Year 2 common exception words
The Year 2 common exception words from the National Curriculum in England, building on Year 1 with longer and trickier spellings.
64 words, in alphabetical order.
- after
- again
- any
- bath
- beautiful
- because
- behind
- both
- break
- busy
- child
- children
- Christmas
- class
- climb
- clothes
- cold
- could
- door
- even
- every
- everybody
- eye
- fast
- father
- find
- floor
- gold
- grass
- great
- half
- hold
- hour
- improve
- kind
- last
- many
- mind
- money
- most
- move
- Mr
- Mrs
- old
- only
- parents
- pass
- past
- path
- people
- plant
- poor
- pretty
- prove
- should
- steak
- sugar
- sure
- told
- water
- who
- whole
- wild
- would
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