Preparing for Secondary School English

by John Barwick & Jenny Barwick

This completely revised edition of the successful Preparing for Secondary English has been updated with contemporary material which reflects current curricula, while retaining the structured skills-based approach of the original.

Features

• Ensures that students in their final year of primary school have mastered all the skills and concepts they need before starting secondary school.
• Helps students in their first year of secondary school who may not have had adequate preparation for the secondary curriculum in their primary years.
• Provides additional exercises to challenge those students who have already mastered the minimum requirements.
• Covers the basic areas of grammar, punctuation, spelling, reading, writing, talking and listening.
• Each section contains a diagnostic test, clear explanations and examples of each skill, exercises for consolidation, revision and practice, and extension activities.
• Also includes eight proficiency tests to test understandings in reading, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.