English Grade 1 ANA Exemplars 2012 Question Paper

ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GRADE 1 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE 2012 EXEMPLAR TEST

1. Circle the letter of the correct answer. 1.1 This is a ... A dog. B hat. C sun. D car. 1.2 I can read a ... A pen. B door. C book. D chair. 2. Read the story below and then answer the questions that follow. It was Monday. We went to play with the ducks at the pond. We got lost. Sam fell and hurt his hand. Ben, the dog found us. 1

2.1 Circle the letter of the correct answer. The children went to play with the ... A dogs. B cats. C ducks. D birds. 2.2 What happened to the children? The children _________________________________ 3. Number the sentences below to show the order in which things happened in the story. The dog found them. Sam hurt his hand. The children went to the pond. They got lost. 2

4. Circle the letter of the correct answer. The best title for the story is ... A Sam and Ann are cold B Sam and Ann get lost C Sam and Ann go to sleep D Sam and Ann go to school 5. Circle the letter of the correct answer. Sam hurt his hand when he ... A fell. B ran. C jumped. D played. 6. Circle the letter of the correct answer. Which one is the longest? A B C D 7. Fill in the correct pronouns for the underlined words. 3

7.1 Instead 0f saying Sam fell, we can say _____________fell. 7.2 Instead of saying the children got lost, we can say ________got lost. 8. Circle the letter of the correct answer. They walk to the pond. Yesterday they _____ to the pond. A walkd B walkt C walks D walked 9. Circle the letter of the correct answer. This is a ... A ship. B chip. C sheep. 4

D shep. 10. Look at the picture below. Write 2 sentences about this picture. ............................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................... .............................................................. 5

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