The Super-Selective Vocabulary Course

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A complete vocabulary programme for the 11+, built around 735 core words. Every word is taught with its meaning, a literal sentence, a figurative sentence, a synonym and an antonym, so a child learns how to use the word rather than just recognise it.

Inside this book

• Eight modules: adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs, feelings vocabulary, formal vocabulary and word origins
• 735 core words, each with meaning, literal and figurative usage, synonym and antonym
• Sentence Upgrades, taking a sentence from basic to sophisticated and explaining why it works
• The Four Writing Wheels: Feelings, Verbs, Adverbs and Show Not Tell
• Show Not Tell signals for face, body, voice and action
• Greek and Latin roots, turning etymology into decoding power
• Vocabulary Traps: sixteen word pairs that pupils and adults routinely confuse
• Ten themed tests linked to the KS2 history and English curriculum, with a full answer key
• An eight month study plan

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