17 free spelling resources for 2nd Grade, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Spelling is pattern recognition. Lists here are grouped by pattern (digraphs, magic e, suffixes, silent letters) so students learn the rule, not just the words. Each list includes practice activities and a parent-led test.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Choose the right homophone (words that sound the same but are spelled differently) to complete each sentence: to/too/two,…
Find words that rhyme (cat, hat), spot the word that does not rhyme, and hear rhymes with different spellings (blue, shoe). Starts with…
Add a suffix to the end of a word, learn what -ful and -less mean, and spell words where the base word changes (happy → happiness). Starts…
Build words by joining a first sound to a word family (c + at = cat, sh + op = shop) and make new words by changing the first sound.…
Choose the right homophone (words that sound the same but are spelled differently) to complete each sentence: to/too/two,…
Find words that rhyme (cat, hat), spot the word that does not rhyme, and hear rhymes with different spellings (blue, shoe). Expected-level…
Add a suffix to the end of a word, learn what -ful and -less mean, and spell words where the base word changes (happy → happiness).…
Build words by joining a first sound to a word family (c + at = cat, sh + op = shop) and make new words by changing the first sound.…
Choose the right homophone (words that sound the same but are spelled differently) to complete each sentence: to/too/two,…
Find words that rhyme (cat, hat), spot the word that does not rhyme, and hear rhymes with different spellings (blue, shoe). A challenge…
Add a suffix to the end of a word, learn what -ful and -less mean, and spell words where the base word changes (happy → happiness). A…
Build words by joining a first sound to a word family (c + at = cat, sh + op = shop) and make new words by changing the first sound. A…
Word lists with practice activities.
Twelve verbs with the endings -ing and -ed, including words where the last letter is doubled (running, hopped) or the e is dropped…
Twelve plural nouns that end in -s or -es. Your child learns when to add -es (after s, x, ch and sh sounds) and when a plain -s is enough,…
Twelve words with the vowel teams oa (boat), ai (rain) and ay (play). Your child learns that ai usually sits in the middle of a word and…
Twelve words where the letter r changes the vowel sound, such as car, horse, bird and turn. Your child learns that er, ir and ur often…
Twelve two-syllable words that end in -le, such as apple, purple and turtle. Your child learns to hear the "ul" sound at the end and spell…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
