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Year 2 · English

Apply Spelling Rules

Year 2 learners practise spelling rules for word endings.

The activities include Investigate How Words Change When Adding -y, Make Plurals of Nouns Ending in -y, Practise Spelling Sounds f or ff, and related practice. The checked support below includes video, worksheet, teaching, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Investigate How Words Change When Adding -y
  • Make Plurals of Nouns Ending in -y
  • Practise Spelling Sounds f or ff
  • Practise Using Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
  • Spell Words Ending in -age
  • Spell Words Ending in -dge
  • Spell Words Ending in -el
  • Spell Words Ending in -le
  • Understand How to Use Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives
  • Use the Comparative and Superlative Forms of Adjectives

Checked learning resources

  • Doubling the Consonant with -y

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Exact Year 2 lesson video teaches adding y and applying required spelling changes.

  • Adding -es to Nouns Ending in y

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Exact Year 2 lesson video teaches changing consonant-y nouns to plurals ending -ies.

  • Suffixes: er and est

    YouTube — BBC Bitesize · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Primary video models comparative -er and superlative -est.

  • The J Spellings Including g, ge and dge

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Exact Year 2 lesson video teaches contrasting word-final /j/ spellings including ge and dge.

  • The L Spellings Including le and el

    Oak National Academy · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Exact Year 2 lesson video teaches distinguishing and spelling word-final le and el.

  • Doubling the Consonant with -y: Worksheet and Quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Browser-first Oak downloads page provides the worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz for adding y and applying required spelling changes.

  • Doubling the Consonant with -y: Year 2 Unit

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 2 unit sequence places adding y and applying required spelling changes within a coherent progression.

  • Adding -es to Nouns Ending in y: Worksheet and Quizzes

    Oak National Academy · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Browser-first Oak downloads page provides the worksheet, starter quiz and exit quiz for changing consonant-y nouns to plurals ending -ies.