IXL English language
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!
Adjectives and adverbs
- Identify adjectives
- Does the adjective compare two or more than two?
- Is the word an adjective or adverb?
- Use adjectives to compare
- Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
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Punctuation and capitalisation
- Capitalising the names of people and pets
- Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
- Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections and interrupters
- Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
- Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters and antithetical phrases
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Figurative language
- Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
- Use personification
- Interpret figures of speech
- Interpret figures of speech
- Identify the source of allusions
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Grammar
- Is the noun a person, animal, place or thing?
- Select the best preposition to match the picture
- Select the best preposition to complete the sentence
- Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense?
- Correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
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Nouns
- Which word is a noun?
- Is the noun singular or plural?
- Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
- Identify nouns – with abstract nouns
- Form and use irregular plurals
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Phonics
- Blend the sounds together to make a word
- Identify frequently confused letters
- Which consonant blend does the word end with?
- Complete the short o word
- Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words
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Pronouns
- Use the correct possessive pronoun
- Use possessive pronouns
- Identify personal pronouns
- Identify relative pronouns
- Identify pronouns and their antecedents
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Reading comprehension
- Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture
- Choose the short u sentence that matches the picture
- What is the picture about?
- Choose the silent e sentence that matches the picture
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Reference skills
- Put the letters in ABC order
- Use guide words
- Use dictionary entries
- Use thesaurus entries
- Use dictionary definitions
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Sentences
- Is it the naming or action part of the sentence?
- Identify the subject of a sentence
- Identify the complete subject of a sentence
- Is the sentence simple or compound?
- Identify the compound subject or compound predicate of a sentence
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Verbs
- Identify action verbs
- Identify main verbs and helping verbs
- Change the sentence to future tense
- Identify participles and what they modify
- Identify gerunds and their functions
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Vocabulary
- Match synonyms
- Multiple-meaning words with pictures
- Use words with prefixes and suffixes
- Prefixes and suffixes: review
- Describe the difference between related words