Grammarsaurus English Spelling Punctuation and Grammar Year 2

Grammarsaurus English Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Year 2 Progress Test – Spring

Question 1 Circle the nouns in the sentence. My mum carries everything in her handbag even chocolate.

Question 2 What type of word is bloomed in the sentence below (circle one) The beautiful flower bloomed in the sunshine. noun adjective verb adverb

Question 3 Can you use these homophones correctly in two different sentences? here hear Examples I left my jacket over here. I can hear the waves crashing on the rocks.

Question 4 Can you change the verb to change this sentence to the past tense? take took We ________ a picnic to the park.

Question 5 Use the list of conjunctions to complete the sentences. and so but because and In the holidays we went to the beach _______ to the zoo. so It rained last week ____ we had to stay indoors a lot. because I am really tired today ______ we went on a long bike ride.

Question 6 Why do the underlined words have capital letters? On Wednesday I go swimming and on Fridays I go to football training. They are proper nouns.

Question 7 Tick the word that best describes these sentences. Dogs wag their tails when they are happy. Plants need watering to stay alive. It often snows during the winter season. statement question command exclamation

Question 8 Circle the adverb in the following sentence: Sam carefully cut out a triangle in maths.

Question 9 Write the correct punctuation mark to complete this sentence Do you want ice cream with your jelly ?

Question 10 Circle the verbs in this sentence. I climbed up the climbing frame and then went down the slide.

Question 11 Tick the box to show where the comma should go in this sentence. I made a pattern using green red and yellow blocks.

Question 12 Tick the sentence that makes sense. Dave swam really quickly and won a medal. Dave swim really quickly and won a medal. Dave swam really quickly and win a medal.

Question 13 Write the correct punctuation mark to complete this sentence. ! How beautiful the princess was

Question 14 Grammarsaurus wants to know where penguins live. What question does he need to type into the computer search engine? Write it down. Where do penguins live?

Question 15 Are these sentences written in past or present tense? Sam baked some buns. Ben caught the bus to school. Jill is wearing a bow in her hair. Sara is playing with the lego. Past Present Tense

Question 16 Tick the correct word to complete the sentence. I like to jump straight in the pool _______ I go swimming. when because that

Question 17 Look at where the arrow is pointing. Which punctuation mark is missing? (Tick 1) I like my dog I like my cat. full stop comma question mark exclamation mark

Question 18 Match the words that have the same meaning. I will can not do not would not can’t don’t I’ll wouldn’t

Question 19 Write the plural versions of these words in the correct place in the table. One has been done for you. fly swan watch teddy -s -es -ies swans watches flies teddies

Question 20 Circle the correct word so that the following words are in Standard English. He was/were eating a cake. We was/ were going to the zoo to see the animals. They was/ were all going to the beach for a picnic.