Adult Literacy, Functional English, and GCSE Resources

How to format and plan a formal letter or email for English functional skills.
Word document / template.

Editor’s note
Two very useful editable Word documents – one for a letter, one for an email.
[5/12/17] Minor edits to the formal letter template

Simulations of email and online banking registration forms. Can be used in succession, as for the banking registration form you need an email address. When you press the “create account” button it will open the printing menu. Good luck!

Two homophone crosswords – each consists of 30+ words and ‘clues’ (the clues are simply the matching homophone which makes these crosswords quite tricky (L2) and ideal for promoting lots of discussion if done in pairs or small groups).

Please note you must download the free Eclipse software before you can use theese ecw (Eclipse crossword) file below. See our Good Software – Eclipse Crossword entry for more information.

A super series of 6 graded interactive ICT worksheets. Covers E1 Lit and ESOL reading (reading key words / vocabulary) and E1-2 ICT ( with a different focus for each sheet – see below).
Exercise 1 – change the text colour
Exercise 2 – change the text size
Exercise 3 – change the text style
Exercise 4 – change the text format
Exercise 5 – drag & drop the correct words

Select the correct initial grapheme to match the picture, then click the box the check your answer.
One of a series of Interactive self-checking phonics worksheets for Entry – see below for other titles.

Select the correct CVC word (consonant-vowel-consonant) to match the picture, then click the box the check your answer.
One of a series of interactive self-checking phonics worksheets for Entry 1 – see below for other titles.

Select the correct CVC word (consonant-vowel-consonant) to match the picture, then click the box the check your answer.
One of a series of Interactive self-checking phonics worksheets for Entry – see below for other titles.

Select the correct CVC word (consonant-vowel-consonant) to match the picture, then click the box the check your answer.
One of a series of Interactive self-checking phonics worksheets for Entry – see below for other titles.

Select the correct initial grapheme to match the picture, then click the box the check your answer.
One of a series of Interactive self-checking phonics worksheets for Entry 1 – see below for other titles.

Select the best word (drop-down menus) to complete the sentences then click the box the check your answer.
One of a series of interactive self-checking phonics worksheets for Entry – see below for other titles or check out Sian’s list of resources by clicking on her name.