Year 2 English worksheets
Free worksheets: Word puzzles, KS1, Y2
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Homophones wordsearch
Can you find these homophone pairs hidden in the wordsearch below?
Mini word Sudoku 4 x 4
Put the letters from the word EASY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
Spelling patterns: silent letters w and k
All these words have a silent letter at the beginning. This means that you write the letter when you spell the words, but you don’t make the sound of that letter when you say it out loud. Can you find each of these words in the wordsearch below?
Summer brain-boosting challenges
Juggle fruit. Work on the technology of the future. Plot and design a lost city, create a zoo of invented animals, learn to talk sdrawkcab and bake a pizza clock and a pastry map. How many of our wonderful brain-boosting challenges can you fit into your summer? All you need are some art materials, imagination and an enquiring mind to have a go at a whole host of practical and reflective activities, suitable for primary-school children (and parents, of course). Have fun!
Y2 English booster pack
Our Year 2 booster pack covers all the main literacy topics your child will learn in Y2 – perfect to help your child prepare for KS1 SATs at the end of the school year or revise key concepts over the long summer break. Writing 'Missing' posters for favourite toys, devising menus, reviewing books, filling story treasure chests, teaching aliens to brush their teeth and more – this learning pack is bursting with fun activities to boost literacy.
Year 2 English Progress checks
Working with phonemes to read and write, learning to spell high frequency words, using non-fiction texts and creating stories... literacy is demanding in Year 2. Check your child's progress and identify any areas they need extra practice in with our Y2 English Progress checks.
Handwriting practice sheets
Help your child form letters at the correct relative size and place them correctly on the 'base' writing line with our free printable handwriting practice sheets. Two formats with guidelines are included, one for beginner writers and one to help children improve their handwriting skills.
Join vowels: handwriting practice worksheet
Practise the correct joins between vowels and improve your joined-up (cursive) handwriting with our expert-created worksheet for KS1 children.
Handwriting practice on shapes
As your child moves from drawing and patterning to writing letters and words make practice fun with this artistic worksheet. Can they cover each of the shapes with relevant and colourful words, all produced in their best handwriting?
More handwriting silly sentences
Handwriting practice of the silly sentences sort! Help your child develop their joined-up writing style with this cursive handwriting activity.
Handwriting practice: cursive letters
Your step-by-step guide to handwriting cursive letters, with worksheets for every letter, including how to write in cursive with capital letters. Whether your child is new to cursive writing or needs to improve their cursive letters these worksheets will take them through every join and shape to help boost their confidence and ability.
Stretching up tall patterns cursive patterning practice
Getting ascenders (the tall strokes of the letters b, h, k, etc) and descenders (the under-line parts of p, q, y, etc) the correct relative size takes practice. Help your child develop the flowing movements needed to join letters correctly with our cursive patterning worksheets.
Washing line patterns cursive patterning practice
Making flowing movements, making shapes the same size, writing ascenders and descenders correctly (and the correct relative size) and sitting shapes on the writing line... Getting the hang of joined-up writing is a slow and painstaking process! Help your child practise the movements needed with our cursive patterning worksheets, developed with the National Handwriting Association.
Curly caterpillar and one-armed robot letters cursive patterning practice
Our cursive patterning worksheets have been designed to help children feel confident about the movements needed to join letters together. They'll be writing on shapes and experimenting with colour to develop the flowing, smooth hand movements needed for cursive writing.
Handwriting silly sentences
Do some joined-up handwriting practice and think of some absurd sentences to write! Which member of the family can think of the silliest sentence to write?
One armed robot letters cursive patterning practice
Learning to make smooth, flowing movements is vital to develop a confident cursive writing style. Help your child get to grips with joined-up writing with our patterning worksheets, developed in association with the National Handwriting Association.
Curly caterpillar letters cursive handwriting practice
Grab some felt tips and settle down for some handwriting practice! Our cursive patterning worksheets help children develop their 'joined-up' writing skills by encouraging smooth, flowing movements and shapes that are consistent in size and setting.
Make a handwriting collage
Add some colour and fun to handwriting practice by creating a patterns collage. Perfect for developing 'joined-up' writing skills, especially if the resulting artwork takes pride of place on the fridge!
Long ladder letters cursive handwriting practice
Help your child begin to join their letters with our cursive patterning worksheets, developed in association with the National Handwriting Association. Patterns made with "long ladder" letters are the first step to joined-up handwriting.
Great Grammar Games
From proper nouns to pronouns, statements to subordinate clauses and articles to adverbs, help your child revise grammar the fun way with our Great Grammar Games learning pack. A friendly, grammar- and flamingo-obsessed Grammar Gator offers tips, tricks, exercises and activities to help your child practise all aspects of basic English grammar in play-packed sessions.
Book characters crossword
Classic characters are unforgettable, whether they're falling down unusual rabbit holes, prowling through the jungle or breaking their slates over unfortunate classmates' heads. How many famous characters from children's literature can you identify in this crossword puzzle?
Simple suffix wordsearch
Circle the common suffixes (word endings) in these words in RED. Circle the ‘root word’ (the main part of the word) in BLUE. Now can you find the words in the wordsearch?
Match the contracted words
Can you match the two words on the left with their contracted form on the right? Then, think of some more contracted words and write them down. Don’t forget your apostrophe!