7+ English and Verbal Reasoning:Developing Skills Book 1
- Student Book
- 10 thematic units
- Paperback
- Sat in Year 2
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Book 1 of 2 in the 7+ Developing Skills series for English and Verbal Reasoning.
The 7+ Developing Skills: English and Verbal Reasoning series is a comprehensive two-book collection designed to thoroughly prepare Year 2 students for the demands of competitive 7+ entrance exams. Each book provides a complete course of study, integrating reading comprehension, creative writing, and verbal reasoning into a structured, engaging learning journey.
Inside this book
Ten units, ten adventures
Each unit pairs an engaging text with focused practice questions, moving from confident starts to gentle stretch as the book progresses.
Unit 01
The Forgotten Key
A mystery adventure that introduces careful retrieval and first inference skills.
Unit 02
The Roman Army
Non-fiction reading about Roman soldiers, building fact-finding and topic vocabulary.
Unit 03
The Magic Paintbrush
A classic tale exploring character, story sequence and prediction.
Unit 04
Lifecycles
Science-themed non-fiction, practising reading information from text and diagrams together.
Unit 05
The Red Balloon
A gentle narrative developing descriptive language and reading for feeling.
Unit 06
The Great Fire of London
A historical recount with ordering, cause-and-effect and true-or-false questions.
Unit 07
Amazing Nature
Amazing facts from the natural world, stretching skimming, scanning and word meaning.
Unit 08
Magical Worlds
Imaginative fiction that sparks vocabulary play and early creative responses.
Unit 09
The Story of the Titanic
A famous true story, practising retrieval, summary and reading between the lines.
Unit 10
The Magic Garden
A rich final unit that draws the book's skills together with mixed question types.
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Unit 2, The Roman Army: a word sort, reading comprehension, creative writing and verbal reasoning, with answers.
Print on A4 at home. Allow 30 to 40 minutes. PDF, 10 pages, 0.7 MB.
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