Year 9 English

IXL offers more than 100 year 9 English skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Hover your mouse over any skill name to preview it, then click to practise!

IXL offers more than 100 year 9 English skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Hover your mouse over any skill name to preview it, then click to practise!

Prefixes and suffixes

  1. G.1
    Words with pre-
  2. G.2
    Words with re-
  3. G.3
    Words with sub-
  4. G.4
    Words with mis-
  5. G.5
    Words with un-, dis-, in-, im- and non-
  6. G.6
    Words with -ful
  7. G.7
    Words with -less
  8. G.8
    Words with -able and -ible

Reference skills

  1. I.1
    Alphabetical order
  2. I.2
    Use guide words
  3. I.3
    Use dictionary entries
  4. I.4
    Use dictionary definitions
  5. I.5
    Use thesaurus entries

Context clues

  1. K.1
    Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
  2. K.2
    Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
  3. K.3
    Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Author's purpose and tone

  1. M.1
    Which sentence is more formal?

Literary devices

  1. N.1
    Use personification
  2. N.2
    Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
  3. N.3
    Recall the source of an allusion
  4. N.4
    Interpret figures of speech
  5. N.5
    Classify figures of speech