Year 6 English

IXL offers more than 100 year 6 English skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, territory curriculum, or standardised test.

IXL offers more than 100 year 6 English skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall to find a skill that looks interesting, or select a skill plan that aligns to your textbook, territory curriculum, or standardised test.

Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading strategies

A. Main idea

1
Determine the main idea of a passage

B. Theme

C. Author's purpose and tone

D. Point of view

1
Determine the author's point of view

E. Text structure

F. Literary devices

G. Analysing literature

1
Analyse short stories

H. Analysing informational texts

I. Comparing texts

1
Compare two texts with different genres

J. Visual elements

1
Compare illustrations of literary and historical subjects

Writing strategies

K. Organising writing

L. Developing and supporting arguments

M. Creative techniques

1
Use personification

N. Editing and revising

O. Research skills

1
Identify and correct plagiarism

Vocabulary

P. Prefixes and suffixes

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

Q. Greek and Latin roots

R. Synonyms and antonyms

S. Homophones

T. Shades of meaning

U. Analogies

1
Analogies
2
Analogies: challenge

V. Context clues

W. Reference skills

Grammar and mechanics

X. Sentences, fragments and run-ons

Y. Nouns

Z. Pronouns and antecedents

AA. Pronoun types

BB. Verb types

CC. Subject-verb agreement

DD. Verb tense

EE. Adjectives and adverbs

FF. Prepositions

GG. Conjunctions

HH. Contractions

II. Punctuation

JJ. Capitalisation

KK. Formatting