Reading Comprehension and Skills Booklet -Grade 2

Answer Key

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Name Ending Clusters

Look at the words in the list below. Write the words that end with nt, , and nt in the first

group. Look at the letters of the remaining words and label the second and third groups. Write the words that belong in each group.

hunt almond brand grant rent island thinkdent

spend drank pink paint giant wink inktalent

mount command stink around hound thank yankfound

nt Sound

Think Ahead! Write a sentence that includes three of these words.

drank

pink

stink

wink

thank

think

ink

yank

almond

spend

command

brand

around

island

hound

found

hunt

mount

grant

paint

rent

giant

dent

talent

nd Sound nk Sound

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Name Ending Clusters

Look at the words in the list below. Sort the words that end with ch, ck, and ch or ck into the
first two groups. Look at the letters of the remaining words and label a third group. Write the words that belong in each group.

stack rich pitch struck cluck much branchflash

squash which flock wish fresh such quackdash

click mash trash back block itch crashbatch

ch Sound ck Sound

Think Ahead! Write a sentence that includes three of these words.

squash

mash

wish

trash

fresh

flash

dash

crash

stack

click

struck

flock

back

cluck

block

quack

rich

which

pitch

much

such

itch

branch

batch

sh Sound

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Name Ending Clusters

ck, sh, and st

Look at the words in the list below. Sort the words into three groups. The words in each group should end with the same blend.

push first past pick fresh test bashstock

cash sock fish best flock rock fastflash

dish mist must quick clock dash deckcoast

ck Sound sh Sound st Sound

Think Ahead! Write a sentence that includes three of these words.

first

mist

past

bFst

must

tFst

fast

cPast

push

cash

dish

fish

frFsh

dash

bash

flash

sPck

pick

quick

flPck

rPck

clPck

stPck

dFck

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Name Beginning Clusters
ch, , and
Look at the words in the list below. Write the words that begin with group. Look at the letters of the remaining words and label the second and third ch in the first
groups. Write the words that belong in each group.
thirty chirp charge snake snug chimney thinthirsty
snack snowball snap checkers snail sniff chatcheek
thick chance cherry third thoughtful thousand thanksnow
ch Sound

Think Ahead! Write a sentence that includes three of these words.

thirty

thick

third

thoughtful

thousand

thin

thirsty

thank

snack

snowball

snake

snap

snug

snail

sniff

snow

chirp

chance

charge

checkers

cherry

chimney

chat

cheek

sn Sound th Sound