Functional Skills - Writing

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

• Headline

• Byline

• Subheading

• Tagline

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

• Topics

• Pages

• Paragraphs

• Sentences

The names of people, places and things are called

• Verbs

• Adjectives

• Nouns

• Adverbs

What is a proper noun?

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

• The name of an everyday object

• The name of an animal

• The name of an expensive item

Proper nouns always start with a

• Lower case letter

• Exclamation mark

• Unusual spelling

• Capital letter

Subheadings are used to

• Show what individual paragraphs are about

• Make articles look nice

• Confuse the reader

• Make articles less effective

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

• True

• False

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

• Yours faithfully

• Kind regards

• Yours sincerely

• Cheers!

You should end a speech with

• A call to action

• A joke

• A story from your past

• A list of each of your points

A blog should be written using

• An informal style

• A formal style

• Complicated, technical language

• Words and phrases that rhyme