Year 6 English: what your child learns
Many children speak well but lose marks when they write: spelling, capital letters, full stops and grammar. Our English practice works on exactly that. Spelling words return again and again until they stick; sentence practice builds the habit of capital letters and correct punctuation; reading questions check understanding. Practice is matched to your child’s year and the National Curriculum, from Year 1 phonics to Year 6 SATs spelling, punctuation and grammar.
What Your Child Will Learn in Year 6 English
Spelling
Over 260 questions covering the full Years 5/6 statutory spelling list, spelling rules, homophones, and suffixes and prefixes.
The Years 5/6 statutory word list is set out in the national curriculum and tested directly in the KS2 SATs spelling test.
Grammar & punctuation
SATs-level grammar and punctuation practice — active and passive voice, the subjunctive, formal and informal language, semicolons, colons, relative clauses, modal verbs, and more.
This is exactly the range of grammar and punctuation tested in the KS2 SATs grammar paper.
Writing sentences
Finding and correcting sentence-level mistakes.
Accurate sentence construction underpins the KS2 SATs writing expectations.
Reading & comprehension
15 full comprehension passages, each with 5 questions mapped to the 5 reading skills tested in KS2 SATs: retrieval, inference, word meaning, summarising, and the writer’s choices.
This mirrors the exact structure and skill range of the KS2 SATs reading paper.
How You Can Help at Home
Focus revision on weak topics, not everything
With SATs approaching, targeted practice on genuine gaps is far more effective than re-covering everything equally.
Practise identifying the 5 reading skills by name
Ask ‘is this question asking you to find a fact, or to work something out?’ — naming retrieval vs. inference helps in the exam.
Track progress weekly in the run-up to SATs
The parent dashboard shows exactly which spelling, grammar or comprehension skills are ready and which need final revision.
Year 6 & KS2 SATs English
The KS2 SATs are taken in May of Year 6 and include a reading paper and a combined spelling, grammar and punctuation test. Every topic on this page is built directly around what those two papers cover.
Example Homework Questions
Question
Rewrite in the passive voice: The cat chased the mouse.
Expected Answer
The mouse was chased by the cat.
Skill Tested
Active and passive voice
Question
Which word is spelled correctly: nessessary / necessary?
Expected Answer
necessary
Skill Tested
Years 5/6 statutory spelling
Question
What does the word ‘unravelled’ suggest about how the mystery was solved?
Expected Answer
That it was solved slowly, piece by piece
Skill Tested
Reading skill: word meaning in context
Walk Into KS2 SATs With a Clear Picture, Not a Guess
See exactly which spelling, grammar and reading skills your child has mastered ahead of the May 2026 KS2 SATs, and what still needs focused revision.