Year 9 English

Here is a list of English skills students learn in year 9! These skills are organised into categories, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to preview the skill. To start practising, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and the questions will automatically increase in difficulty as you improve!

Here is a list of English skills students learn in year 9! To start practicing, just click on any link.

Reading strategies Reading
Writing strategies Writing
Vocabulary Vocab
Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading strategies

Analysing literature

  1. F.1
    Analyse short stories

Writing strategies

Creative techniques

  1. L.1
    Use personification

Research skills

  1. O.1
    Identify plagiarism

Vocabulary

Synonyms and antonyms

  1. R.1
    Choose the synonym
  2. R.2
    Choose the antonym

Grammar and mechanics

Direct and indirect objects

  1. II.1
    Is it a direct object or an indirect object?

Restrictive and non-restrictive elements

  1. LL.1
    What does the punctuation suggest?
  2. LL.2
    Commas with non-restrictive elements