IXL Language arts
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!
Pre-K skills
- Find the lowercase letter in the alphabet
- Choose the words that have a given ending
- Choose the picture that rhymes with the word
- Match antonyms to pictures
- Which could happen in real life?
See all 48 pre-K skills
Kindergarten skills
- Find all the words that start with a given sound
- Find the short a word
- Complete the short o word
- Find the action verb
- Which could happen in real life?
See all 101 kindergarten skills
First-grade skills
- Complete the short u word
- Match the short a and long a words to pictures
- Who, what, when, where, or why?
- Compare pictures using comparative and superlative adjectives
- Use context to identify the meaning of a word
See all 158 first-grade skills
Second-grade skills
- Complete the sentence with the correct -ild, -ind, -old, -olt, or -ost word
- Choose the vowel team sentence that matches the picture
- Choose the diphthong word that matches the picture
- Identify the subject of a sentence
- Identify articles
See all 202 second-grade skills
Third-grade skills
- Is the subject singular or plural?
- Capitalizing the names of places and geographic features
- Use dictionary definitions
- Shades of meaning with pictures
- Identify story elements
See all 176 third-grade skills
Fourth-grade skills
- Punctuating dialogue
- Match causes with their effects
- Determine the meanings of similes and metaphors
- Compare and contrast characters
- Determine the themes of myths, fables, and folktales
See all 210 fourth-grade skills
Fifth-grade skills
- Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, and interjections
- Multiple-meaning words with pictures
- Use context to identify the meaning of a word
- Identify supporting details in literary texts
- Determine the order of events in informational texts
See all 170 fifth-grade skills
Sixth-grade skills
- Simple past, present, and future tense: review
- Choose between adjectives and adverbs
- Correct capitalization errors
- Alphabetical order
- Which sentence is more formal?
See all 166 sixth-grade skills
Seventh-grade skills
- Commas with coordinate adjectives
- Use hyphens in compound adjectives
- Use parallel structure
- Misplaced modifiers with pictures
- Use the correct frequently confused word
See all 155 seventh-grade skills
Eighth-grade skills
- Identify active and passive voice
- Identify gerunds and their functions
- Choose the antonym
- Compare information from two texts
- Trace an argument
See all 161 eighth-grade skills
Ninth-grade skills
- Identify dependent and independent clauses
- Formatting quotations and dialogue
- Identify supporting evidence in a text
- Compare passages for tone
- Classify figures of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
See all 148 ninth-grade skills
Tenth-grade skills
- Rewrite the sentence in active voice
- Use words accurately and precisely
- Identify thesis statements
- Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
- Identify audience and purpose
See all 144 tenth-grade skills
Eleventh-grade skills
- Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
- Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives
- Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
- Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
- Identify the narrative point of view