Joie Grammar Workbook Grade 2

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Preface
The educators around the world recommend that children's life at school must
be linked to their life outside the school. Through a persistent practical
experience, it has been ascertained that 21st-century learners need to depart from
bookish learning that still shapes our system. This book signifies an attempt to
implement this basic principle in the domain of English Grammar.
“Grammar to a writer is to a mountaineer a good pair of hiking boots or, more
precisely, to a deep-sea diver an oxygen tank.”

― A.A. Patawaran

The importance of learning Grammar for speaking and writing correct English
has long been established. However, learning English is more than mastering a
certain number of words and memorizing a set of grammar rules. Most of the
Grammar books often adhere to a pattern practice format, and many learners are
able to successfully complete them. However, these students yet remain unable
to apply the rules that they have practised in traditional exercises to other
situations. Through this book, an attempt has been made to combine Grammar
with pragmatics and discourse so as to develop communicative competence.
This workbook takes the young learners through a scientifically proven guided
progression that enables them to learn, assimilate, apply and synthesize the
concepts and ideas in a fun way.
This workbook is divided into five sections. Section I discusses the grammatical
focus of the unit in an interactive and fun way. Section II checks the students'
understanding of the essentials of the concept discussed. Section III inspects the
students' ability to internalize a grammar rule and apply the concept learned in
real-life communicative situations. Section IV tests the students' aptitude for
thinking creatively and applying the grammatical focus of the unit to an original
writing composition. Section V is Let’s Read. This section is included to help the
child develop effective reading skills because fluency is the critical bridge
between reading and comprehension.
I am sure that the systematic layout of the book and its engaging style will keep
the students motivated to learn. As Jonathan Culver puts it “The English
language is a work in progress. Have fun with it.”

- Megha Vaishnav
Co-founder
Joie Learning

Table of Contents Page No.
Topic

1 Sentence - Using end marks 01-05
(capital letters and full stops)
06-10
2 Types of sentence-questions & statements
(Asking and Answering questions) 11-15
16-20
3 Nouns – Proper and Common 21-25
4 Nouns – Singular and Plural
5 Nouns- Gender (Masculine, Feminine, 26-30

and Common) 31-35
6 Use of a/an 36-40
41-45
Use of is/are 46-50
7 Pronouns- Subject and Object 51-55
8 Pronouns- Singular and Plural 56-60
9 Verbs- Action words 61-65
10 Sequencing with Doing Words 66-70
11 Verbs - Past Tense (-ed verbs & irregular verbs) 71-75
12 Verbs (Future Tense) 76-80
13 -ing verbs 81-85
14 Helping verbs 86-90
15 Adjectives 91-95
16 Adverbs 96-106
17 Prepositions
18 Conjunctions
19 Revision-Parts of Speech
20 Question Bank

W1 Sentence - Using end marks
(capital letters and full stops)

LET'S LEARN

• Read the group of words given below.

a delicious cake our English teacher

Do they express a complete thought? (Definitely not!)
• Now, read the group of words given below.

It is a delicious cake. She is our English teacher.

Do they express a complete thought? (Definitely yes!)
Such a group of words is called a sentence.

A sentence is a group of words that expresses a complete thought. It begins with a
capital letter and ends in a full stop (.)/exclamation mark (!) or question mark (?).

When you write a sentence, do it with “SWAG”!
Start with a capital letter
Write neatly
A space between words
Give punctuation

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LET'S UNDERSTAND

Q1.A. Choo! Choo! Read each group of words. Colour the bogie with complete
sentence red and incomplete sentence blue.

a good boy She plays in in the He eats The sweet little girl
the garden. morning food.

Q.1 B. Match the columns correctly to make meaningful sentences.

loves her friends.

The tired old man

The little bird in the nest are going to school.

A good girl like you sat under a tree.

Beautiful flowers was chirping softly.

My sister and I grew on that plant.

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LET'S PRACTISE

Q2. A. Rewrite each sentence correctly. One is done for you.

a. i am going to school
I am going to school.
b. the children are playing in the garden

c. we are going to a party

d. he is working in the office

e. please open the door

Q.2 B. Complete each sentence with words of your own.

a. My friend's name
b. like to sing, dance and play.
c. is my favourite colour.
d. My mother
e. Our school

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LET'S WRITE

Q.3. Introduce yourself with “SWAG”! Use the pointers below and write
a paragraph about yourself with 5-8 complete sentences.

• Your name
• Your age
• Your favourite colour/ favourite book/ favourite food
• Your hobby

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LET'S READ

For Parent/ Mentor
Sight words are words that need to be recognised instantly
or “on sight” for smooth reading.

Read and learn the spellings of the “sight words” given below.

best

both because
buy
been before
could

call

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W2 Types of Sentence
(Questions & Statements)

LET'S LEARN

A question is a sentence that asks something. A question ends with a
question mark (?).

What Where Who Why When

Do Does Is/Are Which

Who Discovered
America?

A statement is a sentence that tells something. A statement ends
with a full stop (.).

Columbus
discovered
America.

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LET'S UNDERSTAND

Q1. A. Read each sentence on the balloon. Draw a string to join the balloon to the
correct basket. One is done for you.

Who are I am a girl. Are you Yes, I am.
you? coming?

I play Do you take I will see Can you
every day. bath daily? you soon. swim?

Questions Statements

Q1. B. Riddle time! Match each riddle question with its correct answer.
Also, add the correct end marks.

Which animal lives in a library It's called an alarm clock
Where does the car swim It's a sponge
What do we call a scared clock They go to Finland
What has many holes but can hold water It swims in the car pool
Where do fish go for vacation A bookworm does

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LET'S PRACTISE

Q2. A. Rearrange each group of words to form a question and a statement.
Remember to capitalise the first word and put an end mark. One is done
for you.

a. cheetah is fast running
Question: Cheetah is running fast.
Statement: Is cheetah running fast?

b. is she good girl a
Question:
Statement:

c. was beautiful poetry the very
Question:
Statement:

d. she praying is temple in
Question:
Statement:

Q.2 B. Fill in the blank with the correct question word from the box.

Where What Are Does Do Who

a. _______________you afraid of spiders?
b. _________________you take bath daily?
c. ___________________is our prime minister?
d. __________________do you live?
e. ____________do we call a baby cat?
f. ___________your brother trouble you?

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LET'S WRITE

Q.3. Let's know your partner! Write any three questions that you want
to know about your partner. Ask the questions and write the answers
they give you.

Q.1
A.1
Q.2
A.2
Q.3
A.3

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LET'S READ

For Parent/ Mentor

The letters e, ee, ea, ey, and y stand for the long e

sound.

we, see, meat, key

Each picture below shows a word with long e sound. Guess the word and write it.

a. _ _ _ _ b. _ _ _ _ c. _ _ _ _ _ _ d. _ _ _ _ _

e. _ _ f. _ _ _ _ _ g. _ _ _ h. _ _ _ _

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