SKILLS

Key skill quizzes

This page contains quick links to all the quizzes currently available for the different key skills. The quizzes are also linked to at the end of the relevant guide for that skill. You can earn an extra Skill Level if you get 100% in the quiz.

How the quizzes work

These quizzes are all in Microsoft Forms. You can take them all as many times as you want, anonymously, just to test yourself.

Earning an extra Skill Level

If you want to earn an extra Skill Level for each skill, you can choose to add your name to the quiz. You then need to get 100% when you take the quiz that time, though you can try for the extra Skill Level multiple times, too, if you need to.

When you get the 100%, email your teacher with a screenshot proving your 100% and they’ll add the Skill Level to your Progress Book when they see you next.

IMPORTANT: After your teacher has added the extra level, write a “Q” in the corner of the tick box area so it’s clear that you got this extra level for completing the quiz (and aren’t cheating).

General essay writing quiz

  1. How to use an appropriate style for an essay

Key essay writing skill quizzes

  1. Writing paragraph points

  2. Selecting relevant, meaningful evidence

  3. Embedding and contextualising evidence

  4. Making an argument

  5. Analysing language, form and structure

  6. Linking analysis to big ideas

  7. Linking analysis to context and the writer’s perspective

  8. Creating a conceptualised response around a clear thesis

Key creative writing skill quizzes

  1. Creating a character

  2. Describing a setting in vivid detail

  3. Writing direct speech

  4. Using 3rd person limited narrative voice

  5. Controlling time in a story, including using timeshifts

  6. Writing an opening and matched closing (argue/persuade non-fiction)

  7. Writing a body paragraph (argue/persuade non-fiction)