# English Grade 3 June Common Test 2010 Question Paper > Grade 3 English question paper from the June Common Test 2010, 5 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, memo linked when available. - Page: https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2010-june-common-test-question-paper/dc356157-3ae5-4c55-aade-8fae57c4fb73 - Updated: 2026-10-29 - Subject: English - Grade: Grade 3 - Document type: Question paper - Year: 2010 - Exam period: June Common Test - Curriculum: CAPS - Pages: 5 Breadcrumbs: [Home](https://www.hlayiso.com/) › [Library](https://www.hlayiso.com/library) › [Grade 3](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3) › [English](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3/english) › [English Grade 3 June Common Test 2010 Question Paper](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2010-june-common-test-question-paper/dc356157-3ae5-4c55-aade-8fae57c4fb73) ## About this document English · Grade 3 · June Common Test · 2010. Question paper, 5 pages. Read online or download the PDF. Read it free online on the page above; download the PDF from there. ## Document text Text extracted from the PDF. Layout, diagrams and tables may not survive extraction. ### Page 1 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. ### Page 2 2 ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE (JUNE 2010) INSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION 1. Read the instructions carefully. 2. Answer all the questions. 3. Write neatly and legible. ### Page 3 (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) ### Page 4 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 ### Page 5 (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 ## Related documents - [ENGLISH HL GR3 MEMO JUNE 2010](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2010-june-common-test-memorandum-english/78f9c386-cf8a-4976-92cc-b06c02b12a22) — English · Memo · 2010 · Eng - [Gr 3 ENG HL LITERACY QP](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/gr-3-eng-hl-literacy-qp/50061064-f661-4916-8eeb-4dadb7f32230) — English · QP · 2011 · Eng - [Gr 3 ENG HL MEMO LITERACY](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/gr-3-eng-hl-memo-literacy/9c45201b-c17e-4644-a434-cdd16b5c4202) — English · Memo · 2011 · Eng - [Gr 3 Eng HL memorandum 2011 Errata](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/gr-3-eng-hl-memorandum-2011-errata/5c92ab53-fb27-4efa-8877-15e500a62dff) — English · Memo · 2011 · Eng - [Gr3 ENG FAL 2020 Exemplars Question Paper](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2020-gauteng-november-exam-question-paper-english/6f16d293-edb5-4561-9f8e-061daec2afc7) — English · QP · 2020 · Eng - [Gr 3 Eng FAL Teacher Instructions](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2018-gauteng-november-exam-question-paper-english/ca1addb9-40a0-4f95-b7f3-6a528ee776b3) — English · QP · 2018 · Eng ## More from Grade 3 English - [Gr3 ENG (HL) June 2022 Addendum](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2022-gauteng-june-exam-addendum-english/e46c2ca5-2ae5-47f3-87c3-aecf46d2c446) — Addendum · 2022 · Eng - [Gr3 ENG (HL) June 2022 Possible Answers](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2022-gauteng-june-exam-memorandum-english/1965c92d-285f-48b7-8e11-cead79f31ea2) — Memo · 2022 · Eng - [Gr3 ENG (FAL) June 2022 Possible Answers](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2022-gauteng-june-exam-memorandum-english/76e57282-64bd-4246-b5b2-73f224ced4e1) — Memo · 2022 · Eng - [Gr 3 English (FAL) November 2023 Possible Answers](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2022-gauteng-november-exam-memorandum-english/a681e4e2-f5cf-4e8f-b33d-dedf44eb86ed) — Memo · 2022 · Eng - [Gr 3 English (HL) 2023 Possible Answers](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2022-gauteng-november-exam-memorandum-english/011a8dfa-ac60-4ce5-9065-a80b0db99f5a) — Memo · 2022 · Eng - [Gr3 ENG HL 2020 Exemplars Common Assessment Task Possible Answers and Addendum](https://www.hlayiso.com/library/grade-3-english-2020-gauteng-november-exam-memorandum-english/5f6373d6-58fa-4574-a7d2-756f40c39aad) — Memo · 2020 · Eng ## Collection - [Grade 3 past papers](https://www.hlayiso.com/grade-3/past-papers) --- Hlayiso: free CAPS and IEB past papers, memos, notes and study guides for South African learners. 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