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Year 2 spelling booklet

Key Words

Look at the pattern in the bubble.

Complete the phoneme boxes to write other words with this pattern.

One has been done for you:

f old

Fill the gap!

Use an -old word in each of the gaps to finish the sentence.

1. It was _________ out so I put on a hat and scarf.

2. My mum’s ring is made from _________.

3. You have to ________ the paper to make a plane.

4. My gran ________ me a bedtime story.

5. Can you ________ my bag while I take off my coat?

6. Jack ________ Daisy the cow for a few beans.

. ___

. __ . __

-old

Answers: Bubble pictures: gold , cold , hold

Fill the gap! cold , gold , fold , told , hold , sold

Key Words




be h ind

Fill the gap!

Use an -ind word in each of the gaps to finish the sentence.

1. If you help someone, it is very ________.

2. Look on the map to ________ the treasure.

3. The girl was trying to hide __________ a tree.

4. Three ________ mice ran after the farmer’s wife.

5. I sometimes __________ salt and pepper on to my food.

6. The man had lots of things on his _______ to think about.

. ___

. __

. __

-ind

Answers: Bubble pictures: find , kind , mind

Fill the gap! kind , find , behind , blind , grind , mind

Key words – practice 1

Words Tips to remember

floor , door ,

poor

- oor

find , kind ,

mind , behind

- ind

cold , gold ,

hold , fold

- old

child , wild ,

mild

- ild

climb climb the big ladder (b)

because big elephants can’t always understand small elephants

every every time I see the word every it has two ‘e’s

Choose the best key word to spell in the gap:

1. Monkeys like to ___________ up trees.

2. Some letters and a card came through the ________.

3. P.E. is good ___________ it keeps you fit.

4. Dad looked everywhere but he could not ________ his keys.

5. I like _________ kind of chocolate bar!

6. When she was a _________, my gran also came to this school.

7. The ring was made of solid _________.

8. The man had lost his money and now he was ________.

Answers: climb , door , because , find , every , child , gold , poor

Soft C patterns - 1




f ace

. ___

Fill the gap!

Use an -ace word in each of the gaps to finish the sentence.

1. I won the sack ________ on sports’ day.

2. The moon is up in ___________.

3. Please tie up your ________ on your shoes.

4. At school we say _________ before lunch.

5. Your eyes, nose and mouth are all on your ________ .

6. The park is a _________ where we play.

. . __ . ___ .

-ace

Answers: Bubble pictures: race , space , laces

Fill the gap! race , space , laces , grace , face , place

Soft C patterns - 2




m ice . ___

Fill the gap!

Use an -ice word in each of the gaps to finish the sentence.

1. The __________ of the bananas is 50p.

2. In China they eat lots of ______ .

3. To start the game, you need to roll the ________.

4. This apple is crunchy. It tastes really _______ .

5. Curry is a kind of ________ .

6. The ________ were all nibbling on the cheese.

. . __ . . ___

-ice

Answers: Bubble pictures: dice , price , spice

Fill the gap! price , rice , dice , nice , spice , mice

Soft C patterns - 3




p ou n ce . . . _

Fill the gap!

Use a -ce word in each of the gaps to finish the sentence.

1. All around the garden there is a wooden ___________.

2. The king and queen’s son is the ___________.

3. You will __________ when you jump on a trampoline.

4. I will put on some music and __________.

5. The crisps cost ten _________.

6. The cat was trying to _________ on the

mouse.

. . . . _

. . . _

Answers: Bubble pictures: fence , prince , dance

Fill the gap! fence , prince , bounce , dance , pence , pounce

-ce

Key words – practice 2

Words Tips to remember

floor , door , poor - oor

find , kind , mind , behind - ind

cold , gold , hold , fold - old

child , wild , mild - ild

climb climb the big ladder (b)

because big elephants can’t always understand small elephants

every every time I see the word every it has two ‘e’s

most , both , only all these sound like they have the ‘oa’ digraph (moast ,

boath, oanly), but they only have the letter ‘o’.

Choose the best key word to spell in the gap:

1. I put ________ kind of sweet in the shop into my bag.

2. You need to drink lots _____________ your brain needs water.

3. I saw the cat _________ up the tree.

4. I like _________ food, but I do not like sprouts!

5. My nan and gramps __________ play with me.

6. It was very __________ so I put on my thick coat.

7. The glass bottle fell to the ________ and shattered.

8. The spent my money and now I _______ have 10p left.

Answers: every , because , climb , most , both , cold , floor , only

Soft C practice

Read these sentences.

Ask a grown up to tick them when you are accurate.

1. The prince wanted to dance.

2. Do not bounce the ball over the fence!

3. To start the game, roll the dice twice.

4. The fox tried to pounce on the mice.

Spell these words.

All these words contain a ‘soft c’ that makes an ‘s’ sound.

Try to spell each word under the picture:

________ _________ _________

________ _________ _________

________ _________ _________

Answers: race , space , laces , mice , dice , lice , dance , prince, bounce

y – ies

Words that end ‘-y’ when there is only one of them, drop the ‘y’ and change to

an ‘-ies’ ending when there is more than one.

Write the correct spelling for when there is more than one of these:

fly flies

spy

cry

reply

y – ies (2)

The ‘y’ at the end of the word may make an ‘ee’ sound, but the rule is the same;

for more than one it drops the ‘y’ and changes to ‘ies’

baby babies

puppy

city

party

Revision y – ies

Read these sentences.

Ask a grown up to tick them when you are accurate.

1. The spies tried to fly the plane but they crashed.

2. There were gold crowns to put on at the party.

3. An astronaut flies in a space rocket.

4. The babies tried to dance at the party.

Write the caption* to go with these pictures:

* Helpers will find the caption to read at the bottom of the sheet.

Please read it slowly so children can write each word on a line.

_____ _______ ______

__________ _____

_____ ________

_____ _______ ______

_____ _______ _____

_____ _____ _______

Caption answers: The puppies were peeking over the fence.

The spies took the gold and left the city.

Contracted words (1):

Contracted words are two words pushed together to make one word.

The first word often stays the same when this happened, but letters are

dropped out of the second word. This is shown with an apostrophe.

(1) Dropped ‘a’

Example: I am – I’m (the apostrophe shows that the ‘a' has been dropped from ‘am’)

Task – Write these sentences again on the lines below but swap the underlined words for a

contracted word. They all have an ‘a’ dropped from the second word.


I think that you are very funny .

I think that you’re very funny.

I am seven years old.

______________________________________________

Today we are playing football.

______________________________________________

Monkeys are fun because they are cheeky.

______________________________________________

Answers: I’m , we’re , they’re


(2) Dropped ‘i’

Example: It is – It’s (the apostrophe shows that the ‘i' has been dropped from ‘is’)


contracted word. They all have an ‘i’ dropped from the second word.


Here is a cat in a box.

Here’s a cat in a box.

He is new in the class.

______________________________________________

She is doing her maths.

______________________________________________

He is wearing a scarf because it is cold.

______________________________________________

She is staying in because there is a storm.

______________________________________________

Answers: He’s , She’s , He’s/it’s , She’s/there’s


(3) Dropped ‘o’

Example: Do not – Don’t (the apostrophe shows that the ‘i' has been dropped from ‘is’)


contracted word. They all have an ‘i’ dropped from the second word.


The girl did not like the food on her plate.

________________________________

It is not very nice outside today.

________________________________

He has not got any fish from the lake.

________________________________

The baby birds can not fly yet.

________________________________

The boy does not like eating sprouts.

________________________________

Answers: didn’t , isn’t , hasn’t , can’t , doesn’t

Contracted words practice:

Write each sentence again but swap the underlined words for a contracted word.

The first one has been done for you:

1. It is not raining today.

It isn’t raining today.

2. The spies did not find any gold in the bag.

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

3. I like lizards because they are very fast.

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

4. The babies are messy because there is a puddle they jump in.

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

5. I am not ready because I can not find my keys.

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

6. It is hot and the man has not put a hat on.

___________________________________________

___________________________________________

Answers: didn’t , they’re , there’s , I’m/can’t , It’s/hasn’t

Key words (set 2)

Complete the chains to learn the spelling patterns in these key words:

math

pass

past

________

________

_________

________

________

________

_________

________

Copy this sentence to learn words with the ‘ea’ irregular rule:

A steak is great but it breaks the rules.

____________________________

Answers- Chain 1: math , bath , path

Chain 2: pass , grass , glass , class

Chain 3: past , fast , last , cast

j/g/-ge/-dge

We always use j before the letters a, o and u.

We often use it before e and i too, but not always.

Spell these words all with a ‘j’ in them:

. . .

j words

jam jar jump junk jug job jog

Fill the gap! Choose the best j word from the box for each gap:

1. I always like _____ and butter on my toast.

2. We had to take all our old _______ to the dump.

3. Being a teacher is a good _____.

4. To keep fit I go for a _____ around the park.

5. Can you put a _______ of water on the table?

6. There is still some marmite in the _____.

7. A kangaroo can ________ really high.

. . .

. . .

. . . .

j

Soft g

Sometimes a ‘g’ can make the same sound as a ‘j’, if it goes before an e, y or i.

All these words have a soft g in them. Have a go at spelling them and using them

in the sentence:

A ruby is a red ______ that costs

lots of money.

. . .

The man pulled a rabbit out of a hat

when he did his _______ trick.

. . . . .

The _______ was as tall as a tree.

*Remember it’s bigger than an ant

. . . . .

The light needs _______ from the

switch to turn on.

. . __ . .

Answers: gem , magic , giant , energy

-dge At the end of a word, -dge can make a ‘j’ sound.

We use the -dge pattern after a short vowel (a,e,i,o,u) sound.

Complete these chains using the pattern from the top word:

ridge

budge

edge

. . . _____

. . _____

. . _____

. . . _____

. . ____

. . ____

. . ____

Answers: Chain 1: ridge , bridge , fridge

Chain 2: budge , fudge , nudge

Chain 3: edge , hedge , ledge , wedge

-ge At the end of a word, -ge can make a ‘j’ sound.

We use the -ge pattern after a consonant (not a vowel) or a long vowel (a,e,i,o,u)

sound.

All these words have -ge at the end of them. Have a go at spelling them and

using them in the sentence:

An elephant is a very _______

animal.

. __ __

If a rhino gets angry, it will

________ .

__ __ __

To do P.E. you will need to _______

your clothes.

__ . . __

The giant was _______ . He was as

tall as the trees.

. . __

Answers: large , charge , change , huge

-dge or -ge? Practice:

Put a circle around the correct spelling of each word in the sentences:

1. There’s some cheese in the frige/fridge.

2. There’s a birds’ nest in the hege/hedge.

3. A mouse isn’t a very large/lardge animal.

4. My gran’s age/adge is 62.

5. I really like eating sponge/spondge cake.

6. There is a brige/bridge over the river Marden.

7. I’ll have a wege/wedge of cheese on my cracker.

8. My fringe/frindge is too long and needs a cut.

9. Chocolate fuge/fudge cake is the best.

10. A blue whale is huge/hudge.

j/g/-ge/-dge

Look at the ten pictures in the middle of this page.

Write the word for each picture in the box with the correct spelling

pattern. One has been done for you:

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10.

j words

1. jug

________

________

g words

________

________

-ge words

________

________

-dge words

________

________

________

Answers: j words: jug , jump , jog

g words: gem , magic

-ge words: charge , large

-dge words: hedge, fridge , fudge

Contracted words revisited:

The word ‘will’ can also be contracted by dropping the ‘wi’ part of the

word. An apostrophe shows where the dropped letters went.

I will – I’ll (apostrophe where the ‘wi’ have been dropped)

Swap the underlined words in these sentences for a contracted word:

I will be 8 when I’m in year 3.

I’ll be 8 when I’m in year 3.

I will have fish and chips for supper.

_________________________________________

I think she will win the race.

_________________________________________

We will have cake at our parties.

_________________________________________

If the fish eat too much, they will get fat.

_________________________________________

Answers: I’ll , she’ll , we’ll , they’ll

Key words (set 2) Copy these sentences to practise the patterns:

A steak is great but it breaks the rules.

____________________________

Cows do not move very fast. I can prove it.

____________________________

‘e adores u

What a beautiful dog!

____________________________

Chains

pass ________ ________ ________

past ________ _________ _________

-le/-el/-al/-il

-le is the most common ending to make this sound.

Often, but not always, we double the consonant that goes before this

pattern.

l i tt le . . __ __ . . __ __

. . __ __ . . __ __ . . __ __

. . __ __ . . __ __ . . __ __

Answers: battle , middle , cuddle , puddle , juggle , puzzle , apple , bottle

Here are some more -le words, They don’t have a double consonant

before the ‘-le’ ending:

needle poodle table handle

jumble freckle marble tackle

Choose the best one for each gap:

1. There were plates and cups set out on the _______.

2. Pull the ___________ on the door to go in.

3. What a great ___________! You saved a goal.

4. Everything was a mess. What a ___________!

5. The girl had a _________ on her nose.

6. A __________ is a dog with curly hair.

7. I have a beautiful glass __________ that I play

with.

8. You will need a ___________ and thread to mend

the coat.

Answers: table , handle , tackle , jumble , freckle , poodle , marble , needle

-le/-el/-al/-il

Some words end in -el to make the same sound as the -le ending.

You won’t see the ‘-el’ ending quite as much as ‘-le’.

Here are some examples of -el words:

camel tunnel towel travel tinsel

level label angel jewel model

Put the correct word into the gap to make sense:

1. The gold ring had a shiny __________ in it.

2. It said £5 on the _________.

3. A _________ has a hump on its back.

4. Mary had a visit from an _________ at Christmas.

5. We put shiny _________ on our tree at Christmas.

6. The train had to go into a dark ________.

7. You need a ________ to dry off after a bath.

8. We _________ in our car to the beach every

summer.

9. I like to play with my ________ trains on

the track.

10. The car was parked on the top ________.

Answers: jewel , label , camel , angel , tinsel , tunnel , towel , travel , model , level

-le/-el/-al/-il

We don’t use -al at the end of many words but these words do all end

with the -al pattern.

Spell these words that all end with the -al pattern.

metal

. . . __

. . . __

. . . . __ .

. . . __

. . . . . . __

-al

Answers: metal , medal , pedal , petal , animals , hospital

-le/-el/-al/-il

We don’t see-il as an ending much but here are three words that do

end with the -il pattern:

pencil fossil nostril

Put the correct -il word into each gap.

1. Your nose has two holes in it.

Each hole is called a ___________.

2. You need a _____________ to draw in your book.

3. You can find old bones and ____________ deep in some

mud.

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