FS Adult learning Functional Skills English Reading - 10 comprehensions +2 FREE Identifying purpose

Help your learners confidently identify the purpose of a text with this pack of 12 short, accessible reading comprehensions.

Ideal for adult learners, Functional Skills English, ESOL, or any group that struggles to distinguish between writing to inform, explain, persuade, or describe.

What’s Included

• 12 short, dyslexia-friendly texts on real-world topics
• 5 scaffolded questions per text guiding learners step-by-step to identifying the writer’s purpose
• Full teacher answer key

Topics include solar panels, community events, sleep, adopting a pet and more

Suggested Use

• Print the full set and compare how tone and register change with different text purposes
• Use as discussion starters or model texts
• Highlight and annotate features you’ve been teaching
• Support learners to “magpie” vocabulary and techniques for their own writing
• Use for formative assessment to check understanding and spot gaps

Boost Learning Further
This resource pairs especially well with my Text Features pack (great for teaching structure, layout markings and organisational devices) and my Writing to Persuade resource (ideal for reinforcing persuasive techniques).
Together, these create a sequence of lessons that builds reading, analysis and writing skills.

Why It Works
These structured activities take the guesswork out of analysing purpose. Learners see multiple examples in varied contexts, building confidence and fluency with each task.

Dyslexia-Friendly Design
All MGLearnTogether resources follow dyslexia-friendly principles: clean layout, accessible font, low-contrast colour scheme, reduced visual clutter, and concise writing. Designed to reduce cognitive load and improve readability for all learners.