Junior English Skills 7 and Junior English Skills 8 are workbooks that teach junior years students the fundamentals of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and vocabulary. They cover the foundations of English and are designed to give students a strong knowledge base for their future studies.
Both titles are divided into 26 units, each of which targets a specific English skill and includes explanations of key terms and concepts, structured examples to guide students, and short-answer and extended response questions to test students’ understanding.
Topics covered by the books include the fundamentals of grammar, such as subject-verb agreement and conjunctions; the basics of vocabulary-building, such as synonyms and antonyms; and the principles of punctuation, including commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks. They feature varied activities, from simple fill-in-the-gap exercises and multiple-choice questions to comprehension and extended-response questions.
Junior English Skills 7 and Junior English Skills 8 include:
- Explanations and examples to develop students’ knowledge of grammar, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary
- Carefully scaffolded activities to help students progressively develop their skills
- Engaging purpose-written texts accompanying the activities for each unit, enabling students to practise their knowledge in context
- Tips to help students remember and apply their learning
- Answers provided at the end of each title for ease of reference.