Grade 2 · English

Meet the noun as a named, testable category — not just something used in passing.

1. 3 minNouns
   A noun is a naming word: person, place, animal or thing. Name five things in the room. All nouns.
2. 4 minFind them
   Read one sentence aloud. They point at every noun in it.
3. 3 minDictation
   Five simple words. You say, they write, no peeking. Then rewrite each neatly on lined paper — handwriting carries marks in CBSE.

Tutor: Self-study. The S. Chand Class 2 grammar workbook matches this sequence.

Sort naming words into the CBSE category of common nouns.

1. 3 minCommon nouns
   Any ordinary thing: chair, dog, city. Not a specific name. Collect ten from around the house.
2. 4 minSort
   You say a word, they say noun or not-a-noun. Include verbs like 'run' to make it a real choice.
3. 3 minDictation
   Five words, then neat rewrite.

Learn the rule CBSE marks hardest in written work: proper nouns take a capital.

1. 3 minProper nouns
   A specific name: Delhi, Rohan, India. Always a capital letter. Their own name is a proper noun.
2. 4 minFix the sentence
   Write three sentences with the capitals missing. They correct them.
3. 3 minDictation
   Five words including two proper nouns. Capitals are marked.

Singular and plural — the first noun transformation CBSE tests.

1. 3 minAdd an s
   One cat, two cats. One book, two books. The plain rule first.
2. 4 minThe odd ones
   box → boxes, baby → babies. Only these two patterns today. Do not open the whole exception list at seven.
3. 3 minDictation
   Five words, two of them plurals.

Check the week under something close to test conditions.

1. 3 minWritten test
   Five sentences: circle the nouns, fix the capitals. On paper, no help.
2. 4 minDictation test
   Ten words from the week, dictated in one go. This is a real CBSE-style dictation.
3. 3 minMark together
   Go through it with them. Note which words failed — those repeat next week.

Replace nouns with the correct personal pronoun in simple sentences.

1. 3 minReview nouns
   Name five nouns in this room. Then replace each with a pronoun: 'Riya' → 'she', 'book' → 'it', etc.
2. 4 minPronoun match
   You say a noun phrase: 'Ravi is playing'. They say 'He is playing'. Use only these pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, they.
3. 3 minDictation
   Five words: I, you, he, she, it — written as standalone pronouns, not in sentences. Then rewrite each neatly.

Tutor: Self-study. Use the S. Chand Class 2 grammar workbook, page on pronouns.

Replace nouns with the correct pronoun in simple sentences — he, she, it, they.

1. 2 minReview
   Recall nouns from Day 1: name one person, one animal, one thing. Capital letters on proper nouns?
2. 4 minPronouns
   He replaces a boy or man; she replaces a girl or woman; it replaces an animal or thing; they replace more than one person/thing. Read: 'Ravi is playing. He is playing.' Replace Ravi with he.
3. 4 minReplace
   You say a sentence with a noun; they repeat it using the pronoun. Examples: 'Anita is singing.' → 'She is singing.' 'The cat is sleeping.' → 'It is sleeping.'

Tutor: Self-study. Use the S. Chand Class 2 grammar workbook, page on pronouns.

Identify verbs as words that show action — not just in sentences, but in real-time movement.

1. 2 minReview
   Recall nouns from Day 1 and 2: name three common nouns, then one proper noun with capital letter. Dictation of five words from Week 1: cat, bus, tree, Mira, dogs.
2. 4 minVerbs
   A verb is an action word: run, jump, eat, write. Demonstrate each — they copy the action and say the verb aloud. Then name three more: swim, fly, climb.
3. 4 minFind the action
   You say a simple sentence aloud. They stand up and perform the verb action if it’s correct, sit down if not. Sentences: 'The bird flies.' 'The stone eats.' 'She writes a letter.'

Tutor: Self-study. Use physical movement to cement the idea — CBSE values kinesthetic learning in early grades.

Identify verbs as words that show action or state of being in a sentence.

1. 3 minReview nouns
   Name five nouns from yesterday’s dictation list. Then say a sentence aloud — they underline the noun with a wavy line.
2. 4 minVerbs
   A verb is an action word or a doing word. Demonstrate: 'She runs.' Point to the moving child — 'runs' is the action. Try three more: 'The cat sleeps.', 'They play.', 'He eats.' They repeat the verb after you.
3. 3 minFind the verb
   Read three simple sentences aloud. They point and say the verb: 'The bird flies.', 'We eat lunch.', 'Mama drives.'

Tutor: Self-study. Use the S. Chand Class 2 grammar workbook, page on verbs.

Assess mastery of nouns, pronouns and verbs through written tasks built on week 1 content.

1. 2 minReview nouns
   Name three common nouns and three proper nouns. They write each, capitalising the proper noun correctly.
2. 3 minReview pronouns and verbs
   You say: 'Ravi plays football.' They identify Ravi (noun), he (pronoun), plays (verb). Repeat with 'The cat sleeps.'
3. 4 minWritten test
   Five items: (1) circle the noun, (2) underline the verb, (3) replace underlined word with a pronoun, (4) write plural of 'box', (5) capitalise properly: 'mumbai is hot'. 2 minutes to complete.
4. 1 minDictation
   Five words from week 1: apple, Delhi, dogs, runs, they. They write; then rewrite neatly.

Tutor: Self-study. The S. Chand Class 2 grammar workbook pages on nouns, pronouns and verbs match this test.

Introduce adjectives as words that describe nouns — size, colour, number.

1. 2 minReview nouns
   Name five nouns in the room. Then say: 'A red ball', 'a big tree'. Point out the extra words that tell us more.
2. 4 minAdjectives
   An adjective describes a noun. Say three pairs: 'big elephant', 'small ant', 'green grass'. They repeat each pair, emphasising the adjective.
3. 4 minDictation
   Five simple adjective-noun pairs: 'blue sky', 'long rope', 'happy boy', 'old house', 'hot sun'. They write only the adjective, then rewrite all five pairs neatly.

Tutor: Self-study. Use the S. Chand Class 2 grammar workbook, page on adjectives.

Use adjectives to describe nouns in spoken and written sentences.

1. 2 minReview
   Recall pronouns from Day 6 and 7, and verbs from Day 8. Say three pronouns and their noun replacements: 'Riya' → 'she', etc. Do three verb actions while naming them.
2. 4 minAdjectives
   An adjective describes a noun: big, small, red, blue. Show pictures — describe them with adjectives first ('a big dog'), then without ('a dog'). Ask: which is clearer?
3. 4 minBuild sentences
   You name a noun: 'car'. They add an adjective and say the full phrase: 'red car', 'big car', 'fast car'. Then they create a sentence: 'The red car is fast.'

Tutor: Use pictures or real objects — CBSE encourages visual aids for adjectives.

Introduce the two articles — a and an — and when each is used, based only on sound, not spelling.

1. 2 minReview
   Say a sentence using an adjective: 'The red ball is big.' They repeat it, then underline the adjective and noun.
2. 4 minIntroduce a and an
   When naming something new, use 'a' or 'an'. Say: 'a cat', 'an apple'. Listen to the first sound — if it starts with a consonant sound, say 'a'; if it starts with a vowel sound (like /æ/, /ɪ/, /ʌ/, /ɒ/, /juː/), say 'an'. Demonstrate: a book, an egg; a unit, an hour.
3. 4 minPractice
   You say a noun (e.g., 'umbrella', 'book', 'iguana', 'one'), they say the correct article — 'an umbrella', 'a book', etc. Include words where spelling misleads: an hour, a one-eyed bird.

Distinguish when to use the instead of a or an.

1. 3 minReview
   Recall day 13: a and an go before singular nouns starting with consonant or vowel sounds. Say five words — they say a or an.
2. 4 minThe
   the goes before singular or plural nouns when we know exactly which one — like 'the red ball' (the one we both see). Point to the only blue cup in a row of cups and say 'the blue cup'.
3. 3 minDictation
   Five words: the, apple, book, sun, elephant — then neat rewrite on lined paper.

Confirm mastery of adjectives and articles through written work, no new content.

1. 2 minReview
   Recall day 14: the article 'the' is used for specific things. Name three things in this room that need 'the'.
2. 4 minAdjectives and articles practice
   Write five sentences. Fill in blanks: (a/an/the). Then write one adjective for each of these nouns: apple, car, sky, book, dog.
3. 4 minTimed written test
   Five items: (1) circle the adjective, (2) choose a/an/the, (3) write an adjective for 'house', (4) write the correct article, (5) make a sentence with 'the' and an adjective.

Tutor: Self-study. The S. Chand Class 2 grammar workbook matches this sequence.

Introduce five key spatial prepositions and use them to describe real objects.

1. 2 minReview
   Recall day 15: adjectives describe nouns, and articles (a, an, the) come before nouns. Give one example of each.
2. 4 minPrepositions
   Prepositions show where something is. Teach: in, on, under, behind, between — using a pencil and book as props. Say each word clearly three times.
3. 4 minPlace the objects
   You place a pencil and book in different positions. They say the correct preposition: e.g., 'The pencil is on the book.'

Tutor: Use everyday items — no worksheet needed. CBSE Class 2 expects oral use before writing.

Form simple sentences using in, on, under, behind, between to describe where things are.

1. 3 minReview prepositions
   Recall the five prepositions from yesterday: in, on, under, behind, between. Say each one aloud together.
2. 4 minBuild sentences
   You describe a picture: e.g., 'The book is on the table.' They repeat. Then they create their own sentence using one preposition and two objects (e.g., 'The cat is under the chair').
3. 3 minDictation
   Five simple sentences with prepositions: 'The ball is in the box.', 'The toy is on the bed.', 'The dog is under the table.', 'The bird is behind the door.', 'The pencil is between the books.' They write each sentence once.

Introduce the simple present tense as the default way to state facts and habits.

1. 2 minReview
   Say three sentences using prepositions: 'The book is on the table', 'The cat is under the chair', 'The ball is between the boxes'. They repeat each, pointing to where the object is.
2. 4 minSimple present
   For I, you, we, they: verb stays the same — 'I play', 'You play'. For he, she, it: add -s or -es — 'He plays', 'She watches'. Give three examples of each.
3. 4 minPractice
   You say the subject and base verb; they complete with correct ending. 'He / run' → 'runs'. 'They / play' → 'play'. Include: he/finish, she/wash, it/cry, we/eat, you/go.

Introduce the simple past tense as action words for things that already happened.

1. 2 minReview
   Recall day 18: simple present tense uses base verbs — 'eat', 'play', 'go'. Today we add 'ed' or change to past form for things already done.
2. 4 minPast tense verbs
   Regular: add 'ed' — walk → walked, talk → talked. Irregular: eat → ate, go → went, see → saw. Say each pair aloud three times.
3. 4 minDictation and use
   Dictate five past-tense words: walked, ate, went, played, saw. They write each once. Then say a sentence in present tense — 'She eats apples' — and they rewrite it in past: 'She ate apples'.

Tutor: Self-study. Use only the five past-tense words listed — no extras.

Assess mastery of all grammar introduced this month and five-word dictation.

1. 2 minReview
   Recall day 19: The simple past tense. Say three present-tense sentences — they say the past-tense version (e.g., 'She eats' → 'She ate').
2. 4 minWritten test
   Five questions: (1) circle the noun, (2) underline the verb, (3) write 'a' or 'an', (4) fill in preposition (in/on/under), (5) change to past tense. All from covered topics.
3. 4 minDictation test
   Five words: walked, jumped, table, apple, behind. Say once, write once, say again — then rewrite neatly on lined paper.