When you use Excel Basic Skills: English Workbook Year 4, yo u will be practising recognising and writing many of the text type you l earn at school. Several of the sample texts have been written by student s in Year 4 and are good examples of what a Year 4 student can achieve. The Excel series of English Workbooks for Years 3– ¼6 w ill help primary school students with the reading and writing they do ev ery day at school -Ê in English and in other subjects. Each chapter is set out as a separate unit of work covering a different type of writing (ºtext type) and contains exercises that relate to that particular te xt type.

In this book you will find:

• eleven chapters , each set out as a unit of work covering a particular text type (such a s narratives, letters, speeches and information reports), including a ch apter on writing for school projects
• exercises and activities i n each chapter which are directly linked to the text type covered
< li>practice in skills such as spelling, grammar, vocabulary, punctuation and comprehension
• interesting and relevant sample texts, inclu ding many written by Year 4 students, with important features highlighte d
• Answers to all questions at the back of the book