Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Englis h Comprehension Tests Years 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for Engli sh Comprehension part of the Selective Schools and Scholarship Tests (us ually undertaken in Year 6). The book contains hundreds of multiple choi ce questions based on a variety of text types - so students can pr epare for exams with a minimum of stress and maximum results. Thi s book is intended to give you the opportunity of doing a variety of que stions based on literary and factual texts. The more familiar you are wi th the material the more confident you will feel - and the better you wi ll do in your tests. In this book your child will find: an introductory section on the types of questions and resource mater ial used forty-eight individual comprehension tests ti ps to help them in tests situations a convenient lift-out answe r section with explanations

This book is designed for parents who want to help their children and for teachers who wish to prepare their class for the NAPLAN Tests. NAPL AN Tests are sat by Year 5 students Australia-wide. These tests are held in May every year. The tests are in literacy and numeracy. In li teracy there are three tests: Language Conventions - %spelling, grammar and punctuation: there are around 50 questions in th is test Reading - %comprehension: there are around 35 qu estions in this test Writing% - written expression: there is o ne piece of writing in this test In the numeracy test math ematics is tested. There are 40 questions in this test. Parents m ay also use these books separately from the tests and just as a general way of revising or when tutoring their children. This book is divided in to sample questions and practice tests. It starts with samples of the li teracy (Reading and Language Conventions) and numeracy questions. This i s then followed by four practice tests for numeracy, four practice tests for reading and four practice tests for language conventions. There is a sample writing task and four practice writing tasks. Samples can be re vised if the practice tests are not completed. * This is not an o fficially endorsed publication of the NAPLAN program and is produced by Pascal Press independently of Australian governments.

Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Writin g Tests Years 5-6 is a comprehensive study guide for the English p art of the selective schools and scholarship tests (usually undertaken i n Year 6). The book contains mostly multiple choice questions, based on a wide variety of text types, so students can prepare fully for the exam . In this book your child will find: an introductory section on the types of questions and resource material used o ver sixty tests using cloze passages, spelling and grammar application, and vocabulary and editing exercises tips to help you in test s ituations a convenient lift-out answers section with expla nations that help you understand the skills required for each type of qu estion Note: Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship Writing Tests Years 5-6 is the same b ook as Excel Test Skills - Selective Schools and Scholarship En glish Tests Years 5-6. Only the title has changed.