Grade 8 English

Here is a list of English skills students learn in grade 8! 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 grade 8! To start practising, just click on any link.

Prefixes and suffixes

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

Reference skills

  1. I.1
    Alphabetical order
  2. I.2
    Use guide words
  3. I.3
    Use dictionary entries
  4. I.4
    Use dictionary definitions
  5. I.5
    Use thesaurus entries

Context clues

  1. K.1
    Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
  2. K.2
    Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
  3. K.3
    Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Author's purpose and tone

  1. M.1
    Which sentence is more formal?

Literary devices

  1. N.1
    Use personification
  2. N.2
    Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
  3. N.3
    Recall the source of an allusion
  4. N.4
    Interpret figures of speech
  5. N.5
    Classify figures of speech