Year 2 Spelling Patterns - Word Sorting Grammar Game

This pack contains a variety of Key Stage 1 spellings split into different spelling patterns. Children can be given sets of word cards and asked to discuss the common spelling patterns, before sorting the cards into groups. It’s a hands-on way to revise and improve pupils’ understanding of key spellings.

The spelling patterns covered in the Year 2 spelling test are:

• ge and dge sound
• s sound spelt c before e, i and y
• n sound spelt kn or gn at the beginning of words
• r sound spelt wr
• l or el sound at the end of a word spelt -le
• l or el sound spelt el at the end of words
• The l or el sound spelt al at the end of words
• Words ending -il
• ai sound spelt y at the end of words
• Add -es to nouns and verbs ending in -y
• adding -ed, -ing, -er and -est to a root word ending in -y with a consonant before it
• Adding the endings – ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words ending in –e with a consonant before it
• Adding –ing, –ed, –er, –est and –y to words of one syllable ending in a single consonant letter after a single vowel letter
• The /ɔ:/ sound spelt a before l and ll
• The u sound spelt o
• The long e sound spelt –ey
• The /ɒ/ sound spelt a after w and qu
• The ur sound spelt or after w
• The /ɔ:/ sound spelt ar after w
• The zh sound spelt s
• The suffixes –ment, –ness, –ful , –less and –ly
• Contractions
• The possessive apostrophe (singular nouns)
• Words ending in –tion
• Homophones and near-homophones