# English Grade 1 ANA Exemplars 2013 Question Paper

> Grade 1 English question paper from the ANA Exemplars 2013, 20 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, memo linked when available.

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- Subject: English
- Grade: Grade 1
- Language: English
- Document type: Question paper
- Year: 2013
- Exam period: ANA Exemplars
- Curriculum: CAPS
- Pages: 20

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ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2013

                       GRADE 1

      ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
       EXEMPLAR QUESTIONS

  This booklet consists of 19 pages, excluding the cover page.

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GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF ANA EXEMPLAR QUESTIONS

1. How to use the exemplar questions

   While the exemplar questions for a grade and a subject have been compiled into one comprehensive set, the learner
   does not have to respond to the whole set in one sitting. The teacher should select exemplar questions that
   are relevant to the planned lesson at any given time. Carefully selected individual exemplar questions, or a
   manageable group of questions, can be used at different stages of the teaching and learning process as follows:

   1.1   At the beginning of a lesson as a diagnostic test to identify learner strengths and weaknesses. The diagnosis
         must lead to prompt feedback to learners and the development of appropriate lessons that address the
         identified weaknesses and consolidate the strengths. The diagnostic test could be given as homework to save
         instructional time in class.

   1.2   During the lesson as short formative tests to assess whether learners are developing the intended knowledge
         and skills as the lesson progresses and ensure that no learner is left behind.

   1.3   At the completion of a lesson or series of lessons as a summative test to assess if the learners have gained
         adequate understanding and can apply the knowledge and skills acquired in the completed lesson(s).
         Feedback to learners must be given promptly while the teacher decides on whether there are areas of the
         lesson(s) that need to be revisited to consolidate particular knowledge and skills.

   1.4   At all stages to expose learners to different techniques of assessing or questioning, e.g. how to answer
         multiple-choice (MC) questions, open-ended (OE) or free-response (FR) questions, short-answer questions,
         etc.

   While diagnostic and formative tests may be shorter in terms of the number of questions included, the summative test
   will include relatively more questions, depending on the work that has been covered at a particular point in time. It is
   important to ensure that learners eventually get sufficient practice in responding to the exemplar questions.

2. Memoranda or marking guidelines

   A typical example of the expected responses (marking guidelines) has been given for each exemplar question and for
   the ANA model test. Teachers must bear in mind that the marking guidelines can in no way be exhaustive. They can
   only provide broad principles of expected responses and teachers must interrogate and reward acceptable options
   and variations of the acceptable response(s) given by learners.

3. Curriculum coverage

   It is extremely critical that the curriculum must be covered in full in every class. The exemplar questions for each
   grade and subject do not represent the entire curriculum. They merely sample important knowledge and skills and
   covers work relating to terms 1, 2 and 3 of the school year.

Grade 1 English HL Exemplar                              1

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1.1      Look at the pictures below.

         Write the letter of the first sound for each picture in
         the blocks.

                    ………………………..            ………………………….

1.2      Write the middle sounds for the pictures below.

                         b…s                  d …g

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1.3      Write the letter of the last sound for each picture in the
         blocks.

                              ca...                  be...

2.1      Choose from the words in the box.

                        car               house              table

                  ……………..………                      …………………...

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2.2      Draw a line to match the word to the picture.

         Choose from the words in the box.

                jump          climb            run

2.3      Place a cross (x) in the box next to the words for these
         two pictures.

         Choose from these words.

                              cat

                              pig

                              hat

                              cow

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      Read the story and answer the questions below.

       Tumi has a clever dog. Her dog’s name is Max. Max likes to

       play with the ball. Tumi throws the ball, for Max to bring

       back. One day, Max got lost because he followed his

       friend. Tumi looked all over for him. She walked up and

       down the street. She yelled for Max to come home. She

       found Max. He was in the park. He was happy to see Tumi.

      3.1      Place a cross (x) in the box next to the correct
               answer.

               Choose the best name for the story.

                Tumi goes to school

                Max plays with toys

                Tumi and her friends

                Tumi and her dog, Max

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      3.1.1    Circle the letter next to the correct answer.
               The best name for the story is: ‘Tumi and her …’

               A      dad

               B      toy

               C      mom

               D      dog

      3.1.2    Place a cross (x) in the box next to the correct
               answer.

               A good name for the story is ‘Tumi and her dog.’

                                     yes

                                     no

      3.2      Place a cross (x) in the box next to the correct
               answer.

               The story is about?

                              Tumi and her dog.

                              Tumi and her ball.

                              Tumi and her mom.

                              Tumi and her friend

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      3.2.1    Circle the letter next to the correct answer.
               Tumi’s pet is a …

               A      cat

               B      dog

               C      pig

               D      hen

      3.2.2    Choose the correct word.

               Write it on the line.

               The story is about Tumi and ................................

                                        Max              Matt

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      3.3      Show the correct order of events in the story.

               Number the sentences (1-3) in the boxes to show the

               correct order.

                Max got lost.

                Tumi and Max played with a ball.

                Tumi found Max in the park.

      3.3.1    Look at the pictures. Number the boxes (1-3) to show

               the correct order of the story.

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       3.3.2   Choose the correct ending.

               Place a three (3) in the box that you have chosen.

                         1         2

4.     Place a cross (x) in the box next to the correct answer.

       Max got lost because ...

        he was in the park.

        he followed a friend.

        he lost his way home.

        the gate was open.

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      4.1    Circle the letter next to the correct answer.
             Tumi throws the ball because ...

             A    she is in the park.

             B    she can throw hard.

             C    Max likes to play with it.

             D    it is time to go home.

      4.2        Draw a line to finish the sentence.

                                                                       she was happy.
                 Tumi yelled for Max because ...                       he was hungry.
                                                                       it was home time.
                                                                       he was in the park.

5.1         Use some of the letters to build a word for the picture.

                  s             t          r                  a          k         p

                                        ............................

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           5.2    Write the letters in the correct order to make a
                  word.

                  Write the word on the line.

                                   apc

                          ………………………………..

           5.3    Write the word on the line.

                  This is a              ................

6.         Circle the letter above the longest bone.

                    A               B                       C   D

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        6.1    Circle the tallest tree.

        6.2    Draw the biggest ice-cream.

7.1     Fill in the correct sound for the picture on the line below

        each picture.

                                fr   cl        br   fl

                ..........ock                            ...........og

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      7.2    Write the sounds for the pictures.

                    ......ab                      ......um

      7 .3   Place a cross (x) in the boxes next to the sounds for
             these two pictures.

                                   gr

                                   cl

                                   fl

                                   bl

                          …ag                  …apes

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8.1   Rewrite the sentence correctly using a capital letter and a

      full stop.

      the friends walk to the park

      ..............................................................................................................................

8.2   Circle the capital letter and the full stop in the sentence.

      The boys and girls like to play.

8.3   Place a cross (x) in the box next to the sentence with a
      capital letter and a full stop.

       Jabu runs fast.

       jabu runs fast

9.1       A noun is a naming word.

          Choose the correct noun to complete the sentence.

                   pencil                        book                     crayon                          pen

          The children like to read a ........................

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9.2     A noun is a naming word.

        Place a cross (x) in the box next to the correct noun.

        The child likes to eat a         .....................

         milk

         juice

         sweet

         water

9.3     A noun is a naming word.

        Circle the letter next to the correct answer.

        My .... likes to read.

              A      skip

              B      write

              C      walk

              D      gran

9.4     A noun is a naming word.
        Circle the noun in the sentence below.

        Bongi reads books.

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10.1     Write the sentences.
10.1.1   Write these words in the correct order to make a sentence.
          dog                         fast.                       The                         runs

         ..............................................................................................................

10.1.2   Use the words below to make a sentence.

                       Mpho                 friends                 and           best               Thabo                 are

         ...............................................................................................................

10.1.3   Draw lines from the boxes to match the words in the sentence
         below.

            green                                is                          frog                           The

                                                          The frog is green.

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10.2            Look at the picture.
10.2.1
                Write at least two sentences about the picture.

                ........................................................................................................................

                ........................................................................................................................

                ........................................................................................................................

                ........................................................................................................................

                ........................................................................................................................

                ........................................................................................................................

                ........................................................................................................................

                ........................................................................................................................

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10.2.2     Look at the picture. Write 2 sentences about it.

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           ..........................................................................................................................

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10.2.3   Look at the picture. Write 2 sentences about it.

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