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What’s in the English tests?

In the reading paper, your child will be asked to read three short texts and answer a range of questions, some requiring short answers, some a longer response.

In the writing paper, there are two tasks: one longer and one shorter. For the longer task your child will be given a question that requires them to write a continuous piece, fiction or non-fiction. The shorter task tests their ability to write precisely and concisely.

In the Shakespeare paper, there is a reading task which tests your child’s ability to understand and write in detail about printed extracts from two scenes from the Shakespeare play they have studied.

To get level 5 or above in English, your child should be able to:

use commas, speech marks and apostrophes accurately;
use paragraphs;
spell some difficult words correctly;
use some complex (longer and more detailed/descriptive) sentences;
use a wide range of vocabulary;
give reasons and explanations, backed up by evidence, in their answers.

What you can do to help your child with English

Rent the film of the Shakespeare play.
Help with key spellings: rhythm, rhyme, scene, playwright, author, character, soliloquy, theatre, simile, onomatopoeia.
Read through their folder/exercise book and check their personal targets: if they have still not achieved all of them, help them to work on them.
Find out what they always forget (for example, there/their/they’re, or using paragraphs) and help them to remember.


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