Adult Literacy, Functional English, and GCSE Resources

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Here are a set of worksheets for use with learners based around fire safety. The vocabulary included are types of fire extinguisher and types of fire. The first sheet is a wordsearch, the second features anagrams, and the third sheet is a blank learning check to see how much learners remember.

Level
Level 1
Entry Level 3
Entry Level 2
English
General literacy / English
ESOL
General ESOL
Context
Health and safety

A first person autobiographical account of life in outback Australia.
Exercises include comprehension questions using when, where etc.
A revision of past tense verbs – regular and irregular.
A fill the gap using the correct verb tense.
A writing prompt for students to write about themselves – emphasising the use of conjunctions and short paragraphs.
A Wordsearch.
Includes a glossary of Australian words used in the text.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Adult Lit Wt/L1.1 Plan and draft writing
Wt/E3.2
AL Wt/E3.1 Plan & draft writing
Ws/L1.2
Adult Lit Ws/L1.1 Write in complete sentences
Ws/E3.2
Ws/E3.1
AL Rt/L1.1 Understand continuous texts
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
ESOL
ESOL Wt/L1.1a Apply genre-specific planning strategies as appropriate
ESOL Wt/E3.2a
ESOL Wt/E3.1a Recognise the process of planning and drafting
ESOL Ws/L1.2a
ESOL Ws/L1.1a Write using complex sentences
ESOL Ws/E3.2a Use basic sentence grammar accurately
ESOL Ws/E3.1a Write using complex sentences
ESOL Rt/L1.1a Understand how meaning is built up in paragraphed texts
ESOL Rt/E3.1a Understand how meaning is built up in a variety texts of more than one paragraph
Context
History, culture, museums, libraries

A substantial 3 page text about capital city’s landmarks and tourist attractions. Ideal for students living in or visiting London. Followed by 6 pages of activities including questions, true/false, wordsearch, dictionary and alphabetical order work.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Adult Literacy: Reading - sentence focus (punctuation & grammar)
AL Rt/E3.1 Understand longer texts
AL Rt/L1.1 Understand continuous texts
Rt/E3.7
Rt/E3.8
Rt/L1.5
Rw/E3.4
AL Recognise and understand a range of words
Rw/E3.3
Adult Literacy: writing composition (Wt)
Context
Leisure, Hobbies, Travel & Tourism

These make excellent fill-ins or introductions to key vocabulary. 1 wordsearch, 1 crossword.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Rw/E3.1
Rw/L1.2
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies
Context
Construction Carpentry Plumbing

Homophones wordsearch is a challenging way to check learner’s knowledge of this tricky topic. First they must work out the homophones of listed words and then find them in the puzzle. Makes a good extension or revision activity.

Level
Level 1
Level 2
English
Homophones, homographs & confusables
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies
AL Ww/L2.1 Spell technical words
Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Rw/E3.1
Rw/L1.2
Context
Construction Carpentry Plumbing