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2nd Grade Match a Word to Its Meaning worksheets

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Match a Word to Its Meaning

Grade 2 Spelling Worksheet - Challenge Me

NameDate

Select the best meaning for each word.

1.
borrow
- to make a liquid flow out of a container
- to take something and give it back later
- to throw or spread things in many places
2.
shiver
- to look at something very quickly
- to shake because you feel cold
- happy and full of good feelings
3.
plenty
- very, very small
- completely clean
- more than enough
4.
fierce
- to save someone from danger
- very strong and a little scary
- full of energy and always moving
5.
leap
- to answer someone
- to shine brightly
- to jump high or far
6.
enormous
- extremely big
- tasting very good
- completely clean

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About this worksheet

Knowing what a word means is the heart of reading with understanding, and second graders add many new words every week from stories, science and talk. This worksheet gives six words, each with three possible meanings, and the child circles the meaning that fits. The words are ones children meet in books, such as borrow, gather, fragile and curious, and each meaning is a short plain phrase.

The wrong choices are meanings of other words, so the child cannot guess from the shape of the answer and has to know the word. Ask your child to say the word in a sentence of their own before choosing, and to cross out any meaning that clearly belongs to a different word. If a word is new, look for it in the book the family is reading this week.

What your child will learn

Choose the meaning that fits a word
Know new words from stories and school
Use a word in a sentence of your own

Common Core standard: L.2.4

Worked example

Borrow means to take something and give it back later. It does not mean to keep it forever.

Common mistake

Picking the meaning that sounds like a word you already know instead of thinking about this word.

Helpful hint

Say the word in a sentence. Which meaning fits?

Next skill: Choose the Word That Fits Earlier: Words With More Than One Meaning

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with match a word to its meaning?

Picking the meaning that sounds like a word you already know instead of thinking about this word.

How can I help my child with match a word to its meaning?

Say the word in a sentence. Which meaning fits?

Are these 2nd grade spelling worksheets free to print?

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