Class 2 English naming and doing words test
This consists of twenty questions focused on naming and doing words in isolation, the foundational grammar concept a Class 2 pupil encounters and upon which all subsequent sentences depend. Each question includes the reasoning behind its answer, with the final screen identifying which section requires revisiting.
- 22 questions, marked instantly
- Every answer comes with the reasoning
- Ends by naming what to revise
- Nothing stored, no account, no email
What this test covers
- Naming words for people
- Naming words for places and things
- Naming words for animals
- Doing words in the present
- Doing words in the past
- Telling naming words and doing words apart
20 questions, marked as you go
Drawn fresh from a bank of 22, so another go is mostly different questions. Every one explains its method after you answer, and the last screen names the chapters to revise.
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Every question in this test
The whole paper, grouped by chapter, so you can see the level before anyone sits it. Three are shown below and the rest open up.
22 questions · 6 chapters
8 shown here - the rest are in the test and the PDF
- Telling naming and doing words apart4
- Naming words for people2
- Naming words for places and things4
- Naming words for animals3
- Doing words in the present5
- Doing words in the past4
Question 1. In 'The cat drinks milk', which word is the naming word?
- Milk
- Cat
- Drinks
- The
Question 2. In 'Boys play football', which word is the doing word?
- Football
- Boys
- Play
- None
Question 3. Which word is a doing word, not a naming word?
- Grow
- Garden
- Flower
- Tree
Show 5 moreHide those 5
Question 4. Which word is a naming word, not a doing word?
- Splash
- Dive
- Swim
- Pond
Question 5. Which word in this list names a person?
- Blue
- Teacher
- Jump
- Quickly
Question 6. Which word is a naming word for a person?
- Sing
- Doctor
- Run
- Happy
Question 7. Which word in this list names a place?
- Sleep
- Fast
- School
- Write
Question 8. Which word names a thing you can hold?
- Loudly
- Book
- Read
- Sit
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Class 2 English test - common questions
Why are naming and doing words taught before other grammar?
All sentences require a minimum of two elements: something the sentence discusses, and something that happens to or involving it. Once a child develops confidence in spotting both, the skills required for identifying describing words, recognising opposites and grasping overall sentence construction all rest on this same foundation of picking out a word and determining its function.
How can I help my child spot doing words in a sentence?
Use the question 'what is happening?' rather than asking to 'find the verb'. At this age, understanding the concept behind the grammar term is more important than knowing the label. When you read the sentence aloud and mime the action - even with just a gesture - the action word becomes unmistakable in a way that simply finding it written on a page cannot always achieve.
Is this Class 2 English online test free?
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Is there a timer?
The timer is optional and disabled initially. At that age, an initial attempt should reveal actual comprehension rather than reading pace under observation—a time limit on an unfamiliar digital test gauges stress as readily as English proficiency. When activated, the timed mode offers a full minute for each question, allowing a relaxed pace.
Can my child take it more than once?
Students may attempt the test as often as they wish. Questions are selected from a question bank with the order shuffled and the answer choices shuffled each time, so a child cannot pass a second attempt simply by remembering that the answer used to be the third option. A retest taken a week later teaches far more than one attempted the same night.
How is this different from your Class 2 English worksheets?
Paper-based worksheets focus closely on one area and need your evaluation; tests evaluate themselves. Both have distinct roles - tests uncover where students struggle, worksheets provide practice to fix those weaknesses. Most families discover more progress from ten minutes of worksheet practice than from sixty minutes of practising something that was never causing difficulty.
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