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This Year 2 reading comprehension worksheet is ready to print and use in class. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and print for free.
Young detectives read a short passage and hunt for clues about how characters feel and why. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.
Pupils answer retrieval questions about a simple non-fiction text in this quick comprehension check. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: being introduced to non-fiction books that are structured in different ways. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and print for free.
A lesson starter that asks pupils to predict how a story might continue, using what they have read so far. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: predicting what might happen on the basis of what has been read so far. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.
Children put jumbled story events back into sequence in this sorting activity. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: discussing the sequence of events in books and how items of information are related. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.
Vocabulary work built around poems: pupils pick out favourite words and phrases and explain what they mean. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Reading - comprehension), covering objectives such as: discussing their favourite words and phrases. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.
Help your Year 2 pupils master writing with this editable worksheet. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: encapsulating what they want to say, sentence by sentence. Sign up free to Chalkie.ai to adapt this for your class.
A storyboard planner for mapping out a narrative scene by scene before writing begins. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: writing narratives about personal experiences and those of others, real and fictional. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.
An end-of-lesson exit ticket where children proofread sentences for tense and punctuation slips. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: using the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.
Sentence frames guide Year 2 writers through composing a clear set of instructions. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: writing for different purposes. Made on Chalkie.ai and fully editable for your class.
Pupils write a structured recount of a real event, planning it sentence by sentence. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - composition), covering objectives such as: writing about real events. Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.
A curriculum-aligned Year 2 worksheet covering spelling. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: learning to spell common exception words. Fully editable on Chalkie.ai. Sign up free to customise.
Spelling and handwriting practice for the Year 2 common exception words. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: learning to spell common exception words. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.
Pupils sort longer words by their suffixes in this categorising activity on -ment, -ness, -ful, -less and -ly. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: add suffixes to spell longer words, including -ment, -ness, -ful, -less, -ly. Made on Chalkie.ai. Edit, download, and print for free.
Test how well pupils add suffixes to words ending in y or e with this quick knowledge check. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: apply spelling rules and guidance, as listed in English Appendix 1. Edit, download and print for free on Chalkie.ai.
Children fill in the missing contractions in this cloze worksheet on apostrophes for contracted forms. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly, including apostrophes for contracted forms. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.
A matching activity that helps children tell apart homophones and near-homophones. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - transcription), covering objectives such as: distinguishing between homophones and near-homophones. Created with Chalkie.ai and fully customisable for your class.
Build confidence in grammar and punctuation with this printable Year 2 resource. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: sentences with different forms: statement, question, exclamation, command. Built with Chalkie.ai. Free to edit, print, and share.
Check pupils can switch between past and present tense with this quick knowledge check. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: using the present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form. Free to download, edit and print on Chalkie.ai.
Pupils sort statements, questions, exclamations and commands in this sentence-type categorising activity. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: writing sentences with different forms (statement, question, exclamation, command). Made on Chalkie.ai and fully editable for your class.
A matching activity where children complete sentences using because, when, if, and, or but. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and, or but). Created with Chalkie.ai and free to customise.
Fill-in-the-blanks practice for building expanded noun phrases that describe and specify. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: expanded noun phrases to describe and specify, for example the blue butterfly. Customise this worksheet on Chalkie.ai in minutes.
A lesson recap on using commas to separate items in a list. Aligned to the England National Curriculum (KS1 Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation), covering objectives such as: learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly, including commas for lists. Edit, download and print for free on Chalkie.ai.
This collection of Year 2 English worksheets covers the four strands teachers return to all year: reading comprehension, writing, spelling, and grammar and punctuation. Activities range from predicting what happens next in a story to writing statements, questions, exclamations and commands. Each activity uses text pitched at six and seven year olds, so pupils can work with growing independence.
Each worksheet targets objectives from the Key Stage 1 English programme of study in the England National Curriculum — for example learning to spell the Year 2 common exception words and composing ideas sentence by sentence. That makes them a reliable fit for planning, marking and evidence gathering in the final year of Key Stage 1.
Teachers print them for guided group work, set pages as spelling homework, or use the comprehension sheets as independent tasks while hearing readers. All downloads are free, and any worksheet can be reworked in Chalkie — swap the text, adjust the questions, or regenerate a fresh version at the same pitch.
Predicting what might happen next on the basis of what has been read so far, and discussing the sequence of events in books.
View worksheetsPlanning what to write and encapsulating ideas sentence by sentence, building towards longer pieces of connected writing.
View worksheetsLearning to spell common exception words and applying the spelling patterns and rules taught in Year 2.
View worksheetsWriting sentences with different forms — statement, question, exclamation and command — and choosing the correct form for the purpose.
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