Free Year 2 Sounds Around Us: Loud and Soft, High and Low Worksheet
Children learn that sounds are made when things vibrate, that we hear with our ears, and how sounds can be loud or soft and high or low — then go on a listening walk and sort the sounds they hear.
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- Year
- Year 2
- Subject
- Science
- Topic
- Energy, Light, Sound & Electricity
- Difficulty
- Level 1 · Easier
- Estimated time
- 20 minutes
- Curriculum
- Australian Curriculum
- Questions
- 10
- Answers
- Included, with working
- Format
- PDF (A4), print or complete online
Students will practise
- naming sources of sound
- explaining that sounds are made by vibrations
- comparing loud and soft, high and low sounds
- listening and recording observations
Curriculum: Australian Curriculum. We show specific outcome codes only where they have been verified against the official curriculum document.
What's next?
Completed: Sounds Around Us: Loud and Soft, High and Low
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How to use this worksheet
- Print the PDF or complete it on screen. Write the student's name and date at the top.
- Read the instructions for each part together before starting. Encourage working to be shown.
- Mark with the answer sheet. Use the model answers and success criteria as a guide rather than a single right answer.
- Record the score, celebrate what went well, then follow the "What's next" suggestion.
Common questions
Who is this worksheet for?
Year 2 students (typically ages 7–8) working on energy, light, sound & electricity. It is pitched at level 1 · easier.
Are the answers included?
Yes. The PDF includes a full answer sheet with model answers and success criteria where there is more than one good answer. You can also view the answers online.
How long does it take?
About 20 minutes for 10 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.
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Success TutoringWorksheetsYear 2 · Science · Energy, Light, Sound & ElectricitySounds Around Us: Loud and Soft, High and Low
Name
Date
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Listen carefully. Is the sound loud or soft? High or low?
Part A: How sounds are made
Read the box. Then circle the best answer.
Sounds are made when something vibrates. To vibrate means to shake back and forth very fast.
We hear sounds with our ears.
Sounds can be loud or soft. Sounds can be high (like a whistle) or low (like a big drum).
A sound is louder when you are close to it. It is softer when you are far away.
- Aour eyes
- Bour ears
- Cour nose
- Dour hands
- Amelts
- Bgoes dark
- Cvibrates
- Dgets bigger
- Aa big drum
- Ba lion's roar
- Ca deep voice
- Da bird's whistle
- AHit it harder.
- BHit it more gently.
- CCover your eyes.
- DWalk away from it.
Part B: True or false?
Write True or False.
Part C: Match and fill
- a whisper
- a fire alarm
- a mouse squeak
- loud
- high
- soft
Preview — the PDF contains the full resource and answer sheet.
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About this resource
- Created by
- Success Tutoring Science Team
- Last reviewed
- 1 October 2026
- How it was made
- Written by our team
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