Free printable Early Reading practice test for Grade 2

Early literacy

Read each question aloud, and the answer choices too, unless it says your child reads it alone. Your child circles the letter of the answer. No time limit.

1. 1.

   Listen, then choose.

   Say: Listen. where. Which word is where?

   1. Awere
   2. Bhere
   3. Cwhere
   4. Dthere
2. 2.

   Read the word. Which picture shows it?

   Your child reads this one alone: do not read the word or the choices aloud.

   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
3. 3.

   Listen to the word. Which shows how to spell it?

   Say: Listen. frog. Which shows how to spell frog?

   1. Afog
   2. Bforg
   3. Cfrag
   4. Dfrog
4. 4.

   Which picture rhymes with plate?

   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
5. 5.

   Read: "The giant tree was taller than our house." What does giant mean?

   1. Avery short
   2. Bvery old
   3. Cvery big
   4. Dvery green
6. 6.

   Read the word. Which picture shows it?

   Your child reads this one alone: do not read the word or the choices aloud.

   1. A
   2. B
   3. C
   4. D

7. Your child reads this alone.

   Thump, Thump, Tap

   Thump, thump, tap! Darnell looked up at his ceiling. The noise was coming from the apartment above. It had started the day the new family moved in.

   "How can I read my book with all that thumping?" Darnell grumbled.

   "Why don't we go say hello?" said Mom.

   Darnell and Mom climbed the stairs to 5C. A girl about his age opened the door. She wore shiny black shoes with metal on the bottoms.

   "Hi, I'm Sofia," she said. "Was I too loud? I'm learning to tap dance. My recital is on Saturday, and I keep messing up one part."

   Darnell had planned to complain. Instead, he asked, "Can you show me?"

   Sofia tapped out the steps. Darnell clapped the beat to help her keep time. Soon she got the hard part right.

   On Saturday, Darnell sat in the front row at Sofia's recital. When he heard the thump, thump, tap, he smiled.

   7.

   How did Darnell help Sofia?

   1. AHe asked her to dance more quietly.
   2. BHe lent her his black shoes.
   3. CHe read his book to her.
   4. DHe clapped the beat for her.
8. 8.

   Why did Darnell smile at the end?

   1. AHe was glad the thumping noise had finally stopped.
   2. BSofia gave him his own pair of tap shoes.
   3. CThe sound now made him think of his new friend.
   4. DHe was reading a funny book.
9. 9.

   Listen, then choose.

   Say: Listen. write. Which word is write?

   1. Awhite
   2. Bright
   3. Cwrote
   4. Dwrite
10. 10.

    Which one does not belong with the others?

    1. A
    2. B
    3. C
    4. D