Help needed to get text suggestion bar back after iOS 9 update

Please can someone help me get the suggestion bar back after the iOS 9 update? I have hit a brick wall every which way trying to get this back as predictive text is enabled in settings, I can't swipe to get it as there is no white handle on this new keyboard and when I tried holding down the emoji key the predictive button was there but it wouldn't allow me to click it. These are the only three ways I can find to get the text suggestion bar back, does anyone know what else I can try? On one or two sites the bar is there (it is on this site) but mostly there is no bar.