Functional Skills EnglishYears 10–13Functional Skills English Level 1

Reading — locating specific information

Functional Skills English Level 1: Reading — locating specific information

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine scanning a menu 🍔 to find the price of a cheeseburger — you skip the descriptions and look for the numbers.

  2. 2

    What do you do when you locate specific information?

  3. 3

    Here's a bus timetable 🚌. The question is: 'What time does the 8:15 bus arrive at the station?' Look at the row for 8:15 and find the 'arrival' column.

  4. 4

    Let's do one together: 'How many eggs 🥚 are needed for 2 portions?' from a recipe.

  5. 5

    Scan this text to find: 'What colour is the bike shed?' 🚲

  6. 6

    You are looking for the opening time of a library 📚. The text says: 'The library opens at 9:30 am and closes at 6 pm.' What is the opening time?

  7. 7

    From the same text, what time does the library close?

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