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JUNIOR SCHOOL (continued)
FOR ADMISSION TO CLASS: Grade 1 or K-1 (Guide only)
ENGLISH
Note: Questions will be based on some or all of the following areas in 1 & 2:
1. Words
Candidates will be expected to have developed:
familiarity with phonics and spelling of simple words;
knowledge of graphemes/phonemes correspondence
through identifying and writing initial and final
phonemes in words (e.g. fit, pan, mat etc.);
recognition of sound and spelling patterns through
use of rhyme to identify rhyming words (e.g. hop, top,
mop and fat, mat, pat etc.).
2. Sentences
Candidates’ understanding of basic rules for grammar
and punctuation will be tested through: Use of a
capital letter for the start of their own name and at the
beginning of a sentence; construction of very simple
sentences (e.g. 4-5 words); appreciation that a full
stop ends a sentence; recognition of upper case and
lower case letters of the alphabet and their sequence;
phonological awareness (e.g. sounds of letters and
words and be able to read them); knowledge sounds
of vowels; formation and reading of three letter
words, sight based vocabulary and ability to label
pictures.