Resources for Functional Skills English

The Functional Skills English qualification is assessed through two papers: reading and writing. The reading paper includes questions based on a range of texts, testing your ability to extract information, make inferences, and analyse language features. The writing paper includes two extended writing tasks of varying lengths, with additional marks awarded for spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

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Functional Skills English Past Papers

Edexcel Functional Skills English Level 1

Reading Past Paper 10
Reading Past Paper 9
Reading Past Paper 8
Reading Past Paper 7
Writing Past Paper 10
Writing Past Paper 9
Writing Past Paper 8
Writing Past Paper 7

Highfield Functional Skills English Level 1

Reading Past Paper 1
Reading Past Paper 2
Reading Past Paper 3
Reading Past Paper 4
Writing Past Paper 1
Writing Past Paper 2
Writing Past Paper 3
Writing Past Paper 4

Edexcel Functional Skills English Level 2

Reading Past Paper 10
Reading Past Paper 9
Reading Past Paper 8
Reading Past Paper 7
Writing Past Paper 10
Writing Past Paper 9
Writing Past Paper 8
Writing Past Paper 7

Highfield Functional Skills English Level 2

Reading Past Paper 1
Reading Past Paper 2
Reading Past Paper 3
Reading Past Paper 4
Writing Past Paper 1
Writing Past Paper 2
Writing Past Paper 3
Writing Past Paper 4

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