Flyers Reading & Writing Part 6 is a short letter or diary with five gaps — and no word list to choose from. Your child must think of a suitable word for each gap and spell it correctly. It tests productive grammar: knowing the word, not just recognising it.
Your child reads a short letter or diary entry with five gaps.
There is no word box — they must think of a word that fits each gap themselves.
They write one word per gap, spelled correctly.
A word that fits both the grammar and the meaning of the sentence earns the mark.
The gaps usually want small grammar words — prepositions, pronouns, auxiliaries — so practise predicting the 'little word' from context.
Have your child read the full sentence aloud with their word in it; if it sounds wrong, it usually is.
Only one word goes in each gap — two words cannot earn the mark even when the meaning works.
Letters and diaries have predictable furniture — 'Dear…', days, times, 'love from…' — and familiarity with the format frees attention for the gaps.
Practises producing the missing grammar word — the same no-word-list challenge as Part 6. Free to start; upgrade for full depth.
Parts 3 and 4 give your child words to choose from; Part 6 gives nothing. The child has to produce the missing word from their own knowledge and spell it correctly. That jump — from recognising the right word to generating it — is exactly why Part 6 catches out children who only ever practise multiple choice.
Not always. Because there is no word list, any single word that fits the gap grammatically and makes sense in the letter can earn the mark — but it must be one word, and it must be spelled correctly. In practice most gaps have one obvious answer and occasionally an acceptable alternative.
Mostly structural words rather than exotic vocabulary: prepositions like 'at' and 'on', pronouns, auxiliary verbs, articles and common linking words. That is good news — it means Part 6 is prepared through grammar pattern practice and lots of reading, not by memorising longer and longer word lists.
Last updated: 2026-07-02
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Last updated: 2026-07-02