English Grade 2 ANA Exemplars 2012 Question Paper

ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT GRADE 2 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE 2012 EXEMPLAR TEST

Read the story below and then answer the questions that follow. Jill, Sam, Ben and Pam are learning about seasons at school. Their teacher, Mrs Hunt, shows them pictures and they share their ideas. Then she told them to write about their favourite season. Jill writes: In spring it is warm, the leaves and flowers grow and the animals wake up. The birds return and build nests. Sam writes: In summer it is hot and we like to swim and play outside in the sunshine. We like to drink cold drinks and eat ice cream. Ben writes: In autumn it is cooler and the leaves on the trees change to red, yellow and orange. Then they fall off the trees. The animals get ready for winter. The birds fly away. Pam writes: In winter it is cold, and in some places there is snow. We like to drink hot drinks and eat warm soup. We make fires to keep warm. Mrs Hunt let them read their stories to the class. 1. Give the above story a name. ......................................................................................................... 2. Circle the correct word. Who writes about winter? Sam/Ben/Pam/Jill 3. Circle the correct word or words. Where are the children learning? Outside/In the class/In the tree/At home 1

4. Number the seasons as they are in the story. Winter Spring Summer Autumn 5. Circle the letter of the correct answer. Jill wrote about summer because... A Mrs Hunt told her to. B It is her favourite. C She does not like it. D Ben told her to. 6. Circle the letter of the correct answer. What did the children do after writing the stories? A They had break. B They went home. C They drew pictures. D They read the stories. 2

7. Circle the correct answer. 7.1 Which word means the same as favourite? good/best/hate/nice 7.2 Which word is the opposite of warm? hot/cold/cool/freeze 8. Circle the correct word. I right/write/rite in my book. 9. Circle the correct word. I see clouds in/on/up the sky. 10. Re-write the following sentences: 10.1 Start with ‘Yesterday’. I ride my bike. Yesterday ............................................................... 10.2 Start with ‘Tomorrow’. I play with a ball. Tomorrow ........................................................................ 3

11. AUTUMN LEAVES 6 5 4 3 2 1 orange yellow red brown The children all collected autumn leaves and then sorted them into colour groups. The graph shows what they found. 11.1 Circle the correct answer. Which colour leaves were the most? orange yellow red brown 11.2 Circle the correct answer. Which colour leaves were the least? orange yellow red brown 11.3 How many leaves did they collect altogether? ................ 12. Write FIVE (5) or more sentences about your school. ........................................................................................... 4

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