Grade 2 Spelling

Practises spelling three-letter words with the short a sound, as in cat and map.

short a: cat, map

Practises spelling short words with the short e sound, as in bed and pet.

short e: bed, pet

Practises spelling short words with the short i sound, as in pig and sit.

short i: pig, sit

Practises spelling short words with the short o sound, as in dog and box.

short o: dog, box

Practises spelling short words with the short u sound, as in bug and sun.

short u: bug, sun

Practises short words that end in a doubled f, l, s or z, like bell, puff and kiss.

ff, ll, ss, zz: bell, kiss

Practises words that start with two consonants blended together, like fr, cr, fl, cl and gr.

l and r blends: frog, flag

Practises words that start with s blended with another consonant, like st, sp, sn, sw and sk.

s blends: stop, swim

Practises short words that end in two consonants, like nd, mp, st, lk, nt and ft.

end blends: hand, jump

Practises words with the digraphs sh and ch, two letters that make one sound.

sh and ch: ship, chin

Practises everyday words with th and wh, like this, them, with, when and which.

th and wh: this, when

Practises short words that end in ck (duck, sock) or ng (ring, song).

ck and ng: duck, ring

Practises long a words spelled with a silent e at the end, like cake and name.

a_e: cake, name

Practises long i words spelled with a silent e at the end, like bike and kite.

i_e: bike, kite

Practises long o words spelled with a silent e at the end, like home and rope.

o_e: home, rope

Practises long u and long e words spelled with a silent e, like cute, tube and these.

u_e and e_e: cute, these

Practises words where c says s before a silent e, like ice, face and place.

-ce: ice, face

Practises words ending in the j sound: -ge after a long vowel (cage) and -dge after a short vowel (badge).

-ge and -dge: cage, badge

Practises long a spelled ai in the middle of a word (rain) and ay at the end (play).

ai and ay: rain, play

Practises long e spelled with the vowel teams ee (tree, feet) and ea (beach, leaf).

ee and ea: tree, beach

Practises long o spelled oa in the middle of a word (boat) and ow at the end (snow).

oa and ow: boat, snow

Practises long i spelled igh (night), y at the end of a short word (sky), and ie (pie).

igh, y, ie: night, sky, pie

Practises two-syllable words that end in y saying long e, like happy, baby and puppy.

y as long e: happy, baby

Practises two-syllable words where the first syllable ends in a long vowel, like paper, tiger and robot.

two syllables: paper, tiger

Practises words where r changes the a sound to ar, like car, star and farm.

ar: car, star

Practises words with the or sound, spelled or (corn, fork) or ore at the end (more, store).

or and ore: corn, store

Practises the three spellings of the same sound: er (her), ir (bird) and ur (turn).

er, ir, ur: her, bird, turn

Practises the oi sound spelled oi in the middle of a word (coin) and oy at the end (boy).

oi and oy: coin, boy

Practises the ow sound (as in ouch) spelled ou (house, cloud) and ow (cow, brown).

ou and ow: house, cow

Practises the two sounds of oo (moon, book) and the aw sound (saw, draw).

oo and aw: moon, book, saw

Practises plural words: adding -s (apples) and -es after s, x, sh and ch (glasses, peaches).

plurals -s, -es: apples, boxes

Practises past-tense words with -ed, including doubling the last letter (stopped) and dropping a silent e (baked).

-ed: jumped, stopped, baked

Practises -ing words, including doubling the last letter (running) and dropping a silent e (making).

-ing: running, making

Practises words built with the prefixes un- (not, or the opposite) and re- (again).

un- and re-: unlock, redo

Practises contractions, two words joined with an apostrophe in place of the missing letters.

contractions: can't, it's

Practises high-frequency words that don't follow the usual rules, like because, once, could and every.

sight words: because, once