An engaging English activity book to really help boost your child's progress at every stage of their learning! Including helpful questions & answers this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child's learning at home Combining useful practice with engaging colourful illustrations this English practice book helps to boost your child's confidence & develop good learning habits for life Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement Included in this book questions that allow children to practise the important literacy skills learned at school colourful activities that make learning fun & motivate children to learn at home helpful tips & answers so that you can support your child's learning ...

An engaging English activity book to really help boost your child's progress at every stage of their learning! Including helpful questions & answers this English book provides reassurance whilst supporting your child's learning at home Combining useful English practice with engaging colourful illustrations this English practice book helps to boost your child's confidence & develop good learning habits for life Each fun activity is designed to give your child a real sense of achievement Included in this book questions that allow children to practise the important skills learned at school colourful activities that make learning fun & motivate children to learn at home helpful tips & answers so that you can support your child's learning ...

'A joy to read' Amanda Craig' Shades of Cold Comfort Farm Charming' Guardian English Animals is a subversive wry debut that fans of Marina Lewycka's A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian will love When Mirka gets a job in a country house in rural England she has no idea of the struggle she faces to make sense of a very English couple & a way of life that is entirely alien to her Richard & Sophie are chaotic drunken frequently outrageous but also warm generous & kind to Mirka despite their argumentative & turbulent marriage Mirka is swiftly commandeered by Richard for his latest money-making enterprise taxidermy & soon surpasses him in skill After a traumatic break two years ago with her family in Slovakia Mirka finds to her surprise that she is happy at Fairmont Hall But when she tells Sophie that she is gay everything she values is put in danger & she must learn the hard way what she really believes in ...

Definitively strengthening all the skills central to English B assessment this supportive guide was written by an English B workshop leader to progress learners' confidence & understanding Directly supporting the English B Course Book each assessment component is fully covered embedding exam strategies & providing extensive practice for all question-types Ensuring learners wholly master receptive & productive skills in addition to strengthening organization presentation & conversation skills it maximizes achievement in assessment Matches exam structure fully addressing every assessment component to build student confidence Cements understanding of exam questions including clear examples & sample responses Closely develops all the crucial skills learners need for exams packed with focused practice & activities Strengthens key organization presentation & conversation skills ensuring confident achievement in the IA Embeds strategies for tackling all question types maximizing attainment Directly linked to the English B Course Book providing the most comprehensive support available About the series Cement student confidence & fully embed all the key skills central to IB study IB Skills & Practice provides learners with the essential practice needed to enable confident skills application tangibly building capabilities for IB assessment ...

Providing plenty of practice questions for children to work through this English skills book helps to build confidence & improve English skills at Key Stage 2 Children can use this book at home for SATS revision & to build on topics covered in the classroom Written by educational experts this English skills book saves your valuable time with ready-to-practise questions that comprehensively cover the basics of reading writing comprehension grammar & spelling for KS2 English Packed with engaging pictures & clear practice questions it provides a strong foundation in English for Key Stage 2 & builds on English skills learnt in Book 1 Content

Includes:: alphabetic order nouns adjectives prepositions verbs (present tense) plurals conjunctions sh ofoff totootwo werewhere hashave ishis theretheir synonyms prefixes punctuation as well as word building dictionary practice & help with spelling SPECIFICATIONS testing NULL

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Improve your fluency & sound more natural in English 188 pages Worked examples or Exercises O' Dell Felicity ...

Ranging from Kentchurch Court a former fortified medieval manor house that has been the seat of the Scudamore family for nearly 1000 years to a delightful Strawberry Hill-style Gothic house in rural Cornwall & car-crazed Goodwood House this beautifully illustrated book showcases ten outstanding British country houses all still in the hands of the original families James Peill recounts the ups & downs of such deep-rooted clans as the Cracrofts landowners in Lincolnshire since the 12th century whose late 18th-century Hackthorn Hall is a perfect example of the kind of house Jane Austen describes in her novels (indeed she appears on their family tree) as well as the relatively newly arrived Biddulphs who constructed Rodmarton an Arts & Crafts masterpiece in the first decades of the last century James Fennell has once again provided superb photographs of a wealth of gardens charming interiors bygone sporting trophies fine art collections & fanciful family memorabilia making The English Country House a delicious treat for Anglophiles & lovers of old houses ...

The Class 50 locomotives were built by English Electric between 1967 & 1968 Fifty examples were built & were initially used to haul express passenger trains on the then non-electrified section of the West Coast Main Line between Crewe & Scotland They were originally hired from English Electric Leasing & were eventually purchased outright by BR around 1973 Class 50s were nicknamed Hoovers by rail enthusiasts because of the distinctive sound made by the air-filters originally fitted (these proved unreliable & were removed during mid-life refurbishment but the Hoover nickname stuck) Once the electrification of the line from Crewe to Glasgow was completed the locomotives were moved to services in the south west of England primarily on the mainline from London to Exeter & were eventually retired from service in 1994 after being progressively replaced by the Inter City 125 High-Speed Trains (HSTs) ...

When the English Electric Lightning entered RAF service with No 74 Squadron at Coltishall in June 1960 Britain had its first true supersonic interceptor & one of the most potent fighting aeroplanes the world had ever seen Charged with protecting Britain from aerial attack everything about a Lightning mission involved speed with pilots using the blistering climb performance of the aircraft to mount a &8216; Supersonic dash&8217; to the target returning to base refuelling & rearming before repeating the process if the situation dictated The ultimate incarnation of the country&8217;s first & only all British supersonic fighter aircraft was the F6 variant which addressed many of the issues associated with earlier Lightnings whilst retaining the stellar performance of this magnificent aircraft Lightning F6 XS927 made its maiden flight from the English Electric factory on 15th February 1967 in the hands of celebrated test pilot Roland Beamont before joining No 74 Squadron at Coltishall in early April the same year &8211; this was the last F6 to join the Squadron before they moved to RAF Tengah in Singapore Wearing the iconic colours of this famous squadron it is no wonder the Lightning served to inspire a great many people to join the Royal Air Force & for many is still an enduring symbol of when the British aviation industry was at the peak of its manufacturing prowess Dimensions 37 x 15 x 417 Scale 148 Limited Edition Yes Wingspan 220mm Age Suitability 14 ...

As the only all-British built Mach 2 plus capable fighter aircraft the English Electric Lightning occupies a unique place in aviation history & remains one of the finest achievements of the British aviation industry Possessing incredible performance this Cold War warrior entered service in 1960 & became Britain&8217;s primary interceptor for the following two decades ...