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IXL makes the world of words come alive with fun visuals and interactive questions. Build great writers through playful skills that pique learners' curiosity about language!

Reception skills

  1. Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
  2. Identify the first sound in a word
  3. Use colour words
  4. Sort objects into categories
  5. Which could happen in real life?

See all 48 reception skills

Year 1 skills

  1. Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture
  2. Spell the short vowel word
  3. Find a word in a sentence
  4. Complete the sentence with an action verb to match the picture
  5. Which could happen in real life?

See all 101 year 1 skills

Year 2 skills

  1. Who, what, when, where or why?
  2. Choose between subject and object personal pronouns
  3. Use sense words
  4. Identify time-order words
  5. Sort words into categories

See all 156 year 2 skills

Year 3 skills

  1. Identify the subject of a sentence
  2. Sort common and proper nouns
  3. Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline
  4. Use contractions with "not"
  5. Sort words into categories

See all 173 year 3 skills

Year 4 skills

  1. Is the sentence simple or compound?
  2. Form and use the regular past tense
  3. Identify adjectives
  4. Use subordinating conjunctions
  5. Which definition matches the sentence?

See all 112 year 4 skills

Year 5 skills

  1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
  2. Replace the noun with a personal pronoun
  3. Use the correct modal verb
  4. Choose the synonym
  5. Which sentence matches the definition?

See all 130 year 5 skills

Year 6 skills

  1. Order adjectives
  2. Choose between adjectives and adverbs
  3. Use the correct pair of correlative conjunctions
  4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
  5. Describe the difference between related words

See all 106 year 6 skills

Year 7 skills

  1. Identify pronouns and their antecedents
  2. Identify vague pronoun references
  3. Correct capitalisation errors
  4. Analogies: challenge
  5. Which sentence is more formal?

See all 112 year 7 skills

Year 8 skills

  1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex or compound-complex?
  2. Use the correct verb – with compound subjects
  3. Commas with coordinate adjectives
  4. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
  5. Are the modifiers used correctly?

See all 105 year 8 skills

Year 9 skills

  1. Use dashes
  2. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
  3. Describe the difference between related words
  4. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
  5. Use parallel structure

See all 111 year 9 skills

Year 10 skills

  1. Semicolons, colons and commas review
  2. Word pattern analogies
  3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
  4. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
  5. Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

See all 120 year 10 skills

Year 11 skills

  1. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
  2. Word pattern sentences
  3. Use words accurately and precisely
  4. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
  5. Identify audience and purpose

See all 117 year 11 skills

Year 12 skills

  1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
  2. Correct errors in everyday use
  3. Organise information by main idea
  4. Distinguish facts from opinions
  5. Identify the narrative point of view

See all 107 year 12 skills

Year 13 skills

  1. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
  2. Identify plagiarism
  3. Choose evidence to support a claim
  4. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos and logos in advertisements
  5. Analyse the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

See all 107 year 13 skills

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