Revision 1 for Functional Skills

Punctuation

100

I mark the end of sentences

Full Stop

200

I separate items in a list

Comma

300

I am used to join two or more words or to join prefixes

hyphen

400

I separate two sentences or main clauses which are of equal importance.

semicolon

500

I am used to show that the second half of the sentence gives extra information

colon

Spelling

100

Spell this word correctly:  rember

remember

200

Spell this word correctly:  posess

possess

300

Spell this word correctly: knowlege 

knowledge

400

Spell this word correctly:  collum

column

500

Spell this word correctly:  ocassion

occasion

Text Types

100

I always need an address

Email or Letter

200

I use sub-headings to make me easier to find information in me. 

Instructional text

300

I am a factual account of what happened for example on a charity fundraising day.

Report

400

I usually need two addresses: one for the person the letter is for and the other of the sender's address.

Formal letter eg. job interview

500

I am found in a newspaper or magazine and I use headings and paragraphs.

An article

Writing Features

100

I am always used at the start of proper nouns.

Capital letter

200

I can be used to add information about a verb.

adverb

300

What am I?  The man in the grey coat...

Noun phrase

400

I am a clause which cannot exist on my own.

Subordinate clause

500

A noun in English nearly always has one of these.

An article (definite or indefinite)

Mixed Bag

100

What is the simple past tense of this verb: take?

Took

200

In which person is this written? She is unable to come to the dinner. 

3rd person 

300

What is the present continuous tense of this verb: run?

running

400

Which of these words is an island:  aisle, isle?

isle

500

I am the most important sentence in a paragraph.

The topic sentence