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Cover KS1 SATs English 2023

Key Stage 1 - 2023 English SATs Papers

Help your child prepare for the English KS1 SATs, taken at the end of Year 2, with some at-home practice. These complete Y2 SATs past papers from 2023 are the official Department for Education papers used in schools.
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Spelling words for Year 2

Spelling list for Year 2

Here is a list of words that cover the spelling rules children are expected to learn by the end of Year 2. How many can you spell?
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Year 2 exception words flashcards

Year 2 common exception words flashcards

In exception words, the English spelling code works in an unusual / uncommon way. Use these flashcards to help your child practise writing these Y2 common exception words.
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Letter arrow cards

Letter arrow cards

These letter arrow cards an help you practise putting sounds together to make some words. Cut them out and use them to show off your word-building skills now!
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Year 2 English Challenge Pack

Year 2 English Challenge Pack

Challenging reading comprehensions and activities for Year 2 readers and writers, designed to stretch your child and offer them the opportunity to explore their year-group topics in greater depth.
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TheSchoolRun KS1 SATs English practice test E

KS1 English SATs practice paper E

Look through our new-style KS1 SATs practice papers to familiarise your child with the new Y2 assessments format. Written by primary-school teachers exclusively for TheSchoolRun subscribers.
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TheSchoolRun KS1 SATs English practice test D

KS1 English SATs practice paper D

KS1 SATs practice papers for English, written in the style of the new-curriculum tests and available exclusively to TheSchoolRun subscribers.
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TheSchoolRun KS1 SATs English practice test C

KS1 English SATs practice paper C

The Year 2 assessments will follow a new-curriculum format. TheSchoolRun's practice papers, available exclusively to subscribers, are presented in the new format to offer at-home practice opportunities for children at the end of KS1.
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TheSchoolRun KS1 SATs English practice test B

KS1 English SATs practice paper B

New-style practice SATs papers, available exclusively to TheSchoolRun subscribers to help children practise reading comprehension, spelling and grammar in the run-up to the May Y2 assessments.
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Spelling patterns: words ending in -il worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending in -il

All of these words end in -il but the letters have been jumbled up. Can you unjumble them to make the correct words?
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Spelling patterns: words ending -ey worksheet

Spelling patterns: words ending -ey

In these words the /ee/ sound is written with the grapheme ‘ey’. Look through this nonsense passage and underline the ‘ey’ words. Then write each word out three times to help you learn them
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Spelling patterns: the suffix -less worksheet

Spelling patterns: the suffix -less

When the suffix -less is added to the end of adjectives the new word indicates the absence of the root word. For example, a person without hope is hopeless. Fill the correct word in these sentences.
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Spelling patterns: ‘wa’ or ‘qua’ words worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘wa’ or ‘qua’ words

When the graphemes ‘w’ or ‘qu’ are followed by the single vowel ‘a’, it usually represents the /o/ sound as in swan. For each of these words, add an ‘a’ to complete the word. Say the
word out loud. Can you hear how the ‘a’ makes an /o/ sound? Then have a go at the wordsearch.
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Spelling patterns: ‘or’ representing the /er/ sound worksheet

Spelling patterns: ‘or’ representing the /er/ sound

The letter ‘w’ followed by the ‘or’ grapheme makes the /er/ sound as in worm. Can you work out where these words should go in these sentences?
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Decoding puzzle: words containing ‘o’ sounding like /u/

Decoding puzzle: words containing ‘o’ sounding like /u/

This list of words include an ‘o’, pronounced as the short vowel sound /u/. Look at the clues on the right and enter the words into the boxes on the left. Use the code numbers above each letter to work out the mystery word at the bottom of the sheet.
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Adding -ies to form the plural worksheet

Adding -ies to form the plural

In these nouns the final -y is preceded by a consonant. When the singular word is made plural (when there is more than one) the -y is made into an i and -es is added. Can you complete these sentences?
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Spelling words list

Spelling words list

Get weekly spelling practice organised with our printable spelling lists, blank and ready to be filled with your child's assigned words. Attach the list to the fridge for quick revision sessions before the weekly spelling test.
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Look, Cover, Write and Check spelling words list

Look, Cover, Write and Check spelling words

A blank Look, Cover, Write and Check spelling words list for kids to download and print to practise their weekly spelling words and prepare for tests.
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Year 2 spelling tests pack

Year 2 spelling tests pack

Help your child brush up their spelling skills at the end of KS1 with our pack of practice 'tests', designed to help them revise common Y2 spelling patterns and high frequency and exception words.
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First 100 high-frequency words

First 100 high-frequency words list

Children learn to read and spell high-frequency words, the most common words in English-language texts, throughout primary school. Download a list of the first 100 high-frequency words to use for at-home spelling practice and revision.
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