This Year 2 common exception word (CEW) pack contains dictation sentences for the 64 tricky words for year 2 to help pupils write sentences from memory. The sentences can be read out loud by an adult, or pupils could use their decoding skills and knowledge of common exception words to read the sentences to their peers.
The following common exception words are included in this resource:
Set 1: child, children, door, floor, poor, kind, find, mind, behind, wild, climb
Set 2: both, old, cold, gold, every, everybody, hold, told, most, only
Set 3: because, again, great, steak, break, many, any, parents, Christmas, pretty, beautiful
Set 4: clothes, busy, could, should, would, hour, eye, sure, sugar, who, whole
Set 5: half, money, improve, even, move, prove, Mr, Mrs, people, water
Set 6: after, fast, father, plant, grass, class, pass, last, past, path, bath
The pack could be used alongside the respective Year 2 Common Exception Words spelling packs:
1 https://www.plazoom.com/resource/y2-common-exception-words-spelling-pack-1
2. https://www.plazoom.com/resource/y2-common-exception-words-spelling-pack-2
3. https://www.plazoom.com/resource/y2-common-exception-words-spelling-pack-3
4. https://www.plazoom.com/resource/y2-common-exception-words-spelling-pack-4
5. https://www.plazoom.com/resource/y2-common-exception-words-spelling-pack-5
6. https://www.plazoom.com/resource/y2-common-exception-words-spelling-pack-6
What is included in this common exception word resource?
- 6 x PDF worksheets of sentences that can be cut out for an adult or child to read as appropriate
- 6 x PDF lists of sentences with guidance for adults
- 6 x PDF answer sheets for pupils to fill in the missing CEW
What are common exception words?
Common exception words are words which don’t follow the common rules of spelling, or which use letter combinations to represent sounds in an uncommon way.
Year 2 common exception words
door
floor
poor
because
find
kind
mind
behind
child
wild
climb
most
only
both
old
cold
gold
hold
told
every
everybody
even
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
National Curriculum English programme of study links
- read further common exception words, noting unusual correspondences between spelling and sound and where these occur in the word
- spell common exception words
- write from memory simple sentences dictated by the teacher that include words using the GPCs, common exception words and punctuation taught so far