Grade 2 English Language Arts practice sheet
NWT Curriculum · from Gradelings · Name: ______________________
Question 1
Which word rhymes with “dog”?
🐶dog- 🎩hat
- 🐸frog
- 🎈balloon
🐸 frog
Hint: Rhyming words end with the same sound. Say them out loud: dog… frog!
Question 2
Which letters are missing?
📬m__l- ee
- oa
- ai
ai
Hint: Say “mail” slowly. The middle sound is spelled ai.
Question 3
Which sentence is written the right way?
- Do you like apples
- Do you like apples?
- do you like apples?
Do you like apples?
Hint: A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a . or ? or !
Question 4
Who is the main character in this story?
Lena had a loose tooth.
She wiggled it with her tongue all day.
At dinner, the tooth came out in her apple!
Lena put it under her pillow and smiled.
- 🦷a dentist
- 🐒a monkey
- 👧Lena
👧 Lena
Hint: The main character is who the story is mostly about.
Question 5
What is the opposite of “happy”?
- sad
- slow
- big
sad
Hint: Opposites mean very different things, like happy and sad.
Question 6
Which word rhymes with “mouse”?
🐭mouse- 🍽️dish
- 🪵log
- 🏠house
🏠 house
Hint: Rhyming words end with the same sound. Say them out loud: mouse… house!
Question 7
Which word starts with the “wh” sound?
- 🧀cheese
- 🧵thread
- 🌾wheat
🌾 wheat
Hint: Say each word slowly. “wheat” starts with wh.
Question 8
Which mark goes at the end?
Jay has two cats
- .
- ?
- !
.
Hint: Is it just telling something? Use a period .
Question 9
Where does this story happen? (the setting)
Lena had a loose tooth.
She wiggled it with her tongue all day.
At dinner, the tooth came out in her apple!
Lena put it under her pillow and smiled.
- 🏊at a pool
- 🌲in a forest
- 🏡at home
🏡 at home
Hint: The setting is where a story happens. Look for clues in the first sentence.
Question 10
One dish, two…
🍽️ 🍽️- dishs
- dishes
- dish
dishes
Hint: Words ending in s, x, sh or ch add -es: dishes.
Answer key
- 1. 🐸 frog (Rhyme Time)
- 2. ai (Sound Detectives)
- 3. Do you like apples? (Super Sentences)
- 4. 👧 Lena (Story Builders)
- 5. sad (Word Power)
- 6. 🏠 house (Rhyme Time)
- 7. 🌾 wheat (Sound Detectives)
- 8. . (Super Sentences)
- 9. 🏡 at home (Story Builders)
- 10. dishes (Word Power)
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