%, 50% and any other percent of a number, then use it in stories about pupils, pages and beads, with the rest, the chain and the whole.

7 free exercises

Percent: What It Means

Learn that percent means out of 100, read percents from a 100 square grid, and change between fractions, decimals and percents.

6 free exercises

Perimeter Formulae

Use the formulae for the perimeter of rectangles and squares, then find the perimeter of shapes with corners cut out and work out a missing side.

6 free exercises

Quadrilaterals

Get to know the square, rectangle, parallelogram, rhombus, trapezium and kite by their sides, angles, parallel pairs and symmetry, and use the 360 degree angle total.

4 free exercises

Unequal Sharing

Share money and marbles when one person gets more. Take away the extra, count the equal parts, or give half the difference to make things fair.

4 free exercises
English Language Arts

14 English topics

Fiction: Character, Evidence and Vocabulary

Read stories and poems closely. Say what a character is like, prove it with a detail from the text, and work out hard words from the clues around them.

8 free exercises

Grammar Error Hunt

Find the one grammar mistake in each line and fix it, just like Task 3 of the SEA.

10 free exercises

Inference, Cause and Effect

Read clues, work out what is not said, and explain why things happen in stories, fact texts, notices and poems.

8 free exercises

Main Idea, Supporting Details and Summary

Read stories, fact texts, poems, a notice and a table. Find the main idea, pick the details that prove it and choose the best summary.

7 free exercises

Poems: Devices, Sound and Imagery

Read ten Trinidad and Tobago poems and find the similes, metaphors, personification, sound words and pictures in words that make them work.

10 free exercises

Punctuating Speech and Titles

Quotation marks, commas and end marks in speech, and quotation marks round titles, the way the SEA tests them.

9 free exercises

Punctuation and Capitals Error Hunt

Find the one punctuation or capital letter mistake in each line, just like Task 2 of the SEA.

10 free exercises

Punctuation: All Marks

Commas, apostrophes, colons, end marks and capital letters, every mark the SEA expects you to use and to fix.

5 free exercises

Purpose, Audience and Text Type

Why was it written, and who is it for? Read stories, fact texts, instructions, notices and adverts, and let the words and the layout give the writer away.

4 free exercises

Spelling Error Hunt

Find the one wrongly spelt word in each line, tap it and write it correctly, just like Task 1 of the SEA.

10 free exercises

Spelling Rules and Inflectional Endings

Master the big spelling rules: i before e, doubling letters, dropping the silent e and changing y to i.

5 free exercises

Subject-Verb Agreement

Make the verb match its subject, even when other words sit in the way.

8 free exercises

Verb Tense and Verb Forms

Choose the right form of the verb for the time of the action, and keep it steady.

4 free exercises

Words in Context and Figurative Language

Work out hard words from the clues around them, then explain similes, metaphors and phrases that do not mean what they say.

10 free exercises
Exam rehearsal

Mock papers

Timed papers in the shape of the real SEA, so exam day feels familiar.

Inside the app

Everything a SEA family needs to practise

Exercises on every SEA topic

54 topics across Standards 3, 4 and 5, with 367 free exercises to begin. Multiple choice, matching, ordering, fill the gap, spot the mistake and more, so practice never feels repetitive.

Every answer explained

Right or wrong, a short reason follows. Where a child slips, a worked example of a similar question shows exactly how it is done.

Stars, ranks and badges

Children earn stars for finishing, for scoring well and for beating their own best, then climb through six ranks. Progress they can see keeps them coming back.

Mock papers with an exam clock

Full-length papers in the shape of the real SEA, with an Exam mode that runs the clock so the real day feels familiar.

Inside the app

What your child will see

SEA practice app: Exercises inside a topic
Exercises inside a topic
SEA practice app: Instant feedback on every answer
Instant feedback on every answer
SEA practice app: Stars, ranks and badges
Stars, ranks and badges
SEA practice app: Full-length mock papers
Full-length mock papers
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Every topic has free exercises to start. Plus unlocks the full set and every mock paper for TT$150 per child per month (US$25), on up to 3 devices.

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