Adult Literacy, Functional English, and GCSE Resources

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Colons and semi colons

Clear examples and practice for Level 2 students.

Level
Level 2
English
AL Ws/L2.4 Use apostrophes & inverted commas
Adult Lit Rs/L2.2 Use punctuation to help interpret the meaning and purpose of texts

What's an adverb?

Single page handout gives straightforward explanation and examples followed by practice.

Level
Level 1
English
Adult Literacy Rs/L1.1 Use implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge

Important spellings for hairdressers

A useful practice list that can be kept in students’ folders.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies
AL Ww/L2.1 Spell technical words
Context
Hairdressing & Beauty therapy

What are conjunctions?

What are conjunctions? Information, examples of using conjunctions to join two sentences, plus related worksheet.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Adult Literacy Rs/E3.2 Use implicit & explicit knowledge of word types/order to help with decoding/predicting meaning
Adult Literacy Rs/L1.1 Use implicit and explicit grammatical knowledge
Ws/E3.1
Adult Lit Ws/L1.1 Write in complete sentences

What's a thesaurus?

Information, examples of using synonyms to change sentences, plus related worksheet.

Level
Level 2
English
AL Rw/L2.3 Vocabulary (language features, synonyms, formality)

Common homophones - 3 sets

Three beautifully clear handouts on three sets of common homophones along with a practice sheet on there – their – they’re.

Level
Level 1
English
Homophones, homographs & confusables
AL Ww/L1.1 Spell & use spelling strategies

Homographs

Homographs has a clear handout about ‘bat’ and a practice sheet on ‘bow’ and ‘scales’.

Level
Entry Level 2
Entry Level 3
English
Homophones, homographs & confusables
Ww/E2.1
AL Ww/E3.1 Spell common words
AL Rw/E2.2 Recognise high frequency words & words with common spelling patterns
Rw/E3.1
Rw/E3.5

What is a sentence?

Explains about subjects and verbs, plus a practice sheet.

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Ws/E3.2
Ws/L1.2

What makes a sentence?

Explains about end of sentence markers and includes a practice sheet where students must finish each sentence with the correct punctuation mark..

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
English
Ws/E3.4
Ws/L1.3

Types of text - student handout

Types of text – student handout that explains the layout and language features of instructive and persuasive texts. Use with the related drag and drop worksheet (see below).

Level
Entry Level 3
Level 1
Level 2
English
Rt/E3.2
Rt/L1.2
Rt/L2.2 Identify the purpose of a text and infer meaning which is not explicit
Rt/E3.3