Summary: A Workbook for independent use by students preparing for Common Entrance English at 13+ (Years 7 and 8) following the new syllabus introduced from 2006 and supporting the English for Common Entrance Pupil's Book.Endorsed by ISEB, it is ideal for private study sessions and homework.
Endorsed by ISEBProvides specific support for students preparing to take English Common Entrance at 13Supports revised syllabus effective from 2006Provides exam practice and revision materialIncludes coverage of all text types in the revised syllabus for 2006Includes extension work for Scholarship candidatesOffers guidance on CE-style questions and provides practice exam questions
Endorsed by ISEB
Table of Contents: How to use this bookThe English Common Entrance ExaminationsOne1 Non-fiction'Pinch the other one from The GuardianNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonSkellig review from The Guardian'Welcome' from www.flete.co.ukThe Turquoise Mountain by Brian Blessed'This is Kate Adie for the BBC' from The LadyJacqueline Wilson Biography from www.contemporarywriters.comLife on Air by David Attenborough2 Poetry'Pigeons' by Richard Kell'Evacuee' by Edith Pickthall'The Listeners' by Walter de la Mare'The Send-off' by Wilfred Owen'Day Trip' by Carole Satyamurti'On this Island' by W. H. Auden'You' by Naomi Mnthali'Home is so Sad' by Philip Larkin3 ProseMoondial by Helen CresswellThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe War of the Worlds by H. G. WellsMillions by Frank Cottrell BoyceTuck Everlasting by Natalie BabbittCoram Boy by Jamila GavinAmongst the Hidden by Margaret HaddixThemesHeroes and heroinesConflictFreedomFriendshipAmbitionLoveGenresDescriptiveDiscursivePersonalPersuasiveNarrativeTwoGrammarNounsAdjectivesVerbsAdverbsPronounsPrepositionsConjunctionsPhrases and ClausesSimple and Compound SentencesComplex SentencesPunctuationSentencesApostrophesSpeech MarksCommasSemi-colons and ColonsDashes, Hyphens and BracketsGlossary
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