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Tricky Words to Spell is a free printable Grade 2 English worksheet on spelling the Grade 2 words that cannot be sounded out, aligned to Common Core standard L.2.2. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Tricky Words to Spell

L.2.2

NameDate

Choose the word from the box that makes sense.

1.We ___ late for school yesterday.

Choose: were · wer · whir

2.Please be ___ in the library.

Choose: quiet · quite · qwiet

3.Dad ___ we could stay up late.

Choose: said · sed · siad

4.I ___ like to come too.

Choose: would · wood · wuld

5.The funny joke made me ___.

Choose: laugh · laf · laff

6.___ your dog like bones?

Choose: Does · Dus · Doze

7.Wait a ___, I am coming.

Choose: minute · minit · minnit

8.Can you read the story ___?

Choose: again · agen · agane

LessonPrint · L.2.2 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Tricky Words to Spell

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.were
  2. 2.quiet
  3. 3.said
  4. 4.would
  5. 5.laugh
  6. 6.Does
  7. 7.minute
  8. 8.again

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.2.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.