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ENGLISH COORDINATION
SECOND GRADE
NAME: __________________________________________.
SUMMER EXERCISES 2nd GRADE
1) Which is a complete sentence?
I made a fort with sand on the beach.
on the Tatiana toy play
You pay for the candies at the market.
We sing a beautiful melody
Tom has a red cap on his head. 2)
Read the words below. Write YES if they form a question. Write NO if they do not form a question.
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a) what is your name
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b) Are you seven years old?
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c) Do you like rainbows?
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d) Where do you sleep
e) when is your birthday
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2. 4) CIRCLE the naming part and UNDERLINE the telling part.
3) Draw a line to match each synonym.
a) Giant 1) tiny
b) Talk 2) quick
c) Fast 3) huge
d) Small 4) watch
e) See 5) speak
4) CIRCLE the naming part and UNDERLINE the telling part.
*The frogs jump very high.
*Dogs and cats are domestic animals.
*Four doctors went to the hospital.
*The flowers grow with water and sun.
*Vegetables are good for your health.
5)Write the words in correct order:
*The flat. is table
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*Clara and friends. are Morella
*desk. on is The computer the
*cook restaurants. Chefs in
*My sings. bird

3. NOUNS FOR PEOPLE AND PLACES: Circle each noun that names people.
The students are finishing their test.
My mother is buying some food.
My cousin is cleaning the tables.
The scientists are working in a new project.
Our teacher is handing out the report cards.
-Circle the noun that names places.
The doctor is at the hospital.
We went to the zoo yesterday.
The students are eating in the cafeteria.
The circus is big.
The forest has tall trees.
NOUNS FOR THINGS: circle the noun that names things.
The door is green.
I like to eat candy.
The dog barks at night.
Susie is wearing a new dress.
The airplane is flying very fast.
-ONE OR MORE THAN ONE: Circle each noun that means more than one.
One girl took out her pens.
Another girl found some crayons.
The boys wanted to draw a picture, too.
The friends drew a spaceship.
They also drew two planes.
-Write the plural form of the following nouns.
1. farm _______________________.
2. teacher _______________________.
3. pig _______________________.
4. house _______________________.
5. horse _______________________.

4. -NOUNS THAT ADD –ES:
Find each noun that adds –es for more than one. Put a check next to each one.
1. bunch ____________
2. watch ________________
3. desk _____________
4. brush ________________
5. lunch ____________
6. boy _________________
7. computer _________
8. glass ________________
9. train _____________
10. class _______________
-Write the plural form of the following nouns.
dish _________________
dress _________________
match _________________
box __________________
bush __________________
-NOUNS THAT SHOW OWNERSHIP: use ‘s to write each statement in a different way.
1. the jacket of my friend
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2. the television of her mother
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3. the house of his cousin
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4. the birthday of my grandmother
-Circle the compound words from the following list.
1. seafood bedroom car
4. birthday computer pencil
7. chalk spaceship teacup

5. -VERBS: circle the verb in each sentence.
Let’s sing a song.
I have a job.
My sister is happy.
I trip over a rock.
You want an ice cream.
They jump rope.
We walk by the seashore.
I eat a delicious hamburger.
-ADDING –S TO VERBS: add –s to some of the verbs in ( ).
Mary (draw) ___________________ a picture.
My brother (play) ___________________ baseball.
My sister and I (jump) ___________________ rope.
My father (throw) __________________ the ball.
The children (read) ___________________ the book.
The painter (paint) _____________________ the wall.
Dolphins (swim) ______________________ in the ocean.
The girl (dance) _____________________ well.
-ADDING –ED TO VERBS:
Write the past tense of the following verbs.
1. turn __________________
2. play _______________________
3. watch _________________
4. color ______________________
5. use ___________________
6. clean ______________________
7. rain ___________________
8. wash ______________________

6. -Read the verbs below. Circle the ones that tell about the present
-Read the verbs below. Circle the ones that tell about the present. Underline the ones that tell about the past.
a. visit b. glided c. splash d. marched
e. stopped f. pull g. learned h. close
listen j. shout k. walked l. tripped
m. cooked n. act o. discover p. followed
-ADDING –S AND –ED TO VERBS: add –s or –ed to the verbs in ( ).
Last week my sister (look) _______________ for a pretty mat for her room.
Last Wednesday my friend (learn) ________________ some new words.
The teacher (explain) __________________ the lesson now.
Yesterday my mother (ask) ____________________ a question to Lucia.
Lisa (throw) ______________________ the ball now.
Now the movie (start) ____________________.
Today Mary (skate) _________________ in Avila Magica.
Yesterday my friends (skate) _________________ for an hour.
-ADJECTIVES:
-Circle the adjective in each sentence.
Our new neighbor arrived yesterday.
He is so quiet we sometimes forget he is there.
He lives in a small house.
He enjoys swimming in cold water.
-Circle the adjective and underline the noun in each sentence.
My mother is happy.
My brother is tall.
The door is green.
I have a big classroom.
That building is high.
There is a round table.
Julie found nine shells.
I lost three crayons.

7. -WORDS THAT COMPARE: add –er or –est to the words in ( ).
Giraffes are (tall) _______________________ than apes.
A bus is (slow) ______________________than a jet.
That is the (high) ___________________ mountain in the world.
Bugs are (small) _____________________ than birds.
Our car is new, but his car is (new) ____________________.
My brother is the (young) _________________ boy in school.
My uncle is (old) __________________than me.
This car is (fast) __________________ than that car.
-PRONOUNS: write the pronoun that can be used instead of the underlined noun in the sentence.
My teacher is working at the office. ________________________
Neighbors live in houses close to your house. __________________
The children are playing games at the party. ___________________
My sister and I are dancing ¨joropo¨. __________________________
Christmas is a wonderful season. ____________________________
My crayons are in your pencil case. __________________________
A month is about four weeks long. ___________________________
Your eyes need to be wet ________________________________
-USING IS / ARE: fill in the blanks using the verb ¨to be¨ in the present tense.
I ________ going to play Nintendo Wii.
My computer __________ in my office.
Rocks and minerals ____________ solids.
Clouds ___________ made of tiny drops of water.
The foods we eat ____________ called our diet.
A synonym for small __________ little.
The sun ___________ our star.
My classroom ____________ closed.

8. -USING WAS / WERE: fill in the blanks using the verb ¨to be¨ in the past tense.
Katy _________ playing football.
Monkeys ____________ jumping from tree to tree.
The books ____________ on the shelf.
My cousin ____________ writing a story about animals.
My family ______________ very happy yesterday.
I __________ eating a hamburger at the restaurant.
My friends _____________ reading a beautiful story.
My show and tell ___________ about volcanoes.
-USING HAS / HAVE: fill in the blanks using the verb ¨to have¨ in the present or past tense.
Yesterday I ___________ a big party.
She ______________ something to tell you.
Last week, my father ___________ a meeting with my teacher.
Each month __________ a name.
You __________ many things to buy at the supermarket last Tuesday.
We ________ a test yesterday.
I __________ to wash my hands now.
Everybody ___________ a job.
-USING COME AND RUN: circle the correct verb in ( ).
Do you want to (come, comes) with us to Florida?
My sister (come, came) to Caracas last month.
Yesterday my mother (comes, came) to my house.
My friends and I (come, comes) to school everyday.
I (run, runs) in a circle.
Hundreds of people (run, ran) in the race last summer.
Mom (run, runs) everyday.
He (runs, ran) twenty miles last week.
They (take, took) a taxi to the airport yesterday

9. -USING DO AND GO: circle the correct verb in ( ).
My brother (do, does) his homework everyday.
I (do, did) my spelling check-up yesterday.
They (do, did) something new for Father´s Day last year.
(Do, Does) you want to read a story?
She (go, went) shopping last Monday.
I (go, goes) to school everyday.
We (go, went) hiking yesterday.
He (go, goes) swimming every Wednesday.
-USING GIVE AND TAKE: circle the correct verb in ( ).
I (give, gives) them some books.
They (give, gave) me a present for Christmas last year.
Last Sunday she (give, gave) soup to friends.
(Give, Gave) me my crayons please.
I (take, takes) a shower everyday.
She (take, takes) the bus to school everyday.
My aunt (take, took) piano classes at night last year.