Year 2 Learning Links – English

Welcome to the Year 2 SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar) section.

Here you will find lots of support materials and games to help you learn more about SPAG.

Have fun exploring our page.

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Spelling Game click on the picture, left, to play a spelling game.

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We use conjunctions to join different sentence clauses

Click the following link, Using Conjuctions, to find out more and test your skills.

Using Coordinating Conjunctions and or but so SPaG Grammar Powerpoint Quiz

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Types of Sentence

Click the following link, Types Of Sentences Activity Worksheet, to download an activity sheet.

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Click the link below to open a power point which tests your skills when using apostrophes for contracted word forms.

Contracting Words Using an Apostrophe SPaG Punctuation Quiz

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Tricky Words

Click the following link Tricky Words to view a video on Espresso (requires logging in to Espresso).

The video covers tricky words using alternative pronunciations from the ‘Letters and Sounds’ programme.

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Homophones

Click the following link Homophones to view a video on Espresso (requires logging in to Espresso).

The video gives an introduction to homophones, with several different examples.

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Contractions

Click the following link Contractions to view a video on Espresso (requires logging in to Espresso).

The video gives an introduction to contractions with examples of commonly contracted words.

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Adding Endings to Adjectives

Click the following link Adding Endings to Adjectives to view a video on Espresso (requires logging in to Espresso).

The video gives examples of how adjectives can change by adding the endings –er and –est.

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Oxford Owl for School and Home

Click the following link, Oxford Owl, to access free resources to support learning at a home. To read the e books on this site you will need the log in details below:

Username: bookworms   Password: 2222