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Tone in writing is the way an author’s attitude or feeling comes across, such as being formal, friendly, serious, or humorous.

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In Functional Skills English, planning your writing is about thinking ahead so your ideas are clear, logical, and suited to the task.

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When preparing for the Functional Skills English reading exam, it’s important to practise identifying the purpose, audience, and tone of different texts, such as articles, adverts, and letters. Focus on spotting key features like persuasive language, facts versus opinions, and how layout supports meaning. Build confidence by timing yourself on practice papers, highlighting evidence to support your answers, and checking that you fully understand the question before responding. Regular revision of reading strategies—like skimming for main ideas and scanning for detail—will help you approach the exam with clarity and control.

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Sean's Tone, Fact, Opinion and Bias Challenge: “Everyone has a bias — mine just happens to be correct.” 😄

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Sean's Tone, Fact, Opinion and Bias Challenge: “Everyone has a bias — mine just happens to be correct.” 😄

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Functional Skills Reading Exam Revision Guide

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Functional Skills Reading Exam Revision Guide

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Bill Haining's Functional Skills Masterclass

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Everything you need to know before you start your learning journey. 

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Everything you need to know before you start your learning journey. 

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Spelling, grammar and punctuation are the building blocks of good writing, and they help us make our meaning clear to others.

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Preparing for the Functional Skills English writing exam is all about showing that you can communicate clearly, accurately, and appropriately for different purposes.

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Welcome to Narrative and Descriptive Writing! Narrative writing is your storyteller’s voice: it tells readers what happened, when, and to whom, moving events along from start to finish.

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In Functional Skills English, learners are often asked to write articles and reports, two text types with different purposes and audiences. An article is usually written for a magazine, newspaper, or blog, aiming to inform, entertain, or persuade through a catchy headline, engaging language, and a mix of fact and opinion.

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Formal writing in Functional Skills English focuses on developing the ability to communicate clearly, respectfully, and with purpose through letters and emails. Unlike informal messages to friends, formal writing follows a structured format, uses polite and professional language, and considers the audience carefully.

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A speech and a blog are both ways of sharing ideas, but they work in different ways. A speech is spoken aloud to an audience, often using persuasive and emotive language, rhetorical questions, and repetition to grab attention and inspire action.

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Language techniques are the tools writers and speakers use to make their words more powerful, persuasive, and engaging.

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The purpose of a text is the reason why it has been written.

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Layout and organisational features in Functional Skills English are used to make texts clear, easy to follow, and fit for purpose.

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Bill's Language Technique Challenge: “English is a funny language — a ‘fat chance’ and a ‘slim chance’ mean the same thing.”

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Bill's Language Technique Challenge: “English is a funny language — a ‘fat chance’ and a ‘slim chance’ mean the same thing.”

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Mollie's Purpose of Life Challenge: “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama

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Mollie's Purpose of Life Challenge: “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” — Dalai Lama

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Julia's Feisty Features Challenge: “I don’t need perfect features, I just need good lighting and Wi-Fi.”

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Julia's Feisty Features Challenge: “I don’t need perfect features, I just need good lighting and Wi-Fi.”

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The Functional Skills English Speaking and Listening test is designed to assess how well learners can communicate in different real-life contexts, showing both confidence in speaking and attentiveness in listening.

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Professional Communication: Emails vs Letters

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Professional Communication: Emails vs Letters

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Finding Layout Features

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What to expect from your Speaking and Listening.

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City & Guilds: Tutor Tips - Speaking & Listening

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K_zpxW5hpP4

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Email Writing

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Writing an Article

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Mini Task

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Work through the Revision sheet, remember you can email a member of staff for support

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Writing a Report

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Tips for your Discussion

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Letter Writing

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How to improve your descriptive writing

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Formal vs Informal

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Formal vs Informal Writing: What's the Difference and When to Use Them

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How to Plan your Writing

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What is the Criteria and expectations

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Article writing, if you need more practice

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Using the Images below complete the planning sheet

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Use this for revision. This will help you remember the techniques

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Use these texts to locate Layout Features

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Use these texts to locate Layout Features

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Why are these used? How does this help the reader?

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Do all articles use the same layout features?

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Now start considering the language and tone, this will help you with Purpose.

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Find the language techniques in the below documents. Underline them within the texts

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Document to find layouit, language features

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Let's look at persuasive writing, Do some of these sound familiar? RICHARD is Back!!

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What about this one for emotive Language?

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What about this one for emotive Language?

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Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator