A1 Movers Reading & Writing Part 5 — Complete the Story Sentences
In Movers Reading & Writing Part 5, your child reads a story in three parts, each with a picture. Then they complete seven sentences about it with one, two or three words taken from the story.
How Movers Reading & Writing Part 5 works
Your child reads a story presented in three parts, each part with its own picture.
After the story come seven unfinished sentences that retell it in order.
For each sentence, your child finds the matching moment in the story and completes the sentence using one, two or three words from the text.
Copy, check spelling, move on — the answers never require invented words.
Tips to prepare for Part 5
Teach the find-copy method: locate the sentence's moment in the story, copy the needed words exactly — never paraphrase.
1–3 words means 1–3 words; longer answers can't score even when the meaning is right.
The questions follow story order, so read part one of the story, answer its sentences, then move on — no need to hold the whole story in memory.
Check spelling against the story text; the correct spelling is always printed right there.
Practise Part 5 with these games
- Story Tower
Read a story, then prove you understood it — the same read-then-answer format as Part 5, with XP for streaks.
Frequently asked questions
How many words can my child write in each Part 5 answer?
One, two or three — the instructions say so explicitly, and answers longer than three words cannot score. The completing words are lifted directly from the story text, so the safest technique is simple: find the matching sentence in the story, then copy just the words needed.
Do the answers really come straight from the story?
Yes. Part 5 never asks children to invent language — every answer uses words that appear in the story, and the seven sentences follow the story's order. That makes it a comprehension task in disguise: if your child can find where the sentence 'happens', the answer is sitting right there.
Is Part 5 the biggest part of the Movers reading paper?
Yes — seven questions, the most of any Reading & Writing part, out of 35 in the paper. It is also the part where practice pays off fastest, because the find-copy technique is learnable. Children who read the three story sections one at a time rarely get lost.
Do spelling mistakes lose marks in Part 5?
Yes — because every answer word is printed in the story, Cambridge expects it copied correctly, and a misspelled answer does not score. Train the habit of checking each copied word letter by letter against the story. It takes seconds and protects the biggest question block in the paper.
Last updated: 2026-07-02
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