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Grade 2 English Language Arts

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Skills in this pack

One and many
Past tense verbs
Apostrophes
More opposites
Days and months
Asking words
Make a sentence
How it was done
Kinds of nouns
Read a short story
Who, what and where

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 1 of 11

One and many

Write the plural of a naming word.

1.One mouse, two ____
2.One box, two ____
3.One child, two ____
4.One baby, two ____
5.One leaf, two ____
6.One cat, two ____
7.One foot, two ____
8.One bus, two ____

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 2 of 11

Past tense verbs

Change a doing word into the past tense.

1.Today I play. Yesterday I ____
2.Today I walk. Yesterday I ____
3.Today I go. Yesterday I ____
4.Today I cry. Yesterday I ____
5.Today I stop. Yesterday I ____
6.Today I eat. Yesterday I ____
7.Today I run. Yesterday I ____
8.Today I write. Yesterday I ____

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 3 of 11

Apostrophes

Use an apostrophe for a missing letter and for belonging.

1.The book belongs to one child. Which is correct?
- a) the childs book
- b) the childs' book
- c) the child's book
- d) the childrens book
2.Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
- a) The dog's wagged it's tail.
- b) The dogs' wagged its tail.
- c) The dog wagged it's tail.
- d) The dog wagged its tail.
3.Write "cannot" as one shortened word, with an apostrophe.
4.The toys belong to the children. Which is correct?
- a) the children's toys
- b) the childrens's toys
- c) the childrens' toys
- d) the childrens toys
5.Sort each one by the job the apostrophe is doing.
Groups: Missing letters · Shows belonging
- we'll
- the girl's shoes
- don't
- it's
- Ravi's bag
- my aunt's house
6.Rewrite with an apostrophe. The tail of the cat → the ____ tail
7.The names belong to the two girls. Which is correct?
- a) the girls' names
- b) the girls names'
- c) the girl's names
- d) the girls's names
8.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- a) Its going to rain.
- b) It's going to rain.
- c) Its' going to rain.
- d) It is'nt going to rain.

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 4 of 11

More opposites

Give the opposite of an everyday word, including doing words.

1.Pair each word with its opposite.
- true
- asleep
- come
- sit
- go
- stand
- awake
- false
2.Pair each word with its opposite.
- near
- clean
- early
- thick
- dirty
- far
- late
- thin
3.What is the opposite of 'rich'?
- a) kind
- b) poor
- c) loud
- d) new
4.Sort each pair of words.
Groups: They mean the same · They are opposites
- begin — start
- happy — glad
- hot — cold
- big — large
- up — down
- day — night
5.What is the opposite of 'float'?
- a) sink
- b) swim
- c) drop
- d) fall
6.What is the opposite of 'loud'?
- a) slow
- b) small
- c) funny
- d) quiet
7.Pair each doing word with its opposite.
- laugh
- buy
- win
- give
- sell
- lose
- cry
- take
8.What is the opposite of 'first'?
- a) then
- b) last
- c) one
- d) next

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 5 of 11

Days and months

Name the days and months in order and write them with a capital letter.

1.Match each month to its short form.
- January
- February
- August
- October
- Jan
- Aug
- Feb
- Oct
2.Write the last month of the year.
3.Which day comes just before Sunday?
4.Which one is written correctly?
- a) MONday
- b) monday
- c) Monday
5.Put these days in order, starting with Monday.
- Tuesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Wednesday
- Monday
6.Put these months in order, earliest in the year first.
- November
- December
- October
- September
7.Sort each name.
Groups: Day · Month
- Monday
- July
- December
- Sunday
- Friday
- April
8.Match each day to the day that comes just after it.
- Tuesday
- Thursday
- Saturday
- Sunday
- Wednesday
- Friday

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 6 of 11

Asking words

Choose who, what or where to start a question.

1.Match each question to its answer.
- Who is at the door?
- What is in the box?
- Where is my bag?
- On the bed.
- My uncle.
- A toy.
2.Which word fits? "___ is your name?"
- a) What
- b) Who
- c) Where
3.Match each question to its answer.
- Where do you sleep?
- Who cooks your food?
- What do you drink?
- In my bed.
- My father.
- Milk.
4.Which word fits? "___ did you put it?"
- a) Who
- b) What
- c) Where
5.Which asking word is used for a place?
6.Which asking word is used for a person?
7.Which word fits? "___ is your teacher?" "Mrs Gupta is."
- a) Who
- b) What
- c) Where
8.Which word fits? "___ do you live?"
- a) Who
- b) What
- c) Where

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 7 of 11

Make a sentence

Put jumbled words in order to make a sentence that starts and ends properly.

1.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- cat
- The
- is
- black.
2.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- play
- park.
- in
- the
- We
3.Sort each one.
Groups: A sentence · Not a sentence
- Birds sing.
- big red bus
- under a tree
- The cat sleeps.
- in the box
- We are happy.
4.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- mother
- is
- kind.
- My
5.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- in
- sky.
- fly
- Birds
- the
6.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- My
- new.
- bag
- is
7.Which one is a sentence?
- a) The dog home ran.
- b) dog ran home the.
- c) The dog ran home.
8.Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- I
- jump
- high.
- can

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 8 of 11

How it was done

Find and use adverbs that tell you how an action was done.

1.Make an adverb from the word given: The old man walked ____ (slow) up the steps.
2.Which of these is an adverb?
- a) kindly
- b) kind
- c) kindness
- d) kinder
3.Sort each adjective by what you do to it before adding -ly.
Groups: Nothing changes · Change y to i
- easy
- angry
- sudden
- happy
- soft
- quick
4.In "Nita carefully carried the tray", which word is the adverb?
- a) carefully
- b) carried
- c) Nita
- d) tray
5.Make an adverb from the word given: The team played ____ (brave) until the last minute.
6.How do you usually make an adverb from an adjective?
- a) add -ly
- b) add -ing
- c) add -er
- d) add -ful
7.Make an adverb from the word given: The wheel turned ____ (easy) once it was oiled.
8.In "The horse ran swiftly", which word tells you how the horse ran?
- a) swiftly
- b) ran
- c) The
- d) horse

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 9 of 11

Kinds of nouns

Tell common, proper, collective and abstract nouns apart.

1.Which word is a collective noun?
- a) bird
- b) feather
- c) nest
- d) flock
2.Sort each noun by whether the thing it names can be touched.
Groups: Can be touched · Cannot be touched
- kindness
- bicycle
- courage
- table
- stone
- anger
3.Which word is a proper noun?
- a) Tuesday
- b) teacher
- c) river
- d) country
4.Write the noun made from the adjective "kind". It names the quality itself, not a person.
5.Which word names something you cannot see or touch?
- a) chair
- b) door
- c) honesty
- d) bottle
6.Sort each word: does it name one single thing, or a whole group of them?
Groups: One thing · A group
- team
- swarm
- player
- sailor
- crew
- bee
7.In "The crowd cheered loudly", which word is a collective noun?
- a) loudly
- b) crowd
- c) The
- d) cheered
8.Sort each word: does it name any one of its kind, or one particular person, place or thing?
Groups: Common noun · Proper noun
- Monday
- river
- city
- January
- girl
- Everest

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 10 of 11

Read a short story

Read two short lines and answer a question about what they say.

1."The girl lost her red pen. She found it under the bed." Where was the pen?
- a) In her bag
- b) Under the chair
- c) On the table
- d) Under the bed
2."The girl lost her red pen. She found it under the bed." What did she lose?
- a) Her shoe
- b) Her book
- c) Her bag
- d) Her pen
3."The bag is heavy. It has ten books in it." How many books are in the bag?
- a) Twenty
- b) Five
- c) Ten
- d) Two
4."The boy ran to the shop. He bought a cake." Match each question to its answer.
- Who ran?
- Where did he go?
- What did he buy?
- A cake.
- The boy.
- To the shop.
5."The ball is under the chair. The dog wants it." What is under the chair?
- a) The bed
- b) The dog
- c) The box
- d) The ball
6."The cow gives us milk. It eats grass." Sort each line.
Groups: The story says so · The story does not say so
- The cow gives us eggs.
- The cow eats grass.
- The cow eats fish.
- The cow gives us milk.
7."The boy has a blue kite. He flies it in the park." What color is the kite?
- a) Green
- b) Black
- c) Red
- d) Blue
8."The dog is hungry. It eats a big bone." What does the dog eat?

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Grade 2 English Language Arts · 11 of 11

Who, what and where

Answer who, what, where and when questions about a sentence you have read.

1."A green bird sat on the roof." What color was the bird?
2.The girl found her red ball under the bed. Where was the ball?
- a) Under the chair
- b) Under the bed
- c) On the bed
- d) In the box
3.On Monday the class went to the zoo. Where did they go?
- a) To the park
- b) To the sea
- c) To the shop
- d) To the zoo
4."The girl found her red ball under the bed." What color was the ball?
5.A green bird sat on the roof and sang. Where did the bird sit?
- a) On the ground
- b) In a tree
- c) On the roof
- d) In a nest
6.The little dog ran into the garden. Where did it run?
- a) Down the road
- b) Into the house
- c) Into the garden
- d) Up a tree
7.Match each question word to what it asks for.
- Who
- What
- Where
- When
- the thing that happens
- the person or animal
- the place
- the time
8.Which question word does each answer go with?
Groups: Who · What · Where
- a song
- a red ball
- into the garden
- the little dog
- on the roof
- a green bird

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Answer keys — Grade 2 English Language Arts

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