15 free english resources for Year 6, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
English develops reading, writing, spelling and grammar together. Strong readers write better, and students who understand sentence structure read with more understanding. Our English resources separate those strands so you can target the one that needs work, while reading passages, writing prompts and grammar activities all reinforce one another.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Students learn to spot the three most common sentence faults (fragments, run-ons and comma splices) and to fix them using conjunctions,…
Students learn that modal verbs (can, could, may, might, must, shall, should, will, would) sit before a main verb and change its force:…
Students learn to tell similes (comparisons using 'like' or 'as') from metaphors (which say one thing is another), explain what figurative…
Students meet two punctuation marks that make writing more sophisticated: the semicolon, which joins two closely related complete…
Quick checks for understanding.
A quick ten-question check of the grammar covered in Year 6: semicolons and colons, similes and metaphors, modal verbs, fragments and…
Clear explanations, examples and tips.
Explains how Year 6 students structure and write an information report: the classification statement, description paragraphs with…
A passage with questions.
An information report on the world's largest coral reef system, from how coral is built to the causes of bleaching. Students locate facts…
After a storm, Lena finds a message in a bottle on the beach, and the address inside is one she knows very well. Students track the clues,…
A persuasive speech by a Year 6 student council representative asking the school to start a language program. Students identify the…
A holiday park brochure, complete with slogans, testimonials, a special offer and fine print. Students find factual details, work out what…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
Students write an explanation text that describes how a natural process or system works, such as the water cycle, how bees make honey or…
Students write a character-driven story in which the main character must make a choice with no easy answer. The plan focuses on what the…
Word lists with practice activities.
Fifteen words that Australian students often get wrong, including Australian spellings such as colour, favourite and organise. Your child…
Fifteen words that are often mixed up because they sound alike or almost alike: principal and principle, stationary and stationery, affect…
Fifteen adjectives ending in -ous, -ious or -eous, such as dangerous, curious and delicious. Your child learns that -ous means 'full of'…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
Resources tagged NAPLAN practise the same text types and skills NAPLAN assesses. They are NAPLAN-style and not official test papers.