Year 1 English skills

169 skills 20 games

IXL has more than 100 year 1 English skills to learn and review! As you work through a skill, questions will adapt to match your level. Keep answering questions to reach mastery!

Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Consonants and vowels

B. Syllables

C. Rhyming

D. Blending and segmenting

E. Consonant sounds and letters

F. Consonant blends and digraphs

G. Short a

H. Short e

I. Short i

J. Short o

K. Short u

L. Short vowels

M. Short and long vowel sounds

N. Silent e

O. Vowel digraphs

P. Short and long vowel patterns

Q. Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow

R. Two-syllable words

S. Sight words

Reading strategies

T. Reality vs fiction

1
Which could happen in real life?

U. Main idea

1
What is the picture about?

V. Inference and analysis

Vocabulary

W. Nouns and adjectives

X. Categories

Y. Synonyms and antonyms

Z. Multiple-meaning words

1
Multiple-meaning words with pictures

AA. Shades of meaning

BB. Prefixes and suffixes

CC. Context clues

1
Use context to identify the meaning of a word

DD. Reference skills

Grammar and mechanics

EE. Sentences

FF. Nouns

GG. Pronouns

HH. Verbs

II. Subject-verb agreement

JJ. Verb tense

KK. Articles

LL. Adjectives

MM. Prepositions

NN. Linking words

OO. Contractions

PP. Capitalisation