Cloze exercise
Pre-entry: Rw/M6.1, Rw/M6.2, Rw/M7.3, Rw/M8.3
Literacy: Rs/E1.1, Rs/E2.2, Rs/E2.3, Rw/E1.1, Ww/E1.2
ESOL: ESOL Rs/E1.1a, ESOL Rs/E2.1b, ESOL Rs/E2.1c, ESOL Rw/E1.1a, ESOL Ww/E1.2b
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Flash cards, Sort or match cards, Worksheet or assignment
Level: M6, M7, M8, E1, E2
Set of four graduated activities for preEntry up to Entry Level 2 ideal for mixed ability literacy and ESOL groups. Colour word cards provided.
Match identical pictures (Milestones 6-7)
Match or write colour words to pictures (Milestone 8 – Entry 1)
Simple cloze activity (E1-E2)
Literacy: Functional Skills English, General literacy / English
Context: Retail Hospitality Customer service
Level: E1, E2
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Discussion points, Reading comprehension, Writing prompts
Text about the 99p shop chain with comprehension questions, cloze exercise, writing numbers as words and more.
The text and picture are adapted from the wonderful First News site and the 99p Store site.
Literacy: Rs/E1.1, Rt/E1.1
Pre-entry: General pre-Entry
ESOL: ESOL Rs/E1.1a, ESOL Rt/E1.1a
Context: Independent living
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Reading comprehension, Writing frame, Writing prompts
Level: M8, E1
This is a lower-level version of ‘My Busy Day’ Housework by Laurence Fletcher (see below) for a basic literacy for ESOL class. Also suitable for M8-E1 literacy.
Reading comprehension, simplified cloze and sentence exercises.
Literacy: Homophones, homographs & confusables, Rs/E3.2, Rs/L1.1, Ww/L1.1
Context: History
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Cloze exercise
A clever grammar/vocabulary/spelling task that combines a cloze exercise with homophone practice. The text is about the Victorian era and is particularly suitable for students with an interest in history.
Literacy: Rs/E3.2, Rs/L1.1, Rt/E3.1, Rt/E3.4, Rt/L1.1, Rt/L1.3
Free tags: Winter, Equality and Diversity, Christmas
Context: Gardening & Horticulture, History
Level: E3, L1
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
Nice selection of winter activities written for an E3-L2 Functional Skills group (best for E3-L1).
The main activities are a reading comprehension (about the history of poinsettias and how they came to be popular at Christmas time) and a cloze exercise based on an old Mexican religious legend. There are also some maths questions.
Literacy: Ws/E2.1, Ws/E3.1, Ws/L1.1, Functional English - writing
ESOL: ESOL Ws/E2.1a, ESOL Ws/E3.1a, ESOL Ws/L1.1a
Level: E2, E3, L1
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Crossword, Handout or guide, Worksheet or assignment
A set of resources which explains the use of conjunctions and worksheets to practice using them correctly. Eight common conjunctions are covered in 5 different worksheets, along with a useful handout and a related word fill puzzle to check understanding.
Mapped to Entry Level 2 Functional English and E2-L1 Adult Literacy
Literacy: Functional English - reading, Rs/E2.1, Rt/E2.1, Wt/E2.1, Functional English - writing
Context: Health, Social care, Early years
Level: E2
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Revision material, Wordsearch, Worksheet or assignment
A truly functional set of everyday reading and writing tasks based on medicine instructions. Activities include:
- reading comprehension questions
- matching instructions to the correct tube/bottle/packet
- writing instructions
- cloze exercise
- word search
Fully mapped to E2 Functional English and with extra teaching tips.
Literacy: Rt/L2.1, Rw/L1.2, Rw/L2.1, Ws/E3.2, Ws/L1.2
ESOL: ESOL Rt/L2.1a, ESOL Rw/L1.2a, ESOL Rw/L2.1a, ESOL Ws/E3.2a, ESOL Ws/L1.2a
Context: Animal care & Equine
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Informative presentation, Reading comprehension, Worksheet or assignment
Level: E3, L1, L2
Embedded literacy and Functional English for animal lovers!
Literacy: Rw/L2.3, SLc/E3.2, SLc/L1.2, SLc/L2.1, Wt/L1.4, Wt/L2.5
ESOL: ESOL Rw/L2.3a, ESOL Sc/E3.2a, ESOL Sc/L1.2a, ESOL Sc/L2.1c, ESOL Wt/L1.4a, ESOL Wt/L2.5a
Level: E3, L1, L2
Resource type: Cloze exercise
Set of 12 sentences to complete. The 12 missing words are 6 pairs of synonyms such as sorry / apologise, need / require, etc. Makes a good starting point for further discussion and/or further speaking and written work.
Literacy: General literacy / English
ICT: Entry 1 and 2 ICT
ESOL: General ESOL
Context: Retail Hospitality Customer service
Resource type: Cloze exercise, Crossword, Listening and/or speaking activity, On-screen activity or video, Sort or match cards
Level: E1
Set of interactive and paper based activities based on buying and describing clothes. The on-screen activities (match words and pictures, drag and drop sentences, cloze activitiy, crossword) make a good group activity on an interactive whiteboard and can be extended and consolidated using the dialogue prompts, vocabulary cards and other activities in the PDF document.
To run the on-screen actvities, unzip the file (select “Extract all files”) into a new folder and click on clothes1 to run.
