Grade 2 · English practice
Seven lessons, split into three sittings. Do one sitting a day — about half an hour each. Read the rule in the orange box, write it on your paper, then answer the questions. You can always try again if you get one wrong.
Two lessons about words that break the usual rules. About 25 minutes. Get your paper and a pencil before you start.
One cat → two cats. One book → five books. Most of the time you just add s.
But some words do not want an s. They change in a funny way, or they do not change at all. We call these irregular plurals. There is no trick for them — you just learn them by heart, like the names of your friends.
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Which is the correct plural of man?
Which is the correct plural of woman?
Which is the correct plural of child?
Ten ___ are waiting for the bus.
Which is the correct plural of foot?
Which is the correct plural of tooth?
Which is the correct plural of goose?
Which is the correct plural of mouse?
Which is the correct plural of sheep?
I caught three ___ in the lake.
Which is the correct plural of deer?
Today I play → yesterday I played. Today I jump → yesterday I jumped. Most of the time you just add ed.
But some verbs are irregular. They do not take ed — they turn into a whole new word. You cannot say “I swimmed.” You have to say “I swam.” Here are 14 of them to keep in your head.
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Yesterday I ___ the ball with one hand.
She ___ the stick to her dog.
The bird ___ over our house.
Last summer we ___ in the lake.
He ___ all the way to school.
I ___ all of my dinner.
The cat ___ her milk.
We ___ a happy song at the party.
She ___ her name on the paper.
I ___ my lunch to school today.
He ___ me a new pencil.
We ___ a very big dog in the park.
They ___ to the park after lunch.
I ___ for ten whole hours.
That is sitting one finished. Keep your paper somewhere safe — you will use it again tomorrow.
Two lessons about words that tell us more, then a fun one about words made out of other words. About 30 minutes. Take a stretch break after Lesson 4.
A noun is a person, a place, or a thing. The adjective tells you what that noun is like.
Here is your secret tool. To find the adjective, point at the noun and ask:
The word that answers your question is the adjective. (Sometimes you can also ask How many? or Which one?)
Watch the tool work:
The red balloon flew away.
What kind of balloon? → a red one. So red is the adjective.
I have a fluffy cat.
What kind of cat? → a fluffy one. So fluffy is the adjective.
She read a funny book.
What kind of book? → a funny one. So funny is the adjective.
My brother is tall.
What kind of brother? → a tall one. So tall is the adjective.
Three noisy birds sat on the fence.
What kind of birds? → noisy. How many birds? → three. This sentence has two adjectives!
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The old truck stopped. Which word is the adjective?
I ate a sweet apple. Which word is the adjective?
My room is messy. Which word is the adjective?
A loud bell rang. Which word is the adjective?
She has curly hair. Which word is the adjective?
The hot soup smells good. Which word is the adjective?
We saw five ducks. Which word is the adjective?
The soft blanket is mine. Which word is the adjective?
A verb is an action word — run, sing, eat, walk. The adverb tells you more about that action. Lots of adverbs end in –ly.
Here is your tool for adverbs. Point at the action and ask:
The word that answers your question is the adverb. It can sit at the front, in the middle, or at the end of the sentence — so find the action word first, then ask it How? Never just grab the last word. (Sometimes you can also ask When? or Where?)
Watch the tool work:
The turtle walked slowly.
How did the turtle walk? → slowly. So slowly is the adverb.
My dad sings loudly in the car.
How does he sing? → loudly. So loudly is the adverb.
He quietly closed the door.
How did he close it? → quietly. So quietly is the adverb.
Slowly the snail climbed up the wall.
How did the snail climb? → slowly. So slowly is the adverb.
We will go to the zoo tomorrow.
When will we go? → tomorrow. This adverb tells the time.
The dog sleeps outside every night.
Where does the dog sleep? → outside. This adverb tells the place.
The quick fox ran quickly. Quick tells about the fox — a noun, so it is an adjective. Quickly tells about the running — a verb, so it is an adverb.
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Slowly the turtle walked across the road. Which word is the adverb?
She quickly ate her lunch. Which word is the adverb?
The baby cried softly in her crib. Which word is the adverb?
He quietly shut the door. Which word is the adverb?
My dad sings loudly in the car. Which word is the adverb?
Soon we will leave for school. Which word is the adverb?
The dog sleeps outside every night. Which word is the adverb?
The quick fox ran quickly to its den. Which word is the adverb?
sun + shine = sunshine. Both little words are still hiding inside the big one.
This is the friendliest rule in the whole workshop. Nothing changes and nothing gets added — you just push two words together and a brand new word pops out. Read each one below and see if you can spot the two little words before you look.
A butterfly is not a fly made of butter. Sometimes the two little words join up and the big word means something all of its own.
You have met some of these little words already. Tooth from Lesson 1 is hiding in toothbrush, foot is hiding in football, and fish is hiding in starfish.
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Which two little words make sunshine?
Which two little words make rainbow?
Which two little words make butterfly?
Which two little words make cupcake?
Which two little words make snowman?
Which two little words make toothbrush?
Which two little words make bedroom?
Which two little words make football?
Which two little words make backpack?
Which two little words make starfish?
Which two little words make playground?
Which two little words make birthday?
Which two little words make popcorn?
Which two little words make sandcastle?
Which two little words make pancake?
That is sitting two finished. Tomorrow is the last one — a short lesson and then the big review.
One short lesson, then four questions from every topic. About 25 minutes. Keep your paper next to you — you are allowed to look at it during the review.
When you write a letter, it has parts that always go in the same order. Here is a whole letter. Look closely at the very first line.
The comma goes after the name, never after the word Dear. The name always starts with a capital letter.
Good greetings look like this:
Dear Mom, Dear Mr. Lee, Dear Anna, Dear Uncle Tom,
The closing at the end gets a comma too — Love, or Your friend, — but today we are practising the beginning.
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Which greeting is written correctly?
Where does the comma go in Dear Mom?
Dear Mr. Lee — what is missing?
Which one is correct?
The greeting goes at the ___ of a letter.
Four questions from every lesson. Do this one without looking back — but your paper is allowed!
Irregular plurals
One mouse, two ___
One foot, two ___
The dentist counted all of my ___.
Five ___ are standing in the field.
Past tense
My kite ___ very high yesterday.
Last week we ___ in the big pool.
He ___ the ball before it hit the ground.
I ___ my coat onto the bed.
Adjectives
A tiny ant crawled on my hand. Which word is the adjective?
My soup is warm. Which word is the adjective?
Which question helps you find an adjective?
An adjective describes a ___.
Adverbs
Slowly the train moved out of the station. Which word is the adverb?
She spoke kindly to me. Which word is the adverb?
Which question helps you find an adverb?
An adverb describes a ___.
Compound words
Which two little words make sunshine?
What word do you get when you join rain and bow?
A compound word is ___.
Which one of these is a compound word?
Letter greeting comma
Which greeting is correct?
Dear Aunt Kate ___ — what goes here?
Where is the greeting in a letter?
Which one has the comma in the right place?
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You learned 11 tricky plurals, 14 past tense verbs, 15 compound words, adjectives, adverbs and the greeting comma. Read your paper out loud to someone at home.