Grade 2 English language arts

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IXL offers more than 100 grade 2 English language arts skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Hover your mouse over any skill name to preview it, then click to practice!

Rhyming

Consonant blends and digraphs

Short vowels

C.1
Complete the word with the correct short vowel
C.2
Spell the short a word
C.3
Spell the short e word
C.4
Spell the short i word
C.5
Spell the short o word
C.6
Spell the short u word

Short and long vowels

Long vowels

R-controlled vowels

Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow

Variant vowels

Soft g and c

Syllables

Sight words

Sentence structure

Nouns

M.1
Select the nouns
M.2
Which word is a noun?
M.3
Identify nouns
M.4
Sort common and proper nouns
M.5
Identify common and proper nouns
M.6
Form regular plurals with -s and -es
M.7
Use regular plurals with -s and -es
M.8
Use singular and plural nouns
M.9
Is the noun singular or plural?
M.10
Form and use irregular plurals
M.11
Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
M.12
Form the singular or plural possessive
M.13
Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns

Pronouns

Verbs

O.1
Use action verbs
O.2
Identify action verbs
O.3
Identify helping verbs
O.4
One or more than one?
O.5
Use the correct subject or verb
O.6
Pronoun-verb agreement
O.7
Which sentence is in the regular past tense?
O.8
Identify verbs in the regular past tense
O.9
Form and use the regular past tense
O.10
Change the sentence to future tense
O.11
Identify the irregular past tense I
O.12
Identify the irregular past tense II
O.13
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 1
O.14
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 2
O.15
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 3
O.16
Form and use the irregular past tense: set 4
O.17
Complete the word with the ending that you hear
O.18
Match the -ed and -ing sentences to the pictures
O.19
To be: use the correct present tense form
O.20
To be: use the correct past tense form
O.21
To be: use the correct form
O.22
To have: use the correct form
O.23
Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline
O.24
Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense?

Articles

P.1
Use the correct article: a or an
P.2
Identify articles

Adjectives and adverbs

Prepositions

Transitions and sequence

Contractions

Punctuation and capitalization

Reference skills

Word meanings

W.1
Use context to identify the meaning of a word
W.2
Choose the synonym
W.3
Which sentence has the same meaning?
W.4
Find synonyms in context
W.5
Choose the antonym
W.6
Which sentence uses an antonym?
W.7
Find antonyms in context
W.8
Sort words into categories
W.9
Find the words with related meanings
W.10
Which word is not like the others?
W.11
Describe the difference between related words
W.12
Order related words based on meaning
W.13
Form compound words
W.14
Form and use compound words
W.15
Multiple-meaning words with pictures
W.16
Homophones with pictures
W.17
Identify homophones
W.18
Use the correct homophone
W.19
Identify base words, prefixes and suffixes
W.20
Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re- or mis-
W.21
Use the prefixes pre-, re- and mis-
W.22
Determine the meaning of a word with -ful or -less
W.23
Prefixes and suffixes: review