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KS3 English Core Skills

KS3 English Core Skills Practice Book 1

Reading: Fiction and Language, Reading: Non-Fiction and Writing: Narrative and Description

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Pages
48 A4 pages (limit 90)
Chapters
3 worksheet chapters
Questions
56, 284 marks
Answers
Full mark schemes from page 32
Level
KS3 · Core Skills
For
Years 7-9, ages 11-14

What is inside

Every chapter opens with a divider page giving its marks and suggested timing, then runs its question pages. The mark schemes for all 3 chapters are grouped at the back, so the book works as homework, as a timed test, or as revision.

  1. 01Reading: Fiction and Language20 questions · 100 marks · about 100 minp3
  2. 02Reading: Non-Fiction18 questions · 77 marks · about 90 minp13
  3. 03Writing: Narrative and Description18 questions · 107 marks · about 130 minp21
  4. AnswersMark schemes for every chapterp32

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