Go to Settings>General>Keyboards>Predictive and toggle from off to on so that the switch is green.

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See: Send a group message on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

See: Send a group message on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Problem solved. Just saw the possibility of laughing, liking etc in text messages.

Thanks to anyone who was considering answering me 

Go into Settings>Notifications>Messages>Show Previews. Set it to what you wish. Never is what is sounds like what it is set to now.

The iPad number is only for use by the carrier to provide data access on cellular iPads. It is not capable of receiving SMS text messages.

You can send the iPad an iMessage by using the Apple ID email that the iPad is using for iMessages.

Found it.  Go to keyboard and enable dictation

You don't have MMS turned on under iMessage, so you don't have group messaging on for this feature, and check your Send and Receive options to make sure those are correct.

For further help, Apple support is great:

1800 MY APPLE ( N AMERICA)

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From Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Apple Watch - Apple Support

On iPhone, go to Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding

Uncheck your iPad.