Year 2 · English · Writing
Describing words
Use adjectives and adverbs to add detail and have fun with rhyme and alliteration.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Describing words — Build sentences with describing words, add -ly how words, find rhymes and make alliteration with Kiri.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 1 (Years 0–3), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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More Year 2 English topics
Long vowel sounds · Reading for meaning · Joining sentences · Spelling word endings · Writing recounts