Top Tips for L1-2 Functional Skills English tests

Top Tips for English tests is a handout that can be given out to learners. It contains a reading text and questions taken from an IQ sample assessment with tips on how to answer specific questions.

It can be used as is or separated to be used as a class resource – teachers will need access to IQ’s sample assessment materials, which are freely available in the IQ website at http://www.industryqualifications.org.uk/sectors/functionalskills .

There is also a small piece on writing, with a sample question and ideas for how to approach it, and how to get the most marks possible.

All compiled from mistakes commonly made by Functional Skills learners during ‘live’ assessments.