Test: 30 minute spelling test 30 minute punctuation and ... Test: 30 minute spelling test 30 minute

Test: 30 minute spelling test 30 minute punctuation and grammar test.

This booklet will:

• Show everything a year 2 child needs to know to pass the test

• List all spelling rules and example spellings

• Provide definitions for the technical vocabulary

• Provide example questions • Suggest websites/books if you want to

find out or do more with your child.

What do they need to know?

What is this?

Symbol Example Question

Full stops to end sentences

Used to demarcate the send of a

sentence . Make sure this

sentence is punctuated correctly.

Tom and Jim like to run

When to use a question mark at

the end of a sentence

Used at the end of a question. These sentences usually start with who,

what, where, when or why.

? Make sure this

sentence is punctuated correctly.

Where are your shoes

When to use an exclamation mark at the end of a

sentence

Used at the end of a sentence to

express a strong feeling of emotion.

‘Shout out’ sentence.

! Make sure this

sentence is punctuated correctly.

My hair has turned pink

Sequence sentences to form short narratives

Organise words into an order that

makes sense

The words in this sentence are

jumbled. Can you put them in the

right order?

fell bed. out I of

What do they need to know?

What is this?

Partnership symbol

Example Question

Regular plural noun suffixes, including

the effects of these suffixes on the meaning of the

noun

-s or –es (e.g. dog and dogs, wish and wishes)

Add in the correct suffix to make the

word plural:

dog__ wish___

Suffixes that can be added to verbs where no change is

needed in the spelling of root

words

(e.g. helping, helped, helper)

Underline the suffix in this word:

helper teaching

How the prefix un- changes the

meaning of verbs and adjectives

(e.g. unkind, untie) Add a prefix to change the meaning

of this word:

kind friendly

What these words mean:

singular plural

Singular: only one, e.g. a rabbit

Plural: more than one, e.g. rabbits

.

Can you change the singular to a plural?

rabbit - _____

Can you change the plural back to

singular?

beans - ______

What these words mean:

sentence

Simple Sentence: contains a subject and verb. Starts

with a capital letter and ends with a full stop

Can you write a simple sentence

about x?

What do they need to know?

What is this?

Partnership symbol

Example Question

The possessive apostrophe (singular)

To show possession of

something

e.g. The girl’s book

’ Can you put the apostrophe in the correct

place?

This book is Kylies.

Apostrophes for contracted

forms

When two words are made into one word, use

the apostrophe where one or more letters

have been removed- e.g. isn’t, is not.

’ Use an

apostrophe to join these words

and show the missing letter:

is not = ____ was not = ____

Homophones and near-

homophones

a word pronounced the same as another

but differing in meaning,

whether spelled the same way or

not (e.g. bow and

bow) (e.g. night and

knight)

Can you match the

homophones?

to day two

night too

knight

Which is correct?

I brush my teeth at

night/knight.

What do they need to know?

What is this? Symbol Example Question

Commas for lists

Used between a list of three or more words to replace the word and for all but the last

instance. ,

Insert a comma into this list.

For lunch I ate bread cheese jam and

scones.

Sentences with different

forms:

Statement Question

Exclamation Command

Statement: A sentence that states facts

Question: A sentence usually beginning with

‘who, what where, when, why’ It ends with

a question mark.

Exclamation: A sentence which

expresses a strong feeling of emotion.

Command: A sentence that gives an order or

request

? !

Circle the sentence that is a statement:

Where is your school bag?

I live in London.

My goodness!

Expanded noun phrases

A noun with extra information (a

modifier)

The shiny new car That big spotted dog

nb: can also be an article or possessive

pronoun (e.g. the, our)

n/a, but the modifiers can

be:

Complete this noun phrase:

the ___ , ____ boot

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What do they need to know?

What is this?

Symbol Example Question

Present and past tense correctly and

consistently including the

progressive form

Things that are happening now, or

in the future are in the present tense. Things that have already happened, we discuss in the

past tense.

Change this sentence to the

past tense:

I am going swimming.

Change this sentence to the present tense:

I ate my lunch.

Use subordination in sentences

Use coordination in sentences

Using the following words in sentences:

(when, if, that, or because)

or, and, but)

I can not go swimming _____ I

do not do my homework first.

What could fill the gap and make

sense?

Progressive form of verbs in present and past tense to mark actions in

progress

To show tense (when something

happened) in verbs, e.g. (she is

drumming, he was shouting)

Circle the sentence that shows the present tense:

I am drumming.

I was drumming.

She was drumming.

What do they need to

know?

What is this?

Symbol Example Question

Know meaning of these additional

terms:

article noun

compound adjective adverb verb

article: An article is a word

that tells you whether a noun is

specific or general, for

example a, an, the.

noun: a naming word

compound: a compound word is made up of two

root words adjective: a

‘describing’ word that tells you more about a

noun adverb: tells you

more about a verb, most end in

–ly and come from adjectives verb: describes

an action or process, feeling or state of mind or a state (dive,

chew, worry, believe, to be)

Circle the article in this sentence:

The big, fat, dog.

Circle the noun in this sentence:

The big, fat dog.

Identify the compound words:

basketball tree

hutch jellyfish

Circle the adjectives in this

sentence:

The big, fat dog.

Circle the adverb in this sentence:

Quickly, I ran through the grass

Is this word a noun or a verb?

jump say dog cat

think shake

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What do they need to know? Information Examples of words

The sounds /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ spelt ff, ll, ss, zz

and ck

The /f/, /l/, /s/, /z/ and /k/ sounds are usually spelt as ff, ll, ss, zz and ck if they come straight after a single vowel letter in short words. Exceptions: if, pal, us, bus, yes.

off

puff

huff

cuff

cliff

sniff

snuff

stuff

well

bell

all

fall

call

back

luck

kick

sock

lock

shock

buzz

fuzz

fizz

frizz

jazz

miss

kiss

hiss

less

mess

dress

Division of words into syllables

Each syllable is like a ‘beat’ in the spoken word. Words of more than one syllable often have an unstressed syllable in which the vowel sound is unclear.

pocket rabbit carrot cobweb magnet basket bitten

thunder sunset picnic goblin button hotdog cotton