OwlSheets
Words at the Night Market worksheet preview

Worksheet

Words at the Night Market

Grade 2 vocabulary practice linking describing words like spicy, juicy and sticky to the real foods and things they fit.

Grade 2ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.2.5.a

Play onlinePlay as a game
PrintLetter-size worksheetAnswer keyPrintable answers
Assign to classAssign to your classes, or get a join code

What’s included

  • Single worksheet
  • Auto-graded online
  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 11 questions
  • Classroom-ready

Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 2
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students connect describing words to real foods and objects they know.
  • Students sort things by how they taste, feel or look.
  • Students tell whether a describing word makes sense in a sentence.

How to use

Read the opening paragraph aloud and ask students to name foods and objects that fit words such as spicy or fluffy. Then let them work alone and share the open-response sentences.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.5.a

Identify real-life connections between words and how they are used, such as foods that are spicy or juicy.

Preview

OwlSheets.com

Name Date

Words at the Night Market

Match describing words to real foods and things.

Food stalls

Think about real foods you know. Pick the word that fits each one.

On Saturday nights, the town holds a night market. Colorful lights hang over the stalls. Nia and her brother Tobias walk from stall to stall and use words to tell about what they taste, touch and see.
1.
Which food is most likely to be juicy?
  • A. a salty cracker
  • B. a toasted bread crust
  • C. a slice of watermelon
  • D. a spoonful of flour
2.
Match each word to the food it describes.
  1. spicy
  2. sour
  3. crunchy
  4. sticky
  1. A. a wedge of lemon
  2. B. a spoonful of thick honey
  3. C. a bowl of chili with hot peppers
  4. D. a handful of toasted corn chips
3.
Sort the foods. Is each one juicy or crunchy?
a ripe pluma bunch of grapesa pretzel sticka slice of peacha bowl of popcorna rice cracker
JuicyCrunchy
4.
Circle every food that is sour.

a spoonful of sugara slice of limea marshmallowa bite of chocolate cakea pickle speara warm sugar cookie

Craft stalls

Now think about things you can touch, see and ride on.

5.
Which thing is most likely to look shiny?
  • A. a new silver coin
  • B. a dusty old book
  • C. a lump of dry clay
  • D. a burnt slice of toast
6.
Choose a word from the word bank to finish each sentence. Two words will not be used.
Word bank: sticky · sparkly · bumpy · juicy · scratchy

The cart rolled over rocks and holes, so the ride was  .
The rough wool made Tobias's neck itch, so the sweater felt  .
The glass beads caught the light and looked  .

7.
Sort the things by how they feel.
tree barka silk ribbona glass marblea sheet of sandpapera brick walla river pebble
SmoothRough

Use the words

Decide whether each word is used in a way that makes sense in real life.

8.
Which sentence uses the word fluffy in a way that makes sense?
  • A. The fluffy brick landed hard on his toe.
  • B. The fluffy sidewalk was hard under his shoes.
  • C. The fluffy bell rang loudly across the market.
  • D. The fluffy puppy felt warm in her arms.
9.
Three of these things are slippery. Which one is not slippery?
  • A. a wet bar of soap
  • B. a sheet of sandpaper
  • C. a patch of black ice
  • D. a ripe banana peel
10.
Nia says, "This noodle soup is too spicy for me!" What does she mean?
  • A. The soup was left out in the cold.
  • B. The soup is made with too much lemon.
  • C. The soup has far too much hot pepper.
  • D. The soup is as thick as wet glue.
11.
Pick one word: crunchy, juicy or sticky. Write a sentence about a real food or thing that fits the word.

Related worksheets