Year 4 IXL English Skills Matched to the UK National Curriculum

Year 4 English (UK curriculum) – IXL Lessons

1. Use spelling patterns to sort long and short vowel words
2. Spell rhyming words to answer riddles
3. Spell the long a word: silent e, ai, ay, ea, ey, eigh
4. Spell the long e word: silent e, ee, ea, ie
5. Spell the long i word: silent e, ie, y, igh, ind, ild
6. Spell the long o word: silent e, oa, ow, old, ost, olt
7. Spell the long u word: silent e, ue, oo, ew, ui
8. Complete the word with a three-letter consonant blend
9. Spell words with open and closed syllables
10. Spell consonant-l-e words
11. Spell words with vowel diphthong patterns
12. Spell words with r-vowel patterns
13. Spell the sight word
14. Use key details to determine the main idea
15. Determine the main idea of a passage
16. Determine the themes of myths, fables and folktales
17. Identify the author’s purpose: passages
18. Determine the order of events in informational texts
19. Match causes with effects
20. Match problems with their solutions
21. Identify text structures
22. Determine the meanings of similes
23. Distinguish points of view
24. Draw inferences from a text
25. Identify story elements
26. Make predictions about a story
27. Identify time-order words
28. Use time-order words
29. Use coordinating conjunctions
30. Distinguish facts from opinions
31. Add descriptive details to sentences
32. Identify base words, prefixes and suffixes
33. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to meanings
34. Choose the synonym
35. Use the correct homophone
36. Which definition matches the sentence?
37. Positive and negative connotation
38. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
39. Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words
40. Use the correct article: a, an or the

Tip: If any link returns a “Skill not found” page, check the spelling in the URL (IXL slugs must be all-lowercase, spaces → hyphens, punctuation removed).