Grade Two English HomeFun

TENDER CARE – PHARO SCHOOL NAIROBI.
APRIL HOLIDAY HOME FUN 2024.

English Language Activities - Grade Two.
Assessed areas: Reading, Grammar and Writing.
Name: __________________________________________
Gender: BOY GIRL
Grade: ____________________________
Activity 1.
Date: ___________________________________________________________
Read these words aloud.

1. bell 6. driver
2. paper 7. pilot
3. sweep 8. midnight
4. farm 9. noon
5. wash 10. spend
Read the sentences.
1. The children are taking their lunch.
2. My mother is washing clothes outside.
3. I fetch water after school.
4. She is watering the flower bed.
5. We will travel by a plane.
Read the paragraph below aloud (5 marks)
A farm is where crops are planted and animals kept.
In a farm we find a farmer. My father is a farmer.
He has a very big farm. He plants tomatoes, onions,
maize and beans. He also keep dairy cows and hens.
After school I help my father in the farm. I love
working in the farm.
Total score: _______________ Out of: _______________

Activity 2.
Date: ________________________________________________________
Read the story and answer the questions that follow.
Rose and Her Classmates
Rose was in the classroom. She sat near the window. She was feeling
sick. Her classmates were out in the field. They were playing a game.
Grade two team was in black. Grade three team was in blue. Each team
was making little animals from clay. Other pupils were clapping for the
teams. This made rose go to the field. She clapped for the Grade two
team. She felt much better.
Questions
a) Where was Rose sitting?
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b) Why was Rose not in the field?
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c) What can make you feel better when you are sick?
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Lemai Goes Shopping.

Lemai and his mother went to the shop. They spent some
time shopping. They saw many things. “Can I pick two toy
Lorries?” asked Lemai. Mother took some money from her
bag. She had less money to buy two toy lorries. “That will
be very expensive. We can only buy one,” said his mother.
Lemai agreed to buy one toy lorry. “Thank you, mother,
“Lemai said. Mother bought a pair of slippers. She paid
the shopkeeper. Then mother and Lemai walked slowly
back home.
Questions.
a) Where did Lemai and his mother go?
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b) What did Lemai buy from the shop?
_____________________________________________
c) What other things can Lemai and his mother buy from the shop?
________________________________________________
Rearrange the following letters to make words from the story.
d) eerpkspohe - ____________________
e) yub - _________________________
f) nepexveis - _____________________
Read the stories and then answer the questions after each story.
The Bicycle Race.
Princess has a bicycle. Her friend Kamau has a
bicycle too. They are riding on the road. Princess
wants to win the race. Who will win the race,
Princess or Kamau? Kamau’s bicycle is old. He is
riding slowly.
Princess is happy. She is leading. Suddenly, a dog
crosses the road in front of her. She falls on the
ground. She hurts her hand. She cries in pain.
Kamau helps her to get up. She will get first aid.
Nobody has won the race.
Answer the questions below.

a) What were Princess and Kamau doing? __________________
b) Whose bicycle was old? _____________________________
c) When should you give first aid?
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Activity 3.
Date: ________________________________________________________
Make words starting with the sounds below.
a) c) fl -
dr -
b) cl - d) tr -
Choose the correct word from the box to fill in the blank spaces.
fetch help happy was were
Martha __________ washing utensils. Her younger brother came to
_________ her. When they __________ done, they went to ______
firewood for their grandmother. Their grandmother was very ______ with
them.
Fill in the blank spaces using was or were.

a) I ________ cleaning the chairs.
b) My brother and I ___________ fetching water.
c) She ___________ dancing well.
d) They _________ caring for the body.
e) We _________ helping him.
Use the correct word from the box in the place of the underlined word.
them us him her
a) We saw Hellen when we were going to the bus stop. _______
b) The man helped Sarah and me to cross the road. _________
c) The police asked the man to stop until the road was clear. _____
d) We joined Allan and Edwin to the church. ________

Activity 4.
Date: ________________________________________________________
Change the following words by adding –ing.
a) Play - __________ d) Carry - _____________
b) Hear - _________ e) Harvest - ___________
c) Dig - __________
Fill in the blank spaces with who, where or what.
a) ___________ has my phone?
b) __________ did you buy the phone?
c) __________ happened to father’s phone?
Arrange the letters well to form a word.
a) bkucet - _____________
b) roflwe - ____________
Dictation.
Listen carefully to the words read by the teacher and write them
down.
1. ________________
2. ________________
3. ________________
4. ________________
5. ________________

Activity 5.
Date: ________________________________________________________
Guided writing. (10marks)
Write a composition about yourself.
MYSELF
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TENDER CARE – PHARO SCHOOL NAIROBI.

APRIL HOLIDAY HOME FUN 2024.

Gender: BOY GIRL

Read these words aloud.

Total score: _______________ Out of: _______________

Read the story and answer the questions that follow.

Rose and Her Classmates

Lemai Goes Shopping.

Answer the questions below.

Total score: _______________ Out of: _______________

_________ her. When they __________ done, they went to ______

Fill in the blank spaces using was or were.

them us him her

a) We saw Hellen when we were going to the bus stop. _______

b) The man helped Sarah and me to cross the road. _________

d) We joined Allan and Edwin to the church. ________

Total score: _______________ Out of: _______________

b) Hear - _________ e) Harvest - ___________

Fill in the blank spaces with who, where or what.

a) ___________ has my phone?

b) __________ did you buy the phone?

c) __________ happened to father’s phone?

Arrange the letters well to form a word.

Total score: _______________ Out of: _______________

Total score: _______________ Out of: _______________

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