Grade 2 English: Grammar and Language Conventions
Free Grade 2 English unit on Grammar and Language Conventions: 10 lessons in order. Includes practice questions and answer keys.
10 lessons in this unit
Common and proper nouns
Tell the difference between common nouns, which name any person, place or thing, and proper nouns, which name a particular one and begin with a capital letter.
Lesson 2Singular and plural nouns
Use singular nouns for one and plural nouns for more than one, including regular and irregular plurals.
Lesson 3Pronouns
Use pronouns such as he, she, it, they, I, we and you to replace nouns and avoid repeating names.
Lesson 4Verbs and verb tenses
Use verbs to say what happens and use past, present and future tenses correctly.
Lesson 5Adjectives
Use adjectives to describe nouns, including colour, size, shape, number and feeling, and to compare things with -er and -est.
Lesson 6Adverbs
Use adverbs to tell how, when or where something happens, and know that many end in -ly.
Lesson 7Sentence types
Know the four kinds of sentences: statements, questions, commands and exclamations, and their punctuation.
Lesson 8Subject and predicate
Find the subject (who or what the sentence is about) and the predicate (what the subject does or is) in a sentence.
Lesson 9Capitalisation
Use capital letters correctly for the start of sentences, names, the word I, days, months, holidays and places.
Lesson 10Commas and apostrophes
Use commas in lists and dates, and apostrophes for contractions and for showing that something belongs to someone.