Reception English
Here is a list of English skills students learn in reception! These skills are organised into categories, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to preview the skill. To start practising, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and the questions will automatically increase in difficulty as you improve!
Text features
Alphabet
- B.1 Find the letter in the alphabet: lowercase
- B.2 Find the letter in the alphabet: uppercase
- B.3 Choose the letter that you hear: lowercase
- B.4 Choose the letter that you hear: uppercase
- B.5 Frequently confused letters: find the letter
- B.6 Frequently confused letters: find all the letters
- B.7 Choose the lowercase letter that matches: easier letters
- B.8 Choose the lowercase letter that matches: harder letters
- B.9 Find all the lowercase letters
- B.10 Choose the uppercase letter that matches: easier letters
- B.11 Choose the uppercase letter that matches: harder letters
- B.12 Find all the uppercase letters
Rhyming
Blending and segmenting
Consonants
Sight words
Parts of speech
- H.1 Find the picture that matches the action verb
- H.2 Compare pictures using adjectives
- H.3 Use number words: one to five
- H.4 Use number words: six to ten
- H.5 Use number words: one to ten
- H.6 Use colour words
- H.7 Inside and outside
- H.8 Above and below
- H.9 Next to and beside
- H.10 Choose the singular or plural noun that matches the picture