Year 2 Word puzzles worksheets
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Homophones wordsearch
Can you find these homophone pairs hidden in the wordsearch below?
Mini word Sudoku 4 x 4
Put the letters from the word EASY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
Spelling patterns: silent letters w and k
A Year 2 English wordsearch created by a teacher, which focuses on the silent letters w and k. Examples and answers are included.
Decoding puzzle: words containing ‘o’ sounding like /u/
This list of words include an ‘o’, pronounced as the short vowel sound /u/. Look at the clues on the right and enter the words into the boxes on the left. Use the code numbers above each letter to work out the mystery word at the bottom of the sheet.
Spelling patterns: silent letters w and k
A Year 2 English wordsearch created by a teacher, which focuses on the silent letters w and k. Examples and answers are included.
Spot apostrophe mistakes
Ten words in this short story use apostrophes incorrectly. Identify them then find the words in the wordsearch.
Square words wordsearch
Can you find all these Goldilocks-themed words in the wordsearch?
Mini word Sudoku 4 x 4
Put the letters from the word EASY in the squares so that each column, row, and mini-grid contains all the letters that make up the word.
Double letter: opposites
Cross out the letters that are in the grid twice. The letters that are left will spell two words that are opposites.
Rhyming words: creatures word puzzle
Practise your rhyming and spelling skills by thinking of names of animals that rhyme with each of these words. There could be more than one answer... how many can you identify?
Split words: colours
Four names of colours have been split in half. Can you find the matching parts to see what they are?
Missing words: nouns
Spot the nouns then place the missing nouns in the correct place in the story.
Find the rainbow colours
There are seven colours in the rainbow. Can you match the first part of each word to the second part to form the names of the colours, then colour in the rainbow below?
DownWords: find the jobs
Lots of different professions have been hidden in these puzzle grids. Each one starts on the top line and works down in a line to the bottom. The line goes downwards or diagonally. Can you find the job names?
Animal anagrams
The letters in these boxes have been mixed up. Can you unjumble them to find the name of an animal?
Great Grammar Games
From proper nouns to pronouns, statements to subordinate clauses and articles to adverbs, help your child revise grammar the fun way with our Great Grammar Games learning pack. A friendly, grammar- and flamingo-obsessed Grammar Gator offers tips, tricks, exercises and activities to help your child practise all aspects of basic English grammar in play-packed sessions.
Simple suffix wordsearch
Circle the common suffixes (word endings) in these words in RED. Circle the ‘root word’ (the main part of the word) in BLUE. Now can you find the words in the wordsearch?
Homophones wordsearch
Can you find these homophone pairs hidden in the wordsearch below?
Contractions memory game
When we shorten two words into one, the missing letter or letters are replaced by an apostrophe to form the contracted word. Practise matching words with their contracted form with this contractions memory game.
Spelling patterns: the suffix -ful
We use the suffix -ful to make adjectives, but watch out – although the word ‘full’ has been put on the end of ‘hope’, the last l is dropped. Can you complete this table to show how words are changed by adding the suffix-ful? Then find all the words ending -ful above in this wordsearch.
Adding -ves to form the plural
Can you complete this fun mini-crossword with the plurals of these words? Be careful though – you can't just add -s to these words like you normally would to make a word plural.
Even numbers wordsearch
There are lots of even numbers hidden in this wordsearch – can you find them? One number is hidden twice – can you spot it?