Free Year 2 English Practice Test

Ten english questions pitched at Year 2. Tick an answer for each, press Check, and see the score, the working and what to practise next.

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1. Add -ful to help

Answer: The suffix -ful has one l: helpful.

2. What is the short form of do not?

Answer: The apostrophe goes where the missing letter (o) was: don't.

3. Which sentence is an exclamation?

Answer: Exclamations often start with What or How and end with !: What a huge cake that is!

4. What is the past tense of jump?

Answer: Regular verbs add -ed: jumped.

5. Which word is the adjective in the red ball?

Answer: An adjective describes a noun: red describes the ball.

6. Which sentence uses commas in a list correctly?

Answer: Commas separate items, with and before the last one: I bought apples, pears and plums.

7. Which word is a noun?

Answer: A noun names a thing: table.

8. Add -er to fast

Answer: faster compares two things.

9. Which word is spelt correctly?

Answer: because: Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants.

10. Choose the right word: She ___ playing.

Answer: With she we use is.

About this test

Year 2 adds suffixes such as -ful and -er, apostrophes for contractions, commas in lists and the difference between nouns and adjectives. These are tested in the optional Year 2 assessments in many schools.

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