English Grammar

This grammar section explains English Grammar in a clear and simple way. There are example sentences to show how the language is used.

How Words Worksheet Exercises for Class 2 Examples with Answers CBSE

Fundamentals

• Words that tells us more about doing words are called How Words.
• It shows how an action is done. Look at the examples given below.

Read the following sentences.

In the above examples

• How Words end in-ly. Look at the examples.
  Slow – slowly, Loud – loudly, Brave – bravely, Sweet – sweetly, Sad – sadly, Quick – quickly,
  Bright – brightly, Kind – kindly, Right – rightly, Bad – badly, Wise- wisely, Happy – happily

Presentation
Read the picture story.
Mohit has participated in writing Olympiad enthusiastically. He practiced for this competition seriously.

He practiced silently. During the competition he wrote slowly and neatly. He used his words artistically.

Humbly and Kindly, Judges announced the result with Mohit as the winner. Well Done!…. Mohit accepted his trophy happily.

A. Answer the following questions from the story above.
1. How did Mohit practice? _____________
2. How did Mohit write? _____________
3. How did Mohit accept the trophy? _____________

B. Describe the way you do things.
1. How do you think? _____________
2. How do you fight? _____________
3. How do you sing? _____________
4. How do you dance? _____________
5. How do you walk? _____________

How Words Worksheet Exercises with Answers PDF CBSE

A. Look at the pictures. Choose the correct ‘How’ Word from the box to fill in the blanks.
neatly, angrily, quickly, sadly, slowly heavily, happily, brightly, loudly, beautifully

1. Laugh ____________
2. Run ____________
3. Shout ____________
4. Sun ____________
5. Walk ____________
6. Cry ____________
7. Smile ____________
8. Write ____________
9. Dance ____________

B. Tick the correct word.
1. She could hard/hardly walk after the accident.
2. I live near/nearly the supermarket.
3. We will go on a vacation short/shortly.
4. She is too short/shortly. She cannot be a model.
5. The quiz is easy/easily.

C. Make how words by adding -ly.
For example:

• Slow – Slowly

1. Careful – _____________
2. Quick – _____________
3. Loud – _____________
4. Terrible – _____________
5. Weak – _____________
6. Happy – _____________

This grammar section explains English Grammar in a clear and simple way. There are example sentences to show how the language is used.

Doing Words Worksheet Exercises for Class 2 Examples with Answers CBSE PDF

• The words which show what someone or something is doing are called action words.
• Action words are also called doing words.
• Examples: eat, sleep, dance, sing, run, fly, clap, touch, walk, play etc. Is, Am, Are are the different ways of saying be.
• ‘Is’ is used with ‘he’, ‘she’ ‘it’, ‘Am’ is used with ‘I’ naming word and ‘Are’ is used with ‘we’, ‘you’, ‘they’. We use ‘Has’ and
• ‘Have’ to show that a thing belongs to someone.
• We use ‘Have’ with ‘T’, ‘we’ and ‘they’. Examples: I have, We have, They have.
• ‘Has’ is used for one.
• Have’ is used for more than one.

A. Fill in the blanks with Is/Am/Are.

1. My father ____________ a taxi driver.
2. She ____________ your music teacher.
3. My grandparents ____________ old.
4.1 ____________ hungry.
5. I and Tarun ____________ sick.
6. We ____________ good friends.
7. It ____________ cool in spring.
8. The apples ____________ red.
9. My school bag ____________ green.
10. Rita ____________ my friend.

B. Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with verbs given in the box.
punch, taste, walk, catch, see, hear, eat, smell

You ____________ with your tongue. You ____________ with your fist.

You ____________ with your hands. You ____________ with your nose.

You ____________ with your ears. You ____________ with your legs.

You ____________ with your eyes. You ____________ with your mouth.

C. Fill in the blanks with ‘has’ or ‘have’.

1. Sharks ____________ sharp teeth.
2. Insects ____________ six legs.
3. The parrot ____________ wings.
4. Birds ____________ feathers.

D. Tick the correct circle in each sentence.

1. AWhaleis ( ) A Whale are – a very big animal.
2. Your nails is ( ) Your nails are – too long.
3. The girls is ( ) The girls are – playing.
4. An apple is ( ) An apple are – good to eat.
5. Laxmi is ( ) Laxmi are – a tall girl.
6. Mita and Rita is ( ) Mita and Rita are – good friends.

Is Am Are Ing Worksheets for Grade 2 CBSE PDF

Fundamentals

• To talk about actions in the present, or things that are still going on presently, we use a doing word +ing.
• ‘Is’, ‘Am’, ‘are’ are used as helping words.

Presentation
Read the picture story.
Nancy is visiting her grandparents. At this moment, she is sitting on her grandfather’s knee. She is listening to a story. She loves her grandfather’s stone.

Mr. Gopal is Nancy’s grandfather. He ¡s holding her hands. They are sitting in the living room. Right now, he ¡s telling her a story. They enjoy each other’s company.

Mrs. Gopal is Nancy’s grandmother. She is standing in the kitchen and baking cookies for Nancy and her grandfather. She ¡s also listening to the story.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Who is Nancy visiting today? _____________
2. Where are Mr. Gopal and his granddaughter sitting? _____________
3. What is Mrs. Gopal doing? _____________

B. Fill in each blank with the doing word +ing from the story above.

Visit _____________
Hold _____________
Listen _____________
Live _____________
Tell _____________
Stand _____________
Sit _____________
Bake _____________

Doing Words Worksheets for Grade 2 with Answers CBSE PDF

A. Add ‘ing’ to the following doing words.

Come _____________
Run _____________
Ask _____________
Sleep _____________
Catch _____________
Fall _____________
Write _____________
Jump _____________
Drop _____________
Bring _____________
Climb _____________

B. Fill in the blanks with the correct doing word and helping word.

1. They _____________ the roller-coaster ride. (enjoy)
2. Jiya _____________ her hair. (wash)
3. It _____________ dark. (get)
4. The dentist _____________ Suman’s teeth. (examine)
5. The train _____________ through the tunnel. (pass)

C. Match the pictures with the correct actions and tick the right box.

1. Friends are hugging. [ ]
Nancy is hanging posters. [ ]
The clown is performing. [ ]

2. Lata is walking to school. [ ]
Payal is blowing a bubble. [ ]
A dog is hopping. [ ]

3. Rita ¡s standing in a queue. [ ]
Meena is listening to music. [ ]
The ball is hitting his head. [ ]

4. The ducks are quacking.
Rahul is collecting the leaves.
Bella is baking a yummy cake.

5. Han is tying his shoelaces. [ ]
Reena is painting a picture. [ ]
Rahul is kissing her mother. [ ]

6. Raju is shutting the door. [ ]
Sohan is rushing to work. [ ]
Mita is working hard. [ ]

More About the Doing Words for Class 2 CBSE PDF

Fundamentals

• Doing words also talk about something that happened in the past.
• Here doing words end with -ed or -d.
• Walk- walked, Sail- sailed, Dance- danced, Chase- chased.
• Sometimes we change the spelling of the doing word.
• Sing-Sang, Fly-Flew, Sit-Sat, Write-Wrote
• Sometimes we change the doing word completely.
• Go-Went, Tell-Told, Teach-Taught, Buy-Bought, Eat-Ate, Do-Did Sometimes we do not change the doing word.
• Burst-Burst, Cut-Cut, Hit-Hit

Presentation
Read the picture story.
Last week, Bunny baked a cake for Lilly’s birthday party. Lilly wanted a strawberry cake with pink frosting.

First, Bunny mixed the ingredients in a big bowl and baked the cake for 20 minutes. He prepared the pink frosting. Lastly, he wrote Lilly’s name on top with white frosting. Last he put seven candles on the cake.

On Sunday, Bunny surprised Lilly with the strawberry cake. Lilly loved her cake! Lilly got many gifts on her birthday. But Lilly said that the cake was the best gift of them all!

A. Answer the following questions from the story above.

1. What did Bunny do for Lilly’s birthday party?
2. What did Bunny prepare?
3. What did Lilly like best among her birthday gifts?

B. Add -ed to the following doing words.

Bake _____________
Prepare _____________
Love _____________
Want _____________
Mix _____________
Surprise _____________

Doing Words Worksheet Exercises with Answers for Class 2 CBSE PDF

A. Complete each sentence by adding -ed to the doing words given in the brackets.

1. My dad (craft) _____________ a boat.
2. He (mow) _____________ the grass.
3. I (watch) _____________ television in the morning.
4. Sameer (pick) _____________ up the journal today.
5. We (serve) _____________ lunch at 12.30.
6. Grandma (bake) _____________ the best cookies.
7. He (paint) _____________ the house.
8. Sarika (cook) _____________ the breakfast.
9. Pawan (play) _____________ the piano at the concert.
10. I _____________ (open) my book yesterday.

B. Circle the doing word with -ed in the following passage.

I lived in a tent. I washed and bathed in a stream. I cooked my own food. I watched cute little rabbits playing near my tent. I walked through the forest. I climbed up to the top of a hill. There I collected some rare flowers. I dried them and pasted them in my flower book. I enjoyed a lot.

C. Change all the doing words to show that the things happened in the past. Rewrite the sentences in the blanks.

1. She wants to wear a new frock. _____________
2. Anju sings beautifully. _____________
3. They try to break into the house. _____________
4. We write in our notebooks. _____________
5. I go to the playground. _____________
6. We play hide and seek. _____________
7. He seems to be angry. _____________
8. You know the truth. _____________
9. Sanjay shouts for help. _____________
10. It starts raining heavily. _____________

Was Were Worksheets for Class 2 CBSE PDF

Fundamentals

• The verbs was and were are also forms of the verb be.
• We use was and were to show that the events/actions happened in the past.
• We use Was with he, she and it.
• We use Were with we, you, and they.
• Past here stands for yesterday, last night, last week, last month, last year.

Presentation
Read the picture story.

A. Answer the following questions from the story given above.

1. What did the children do in the snowfall? _____________
2. What did the people wear in Manali? _____________
3. Was the hotel room cold or warm? _____________

B. Fill in the blanks with ‘was’ or ‘were’.
a holiday yesterday. The school _____________ closed and the shops closed. We _____________ at home. It _____________ fun.

Was Were Worksheets With Answers for Class 2 CBSE PDF

A. Fill in the blanks with ‘was’ or ‘were’.

1. We _____________ the champions last year.
2. Where is Jatin? He _____________ here just now.
3. Mom and dad _____________ on vacation last week.
4. The weather _____________ fine this morning.
5. There _____________ a lot of people at our party yesterday.
6. There _____________ a small lake here many years ago.
7. He _____________ sick yesterday.
8. Don’t blame him. It _____________ my mistake.

B. Write was or were in the blank spaces in the following passage.

It _____________ a beautiful day and there _____________ not a cloud in the sky. Mom, dad and I _____________ in the garden. Dad _____________ in the vegetable garden planting some seeds and mom and I _____________ busy with other jobs. The sun _____________ hot and soon I _____________ feeling very tired. Mom and dad _____________ not tired at all. They went on working for a long time. I _____________ glad when it _____________ time to go inside and have a drink.

Had Worksheets for Class 2 CBSE PDF

Fundamentals

• Had is also followed by naming words.
• Had is used to show that something belonged to someone or some other thing in the past.
• We use Had to say what we ate or drank.
• We use Had for things that happened to people or affected them in the past.
• We use had when we talking about wishes. I wish I had a new bike.

Presentation
Read the picture story.
Last night, Mona and Sonu danced in a competition. They had practiced for 6 months before they danced in the corn petition. They were very good.

Mona and Sonu’s friends were ¡n the audience. Before that night, they had never seen Mona and Sonu’s dance.

After everyone had danced, the judges announced the winners. Mona and Sonu won! They were the best dancers ¡n the competition. Mona was glad they had practiced a lot.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. What did Mona and Sonu do in the competition?
_______________________________________

2. Who were present in the audience?
_______________________________________

3. What did the judges announce at the end of the competition?
_______________________________________

Had Worksheets With Answers for Class 2 CBSE PDF

A. Use – ed and had to complete the following sentences.

1. When their mother _____________ (come) home last night, the children _____________ (eat) their dinner.
2. Yesterday I _____________ (see) a woman who _____________ (be) at school with my grandfather. Isn’t it strange?
3. It started to rain and I _____________ (remember) that I _____________ (forget) to close my bedroom window.
4. I _____________ (find) a book that I never _____________ (read).

B. Fill in the blanks using ‘Had’ and ‘-ed’ at the end of the doing verbs.

1. When I arrived at the cinema, the film _____________ (start).
2. She _____________ (live) in China before she went to Thailand.
3. After they _____________ (eat) the shellfish, they began to feel sick.
4. If you _____________ (listen) to me, you would have got the job.
5. After we _____________ (finish) dinner, we went out.

This grammar section explains English Grammar in a clear and simple way. There are example sentences to show how the language is used.

Describing Words Worksheet Exercises for Class 2 Examples with Answers CBSE PDF

• Describing words tell us more about naming words.
• They give more information about people, places or things.
• They tell us how hesheit looks, feels, sounds, smells or tastes.
• Describing words have their opposites. Examples: Black-White, Tall-Short, Thick-Thin.

A. Circle the describing words in each sentence.
1. The brave fireman rescued the cat from the tree.
2. My friends and I are going to watch a scary movie.
3. My friend likes to read funny books about fairies.
4. Our teacher is very intelligent.
5. My purple sock has a hole in it.
6. Does loud music hurt your ears?

B. Circle the describing word and underline the names.

C. Write the opposites of the following words.
Wet ____________
Dark ____________
Clean ____________
Hot ____________
Rich ____________

D. Look at the pictures and tick the correct sentences.

Chips taste salty. ( )
Chips taste sweet. ( )

The train is fast. ( )
The train is slow. ( )

Winters are hot. ( )
Winters are cold. ( )

Wood is hard. ( )
Wood is soft. ( )

E. Complete the following sentences with the help of describing words given in the word bank.

1. Ours is a ____________ school.
2. The cow is a ____________ animal.
3. A ____________ man was walking with a stick.
4. The beggar was wearing ____________ clothes.

Comparison Exercise for Class 2 CBSE PDF

Fundamentals

• To compare two people or things we use describing words.
• To compare naming words we often add -r or -er in the end of the describing words.
• Than is the key word for comparing two things or people.

Look at these examples.

For longer words, we use the keyword ‘More’.

Presentation
Read the picture story.

“Do you like this big dinning table?”, asks Han. uYes, this is bigger than the one at our home”, says RitaI

“Do you like the table cloth? asks Han. “Well…I must say it is more beautiful and prettier than the table.” says Rita.

“Shall we buy it? It’s I not expensive. Rather, it is cheaper than the other tables we saw”

A. Answer the following questions.

1. Which word does Hari use to describe the table?
2. Which words does Rita use to describe the table cloth?
3. Is the table expensive?

B. Write the positive forms of words given below. Word- Comparison Word – Comparison

Degrees of Comparison Sentences Exercises with Answers for Class 2 CBSE PDF

A. Circle the correct describing word for each picture.

B. Write the correct describing word to show the comparison. Use the keyword ‘than’ to show comparisons.

1. Ram is ____________ Rita. (tall)

2. A pen is ____________ a sword. (useful)
3. Sarita is ____________ her sister. (young)
4. This dress is ____________ that dress. (beautiful)
5. Mangoes are ____________ apples. (cheap)

6. Iron is ____________ wood. (heavy)
7. Mr. Thakur was ____________ Mr. Paul. (wealthy)

8. A car runs ____________ a bicycle. (fast)

How Many? Exercises with Answers for Class 2 CBSE PDF

Fundamentals

• Some describing words tell how many people, places, animals or things are there.
• They are called describing number words.
• All and few are also describing number words.

Presentation
Read the picture story.
Nine girls of our class’ are selected for Annual Day function.

Three girls aré selected in dance performance. Two girls are selected for solo performance. Four girls are selected

Only a few winning 7 participants will get the prizes. Participation certificates will be given to all the selected girls.

A. Answer the following questions as per the story.

1. How many girls were selected for solo performance?
____________________________________

2. How many girls were selected for dance performance?
____________________________________

3. Which describing word is used to represent the selected girls of the class?
____________________________________

B. Quick Prompts

1. How many months are there in a year? ____________
2. How many days are there in a week? ____________
3. How many players are there in the cricket team? ____________
4. How many colours does a traffic light have? ____________
5. How many colours are there in a rainbow? ____________

C. Underline the describing number words in the following sentences.

1. I have three books.
2. He ate a few bananas.
3. Kishore drank two glasses of milk.
4. A house has four walls.
5. All the students were present.

My Your His Her Our Their Exercises Worksheet with Answers for Class 2 CBSE PDF

• My, our, your, his, her, its, there are also describing words.
• It shows that something belongs to someone or something.
• Look at the following examples.

Presentation
Read the picture story.
We need a great ¡de for the food for the party. “My idea is to serve egg sandwiches” says Rohit. “I like his idea because eggs are pretty easy to cook.” says Varun.

“My idea is to serve cheese burgers”, says Nancy. “Does anyone else have a better idea?” asks Rohit. “Bunny told me about an idea he saysancy.

“Wow Can you shari his idea for the part food?” says Rohit. “Well…he wants potluck party where everyone cooks their favourite food and bring t along with them”, says Nancy.

“Hey, don’t forget Manu and Richa. They have an idea for the party too. Their idea is to serve pizzas”. says Varun.

“I really like pizza. Infact, it’s my favourite food. I like their idea”, says Nancy.

“I think I like Bunny’s idea. His suggestion for potluck party is the est.”_says Rohit.

A. Answer the following questions as per the story.
1. What food does Rohit suggest for the party?
2. Who likes Manu and Richa’s suggestion?
3. Whose suggestion is the best?

B. Write the word used for the following names in the story above.

1. Manu and Richa ____________
2. Pizza ____________
3. Bunny ____________
4. Rohit ____________
5. Varun ____________

C. Fill in the blanks with ‘my’, ‘your’, ‘his’, ‘her’, ‘him’, ‘its’, ‘our’ or ‘their’.

1. You your book
2. Madhu her book
3. You and Madhu ____________ book
4. Your wife ____________ purse
5. The machine ____________ cord
6. Hari, Raju and Reena ____________ father
7. It ____________ tail
8. We ____________ team
9. The boy ____________ test
10. My daughter ____________ shoes
11. Sonu and Rita ____________ answers
12. She ____________ test

This grammar section explains English Grammar in a clear and simple way. There are example sentences to show how the language is used.

Articles Worksheet Exercises for Class 2 Examples with Answers CBSE PDF

• ‘A’ and ‘An’ are used to introduce a naming word.
• We use ‘A’ and ‘An’ to talk about one person, animal or thing.
• We use ‘A’ when the first letter of the naming word is consonant.
• We use ‘An’ when the first letter of the naming word is a vowel.
• The’ is used before special names.

Articles Worksheet for Grade 2 with Answers CBSE PDF

A. Circle the correct article (a/an/the) in each sentence.
1. Jiwan wanted to read (aan) comic book.
2. The class went on (aan) field trip.
3. He likes to read (anthe) stories written by his mother.
4. Lata put (aan) orange in her yogurt.
5. My mom likes making (anthe) cake from scratch.

B. Write the correct article (aanthe) before each naming word.
1. ____________ igloo
2. ____________ bench
3. ____________ banana
4. ____________ tree
5. ____________ inch
6. ____________ owl
7. ____________ tiger
8. ____________ eagle

Articles Paragraph Worksheet for Grade 2 with Answers CBSE PDF

Fundamentals

• We use ‘A’ before u and eu when they sound like ‘you’. Examples: a uniform, a eucalyptus tree etc.
• We use ‘An’ before the silent ‘h’. Examples:- an Honest, an Hour etc.
• The is also used before a naming word that has been already talked about.

Presentation
Read the picture story.

A. Answer the following questions as per the story.
1. Name the fruits that the boy had.
2. Which fruit did Rahul eat?
3. Which fruit did the boy eat?

B. Complete the sentences by writing ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ in the blanks.
1. ____________ tortoise and ____________ hare were neighbours. One day ____________ hare challenged ____________ tortoise to ____________ race. Tortoise won ____________ race.

2. I have ____________ dog and ____________ parrot as pets. – dog is always quiet but ____________ parrot is noisy.

Articles Paragraph Exercises with Answers PDF for Class 2 CBSE

A. Write a few sentences about each picture. Remember ‘a’ and ‘an’ when writing about one naming word and use ‘the’ when you repeat the name. Example

B. Write ‘a’ and ‘an’ before each of these words. Pay attention to the sound and not just the first letter.

1. ____________ European
2. ____________ house
3. ____________ useless dress
4. ____________ umbrella
5. ____________ unicorn
6. ____________ hour and a half
7. ____________ unhappy man
8. ____________ honest boy

This grammar section explains English Grammar in a clear and simple way. There are example sentences to show how the language is used.

Naming Words Worksheet Exercises for Class 2 Examples with Answers CBSE PDF

• Everything around us has a name,
• The words that we use for naming people, places, animals and things are called naming words.
• Names can be common and special.
• Common names name a general person, place or thing of one group or class.
• Special names name a specific person, place, or thing.
• Special names always begin with capital letters.
• A name can be for one or for more than one thing or person.
• We can change one into many by adding the letter ‘s’.
• The naming words that we use for boys are called He names.
• Example Boy, Man, King, Nephew and Uncle.
• The naming words that we use for girls are called She names. Example Girl, Woman, Queen, Niece and Aunt.

Naming Words Worksheet for Class 2 with Answers CBSE PDF

A. Circle the naming words in the sentences given below. Above the name, write P for person, PL for place and T for thing.
a) Anil finished his book project at home.
b) Uncle Sharma lives twelve hours away from Delhi.
c) Grand-mother put the bowl of soup on the table.
d) My brother saw the most incredible animals at the zoo.

B. Read the naming words in the following box and write them under the correct box

C. Write whether the following naming words are common or special.
1. Mohan Sharma ____________________
2. Carpenter ____________________
3. Dog ____________________
4. Raju ____________________
5. Book ____________________
6. Subway Library ____________________
7. Jupiter ____________________
8. Pianet ____________________
9. Restaurant ____________________
10. Burger King ____________________

D. Add V or ‘es’ to these stars to make each word more than one.

E. Tick the correct option.

F. Write 5 He names.
1. ____________________
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
5. ____________________

G. Write 5 She names.
1. ____________________
2. ____________________
3. ____________________
4. ____________________
5. ____________________