Click to enlargeVocabulary 2
992 words in 25 alphabetical sets, with meanings, synonyms, antonyms and sentences.
- 25 word sets in the book
- Every word with a child-friendly definition, synonyms, antonyms and a sentence
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How this book is used in our course
English books are worked in short daily sessions rather than one long sitting. For vocabulary, the child covers the meaning, says it aloud, then checks; words that are missed go on a card for the week. For comprehension and cloze, the child attempts the passage under a loose time, then marks against the key and rewrites any answer that lost marks.
Where it sits in the series
- Previous book in the series: Book 7, Comprehension 1
- Next book in the series: Book 9, Vocabulary 2 Testbook
What's inside English Mastery 8
Three real pages from the book, so you can see exactly what your child will work from. All 8 sample pages are in the viewer.
Nine hundred and ninety-two harder words, A to Z, in twenty-five sets: the Advanced list.
Abandon to Avert, Cacophonous to Custom, Machiavellian to Munificence, Pacifist to Pusillanimous, Taciturn to Typically, Ubiquitous to Urban. These are not the words a Year 4 child meets in a school reading book. They are the words that appear in the synonym and antonym sections of independent school papers, and they are set out exactly as Vocabulary 1 was, so a child who learnt the method there carries straight on.
Every word has a sentence, a Baby word, up to five synonyms and up to five antonyms.
Set A alone has 110 words. Each entry follows the Vocabulary 1 shape so the child’s attention is on the word, not the layout: read the sentence, learn the Baby word, widen it with the lists. Cover the tables and say the Baby word, two synonyms and an antonym from memory. Then the Testbook checks every word in a new sentence.
Sagacious, salient, salubrious, sanction: the words that win scholarship papers.
Sagacious: Baby word wise; synonyms shrewd, judicious, perceptive, astute; antonyms foolish, unwise, ignorant. Salubrious: Baby word healthy. Sanction: Baby word allow, with forbid and prohibit as antonyms. These are the words examiners choose because most ten-year-olds have never met them, and the Baby word is what makes them learnable. Seventy-two words in Set S alone.
All 25 word sets in the book follow the pattern shown here.
Other Year 4 books in English Mastery
Vocabulary 1
The first word list: each word with a child-friendly meaning, synonyms, antonyms and a sentence.
Vocabulary 1 Testbook
Tests every word in Vocabulary 1 the way the exam does.
English Rules 1
Grammar and punctuation rules taught one at a time, with examples a child can copy.
Vocabulary 2 Testbook
Tests every word in Vocabulary 2.