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Year 2 · Your subject space

English

Explore reading, writing and spoken language.

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How to learn in Year 2 English

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Words and sounds

  1. Letters and sounds Free preview
  2. Read a word in parts Free preview
  3. Find the root word Free preview
  4. Notice the surprising part Full course
  5. Read it again smoothly Full course

Spelling patterns

  1. The ending in bridge and stage Full course
  2. When c sounds like s Full course
  3. The first letters in knee and gnaw Full course
  4. Remember the w in wrap Full course
  5. The endings in little and camel Full course
  6. The endings in animal and pencil Full course
  7. One fly, two flies Full course
  8. Try, tried and trying Full course
  9. Bake becomes baking Full course
  10. Stop becomes stopping Full course
  11. The a in ball and walk Full course
  12. The letters in other and donkey Full course
  13. The vowel letters after w and qu Full course
  14. Listen inside television and station Full course

Building words

  1. Make a word that names something Full course
  2. Join two whole words Full course
  3. Tell us how an action happens Full course

Read a story

  1. Find it in the story Full course
  2. What happened first? Full course
  3. What do the clues suggest? Full course
  4. What might happen next? Full course
  5. Work out a new meaning Full course

Books and poems

  1. Retell a familiar tale Full course
  2. Find a fact Full course
  3. Read a poem aloud Full course

Sentences

  1. Add useful detail Full course
  2. Tell, ask, command, exclaim Full course
  3. Show where a sentence ends Full course
  4. Join with and, but or or Full course
  5. Give a reason or a time Full course
  6. Now or before? Full course
  7. An action going on Full course

Punctuation and spelling

  1. Make a clear list Full course
  2. Letters can be left out Full course
  3. Whose bag is it? Full course
  4. Same sound, different word Full course
  5. Change a word's ending carefully Full course
  6. Endings change meaning Full course

Writing

  1. Say it before you write it Full course
  2. Read your writing like a reader Full course
  3. Help your reader Full course

Handwriting

  1. Make writing easy to read Full course

Listening and speaking

  1. Listen, ask and explain Full course

Check your learning

  1. Year 2 English — course check Full course