Year 2 Grammar Terminology: Spot It in the Sentence
Apply the statutory Year 2 grammar terminology (noun, noun phrase, statement and more) to short constructed sentences, with an answer key.
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Year 2 Grammar Terminology: Spot It in the Sentence
Use the Year 2 grammar terminology from the National Curriculum (English Appendix 2) to answer each question. Write your answer on the line.
- 1.Find the noun: The kite flew high.
- 2.Find the adjective: We ate the warm bread.
- 3.Find the verb: The children clapped.
- 4.Find the adverb: Sam ran quickly.
- 5.Statement, question, command or exclamation? Pass the salt.
- 6.Statement, question, command or exclamation? The bus is late.
- 7.Statement, question, command or exclamation? What time is it?
- 8.Statement, question, command or exclamation? What a wonderful day this is!
- 9.Find the noun phrase: We watched the little green frog.
- 10.Past or present tense? She is drumming.
- 11.Past or present tense? He was shouting.
- 12.Which word is a compound word: playground, jumping or softly?
- 13.Add the suffix -ness to 'kind'. What word do you make?
- 14.Which punctuation mark separates the items? We packed hats, coats and boots.
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- DfE, English Appendix 2: Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation (statutory) — The per-year 'terminology for pupils' is reproduced verbatim from the DfE appendix under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Crown copyright). Definitions and practice sentences are ChalkBee's own.