Grade 6 English Worksheets

324 practice questions, 96 drills, 42 printable sheets across 6 chapters. Free, no account, and every answer explained.

What is here

324 practice questions, 96 drills, 42 printable sheets, drawn from English 6. You do not need the course to use them — each sheet stands on its own — but the lesson behind every one is free to read if a topic needs explaining first.

Every topic

Reading Literature

Theme & SummaryPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Plot & SettingPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Character DevelopmentPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Point of View & Figurative LanguagePractice (16) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Poetry, Drama & Whole-Book Reading

Poetry: Speaker, Image, Sound & FormPractice (11) · Drills (4) · Print
Drama: Dialogue, Stage Directions & SubtextPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Reading a Complete NovelPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Comparing Genres & InterpretationsPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Reading Informational Text

Central Idea & Supporting DetailsPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Text StructuresPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Author's Purpose & Point of ViewPractice (16) · Drills (4) · Print
Citing Textual EvidencePractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Writing

Narrative WritingPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Informative & Explanatory WritingPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Opinion & Argument WritingPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
The Writing Process: Plan, Draft, Revise, EditPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Language & Vocabulary

Grammar & Sentence StructurePractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Punctuation & ConventionsPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Context Clues & Word-SolvingPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print
Figurative Language & Word RelationshipsPractice (15) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

Research, Media, Discussion & Presentation

Research Questions, Notes & Source CreditPractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Media, Charts & Missing InformationPractice (11) · Drills (4) · Print
Discussion, Listening & EvidencePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print
Presentation, Visual Support & ResponsePractice (10) · Drills (4) · Print

Chapter quiz · Problem set · Print the whole chapter

How to use these

Every sheet here is free, needs no account, and prints from your browser. There are three kinds, and they do different jobs.

  • Practice — the main set for a topic, worked at a desk or printed. Answers and explanations are on the page, folded away until you ask for them.
  • Drills — short retrieval questions meant to be repeated days apart rather than finished once. Spacing them out is the point.
  • Print — the whole lesson, teaching text and all, laid out for paper. Use it when the screen is the problem.

Quizzes and problem sets sit at the end of each chapter and pull from every topic in it, which makes them a fair check of whether something has stuck rather than whether it was just read.