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Year 2 Humorous poetry worksheet

“Repeated words make us smile” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 English unit “Humorous poetry”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 33 to 34 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Repeated words make us smile

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · English · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can find repeated words in a funny rhyme and say why they make us smile.

A Look back3 min

  1. 1.

    Which word tells us someone is feeling very angry?

    crosschairfast
  2. 2.

    Put these seed story steps in order. Write 1, 2 and 3 in the boxes.

    1. The flower opens in the sun.
    2. A seed goes in the soil.
    3. A green shoot pushes up.
  3. 3.

    Look at the writing cycle. One step is missing. Which card fits the gap?

    WriteShare
    CheckDrawStop

B Watch me, then you4 min

Read this short rhyme I made up: Run, run, run! Ben saw the bus. Run, run, run! Hurry to the bus. Find the word that comes back again and again.

Watch me
Run, run, run!Ben saw the bus.Run, run, run!Hurry to the bus.

Look for the word that comes again and again.

Run comes back in the loud lines: Run, run, run!

The repeated word sounds rushed and silly, like Ben racing for the bus.

Now you
  1. 1.

    Read this. Hop, hop, hop! The frog jumped on a log. Hop, hop! Which word comes back again and again? How does it sound?

    Hop, hop, hop!Frog on a log.Hop, hop!

C Your turn6 min

Find the repeated word in each short rhyme.

  1. 1.

    Tap, tap, tap! The clock says tick. Tap, tap! Which word comes back again and again? How does it make the rhyme sound?

    Tap, tap, tap!The clock says tick.Tap, tap!
  2. 2.

    Yum, yum! Pie is yummy. Yum, yum, yum! Which word comes back again and again? Circle it.

    Yum, yum!Pie is yummy.Yum, yum, yum!
    yumpieyummy
  3. 3.

    Zoom, zoom! The bike is fast. Zoom! Ben waves. Zoom, zoom! Write each word in the right column.

    Zoom, zoom!The bike is fast.Zoom! Ben waves.Zoom, zoom!
    zoombikefastBenwaves
    Said again and againSaid once
  4. 4.

    Write one funny line about a rushed morning. Repeat one word three times.

    Think of a rushPick a wordRepeat it

Say it out loud: What did you notice each time the word came back? Did it make the rhyme sound faster?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A school gate on a bright morning with a schoolbag left on the path
Kit says: “Poems are always about made-up things, like dragons. A poem can't be about school.”
  1. 1.

    Tell Kit what is wrong with his idea. Write one sentence.

E Think deeper3 min

  1. 1.

    A poem about a rushed school morning is about something real. Can it still make people laugh? Explain how you know.

    Something realRepeated wordsA funny poem

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet
StudyDen · Year 2 · English · Humorous poetryAnswers are on the grown-up page

For the grown-up

Repeated words make us smile · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. cross If they chose chair, say a chair is a thing, not a feeling. Point to the storm on the scale and ask which word matches it.

2. 1 A seed goes in the soil. · 2 A green shoot pushes up. · 3 The flower opens in the sun. If the flower came first, ask what has to happen before a flower can grow. Read the steps aloud in order.

3. Check If they chose Draw or Stop, ask what we do to our writing before we share it with someone.

B

1. Look for: Names hop, and says something like it sounds bouncy, quick or like a frog jumping. If your child names frog or log, read the rhyme aloud together and ask which word they keep saying.

C

1. Look for: Names tap, and says something like it sounds quick, busy or like a ticking clock. If they name tick or clock, read the rhyme aloud together and ask which word they keep saying.

2. yum If they circled pie or yummy, those appear only once. Ask which word comes again and again.

3. Said once: bike, fast, Ben, waves · Said again and again: zoom If they put bike or fast in the first column, ask how many times that word is said. Only zoom comes back again and again.

4. Look for: A funny line about a rushed morning with one word repeated three times.

D

1. Look for: Poems can be about everyday things like school, so a school poem is still a poem. Kit thinks poems must be about made-up things. Remind them that John Foster writes funny poems about everyday school life.

E

1. Look for: Says yes and gives a reason, such as readers know the rush or the repeated words sound silly.

Words to use

Say“Which word came back again and again? Read it out loud and say it a little louder each time.”
Instead of“Tell them the poem is funny and move on to the next page.”

After the sheet

Make up a three-line rhyme at home about getting ready for bed, using one word three times. Read it aloud and talk about why the repeats sound funny.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

  1. Performing with my voice(with a plan)
  2. Objects with feelings(with a plan)
  3. Bringing a poem to life(with a plan)
  4. Words that sound the same(with a plan)
  5. Who is talking?(with a plan)

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