Grade 2 English Language | Spelling Patterns When Writing Words

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English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Language - Spelling Patterns (Questions)

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Phonic rules help students spell words. When the students learn these phonic rules, they will realize that these rules establish spelling patterns. Then the students can spell difficult words based on these spelling patterns. For example, "ea" is pronounced with a long "e" sound. In this quiz, the students will look at a picture and determine the correct spelling of what is in the picture.

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Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	swet
[ ]	sweat
[ ]	swate
[ ]	swete

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	jerm
[ ]	jirm
[ ]	germ
[ ]	girm

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	dru
[ ]	droo
[ ]	drue
[ ]	drew

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	bunp
[ ]	bump
[ ]	bupp
[ ]	bum

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	pach
[ ]	patch
[ ]	patsh
[ ]	pasch

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	bushs
[ ]	bushess
[ ]	bushes
[ ]	bushe

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	cough
[ ]	coff
[ ]	caff
[ ]	colf

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	banc
[ ]	bak
[ ]	bance
[ ]	bank

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	tooth
[ ]	toth
[ ]	tothe
[ ]	toothe

10.

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of this season?

[ ]	sprig
[ ]	spring
[ ]	springe
[ ]	sprinng

English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 2 Language - Spelling Patterns (Answers)

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	swet
[x]	sweat
[ ]	swate
[ ]	swete

Sweat follows the short "ea" pattern.

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	jerm
[ ]	jirm
[x]	germ
[ ]	girm

This is a germ and it uses the r-controlled "e" pattern.

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	dru
[ ]	droo
[ ]	drue
[x]	drew

This word contains the "ew" pattern.

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	bunp
[x]	bump
[ ]	bupp
[ ]	bum

The picture is of bumps in the road. The words contains the final blend of "mp" pattern.

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	pach
[x]	patch
[ ]	patsh
[ ]	pasch

This word uses the final digraph of "ch."

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	bushs
[ ]	bushess
[x]	bushes
[ ]	bushe

This word uses the pattern of "es" to make it plural.

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[x]	cough
[ ]	coff
[ ]	caff
[ ]	colf

The "gh" makes the "f" sound in some words.

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[ ]	banc
[ ]	bak
[ ]	bance
[x]	bank

Bank contains the final digraph "nk."

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of it?

[x]	tooth
[ ]	toth
[ ]	tothe
[ ]	toothe

Tooth contains the final digraph of "th."

10.

Look at the picture. What is the picture? What is the correct spelling of this season?

[ ]	sprig
[x]	spring
[ ]	springe
[ ]	sprinng

Spring uses an "ing" pattern.