NumihanaChange y before an ending
Spell selected words with -ies or -ied.
ENGLAND · PRIMARY ENGLISH
Year 2 English worksheets.
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These activities practise selected skills from England’s English curriculum. They do not cover all English, reading comprehension or the full SATs assessment. Years 3–4 and 5–6 share spelling requirements; the year placement here is a suggested practice sequence.Check curriculum coverage and available practice →
Spelling
SAMPLE QUESTION
Change y before an ending
Rearrange these letters to make one of the supplied words.
s / e / i / r / r / e / h / c
fairies · cherries · berries
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Build words with suffixes
Add -ness, -ful or -less to a root.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Build words with suffixes
Rearrange these letters to make one of the supplied words.
s / s / e / l / e / p / o / h
hopeless · fearless · endless
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Spell contractions
Write a shorter form with an apostrophe.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Spell contractions
Write these words as one contraction.
does not
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Year 2 spelling patterns
Recognise selected Year 2 consonant and vowel spellings.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Year 2 spelling patterns
Complete the word using the choices. Write its full spelling.
cap_tal
capital · animal · hospital
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Year 2 common exception words
Choose the correct spelling of common exception words.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Year 2 common exception words
Rearrange these letters to make one of the supplied words.
t / s / a / l
father · last · past
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Drop e before an ending
Add vowel endings to selected words ending in e.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Drop e before an ending
Complete the word using the choices. Write its full spelling.
sh_ny
shiny · stony · bony
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Double consonants before endings
Add endings to short-vowel, single-consonant roots.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Double consonants before endings
Add -er. Write the whole new word.
sad
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Comparatives and superlatives
Spell adjective forms ending in -er and -est.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Comparatives and superlatives
Rearrange these letters to make one of the supplied words.
r / e / i / s / u / b
busier · prettier · busiest
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Words ending in -ment and -ly
Build selected words with -ment and -ly.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Words ending in -ment and -ly
Complete the word using the choices. Write its full spelling.
excit_ment
excitement · achievement · punishment
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Year 2 homophones
Choose between familiar homophones in a sentence.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Year 2 homophones
Choose the word that fits the sentence.
We saw the ___ from the beach.
see · sea
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Keep y before -ing
Add -ing while keeping the final y.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Keep y before -ing
Complete the word using the choices. Write its full spelling.
rel_ing
multiplying · occupying · relying
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Grammar
Find nouns, verbs and adjectives
Find the requested word class in a short sentence.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Find nouns, verbs and adjectives
Copy the noun naming the thing.
The large ball is here.
is · ball · large
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Choose the past tense
Complete a sentence about yesterday.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Choose the past tense
Use the simple past of eat.
Yesterday, the pupil ___ a pear.
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Present and past progressive
Use is/are or was/were with an -ing verb.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Present and past progressive
Choose the past progressive form.
At noon yesterday, the pupil ___ the table.
was cleaning · were cleaning · is cleaning
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Conjunctions: join ideas
Recognise co-ordinating and subordinating conjunctions.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Conjunctions: join ideas
Copy the subordinating conjunction.
We can mend the sock because we have time.
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Statements, questions, commands and exclamations
Identify the function of a sentence.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Statements, questions, commands and exclamations
Identify the sentence function.
Can the pupil close the window?
command · exclamation · statement · question
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Find the expanded noun phrase
Copy a complete describing noun phrase.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Find the expanded noun phrase
Copy the complete noun phrase beginning with the.
We found the deep wicker basket.
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Find an adverb
Find an adverb describing an action.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Find an adverb
Copy the adverb describing the action.
The pupil buys a stamp quickly.
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Make nouns with -er and compounds
Build nouns from supplied parts.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Make nouns with -er and compounds
Complete the word using the choices. Write its full spelling.
book_hop
doorbell · bookshop · teapot
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Punctuation
Commas in a list
Rewrite a list with commas between the first items.
SAMPLE QUESTION
Commas in a list
Add the missing list comma. Do not put a comma before and.
We bought bananas carrots and beans.
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One owner: apostrophes
Show that one person owns something.
SAMPLE QUESTION
One owner: apostrophes
Show ownership using an apostrophe. Keep the given owner and things.
the coats belonging to the farmer
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Curriculum and answers
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