Click to enlargeEnglish Rules 1 Testbook
Quizzes, tests and scorecards for every rule in English Rules 1.
- 25 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 3, English Rules 1
- Next book in the series: Book 5, Cloze Sentences 1
What's inside English Mastery 4
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 rule, a Mixed Review after every five, and a Final Mastery Test at Year 6 to 8 standard.
Twenty-five rule tests matching the course book one for one, five Mixed Review tests, then a 60-mark Final Mastery Test covering all 25 rules without the course book. Answers and a progress chart close the book. A child works through it in Year 4 alongside the rules, then again in Year 5 Term 2 as revision, which is why the chart has room for three attempts.
Each test opens with the rule recap, so a child who forgot the rule is reminded, not tricked.
Seven bullet points of comma rules, then the score line out of 34 with three attempt boxes, then Part A, Warm-up: which list is punctuated correctly, which sentence uses a comma wrongly, which has the comma in the right place. The wrong answers are the mistakes children make: "I packed a torch, a map, and, a coat." The test goes on to Practice, Apply in Sentences, and a Spot and Fix challenge.
All 25 rules, 60 marks, no course book: the end of Key Stage 2 standard, taken in Year 5.
"I finished my book, it was brilliant" or "I finished my book. It was brilliant." The plural of half. Which word is the same in singular and plural. Mens’, men’s or mens. The bell had already rang, rung or ringed. Two small brown rabbits or brown two small rabbits. A child who scores Secure here has the grammar and punctuation an independent school marks for, a year early.
Every answer, every test, with the alternatives an examiner would also accept.
Answers are grouped by part, Warm-up, Practice, Apply in Sentences, Challenge, and where more than one correction is right the book says so: "We went to the beach. The sea was freezing. (also: We went to the beach, but the sea was freezing.)" The Latin and Greek plurals challenge is answered in full: crises, cacti, curricula, indices. A parent marks with confidence, even on the rules they are unsure of themselves.
All 25 rule tests in the book follow the pattern shown here.
Other Year 4 & 5 books in English Mastery
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.
English Rules 2 Testbook
Quizzes, tests and scorecards for every rule in English Rules 2.