Read the notes and the small print first, then check every part of each option.
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Visual text questions ask your child to combine details from a poster or program, such as times, ages and notes. Children in Year 7 now meet them in Year 8, in the exam expected in June 2027.
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ACER says Reading tests finding information in texts, and linking, interpreting, reflecting on and judging their ideas. A poster calls for finding details and linking them, because a single answer can depend on a time, an age and a note at the bottom.
The questions below are ours and share one poster, Winter Science Saturday, for a library science day. Each one shows the answer and the working, so read them together. For each option, ask your child to mark every detail it uses and find each one on the poster.
RIVERBEND LIBRARY WINTER SCIENCE SATURDAY
Saturday 12 July · 10 am to 3 pm FREE · All ages welcome
PROGRAM 10:00 Rocket Launch Lawn: water-bottle rockets (outdoors, ages 8+) 11:00 Build a Bristlebot * (ages 10 to 14, 45 minutes, 12 places) 12:00 Lunch break: picnic tables open on the lawn 12:45 Night Sky in the Dome: portable planetarium, a new show starts every 30 minutes, last show 2:45 1:30 Crystal Garden * (ages 6 to 9, 1 hour, 15 places) 2:30 Science Quiz Showdown: teams of three, a prize for every team
PLEASE NOTE • If it rains, Rocket Launch Lawn moves indoors to Hall B at the same time. • Children under 8 must stay with an adult at all times. • Wear closed shoes for the rocket launch.
What is the main purpose of this poster?
Answer: A
Answer: A
Look at what the poster is made of: a date, times, a program, ages, booking details and notes. All of these help someone plan a visit. Option D picks up one activity, but the poster only names the rocket session; it gives no instructions for building one.
Kai is 7. According to the poster, which statement about his day is correct?
Answer: D
Answer: D
Check every part of each statement against the program and the notes. Crystal Garden is for ages 6 to 9, and children under 8 must stay with an adult at all times, so D is correct. Bristlebot is for ages 10 to 14, rockets are for ages 8 and up, and bookings open on Monday 30 June, not 28 June.
Which visitor's plan works, according to the poster?
Answer: B
Answer: B
Test each plan against ages, times and notes. Leo fits Bristlebot (11:00 to 11:45), a show starts at 12:45 and the quiz is at 2:30, so B works. Mia is too young for rockets and cannot come alone; Hana's workshop runs 1:30 to 2:30, clashing with the 2:15 show; and rain moves rockets indoors at 10:00.
Map the poster before answering. Once your child knows where the program, the bookings and the notes are, each check is quick.
These steps are ours, drawn from the working in the answers above.
Notice the parts before reading closely, such as the title, date, program, booking details and notes at the end.
An asterisk or a 'please note' can change who can do what. Read these before the questions.
An option can be right about the age and wrong about the date. All of it has to fit.
For a plan, note when each activity starts and ends, and look for clashes.
Mark the detail that rules out each wrong option. It saves rereading.
These traps are wrong options from the questions above, and each one looks right at a glance. Ask your child which one looked right at first, then check it part by part against the poster.
Use real posters, timetables and menus. Ask a question that needs two details, such as "Can we get there and back before the shop closes?"
Plan a day out from a real program with your child, checking ages, times and bookings together.
Ask your child to make a poster for a family event, then quiz each other on it.
There is no set time per text, because ACER doesn't publish how many questions each part has. Reading and Verbal Reasoning share 55 minutes, so a slow poster takes time from the next passage.
The fix is method, not speed: the layout map and the part-by-part check above make each question shorter. A full sitting shows whether that holds under time. Start with Practice test 1: one full practice test with results, with a free account.
Afterwards you'll see results by skill. For more passages with worked answers, see VIC selective entry reading questions, or the guide to VIC finding details questions.
Practice test 1 marks every answer and shows results by skill: what your child already does well and the three skills to work on next.
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