English Grade 3 June Common Test 2010 Question Paper

Province of the EASTERN CAPE Level Code EDUCATION FOUNDATION PHASE GRADE 3 JUNE 2010 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE LEARNER’S NAME: ________________________________ SCHOOL’S NAME: ________________________________ DISTRICT: _________________________________ MARKS: 25 TIME: 1 h 10 min This question paper consists of 5 pages.

2 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE (JUNE 2010) INSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION 1. Read the instructions carefully. 2. Answer all the questions. 3. Write neatly and legible.

(JUNE 2010) ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE 3 QUESTION 1 Read the story and answer the questions below. Sam loves to play sport. He plays many sports at school, like soccer, cricket, hockey and swimming. Sam plays soccer and hockey in the winter terms. In the summer terms Sam plays cricket and he swims. He is a good swimmer. His favourite stroke is breaststroke. In the gala he came first in his age group. Although he plays many sports, his favourite is soccer. Sam hopes to be a champion soccer player one day. a) Where does Sam play sport? b) Which is his favourite stroke? c) Where did he come in his breaststroke race? d) What sport does Sam enjoy best? e) What does he want to be when he grows up? (2½) QUESTION 2 Fill in a or an a) _______ animal b) ________ crocodile c) ________ ant d) ________ bird e) ________ eagle (2½) QUESTION 3 Rewrite the sentences putting in the capital letters and punctuation marks (. , ? !) a) croco lived in the magic wood b) i am the king of the magic wood c) lizo told croco to go away d) the elephants the lions and the giraffe left the pool e) Where would the animals find water now (2½)

4 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE (JUNE 2010) QUESTION 4 Join the pair of sentences by using the joining word “and” or “but”. (a) I opened the door. My dog ran out. (b) Sally is fair. Her sister is dark. c) Dad went out. Mother stayed in. (d) Your face is clean. His is dirty. (e) My hair was long. The hairdresser cut it. (5) QUESTION 5 Choose the word from the box that means the opposite of the underlined words. hate day wrong enemies black (a) Joyce wears white shoes. (b) I love naughty friends. (c) The boy took the right book home. (d) I go to school every night. (5) QUESTION 6 Rewrite the following sentences starting with the word in bold. (a) Today Nelson runs away. Yesterday __________________________________ (1) (b) Today Nelson runs away. Tomorrow _________________________________ (1) (c) Yesterday Nelson listened to people. Today _____________________________________ (1) QUESTION 7 Complete the following words by filling in a or e. (a) b___ll (b) c___t (c) p__g

(JUNE 2010) ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE 5 (d) f___t (e) h__t (2½) QUESTION 8 Put the following words in an alphabetical order: basket cup apple donkey (2) TOTAL: 25