2nd Grade ELA Quiz: Consult Dictionaries To Check Spellings

What this quiz covers

This quiz focuses on Consult Dictionaries To Check Spellings, giving you a quick way to practice the rules, question types, and explanations that matter most for 2nd Grade ELA.

How to use this quiz

Try each quiz question before looking at the correct answer. Use the explanations to review missed ideas, then come back to similar questions until the pattern feels familiar.

Question 1

1. Look under G, because again has a g in it
2. Jump to Z because short words are at the end
3. Check A, then use the next letters to find again in order (correct answer)
4. Look under N, the last letter in again

Question 2

1. Look up because in the dictionary under B and copy the spelling. (correct answer)
2. Leave it as "becuz" in the letter because it sounds right.
3. Look under C because the word "becuz" has a c sound in it.
4. Copy a different word into the letter so she can skip checking.

Question 3

1. Open the dictionary to the middle and start searching
2. Think of the first letter B and open to the B section (correct answer)
3. Skip the word and use a different one
4. Look under R because "before" ends with an r sound

Question 4

1. Ask a classmate how to spell it and keep on writing the story.
2. Look up "does" in the beginning dictionary under D in ABC order. (correct answer)
3. Flip to any page and copy the first word you see there.
4. Keep "dus" in the story because it matches the sounds.

Question 5

1. Sound it out again and write it a different way without checking.
2. Look up "really" in the dictionary under R and fix his spelling. (correct answer)
3. Erase the word and use "very" so he does not have to check.
4. Ask a friend to guess the spelling for him.

Question 6

1. To check the correct spelling of "until" and fix his writing. (correct answer)
2. To find a harder word to use in place of "until".
3. To see how many pages the beginning dictionary has.
4. To count up how many letters the word "untill" has.

Question 7

1. Look up pretty in the dictionary under the letter P (correct answer)
2. Look under the letter R because pretty has an r
3. Keep her spelling because it sounds the same
4. Look under the letter T, since pretty has a t

Question 8

1. Think of the first letter F, then open the dictionary to the F section. (correct answer)
2. Open to the very last page of the book and start reading backward.
3. Look for the word by scanning only the pictures on each page.
4. Look under M because the word "famly" has an m in the middle.

Question 9

1. Skip the word and come back later without checking
2. Use the picture dictionary and find elephant under E in ABC order (correct answer)
3. Look under L because elephant is a long word
4. Look under F because it starts with an f sound

Question 10

1. Guess a spelling and do not check it
2. Look up school in a picture dictionary under S (correct answer)
3. Look up school under K because it has a k sound
4. Look up school under C because it looks like cool

Question 11

1. Look up "together" in a beginning dictionary under T (correct answer)
2. Ask a friend to guess the spelling for him
3. Write it the way it sounds and never check
4. Look under G because "together" has a g in it

Question 12

1. Find "tomorrow" under T in the dictionary and copy it into the report. (correct answer)
2. Skip the word and leave a blank space in the middle of the report.
3. Ask a friend to spell it out loud and write whatever they say.
4. Look under M because "tomorow" has an m in the middle.

Question 13

1. Open a beginning dictionary to F and look up friend in ABC order. (correct answer)
2. Leave it the same because it sounds right.
3. Flip to any page and copy the first long word.
4. Ask a classmate to guess how it looks.

Question 14

1. Open to A, then use the next letters to find "always" in order. (correct answer)
2. Open to any page and stop when you see a word you like.
3. Look under Z because "always" is one word.
4. Ask a friend to point to any word for her.

Question 15

1. Start in the H section because it begins with H (correct answer)
2. Start in the S section because it ends with s
3. Start at the last page and work backward
4. Look under W because "hows" has a w in it

Question 16

1. Open to C and use ABC order to find caught (correct answer)
2. Open to any page and scan for the word
3. Write cot because it is easier to spell
4. Look under T because "caught" ends with t

Question 17

1. Look up "once" in a beginning dictionary under O (correct answer)
2. Write both spellings and hope one is right
3. Sound it out again and do not use a dictionary
4. Look under W because "wunse" starts with w

Question 18

1. Look up "around" in the dictionary under A and copy the spelling. (correct answer)
2. Keep "arownd" in the note because it matches the sounds.
3. Look under R because the word "arownd" has an r sound.
4. Erase the whole note and write a shorter word instead.

Question 19

1. Open the dictionary to the L section using alphabetical order. (correct answer)
2. Open the dictionary to the very last page and look first.
3. Look under T because "little" has two t letters.
4. Choose a shorter word for the story instead of checking.

Question 20

1. To check the correct spelling of "favorite". (correct answer)
2. To see how many pages the dictionary has.
3. To find a harder word to replace "favorite".
4. To draw a picture of the word.