Grade 2 Vocabulary: Match the Meaning
Match each meaning to the right grade 2 word.
Grade 2 Vocabulary: Match the Meaning
Name:Date:Score:
Write the word from the word bank that matches each meaning. Word bank: afraid · amaze · breeze · curious · escape · peculiar · protect · search
- 1Which word means “eager to learn”?
- 2Which word means “to keep safe”?
- 3Which word means “scared”?
- 4Which word means “to look carefully”?
- 5Which word means “to get away”?
- 6Which word means “to surprise greatly”?
- 7Which word means “a gentle wind”?
- 8Which word means “strange”?
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Grade 2 Vocabulary: Match the Meaning
Name:Date:Score:
Write the word from the word bank that matches each meaning. Word bank: afraid · ancient · breeze · curious · famous · journey · notice · prepare
- 1Which word means “a gentle wind”?
- 2Which word means “eager to learn”?
- 3Which word means “scared”?
- 4Which word means “to get ready”?
- 5Which word means “very old”?
- 6Which word means “known by many people”?
- 7Which word means “a long trip”?
- 8Which word means “to see or observe”?
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Grade 2 Vocabulary: Match the Meaning
Name:Date:Score:
Write the word from the word bank that matches each meaning. Word bank: arrive · breeze · curious · describe · discover · escape · journey · plenty
- 1Which word means “to find for the first time”?
- 2Which word means “a gentle wind”?
- 3Which word means “eager to learn”?
- 4Which word means “to tell what something is like”?
- 5Which word means “more than enough”?
- 6Which word means “a long trip”?
- 7Which word means “to get away”?
- 8Which word means “to reach a place”?
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Answer key — Sheet A (8 answers)
- 1. curious
- 2. protect
- 3. afraid
- 4. search
- 5. escape
- 6. amaze
- 7. breeze
- 8. peculiar
Answer key — Sheet B (8 answers)
- 1. breeze
- 2. curious
- 3. afraid
- 4. prepare
- 5. ancient
- 6. famous
- 7. journey
- 8. notice
Answer key — Sheet C (8 answers)
- 1. discover
- 2. breeze
- 3. curious
- 4. describe
- 5. plenty
- 6. journey
- 7. escape
- 8. arrive
About this skill
Moving from word to meaning and from meaning to word builds secure understanding.
How to teach it
- Use each new word in a sentence out loud.
- Revisit words over several days — spaced practice beats cramming.
- Link new words to ones the child already knows.
Mistakes to watch for
- Memorising definitions without using the word in a sentence.
