(Written by Howard, P)
- The workbook is designed to help the student improve their reading and writing skills at the lower to middle stage of secondary school.
- All passages have a science or social studies base and are designed to improve skills in reading, comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure.
- Answers provided.
- Contents: Why do earthquakes happen?
- Can fish fly?
- What was the phoenix?
- What is artificial silk?
- When did newspapers first appear?
- What is a cataract of the eye?
- What are fingerprints?
- Do plants go to sleep?
- What was the sword of Damocles?
- What happens when we become tired?
- How was steel first made?
- What was the Mayflower?
- What is a virus?
- Why were Salamis and Marathon important?
- What is nature's most wonderful food?
- Who was La Perouse?
- What is a sloth?
- What is a volcano?
- What is the 'missing link'?
- What is radar?
- Can metal become tired?
- How did the piano evolve?
- What are the cedars of Lebanon?
- What is a folk song?
- How fast do animals travel?
- What is the great hole in the Kalahari Desert?
- What happens to all the gold in the world?
- What was the most epic voyage of discovery?
- Why do humans have a large skull?
- Which animal is most like an army tank?
- When was the first atomic bomb used in war?
- What is the Bayeux Tapestry?
- How was fire discovered?
- What was the Magna Carta?
- Who were the first sea travellers?
- Who was Holland's greatest portrait painter?
- Who was Samson?
- Why did Venice become famous?
- What can we learn from old diaries?
- What is a sceptic?
- Why is electricity so remarkable?
- What happened to all the wild bears?
- Who was Rip van Winkle?
- Where did fairy-tales come from?
- What was the French Revolution?