SpellingYears 2–3Common Exception Words

Year 2 common exception words

Spell correctly the Y2 statutory common exception words: door, floor, poor, because, find, kind, mind, behind, child, children, wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, hold, told, every, great, break, steak, pretty, beautiful, after, fast, last, past, father, class, grass, pass, plant, path, bath, hour, move, prove, improve, sure, sugar, eye, could, should, would, who, whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money, Mr, Mrs, parents, Christmas

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Some words don't follow the usual spelling rules — we call them tricky words!

  2. 2

    Which of these is the tricky word 'said'?

  3. 3

    Build the word 'said' by dragging the letters into the right order.

  4. 4

    Let's learn 'said' together — say it, then spell it.

  5. 5

    Now build the tricky word 'was'.

  6. 6

    Which one spells 'was' correctly?

  7. 7

    Spell 'said' — which letters are in it?

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