Grade 2 End of Year English Test: Quiz and Flashcards

A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence.

An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.

An irregular verb follows a predictable pattern when conjugated in different tenses.

Compound words are formed by combining two words together to create a new word with a different meaning.

Homophones are words that are spelled differently but have the same pronunciation and meaning.

What is a word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence?

What type of words are formed by combining two words together to create a new word with a different meaning?

What type of words have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings?

Which words describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs?

What type of words show action or a state of being?

Nouns: words that refer to people, places, things, and ideas
- Examples: cat, city, happiness
Pronouns: words that replace nouns in sentences
- Examples: he, she, it, they
Verbs: words that express action or a state of being
- Examples: run, jump, read, be
Irregular Verbs: verbs that do not follow the usual pattern of adding -ed to form the past tense
- Examples: go (went), take (took), be (was)
Adjectives: words that describe or modify nouns or pronouns
- Examples: happy, tall, blue, big
Adverbs: words that describe or modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs
- Examples: quickly, loudly, very, well
Contractions: shortened forms of words or phrases
- Examples: don't (do not), won't (will not), it's (it is or it has)
Compound Words: words composed of two or more words
- Examples: toothbrush, birthday, firefly
Homophones: words that sound the same when spoken
- Examples: to/too/two, knight/night, fair/fare
Homographs: words that are spelled the same but have different meanings
- Examples: bank (financial institution) / bank (riverbank), bat (flying mammal) / bat (sports equipment)