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Functional Skills - Writing

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The bold title at the top of an article is called the...

a)

Headline

b)

Byline

c)

Subheading

d)

Tagline

2.

Make your writing clearer by splitting it into separate...

a)

Topics

b)

Pages

c)

Paragraphs

d)

Sentences

3.

The names of people, places and things are called

a)

Verbs

b)

Adjectives

c)

Nouns

d)

Adverbs

4.

What is a proper noun?

a)

The name of a person, company, brand name or title

b)

The name of an everyday object

c)

The name of an animal

d)

The name of an expensive item

5.

Proper nouns always start with a

a)

Lower case letter

b)

Exclamation mark

c)

Unusual spelling

d)

Capital letter

6.

Subheadings are used to

a)

Show what individual paragraphs are about

b)

Make articles look nice

c)

Confuse the reader

d)

Make articles less effective

7.

The sender's address always goes at the top of a letter

a)

True

b)

False

8.

When you have addressed a person by name, you should end your letter with

a)

Yours faithfully

b)

Kind regards

c)

Yours sincerely

d)

Cheers!

9.

You should end a speech with

a)

A call to action

b)

A joke

c)

A story from your past

d)

A list of each of your points

10.

A blog should be written using

a)

An informal style

b)

A formal style

c)

Complicated, technical language

d)

Words and phrases that rhyme