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English & Writing — Grade 2

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  1. 1. What is the plural of 'foot'?
    1. A. feet ← Answer
    2. B. foots
    3. C. footes
    4. D. feets
  2. 2. What is the past tense of 'sit'?
    1. A. sated
    2. B. sit
    3. C. sitted
    4. D. sat ← Answer
  3. 3. What kind of word is 'green' in this sentence? I have a green kite.
    1. A. noun
    2. B. verb
    3. C. adjective ← Answer
    4. D. adverb
  4. 4. What is the contraction for 'do not'?
    1. A. dont
    2. B. don't ← Answer
    3. C. do'not
    4. D. do'nt
  5. 5. What two small words make 'snowman'?
    1. A. snowm and an
    2. B. sno and wman
    3. C. now and man
    4. D. snow and man ← Answer
  6. 6. What is an opinion?
    1. A. a fact that everyone agrees on
    2. B. what you think or believe about something ← Answer
    3. C. a list of steps
    4. D. a story about a dragon
  7. 7. What does informative writing do?
    1. A. It teaches a reader about a real topic ← Answer
    2. B. It asks the reader to agree with what the writer likes best
    3. C. It tells a made-up story
  8. 8. What is a narrative?
    1. A. a story that tells what happened ← Answer
    2. B. a set of directions
    3. C. a list of facts about frogs
    4. D. a letter asking for something
  9. 9. What is the plural of 'child'?
    1. A. childrens
    2. B. childes
    3. C. children ← Answer
    4. D. childs
  10. 10. What is the past tense of 'hide'?
    1. A. hidded
    2. B. hid ← Answer
    3. C. hode
    4. D. hided
  11. 11. What kind of word is 'quickly' in this sentence? The fox ran quickly.
    1. A. verb
    2. B. adjective
    3. C. adverb ← Answer
    4. D. noun
  12. 12. What is the contraction for 'I am'?
    1. A. I'm ← Answer
    2. B. I'am
    3. C. Im
    4. D. Ia'm
  13. 13. What two small words make 'cupcake'?
    1. A. cup and cake ← Answer
    2. B. cu and pcake
    3. C. up and cake
    4. D. cupc and ake
  14. 14. What is a reason in opinion writing?
    1. A. the last word you write
    2. B. why you think what you think ← Answer
    3. C. the title of the piece
    4. D. a question for the reader
  15. 15. What is a topic?
    1. A. The one thing the writing is about ← Answer
    2. B. The longest word in it
    3. C. The name of the person who wrote the paragraph down
  16. 16. What does 'sequence' mean in a story?
    1. A. the last word
    2. B. the title
    3. C. the order events happen in ← Answer
    4. D. the pictures
  17. 17. What is the plural of 'tooth'?
    1. A. tooths
    2. B. toothes
    3. C. teeth ← Answer
    4. D. teeths
  18. 18. What is the past tense of 'tell'?
    1. A. telled
    2. B. tolled
    3. C. told ← Answer
    4. D. tell
  19. 19. What kind of word is 'tiny' in this sentence? A tiny ant crawled by.
    1. A. noun
    2. B. verb
    3. C. adjective ← Answer
    4. D. adverb
  20. 20. What is the contraction for 'is not'?
    1. A. isn't ← Answer
    2. B. isno't
    3. C. isnt
    4. D. is'nt
  21. 21. What two small words make 'mailbox'?
    1. A. mail and box ← Answer
    2. B. mailb and ox
    3. C. ail and box
    4. D. mai and lbox
  22. 22. What does a conclusion do in opinion writing?
    1. A. adds a brand new reason
    2. B. tells a joke
    3. C. asks a new question
    4. D. says your opinion again to wrap up ← Answer
  23. 23. What is a fact?
    1. A. Something true that can be checked ← Answer
    2. B. Something nobody can check
    3. C. Something a reader may accept
  24. 24. What does 'closure' mean in a story?
    1. A. a new problem
    2. B. an ending that makes the story feel finished ← Answer
    3. C. the first sentence
    4. D. a list of characters
  25. 25. What is the plural of 'mouse'?
    1. A. mouses
    2. B. mices
    3. C. mousees
    4. D. mice ← Answer
  26. 26. What is the past tense of 'run'?
    1. A. ran ← Answer
    2. B. rund
    3. C. runs
    4. D. run
  27. 27. What kind of word is 'softly' in this sentence? The baby cooed softly.
    1. A. adjective
    2. B. verb
    3. C. adverb ← Answer
    4. D. noun
  28. 28. What is the contraction for 'we are'?
    1. A. we're ← Answer
    2. B. were
    3. C. we'are
    4. D. w'ere
  29. 29. What two small words make 'goldfish'?
    1. A. gold and fish ← Answer
    2. B. go and ldfish
    3. C. gol and dfish
    4. D. old and fish
  30. 30. Which sentence is an opinion?
    1. A. Dogs are the best pets. ← Answer
    2. B. Some dogs are brown.
    3. C. Dogs can bark.
    4. D. A dog has four legs and a tail.
  31. 31. What is a definition?
    1. A. A sentence that tells the reader what the writer prefers
    2. B. A sentence before the title
    3. C. A sentence that tells what a word means ← Answer
  32. 32. Which word is a time word?
    1. A. dog
    2. B. next ← Answer
    3. C. blue
    4. D. happy
  33. 33. What is the plural of 'sheep'?
    1. A. shoop
    2. B. sheeps
    3. C. sheep ← Answer
    4. D. sheepes
  34. 34. What is the past tense of 'eat'?
    1. A. eated
    2. B. ate ← Answer
    3. C. eat
    4. D. eaten
  35. 35. Make an adverb from 'slow.'
    1. A. slower
    2. B. slowly ← Answer
    3. C. slows
    4. D. slowing
  36. 36. What is the contraction for 'it is'?
    1. A. its
    2. B. i'ts
    3. C. it'is
    4. D. it's ← Answer
  37. 37. What two small words make 'playground'?
    1. A. play and ground ← Answer
    2. B. lay and ground
    3. C. pla and yground
    4. D. playg and round
  38. 38. Which sentence about pizza tells what the writer thinks?
    1. A. Pizza is the tastiest food. ← Answer
    2. B. Pizza has cheese on it.
    3. C. Pizza is often round.
    4. D. Pizza is baked in a hot oven.
  39. 39. What is a concluding statement?
    1. A. The middle sentence
    2. B. The last sentence that wraps up the writing ← Answer
    3. C. The first sentence that introduces the topic to a reader
  40. 40. Which of these is a time word you might use in a story?
    1. A. slowly
    2. B. finally ← Answer
    3. C. jumped up
    4. D. big
  41. 41. What is the plural of 'man'?
    1. A. mans
    2. B. mens
    3. C. manes
    4. D. men ← Answer
  42. 42. What is the past tense of 'go'?
    1. A. went ← Answer
    2. B. goed
    3. C. wented
    4. D. gone
  43. 43. Make an adverb from 'loud.'
    1. A. louding
    2. B. loudest
    3. C. louder
    4. D. loudly ← Answer
  44. 44. What is the contraction for 'can not' (cannot)?
    1. A. cant
    2. B. can't ← Answer
    3. C. can'not
    4. D. ca'nt
  45. 45. What two small words make 'notebook'?
    1. A. not and ebook
    2. B. noteb and ook
    3. C. no and tebook
    4. D. note and book ← Answer
  46. 46. Pick the sentence about winter that is an opinion.
    1. A. Snow can fall in winter.
    2. B. Winter is the most fun season. ← Answer
    3. C. Winter comes right after the fall.
    4. D. Snow is frozen water.
  47. 47. Where does the topic sentence go?
    1. A. At the very end
    2. B. At the beginning ← Answer
    3. C. In the middle, between the second and third facts
  48. 48. Which time word would you use for the first event?
    1. A. Finally
    2. B. First ← Answer
    3. C. Later
    4. D. After that
  49. 49. What is the plural of 'woman'?
    1. A. womans
    2. B. womens
    3. C. womanes
    4. D. women ← Answer
  50. 50. What is the past tense of 'see'?
    1. A. see
    2. B. seed
    3. C. saw ← Answer
    4. D. seen
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Rule Breaker Plurals

The child will form and use frequently occurring irregular plural nouns such as feet, children, teeth, mice and fish. · 40 min

Warm-up — say this

“Most words just add s or es to mean more than one. But some words are rule breakers!”

Worked example

What is the plural of 'tooth'?

Answer: Teeth. Tooth is irregular: the oo changes to ee, so it is not 'tooths.'

A mistake students make

Every plural ends in s, so it is 'foots' and 'childs.'

How the book fixes it

Explain that a few common words are rule breakers. Practice the cards often, and say the sentences aloud so the child hears that 'feet' and 'children' sound right.

Note to the parent

Gently restate a wrong plural in conversation instead of correcting harshly: if the child says 'foots,' reply 'Yes, your feet are muddy!'

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