Year 2 Monster pizza: instructions writing worksheet

“Features of instructions” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 English unit “Monster pizza: instructions writing”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 22 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 22 to 23 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Features of instructions

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · English · about 22 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can find the features that make instructions easy to follow.

A Look back3 min

1.
Ali has a cat and a dog. Circle the word that joins the two animals.
andunderdog
2.
Circle the sentence that starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
we ran to the park.We ran to the park.We ran to the park
3.
Circle the question.
Can you pass the salt?You can pass the salt.Pass the salt!

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ruby is making a paper boat. Her instructions have numbers, ordering words, bossy verbs and an adverb.

A sheet of paper folded into a small boat floating in a shallow puddle

Watch me

1. Fold the paper in half.

2. Next, open it and fold the corners in.

3. Finally, carefully place the boat in water.

Now you

1.
Number these steps for painting a wave. Write 1, 2 or 3 in each box.
1. Finally, wash the brush.
2. First, dip the brush in the paint.
3. Next, paint a wave.
2.
Slowly stir the paint. Circle the bossy verb that tells you what to do.
Slowlystirpaint

C Your turn8 min

Each row changes one thing. Read the sentence, then do the task.

A kitchen counter with a bowl, a wooden spoon and a jug of milk

1.
Pour the milk into the cup. Circle the bossy verb.
Pourmilkcup
2.
Carefully pour the milk into the cup. Circle the bossy verb.
Carefullypourcup
3.
Sort these words. Write each one in the right column.
stirgentlyrollslowly
Bossy verbs Adverbs
4.
Write one instruction for making a jam sandwich. Start with a number or ordering word, then a bossy verb.

Say it out loud: Which word told you what to do? Which word told you how to do it? What changed when the sentence got longer?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A flat cardboard box for a bookshelf with a folded guide beside it

Ruby says: “Instructions are only ever recipes for cooking.”

1.
Write why Ruby is wrong. Give one example of instructions that are not for cooking.

E Think deeper4 min

1.
Name three things in your home that might come with instructions. Say how you know.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Features of instructions · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. and

2. We ran to the park.

3. Can you pass the salt?

B

1. 1 First, dip the brush in the paint. · 2 Next, paint a wave. · 3 Finally, wash the brush. If your child puts Finally first, they may not know what it means. Read the first word of each step and ask which comes first.

2. stir If your child circles Slowly, they have found the word that says how. Ask which word tells you the action to do.

C

1. Pour

2. pour

3. Adverbs: gently, slowly · Bossy verbs: stir, roll

4. Look for: One instruction with a number or ordering word at the start, a bossy verb such as spread or cut, and a clear step for a jam sandwich.

D

1. Look for: Says instructions are also for building, playing games or using things such as furniture or toys, so they are not only recipes. If your child only repeats that Ruby is wrong, ask them to name one thing that comes with instructions and is not food.

E

1. Look for: Names three home items that could come with instructions and gives a reason, such as a guide, a box diagram or a set of steps.

Words to use

Say“Which word told you what to do? Which word told you how to do it?”

Instead of“That is wrong, just try it again faster.”

After the sheet

Ask your child to tell you three steps for making a jam sandwich. They use first, next and finally, a bossy verb and one adverb. Follow their steps exactly. Then swap: you give three steps, and they follow them with a plate and knife.

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:

Dreaming up disgusting toppings(with a plan)
Planning the monster pizza(with a plan)
Title, intro and ingredients(with a plan)
Monster pizza steps in order(with a plan)
Editing our pizza steps(with a plan)

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