English Assessment Books

[janet88]

Hi plum cake,

I am trying my luck coaching my daughter…give advice ? I wouldn’t dare.

Of late, I have been getting her to do English by herself. I do go read comprehension passages first to see if they are suitable.
Realized I cannot be sitting beside her all the time…which was a mistake I made with my son. After she is done, she will ask me to mark it. She finds it less stressful to do without me looking.

[evergreen]

hey can anyone give good recommendation for vocabulary and comprehension practice for p2 :skeptical:

[janet88]

evergreen:

hey can anyone give good recommendation for vocabulary and comprehension practice for p2 :skeptical:

For normal revision on comprehension, my daughter is using 'success in comprehension' by manda pullen. The other title is 'mastering comprehension' by geetha menon.
She is having exams soon...so now mainly passages from past year papers as practice. For vocab, I wanted to get creative vocab published by red spot but find it a bit difficult. My son is using the P6 one though...vocab exposure is good revision for him.

[evergreen]

i will check it out ,thank u janet

[janet88]

evergreen:

i will check it out ,thank u janet

Sure...anytime.
I find that daughter's comprehension passages from school require her to know how to 'find phrase or word' from passage. Is this called 'infer' ?

[Champion]

janet_lee88:

For normal revision on comprehension, my daughter is using 'success in comprehension' by manda pullen.

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janet_lee88:

The other title is 'mastering comprehension' by geetha menon.

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[mother777]

janet_lee88:

evergreen:

i will check it out ,thank u janet

Sure...anytime.
I find that daughter's comprehension passages from school require her to know how to 'find phrase or word' from passage. Is this called 'infer' ?

Hi Janet,
I do not think finding \"word\" or a sentence is inference type of questions. These look more like vocabulary type or right there in the paragraph type of questions..

For eg. Find the word in the paragraph 2 which has same meaning as 'angry'. This is vocab question

For eg. Find the sentence which shows that the boy was injured badly. This is like \"right there in the paragraph\" type of question bcoz the sentence is available in paragraph. children just need to find it.

For Inferential type of question: Look for the clues the author left behind so that you can put them together to find (infer) the answer.

Eg see the paragraph and question below for your understanding:
When night came, everyone sat around the campfire. They watched the stars twinkling in the sky through the trees. They toasted marshmallows, sipped hot chocolate, and told ghost stories. Finally everyone said \"goodnight\" and fell asleep in their tents.

The next morning dawned warm and clear. Max and Patrick decided to explore.

Question:
Based on what you read, do you think it rained on Saturday night or Sunday morning? Why or why not?

Answer: Based on what I read, I do not think it rained on Saturday night or Sunday morning.
The story said that the stars were out on Saturday night and that Sunday morning was clear.

Hope this helped you out..

I am also struggling with my DD1 whose in P2. she also confuses these types of questions in comprehension. I think will take time and practice for them to learn the proper answering technique for each type of questions..

[evergreen]

ya agree with mother777’

Infer-it is what the writer implies but not stated explicitly
phrase-related to vocabulary,word replacement.

[evergreen]

hey janet i got Mastering Comprehension, good one , thank u, for grammar which one u r using for practice?

[janet88]

evergreen:

hey janet i got Mastering Comprehension, good one , thank u, for grammar which one u r using for practice?

No prob...I was recommended this title by other ladies here.
For grammar, I am using a few titles like Conquer grammar, fairfield, one published by EPH. Bcos have to revise her pronouns, adverbs, adjectives every now and then. Easier to buy.