2nd grade grammar worksheets

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27 grammar skills at 2nd grade, one sheet each, free with its answer key: action verbs, adjective or adverb, adverbs of how, when, and where, and more.

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Nouns

  • Collective nouns A collective noun names a group: a herd of cows, a flock of birds, a litter of puppies.
  • Common and proper nouns A common noun names any one (city, girl, day). A proper noun names a specific one and starts with a capital (Chicago, Maya, Monday).
  • Identifying nouns A noun names a person, a place, a thing, or an animal.
  • Irregular plural nouns Some nouns don't add -s for the plural. They change: one mouse, two mice; one foot, two feet.
  • Plural noun rules Most nouns add -s. Words ending in x, ch, sh, or s add -es. Words ending in consonant + y change y to -ies.
  • Possessive nouns Add apostrophe-s to show owning: Maya's backpack. If the owners already end in s, the apostrophe goes after: the twins' room.

Verbs

  • Action verbs An action verb tells what someone or something does.
  • Helping verbs A helping verb works before the main verb: She is running. They have finished. We will visit.
  • Irregular past tense verbs Irregular verbs don't add -ed for the past. They change: go became went, eat became ate.
  • Linking verbs A linking verb connects the subject to a word that describes it: The soup smells wonderful.
  • Past, present, and future verbs Verbs tell time: walked already happened, walks is happening, will walk hasn't happened yet.
  • Subject-verb agreement The verb has to match the subject: one dog barks, two dogs bark.

Adjectives

Adverbs

  • Adjective or adverb? Adjectives describe nouns: a quick fox, the soup smells wonderful. Adverbs describe verbs: she runs quickly, stir gently. Ask what the word is describing.
  • Adverbs of how, when, and where Adverbs answer three questions about an action: how (quietly), when (today), and where (outside).
  • Identifying adverbs An adverb tells how, when, or where something happens.

Pronouns

  • Indefinite pronouns Indefinite pronouns point at no one in particular: everyone, someone, nobody, anything. They let a sentence talk about people and things without naming them.
  • Personal pronouns A pronoun takes the place of a noun: he, she, it, we, they, her, my.
  • Possessive pronouns Possessive pronouns show who owns something: my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, ours, their, theirs.
  • Reflexive pronouns A reflexive pronoun points the action back at the doer: I made it myself; they helped themselves.

Prepositions

  • Identifying prepositions A preposition tells where, when, or how something connects: in, on, under, after, with.

Conjunctions

  • Coordinating conjunctions A conjunction joins ideas: and adds, but shows a difference, or gives a choice, so shows what happens because of it.

Mixed parts of speech

  • Formal or informal? English wears different clothes for different rooms. Formal: Good afternoon; I would appreciate your help. Informal: Hey! Wanna play? Both are correct, in their place.
  • Parts of speech Ask what the word does in this sentence: a noun names something, a verb shows an action or a state of being, an adjective describes a noun, an adverb tells how, when, where or how often, and a pronoun takes the place of a noun.

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