Hands-On Paper 1 – The Essential Comprehending and Composing Toolkit provides students with the tools they need to get to grips with Leaving Certificate English Ordinary Level Paper 1.

Hands-On Paper 1 is the only dedicated Paper 1 book to take a thematic approach, and offer three texts together at a time, as they appear on the examination.

This book contains everything a student will require to be fully prepared for their Paper 1 examination.

• Practical examination advice
• Answering strategies
• Six full sample examination papers
• A range of comprehension text types – interview, speech, open letter, magazine article, blog post, fiction and non-fiction extracts, personal essay, diary entry, review, short story, visual text
• Commentary on the different genres
• Comprehending questions modelled on recent examinations
• Annotated sample answers for all Comprehending question types
• A dedicated Composing section, with information on the different essay types
• Annotated sample answers for recent Composing examination questions
• Grammar advice integrated throughout
• A full spelling and grammar section at the end

As students work through this book, they will become equipped with the skills and ledge to be successful in Paper 1.