English Assessment Books

[janet88]

Mychildren:

I went there somewhere in March or April, can't remember as many of you recommend this store. It already look like going to be tear down with not much selection of books as what have been mentioned. I've been wondering why? So now I know, they are going to stop business there.

Yeah, I was there to get some titles published by Ace. Bought a few assessment too. The place looked run down. It didn't occur to me that there were plans to shut down. Thought the management didn't care much about appearance.

[optimistforum]

optimistforum:

Hi


By way of context, this is what I use on DS1

Vocab - EPH P4 Complete Practice in Vocab, Grammar, Comp & Cloze.
Preston S1 Vocab (soon to start on this wonderful book).

Grammar - EPH P4 Complete Practice in Vocab, Grammar, Comp & Cloze

Cloze - SAP Conquer Your Cloze P3

Comprehension - Yet to find a decent OE/MCQ Challenging
Comprehension book (with more than 5 questions)
- Nanyang P3/P4 Exam Papers.
- I have bought assorted old O-Level English books,
which DS1 will embark on this autumn.

Creative Writing - New First Aid in English and Practise Your English.

Mathematics - P3 Challenging Maths by EPH, Sandya Sundhar (this
is superb)
- Looking for a suitable Maths IQ book, not Olympiad
as they are not that useful

General Ability - Australian books:
- http://www.pascalpress.com.au/SearchRes ... al+ability
- Assorted books from India (for college entrance)

Hi

I did eventually find a very good MCQ English Book, which is higher than PSLE and pitched at about S2.

I think it is useful for PSLE MCQ English prep, and thought I would share author, titles and ISBN detauils. It is a fantatsic book, which lots of explanation, lots of exercise and answers too.


Don't Guess: Introduction to Objective Tests in English Language R.A. Banks (Author)

ISBN-10: 0340364564
ISBN-13: 978-0340364567

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janet_lee88:

For comprehension, it's best to use passages in past year papers. They are more 'real' compared to assessment books.

You can trust our dearest Champion here to upload pics for easy reference Get my boy to practise his cloze published by Ace. You can find it at Big Bookshop. It's very plain and cover is flimsy.

Janet, thanks for reply. Where can I get the the cloze passage by Ace? from Popular? The past year papers you mentioned are PSLE past year papers or top-school past year papers? Thanks.

[janet88]

nz:

janet_lee88:

Get my boy to practise his cloze published by Ace. You can find it at Big Bookshop. It's very plain and cover is flimsy.

Janet, thanks for reply. Where can I get the the cloze passage by Ace? from Popular? The past year papers you mentioned are PSLE past year papers or top-school past year papers? Thanks.

I bought the cloze practice from Big...now that's closed down, I have no idea where to buy. Past year papers by schools or PSLE 5 years series can be used to practise comprehension OE.

[Champion]

nz:

Janet, thanks for reply. Where can I get the the cloze passage by Ace? from Popular?

Try calling the following:-

BES BOOKS SUPPLIES\t \t \t\t Order form
Blk 5 Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park 2A #03-11 AMK Tech II Singapore 567760\t\t\t
Tel: 6483 7886 Fax: 6483 7328
Contact person - Mr Andy Low H/P: 9788 7660
Email: [email protected]

[janet88]

Hi champion, thanks for replying on my behalf.


Hi nz, I am using Ace cloze (PSLE) as well as synthesis & transformation. Son’s school teacher ordered Ace Science process skills for them since last year. I do not find it that helpful though.

[Champion]

janet_lee88:

Hi champion, thanks for replying on my behalf.


Hi nz, I am using Ace cloze (PSLE) as well as synthesis & transformation. Son's school teacher ordered Ace Science process skills for them since last year. I do not find it that helpful though.

Hi, Janet :hugs:
It's my pleasure

[optimistforum]

There are some very good FREE test paper assessment manuals on this link for P1 to P6 for Maths, English and Science.


http://orlesson.com/EnglishExam.html

[sean wife]

Hihi,


Just like to have some thoughts on the use of English assessment books for Kindergarten kids to get them ready for P1….I have this thinking that unlike for Maths, it is not really necessary for them to practice much of English assessment books, rather the time for doing English assessment books would be much better off spent on reading books instead. Of course for mid-upper Primary levels, there are more technicalities involved and by then, it may be a different story then…But for now, other than reading and practicing some handwriting (which can be much improved…), we haven’t really touched on any English assessment books yet….

[iLoveChubby]

sean wife:

Hihi,


Just like to have some thoughts on the use of English assessment books for Kindergarten kids to get them ready for P1….I have this thinking that unlike for Maths, it is not really necessary for them to practice much of English assessment books, rather the time for doing English assessment books would be much better off spent on reading books instead. Of course for mid-upper Primary levels, there are more technicalities involved and by then, it may be a different story then…But for now, other than reading and practicing some handwriting (which can be much improved…), we haven’t really touched on any English assessment books yet….

I reckon at K1/K2 stage, it is not easy for them to complete the English assessment books, not to mention they may be tired after a whole day's CC/Kindy plus short attention span at this age...
I hv learnt my lesson after buying so many assessmt books for my kid and didnt use/complete them... (or have I?.. I seem to be hearing voices from Popular Fair chanting \"cheap books, cheap books..\".. :faint: )

Agree that reading is more important at their age. I was planning to intro more grammar/vocab/proper sentence structure at a later stage to my DS.. perhaps using both assessment book as well as readers (eg grammar readers) at e same time to reinforce their usage so that hopefully he wont be bored just writing and writing on the assessmt book.. :rahrah: