Motor vehicles & Transport
Literacy: Functional English - reading, Rt/E2.1
Free tags: Humour
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport, Politics & News items
Level: E2
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
A short reading adapted from an online news report. Exercises include comprehension questions, placing sentences in the correct order, matching words and phrases and a fill the gap exercise. Answer sheet included.
Editor’s note
Fully mapped to E2 Functional English (reading) with extra teaching tips.
Literacy: Writing: text focus (composition), Functional English - writing
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Discussion points, Revision material, Worksheet or assignment, Writing frame, Writing prompts
A practice exam question based on the style of Edexcel functional skills writing exam questions. Ideal for motor vehicle students.
One task for L1/L2 (formal letter) and one for E3 (letter) which also has a writing frame. Both tasks are on the subject of proposed changes to the driving test and driving laws for new drivers.
Literacy: Functional English - reading
Numeracy: Functional Maths - number
Free tags: Australia
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E2
Resource type: Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
A set of questions about an advertisement for motorbikes. Students are asked to find information about the store, as well as comparing the prices of motorbikes for sale. Provides practice in scanning, skimming, comparing numbers, etc.
Answer key included.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, MSS1/E2.1, MSS1/E3.1, MSS1/L1.1
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
A contextualised set of Functional Maths tasks for Motor Vehicle students. Includes:
- Counting up money and making up floats
- Adding up prices and working out change
- Extracting information from a table
An alternative version of this worksheet is also available (Handling cash in a salon).
Both worksheets are linked to the “Working with Decimals” lesson plan and PPT by Charlotte Gustar (listed under See also below).
Numeracy: Functional Maths - number, N2/E3.3, N2/E3.5, N2/L1.6
Context: Hairdressing & Beauty therapy, Motor vehicles & Transport, Retail Hospitality Customer service
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Assessment material, Informative presentation, Lesson plan
A detailed lesson plan accompanied by a PPT and a lesson objective checker sheet. The lesson recaps place value and introduces students to decimals and using money in practical situations.
The PPT is an adaptation two other PPT resources I have used on skillsworkshop: ‘Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100’ by Elaine Baskerville, and ‘Pounds to pence’ by Jennifer Williamson. Two contextualised worksheets (Salon and Garage), written by Carrie Bray, are also linked to the lesson plan.
Numeracy: Functional Maths
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Set of maths problems originally written for a group of trainee mechanics. Problems are based on a set of data sheets with prices/sizes for a selection of spark plugs, filters, oil, brake pads and wiper blades. Topics iclude working with money, best buy/price (proportion), comparing numbers/prices, average, range, and extracting information from tables.
Ideal for, and fully mapped to, E3-L1 Functional Maths – with teaching tips.
Literacy: Functional Skills English, Reading: text focus (comprehension), Writing: text focus (composition), Engage in Discussion
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E2, E3
Resource type: Discussion points, Reading comprehension, Writing prompts
Comprehension questions, writing and discussion based on car adverts. This resource is suitable for motor vehicle students, or a more general audience.
Learners can discuss the important features of a car advert and the advice they would give their tutor. They can then practice writing their own car adverts (not full sentences). They can also write down the advice they would give their tutor, using full sentences and paying attention to spelling and punctuation.
Literacy: Functional English - speaking, listening & communication, SLd/E3.1, SLd/E3.2, SLd/E3.3
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: E3
Resource type: Discussion points
Aimed at getting motor vehicle students talking in readiness for Functional Skills English (speaking, listening and communication) exams.
Lots of prompts for discussing the pros and cons of driving modified cars. Fully mapped to E3 Functional English.
Literacy: Functional English - reading, Reading: text focus (comprehension)
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Level: L1, L2
Resource type: Reading comprehension
Interesting set of reading questions – covering purpose of text, analysis of text / organisation features, and recognising main points and detail. Based on a real life document from ‘Parker’ Guide to Road Tax’. Ideal for Embedding L1-2 Functional English / literacy into Motor Vehicle courses or for any students with an interest in the costs of running a car.
Numeracy: Functional Maths, General numeracy / maths
Literacy: Ww/E2.1, Functional English - reading, Functional English - writing
Context: Motor vehicles & Transport
Resource type: Worksheet or assignment
Level: E1, E2, E3
Great set of tasks covering maths (counting, addition, subtraction, sorting, extracting info from lists/tables, problem solving) and English (reading and spelling).
Fully mapped to E1-E3 Functional Skills criteria (most suitable for E1-E2 but some of the maths is E3) with extensive teaching tips and notes.
Adapted from Jennifer Whitehead’s “Workign in a Garage” (see below).
