1. Grammarsaurus English Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar
Year 2 Progress Test – Spring

2. Question 1 Circle the nouns in the sentence.
My mum carries everything in her handbag even chocolate.

3. Question 2
What type of word is bloomed in the sentence below (circle one)
The beautiful flower bloomed in the sunshine.
noun
adjective
verb
adverb

4. Question 3
Can you use these homophones correctly in two different sentences?
here
hear
Examples
I left my jacket over here.
I can hear the waves crashing on the rocks.

5. Question 4
Can you change the verb to change this sentence to the past tense?
take
took
We ________________ a picnic to the park.

6. Question 5 Use the list of conjunctions to complete the sentences. andso
but
because
In the holidays we went to the beach _____________ to the zoo.
It rained last week ________ we had to stay indoors a lot.
I am really tired today ____________ we went on a long bike ride.
and so
because

7. Question 6 Why do the underlined words have capital letters?
On Wednesday I go swimming and on Fridays I go to football training.
They are proper nouns.

8. Question 7 Tick the word that best describes these sentences.
Dogs wag their tails when they are happy.
Plants need watering to stay alive.
It often snows during the winter season.
statement
question
command
exclamation

9. Question 8 Circle the adverb in the following sentence:
Sam carefully cut out a triangle in maths.

10. Question 9
Write the correct punctuation mark to complete this sentence
Do you want ice cream with your jelly ?

11. Question 10 Circle the verbs in this sentence.
I climbed up the climbing frame and then went down the slide.

12. Question 11
Tick the box to show where the comma should go in this sentence.
I made a pattern using green red and yellow blocks.

13. Question 12 Dave swam really quickly and won a medal.
Tick the sentence that makes sense.
Dave swam really quickly and won a medal.
Dave swim really quickly and won a medal.
Dave swam really quickly and win a medal.
Dave swim really quickly and win a medal.

14. Question 13
Write the correct punctuation mark to complete this sentence. !
How beautiful the princess was

15. Question 14
Grammarsaurus wants to know where penguins live. What question does he need to type into the computer search engine? Write it down.
Where do penguins live?

16. Question 15 Are these sentences written in past or present tense? Past
Past
Tense
Present
Sam baked some buns.  
Ben caught the bus to school.
Jill is wearing a bow in her hair.
Sara is playing with the lego.

17. Question 16 Tick the correct word to complete the sentence. when
I like to jump straight in the pool ______________ I go swimming.
when
because
that

18. Question 17
Look at where the arrow is pointing. Which punctuation mark is missing? (Tick 1) 
full stop
comma
question mark
exclamation mark
I like my dog I like my cat.

19. Question 18 can’t Match the words that have the same meaning. I will
can not
do not
would not
can’t
don’t
I’ll
wouldn’t

20. Question 19
Write the plural versions of these words in the correct place in the table.
One has been done for you.
fly
swan
watch
teddy -s
-es
-ies
flies
swans
watches
teddies

21. Question 20
Circle the correct word so that the following words are in Standard English.
He was/were eating a cake.
We was/ were going to the zoo to see the animals.
They was/ were all going to the beach for a picnic.