Ages 7–8
Grade 2 worksheets
Two-digit arithmetic with carrying and borrowing dominates Grade 2, alongside richer vocabulary work. Mixed operation sheets become genuinely useful at this point.
Recommended for this age
01
Addition & Subtraction
Both operations shuffled together — the way real tests mix them.
02
Multiplication
Times tables with a focus option — drill one table or mix them all.
03
Addition & Subtraction Fact Families
Three numbers, four related facts — the inverse relationship made visible.
04
Subtraction
Take-away problems with optional borrowing and negative results.
05
Compare Numbers
Greater than, less than or equal — numbers or small expressions.
06
Number Line
Blank or labelled lines for counting, jumps and missing numbers.
07
Spelling Test
Numbered blank lines for dictation, with a teacher copy of the list.
08
Word Scramble
Jumbled letters to unscramble, with optional first-letter hints.
09
Fill in the Blanks
Cloze sentences or missing letters, with an optional word bank.
10
Multiple Choice
Tick-the-box questions from a maths, language or general bank.
11
Word Search
Hidden-word grids in any direction — English or Hindi word lists.
12
Sudoku
4×4, 6×6 or 9×9 puzzles, each with exactly one solution.
What to expect at this age
Place value is the year's real subject
Almost everything in seven-year-old maths rests on understanding that the 4 in 47 means four tens. Column addition, subtraction with exchanging, comparing numbers and rounding all fail the same way when place value is shaky — and they fail intermittently, which makes it look like carelessness. If several topics wobble at once, the common cause is usually this one.
Carrying and borrowing arrive
This is the year written arithmetic stops recording something the child could already do mentally and becomes a method they depend on. Exchanging is the hard step, and it is worth teaching the addition and subtraction versions as one idea in opposite directions rather than as two unrelated procedures taught months apart.
Reading shifts from decoding to understanding
By seven most children read the words accurately, and the question becomes whether they followed the meaning. A child can read a page aloud fluently and be unable to say what happened in it. Comprehension work — gapped passages, questions on a short text — tests something quite different from reading aloud, and the gap is worth checking directly.
Times tables begin
The 2s, 5s and 10s usually start this year, learned as patterns rather than as lists. Short daily practice beats long weekly sessions by a wide margin, and it is worth saying explicitly that 3 × 4 and 4 × 3 are the same fact — told that once, a child halves what they have to memorise.
Spelling patterns, not word lists
Seven is the age at which spelling can start being about rules rather than memorised words. A list where every word shares a pattern teaches the pattern and generalises to words never seen; a list of ten unrelated words teaches ten spellings. Over a year the difference compounds.
Build one sheet that covers several skills
Rather than printing a separate worksheet for each activity, add several sections to a single sheet. A typical grade 2 page might combine a short arithmetic section, a few missing numbers, and a matching exercise — all sized for the age group automatically when you set the grade.
Start with Addition & SubtractionFrequently asked questions
How do I make sheets that practise carrying specifically?
Set regrouping to “Always” and the number range to two digits. Every problem will then carry.
Can I make a mixed revision sheet?
Yes — add several sections so one page covers arithmetic, vocabulary and a short quiz.