Click to enlargeEnglish Rules 2 Testbook
Quizzes, tests and scorecards for every rule in English Rules 2.
- 24 rule tests in the book
- Tests every item in its course book the way the exam does
- Full answer key, independently re-checked question by question
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How this book is used in our course
English books are worked in short daily sessions rather than one long sitting. For vocabulary, the child covers the meaning, says it aloud, then checks; words that are missed go on a card for the week. For comprehension and cloze, the child attempts the passage under a loose time, then marks against the key and rewrites any answer that lost marks.
Where it sits in the series
- Previous book in the series: Book 10, English Rules 2
- Next book in the series: Book 12, Cloze Passages
What's inside English Mastery 11
Four real pages from the book, so you can see exactly what your child will work from. All 9 sample pages are in the viewer.
A test for every one of the 24 rules, Mixed Reviews, and a Final Mastery Test at GCSE Foundation standard.
Twenty-four rule tests matching English Rules 2 one for one, Mixed Review tests at intervals, then an 80-mark Final Mastery Test across all 24 topics without the course book. The level is deliberate: a Year 5 child who scores Secure on the final test is writing at the standard a GCSE Foundation paper expects, which is why independent school examiners notice.
Everybody has or everybody have? The news is or the news are? Subject-verb agreement, tested 38 ways.
The recap lists the nine agreement rules: each of, every and nobody take a singular verb; furniture and luggage are singular; mathematics and news are singular; scissors, trousers and police are plural; a number of takes a plural, the number of a singular. Then the questions: "Each of the girls has her own locker" against two plausible wrong versions. This is the rule that most clearly separates careful writers from the rest.
Eighty marks, all 24 rules, GCSE Foundation standard, taken in Year 5.
"The museum, which was built in 1850, attracts many tourists." Wilful or wilfull. All together or altogether. Self-confident and well-organised, with the hyphens in the right places. Merriment. Occurred. The treasure had lain, not laid. Licence as a noun, not license, in British English. Manageable. A child who scores Secure here has a command of written English that will carry them through secondary school, and they have it before the 11+.
Every answer, grouped by part, with the alternatives an examiner would accept.
Warm-up, Practice, Apply in Sentences and Challenge answers for all 24 rule tests, the Mixed Reviews and the Final. Where more than one correction is right, the book says so, so a parent marks with confidence on rules they are unsure of themselves.
All 24 rule tests in the book follow the pattern shown here.
Other Year 4 & 5 books in English Mastery
English Rules 1 Testbook
Quizzes, tests and scorecards for every rule in English Rules 1.
Cloze Sentences 1
Fill-the-gap sentences that teach a child to read for sense, not just for words.
Shuffled Sentences 1
Rebuild scrambled sentences and spot the word that does not belong.
Comprehension 1
Retrieval and basic skills on fiction, poetry and non-fiction passages.