Click to enlargeVocabulary 3 – Quest Exams
The vocabulary that independent-school Quest-style papers draw on.
- 361 key vocabulary words 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 15, Cloze Sentences 2
- Next book in the series: Book 17, Vocabulary 4 – CEM & GL
What's inside English Mastery 16
Five real pages from the book, so you can see exactly what your child will work from. All 9 sample pages are in the viewer.
Two parts: 361 key vocabulary words, then the vocabulary for spelling, A to Z, each with its tests.
Part 1 is the key vocabulary independent-school Quest-style papers draw on, learnt the same way as Vocabulary 1 and 2 and checked by Key Vocabulary Tests. Part 2 turns to spelling: the words children know but misspell under time. A child finishes the book able to recognise, use and spell the words these papers set.
The same entry shape the child already knows, on harder words.
Abandon, absurd, abundant, accuse: each with an example sentence, a Baby word, synonyms and antonyms. "Wearing a woolly hat and scarf to the beach in August seemed absurd to Priya." Baby word: silly. A child who has done Vocabulary 1 and 2 reads a page in minutes; the work goes into the words, not the layout.
Forty marks: synonyms, antonyms with a warning, and fill the gap.
Candidate, conclusion, conceited, commence, coarse, caution, conspire, chaos, comprehend. Four options each, and Section B carries the warning children need: careful, some choices are on the same team. Score, three attempt boxes and a date sit at the top of every test.
Approve or aprove, awkward or akward, achieve or acheive: the spellings that cost marks.
Part 2 gives the meaning as a clue and four spellings to choose from: "Reach: achive, acheeve, acheive, achieve." "Free: availible, available, availabel, avaliable." These are words a Year 5 child uses every day and misspells in a timed piece of writing, and examiners mark spelling.
Every answer for every Key Vocabulary and Spelling Test.
Synonyms, antonyms and fill-the-gap answers set out by section, so a child marks their own test, fills in the score, and re-learns the missed words before the second attempt.
All 361 key vocabulary words in the book follow the pattern shown here.
Other Year 5 books in English Mastery
Vocabulary 4 – CEM & GL
The final word list for grammar-school papers, from January of Year 5.
Vocabulary 3 Puzzle Book
Bigger Year 5 missions: seven puzzles and 100 points per unit on the Quest vocabulary.
Vocabulary 4 Puzzle Book
The final level of the vocabulary game, on the grammar school word list.
Vocabulary 3 & 4 Final Puzzle Book
The Year 5 vocabulary championship, played in the weeks before the exam.