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List 1: ai and ay 10

  • away One word, not a way. The first a is said quickly, like uh.
  • gray ay at the end. Grey, with ey, is the standard spelling in Commonwealth countries.
  • mail ai for mail in the mailbox. Male, with a and silent e, means a boy or a man.
  • paint ai, then nt. The n is the letter left out: pait.
  • play ay at the end of the word, as in stay and away. Not plai.
  • rain ai in the middle. Without the i it is ran.
  • snail sn, then ail as in mail and tail.
  • stay st, then ay. It keeps the y in stayed and staying.
  • tail ai for the tail on a dog. A tale, with a and silent e, is a story.
  • train tr, then ain as in rain. Tr can sound like chr, so watch for chrain.
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List 2: ee and ea 10

  • beach ea for the sandy beach. A beech, with ee, is a tree.
  • dream dr, then eam as in team. Dr can sound like jr, so watch for jream.
  • eat ea at the start. The usual slip is eet.
  • feet Double e. A feat, with ea, is a brave or clever act.
  • green gr, then double e. Not grean.
  • read ea. The same spelling says red once it has happened: I read it last night.
  • sleep Double e in the middle. Said fast, slip and sleep are easy to swap.
  • team ea in the middle. Meat, seat and team take ea. Meet and feet take ee.
  • three th, then r, then double e. The r is the letter that goes missing.
  • tree Double e at the end. Tr can sound like chr, so watch for chree.

List 3: oa and ow 10

  • boat oa in the middle of the word. At the end the same sound is ow, as in snow.
  • coat oa. Without the a it is cot, a small bed.
  • grow ow at the end. The usual slip is gro.
  • low ow saying long o. With only three letters, lo looks finished but is not.
  • road oa for the road you drive on. Rode, with o and silent e, is the past of ride.
  • show sh, then ow as in snow and grow.
  • snow ow at the end, saying long o. The same two letters say ow in now.
  • soap oa, then p. Soup, with ou, is the one you eat.
  • toast oa, then st. Both end letters are needed: toas is a common slip.
  • yellow Double l in the middle and ow at the end: yel, low.

List 4: igh and y 10

  • bright br, then ight as in night, light and right.
  • cry cr, then y. The y turns to i in cried and cries, and stays in crying.
  • dry dr, then y. Dr can sound like jr, so watch for jry.
  • fly y says long i at the end of this short word. Not fli.
  • high igh with no t after it. Hi, with two letters, is a greeting.
  • light igh in the middle. Children who spell by sound write lite.
  • night igh: the g and h are silent. A knight, with k, wears armor.
  • right igh for right and wrong. Write, with wr, is what a pencil does.
  • sky sk, then y saying long i. Spelled with k, not c.
  • why wh, as in when and what, then y. The h is the letter left out: wy.

List 5: oo, ew and ue 10

  • blue ue for the color. Blew, with ew, is what the wind did.
  • few ew says the name of the letter u here, which is why fu turns up.
  • food Double o saying oo as in moon. In foot the same letters are short.
  • glue ue at the end, as in blue. Not glew or gloo.
  • grew gr, then ew. It is the past of grow: the o changes to e.
  • moon Double o. The same sound is spelled ew in new and ue in blue.
  • new ew for something not old. Knew, with a silent k, is the past of know.
  • room Double o, then m. Bedroom and classroom keep the same spelling.
  • soon Double o, as in moon. Not sune.
  • zoo z, then double o. Children write zu or zew.

List 6: oo as in book 10

  • book Double o with a short sound, then k alone: not ck.
  • cook c at the start and k at the end. Not kook.
  • foot Double o, short as in book. The plural is feet, not foots.
  • good Double o, short. Not gud.
  • hook Double o, then k alone, as in book, look and took.
  • look Double o, then k. Luck, with u and ck, is a different word.
  • shook sh, then ook. It is the past of shake.
  • stood st, then ood as in good and wood. It is the past of stand.
  • took Double o, then k. It is the past of take.
  • wood Double o for wood from a tree. Would, with oul, is the helping verb.

List 7: ou and ow 10

  • brown br, then own. The same ow as in town.
  • cloud cl, then oud as in loud.
  • cow ow at the end. The same letters say long o in snow.
  • house ou, then se. The e at the end is silent and easy to drop: hous.
  • loud ou in the middle. Not lowd.
  • mouse The same ending as house: ou, s, silent e.
  • now ow at the end. Put a k in front and it is know, which sounds like no.
  • out ou, then t. Not owt.
  • round ou, then nd. The n is the letter left out: roud.
  • town ow before n, as in brown. Not toun.

List 8: oi and oy 10

  • boil oi, then l. It can sound like two beats, boy-ul, but it has no y.
  • boy oy at the end of the word.
  • coin oi in the middle. Not coyn.
  • enjoy en, then joy. It starts with e, not i: injoy is the slip.
  • join j, then oin as in coin.
  • joy j, then oy. The same ending as boy and toy.
  • noise oi, then se with a silent e. Not noyz.
  • oil oi at the start of the word. In boy and toy the same sound comes last and is spelled oy.
  • point oi, then nt. The n is the letter left out: poit.
  • toy oy at the end. The plural only adds s: toys.

List 9: ar 10

  • car ar sounds like the name of the letter r, so children write cr.
  • dark ar, then k alone. The a and r get swapped: drak.
  • farm ar in the middle. Form, with or, is a different word.
  • hard ar, then d. Not hrad.
  • park ar, then k alone: not ck after r.
  • party par, then ty. The y at the end says long e: not partee.
  • shark sh, then ark as in park and dark.
  • star st, then ar. Not str.
  • start Star with a t added: st, ar, t.
  • yard y, then ard as in hard.

List 10: or and ore 10

  • before be, then fore. It ends in ore: befor is the slip.
  • corn or in the middle. Not coren.
  • fork or, then k alone.
  • horn h, then orn as in corn.
  • more ore at the end, with a silent e. Not mor.
  • score sc, then ore. Spelled with c, not k.
  • short sh, then ort. Listen for the r, or it comes out as shot.
  • sport sp, then ort as in short. Without the r it is spot.
  • store st, then ore as in more. The silent e is the letter left off.
  • storm st, then or, then m.

List 11: er, ir and ur 10

  • bird ir in the middle. Not berd or burd.
  • fern er in the middle, as in her.
  • first ir, then st. Not frist.
  • girl ir, then l. The i and r get swapped: gril.
  • her er. The spellings er, ir and ur sound the same, so each word is learned by sight.
  • hurt ur, then t. Not hert.
  • shirt sh, then irt. Short, with or, is a different word.
  • sister sis, then ter. The ending is er, as in winter.
  • turn ur in the middle, as in hurt.
  • winter win, then ter. The ending is er, not ur.

List 12: air, are and ear 10

  • bear ear for the animal. Bare, with are, means with nothing on it.
  • care are, with a silent e. Not cair.
  • chair ch, then air. Not chare.
  • hair air for the hair on your head. A hare, with are, looks like a rabbit.
  • pair air for a pair of socks. The fruit is a pear.
  • pear ear for the fruit. A pair, with air, is two of something.
  • scare sc, then are. Spelled with c: not skare.
  • share sh, then are as in care.
  • stairs st, then airs. Stares, with are, means looks hard at something.
  • wear ear for wearing clothes. Where, with wh, asks about a place.

List 13: silent k, w and b 10

  • climb The i is long and the b after m is silent: cli, m, b.
  • knee Silent k before n, and double e at the end.
  • knife Silent k, then i with a silent e. The plural is knives.
  • knock Silent k at the start and ck at the end.
  • knot Silent k for a knot in a rope. Not, without the k, means no.
  • know Silent k, and ow saying long o. No, with two letters, is the opposite of yes.
  • lamb Silent b after m, as in climb. The b is the letter left off.
  • wrap Silent w. Rap, without it, is a quick knock.
  • write Silent w before r. Right, with igh, is the opposite of wrong.
  • wrong Silent w, then rong. It ends in ng.

List 14: tch and dge 10

  • badge b, then adge. The ending sounds like j and is spelled dge.
  • bridge br, then idge. The ending sounds like j and is spelled dge.
  • catch tch after the short a. The t is not heard and gets left out: cach.
  • edge dge after the short e. The d is not heard: not ege.
  • itch Short i, then tch. Only four letters.
  • judge The j sound comes twice: j at the start, dge at the end.
  • kitchen kit, then chen: the tch sits in the middle. It ends in en, not in.
  • match m, then atch as in catch.
  • stretch str, then etch. Seven letters for one beat.
  • watch tch at the end. The a sounds like a short o, so woch turns up.

List 15: soft c and soft g 10

  • age g before e says j. Not aje.
  • cage Hard c at the start, soft g at the end.
  • city c before i says s. Not sity. The y at the end says long e.
  • face a with a silent e, and c saying s. Not fase.
  • giant g before i says j here. Two vowel sounds in a row: gi, ant.
  • ice c before e says s. Not ise.
  • nice n, then ice. The c says s because an e follows it.
  • page p, then age. The g says j because an e follows it.
  • pencil pen, then cil. The s sound is a c, and an i follows it.
  • race r, then ace as in face.

List 16: learn by heart 10

  • again a, then gain. The ai often says short e, so agen turns up.
  • because be, then cause: au in the middle and a silent e. Not becuz.
  • could oul says the oo of good, and the l is silent. Could, would and should match.
  • friend i before e: fri, end. The word end is at the end.
  • once It starts with o, though it sounds like w. Spell it like one: on, then ce.
  • people eo says long e, so the o gets left out. It ends in le, not el.
  • should sh, then ould as in could and would.
  • their the, then ir. It means belonging to them. There is a place.
  • very One r, then y saying long e. Not verry.
  • would oul with a silent l. Wood, with oo, comes from a tree.

List 17: drop e or double 10

  • baked Bake plus d. The ed says t here.
  • clapped Clap doubles its p before ed. The ed says t.
  • hoping Hope drops its e before ing. One p: with two it is hopping.
  • hopping Hop doubles its p before ing, which keeps the o short.
  • making Make drops its e before ing. Not makeing.
  • riding Ride drops its e before ing. One d.
  • running Run doubles its n before ing. Not runing.
  • smiled Smile already ends in e, so only d is added. Not smileed.
  • stopped Stop doubles its p before ed. The ed says t.
  • swimming Swim doubles its m before ing.

List 18: plurals with es 10

  • beaches ea as in eat, then ch, then es.
  • boxes es after x. The extra beat you hear is the e.
  • brushes br, ush, es. Add es after sh.
  • buses es after s, with one s in the middle: bus, es.
  • bushes es after sh: bush, es. The u is the short one in push.
  • classes Class ends in double s, then es: three s's in all.
  • dishes es after sh: dish, es.
  • dresses Dress ends in double s, then es: three s's in all.
  • foxes es after x: fox, es.
  • inches es after ch: inch, es.

List 19: contractions 10

  • can't Cannot. The apostrophe stands for the n and o that were dropped.
  • didn't Did not. The apostrophe stands where the o was: not did'nt.
  • don't Do not. The apostrophe goes between n and t, where the o was.
  • he's He is. The apostrophe stands where the i was.
  • I'll I will. The apostrophe stands for wi. Without it the word is ill.
  • I'm I am. Capital I, and the apostrophe stands where the a was.
  • isn't Is not. The apostrophe stands where the o was: not is'nt.
  • it's It is. Its, with no apostrophe, means belonging to it.
  • she's She is. The apostrophe stands where the i was.
  • won't Will not. The spelling changes to wo, and the apostrophe goes before t.

List 20: days of the week 10

  • Friday Capital F. The long i is an i alone: not Fryday.
  • Monday Capital M. The o sounds like a short u: not Munday.
  • Saturday Capital S. ur in the middle: Sat, ur, day. Not Saterday.
  • Sunday Capital S. Sun plus day: u, not o.
  • Thursday Capital T. ur, not er or ir: Thurs, day.
  • today One word: to plus day. The o is said quickly, like uh.
  • tomorrow One m and two r's: to, mor, row.
  • Tuesday Capital T. ue after the T: not Toosday or Teusday.
  • Wednesday Capital W. Say Wed, nes, day while writing, because the first d is silent.
  • yesterday yes, ter, day. The middle is er.

How this list was compiled: Words chosen and hints written by the Homeroom Tools editor. The grade is our suggestion: the United States has no national curriculum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_curriculum, read 2026-09-20), so no national list sets a grade's spelling words there. England does set statutory word lists, for years 3 to 6 of school (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5a7ccc06ed915d63cc65ce61/English_Appendix_1_-_Spelling.pdf, read 2026-09-20); this list does not follow them. Spellings are American, and every word has an entry page at https://en.wiktionary.org/ (all 200 checked on 2026-09-20). Read there on 2026-09-19, at /wiki/ plus the word: grey as the Commonwealth standard spelling of gray, won't (will not), can't (cannot), the usual pronunciation of Wednesday with no d before the n, and again with a short e. The silent k in kn, the silent w before r, the silent b after m, soft c and soft g before e and i, tch, dge, the w sound at the start of once, and a doubled consonant showing a short vowel were read at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_orthography on 2026-09-19. Licence: own work

How it works

These 2nd grade spelling worksheets hold 200 words in 20 lists, one spelling pattern to a list: vowel teams such as ai, oa and igh, r sounds, silent k and w, es plurals, contractions and the days of the week.

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How the second grade spelling worksheets print

The page opens on List 1 (rain, mail, tail and 7 more) as an unscramble sheet at Small (10 mm) with the Name and Date line off: 10 words on 1 page of Letter or A4. Under More options, What goes on the sheet swaps Unscramble for Missing letters, Word shapes, ABC order, tracing, a sentence or Sort by list.

Spelling worksheets for grade 2 from your own list

Type up to 20 words of up to 16 characters in the box and they replace ours. The grade is our suggestion: the United States has no national curriculum, so no national list sets a grade's words. Under the tool every word has a hint for the adult: in paint the n gets left out, so watch for pait.

  • Unscramble prints Monday and I'm in small letters with a loose apostrophe. For Lists 19 and 20 choose Missing letters.
  • Share link puts your typed words into the link itself, so keep student names out of it.
  • Gray is American and grey the Commonwealth spelling. For grey, type List 1 in the box yourself.

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Where can I get a grade 2 spelling words pdf?

Press Print worksheet and choose Save as PDF in the print window. One file holds the one list on screen: 10 of the 200 words, on 1 page. To read all 200 before you choose, scroll to the 20 lists under the tool.

How many pages does a 10-word list take?

As the page opens, 1 in every layout. With the Name and Date line on, Unscramble, ABC order and Missing letters take 2 pages of Letter and 1 of A4. At Medium (14 mm) expect 2 pages of Letter for everything but Sort by list.

Is there an answer key?

Yes. Under More options, turn on Add an answer key as the last page and 1 more page prints with every scramble solved. At Medium on Letter the key takes 2 pages. Trace and write and Write a sentence print no key.

Why does hopping have two p's and hoping one?

Hop doubles its p before ing, which keeps the o short. Hope drops its e and keeps one p, so the o stays long. List 17 practices both: running, stopped, clapped and swimming double a letter, and making, riding, smiled and baked drop an e.

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