IXL Language arts
From phonics and reading comprehension to writing strategies and more, IXL helps learners develop the communication skills needed for success in school, college, and career.
Adjectives and adverbs See all 165 skills
Includes: |Compare pictures using adjectives|Use number words|Does the adjective tell you what kind or how many?|Use the correct article: a, an, or the|Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Book study See all 48 skills
Includes: |Analyze passages from The Lightning Thief: Part 1|Analyze passages from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad: Part 1
Capitalization See all 68 skills
Includes: |Capitalize the first letter of a sentence|Capitalizing titles|Capitalizing proper adjectives, nationalities, and languages|Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features
Context clues See all 86 skills
Includes: |Multiple-meaning words with pictures|Find words using context|Determine the meaning of domain-specific words with pictures|Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Editing and revising See all 175 skills
Includes: |Revise the sentence using a stronger verb|Add descriptive details to sentences|Correct capitalization errors|Suggest appropriate revisions|Replace words using a thesaurus
Figurative language See all 71 skills
Includes: |Identify similes and metaphors|Identify the meaning of idioms and adages: set 2|Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source|Classify figures of speech
Grammar See all 907 skills
Includes: |Identify common and proper nouns|Use adjectives to compare|Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?|Identify transitive and intransitive verbs
Informational texts See all 185 skills
Includes: |Read about sports and hobbies|Determine the order of events in informational texts|Match problems with their solutions|Trace an argument
Letters See all 121 skills
Includes: |Frequently confused letters: find the letter|Choose the letter that you hear|Choose the lowercase letter that matches the consonant sound: review|Find the lowercase letters
Literary texts See all 153 skills
Includes: |Order events in a story|Read fantasy with illustrations|Summarize a story|Add imagery to stories|Compare passages for tone
Main idea See all 76 skills
Includes: |What is the picture about?|Combine main ideas from two texts|Use key details to determine the main idea|Organize information by topic
Nouns See all 133 skills
Includes: |Select the nouns|Which word is a noun?|Is the noun singular or plural?|Identify common and proper nouns|Use regular plurals with -s, -es, -ies, and -ves
Opinions and arguments See all 112 skills
Includes: |Choose reasons to support an opinion|Distinguish facts from opinions|Identify supporting details in informational texts|Identify thesis statements|Identify counterclaims
Phonemic awareness See all 60 skills
Includes: |Blend onset and rime together to make a word|Which word ends with the same sound?|Blend each sound in a word together|Which two words start with the same sound?
Phonics See all 339 skills
Includes: |Review the letters A–Z|Which two words have the same ending?|Spell the silent e word|Choose the r-control word that matches the picture
Phonological awareness See all 86 skills
Includes: |Blend each sound in a word together|Choose the picture that rhymes with the word|Find the short a word|Find the long o word|Blend each sound in a word together
Pronouns See all 144 skills
Includes: |Use the correct possessive pronoun|Identify possessive pronouns|Use possessive pronouns|Identify relative pronouns|Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
Punctuation See all 226 skills
Includes: |Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?|Commas with series, dates, and places|Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Reading comprehension See all 498 skills
Includes: |Choose the short e sentence that matches the picture|What is the picture about?|Put the sentences in order|Match causes and effects in informational texts
Reference skills See all 80 skills
Includes: |Put the letters in ABC order|Use guide words|Use dictionary entries|Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)|Replace words using a thesaurus
Roots and affixes See all 148 skills
Includes: |Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re-, or mis-|Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words|Match words with Greek and Latin roots to their meanings
Sight words See all 52 skills
Includes: |Read sight words: review sets 4, 5, 6|Read sight words: review sets 1–10|Read sight words: review sets 7, 8, 9, 10|Spell the sight word
Spelling See all 335 skills
Includes: |Spell the short vowel word|Complete the verb with the ending that you hear|Complete the word with the correct vowel team|Word pattern analogies
Verbs See all 221 skills
Includes: |Identify action verbs|To be: use the correct present tense form|Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2|Use the correct subject or verb
Vocabulary See all 447 skills
Includes: |Match synonyms|Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-|Choose the antonym|Find antonyms in context|Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
