# English Grade 3 Gauteng June 2022 Memo

> Grade 3 English memorandum from the Gauteng June Exam 2022, 9 pages. Read online or get the free PDF download, question paper linked when available.

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- Updated: 2026-09-28
- Subject: English
- Grade: Grade 3
- Language: English
- Document type: Memorandum
- Year: 2022
- Exam period: Gauteng June Exam
- Curriculum: CAPS
- Pages: 9

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PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT TASK
                      JUNE 2022
                        GRADE 3
                MARKING GUIDELINES

                  COMMON ASSESSMENT TASK
                   ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                          TASK 1

MARKS: 100

9 pages

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                                MARKING GUIDELINES
                                                           ASSESSMENT TASK 1        GRADE 3

1.                                 ACTIVITY 1: LISTENING AND SPEAKING
1.1   Speaking

       ASSESSMENT GUIDELINES
              CONTENT               MARKS               SKILLS              MARKS
       Does not give any                     The learner is unable to
       relevant information                  speak loudly or clearly.
                                      0                                       0
       about the topic.

       Sequences 2 - 5 ideas                 The learner speaks clearly
       relevant to the topic.         1      with fluency.                    1
                                                                                         5
       Sequences more than 5                 The learner speaks clearly
       ideas relevant to the                 with fluency and expression.
                                      2                                       2
       topic.

                                             The learner speaks
                                             confidently with fluency and
                                             expression, using language       3
                                             imaginatively.

       LEARNER’S MARKS                2      LEARNER’S MARKS                  3

                                   TOTAL MARKS                                5
1.2   Listening -Whole class activity (see Addendum – Annexure A)

      C – grandmother
      C – cows and sheep                                                                5
      B – sun
      A – hands
      B – false

                                               2

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                               MARKING GUIDELINES
                                                               ASSESSMENT TASK 1       GRADE 3

2.                                         ACTIVITY 2: PHONICS
A.   Unscramble the letters

     (a) The colour of my eyes is brown. (1)                                                3
     (b) The leaf fell to the ground. (1)
     (c) Autumn is my favourite season. (1)

B.   Word search
     (Accept answers however indicated.)

              w            h            a          l        e        cc
             (1)p       e t                        n        o         h
                         t             l                             h
               c           h           e           e       s ss       e                     5
               c          hh           e           e                 ee
                s          u           b           v        h        ss
                          u                                h
                o         m
                          m            c           k       ii            t
                                                                     t
                t          b           u           e       pp            g
                          b
     Words in alphabetical order:                          b
     cheese (1)
     chest (1)
                                                                                            5
     ship (1)
     thumb (1)
     whale (1)
     Spelling MUST be correct as it in the text.

C.   Choose the correct word in brackets.
                                                                                            2
     (a) The reeds on the riverbank grew tall. (1)
     (b) I walk on the right hand side of the road. (1)

                                                   3

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                                 MARKING GUIDELINES
                                                                  ASSESSMENT TASK 1            GRADE 3

 D.     Choose the correct sound in brackets.
                                                                                                    2
        (a) The train has many coaches. (1)
        (b) The colour of coal is black. (1)

2.2     Spelling (See Addendum – Annexure B)
A.
        beautiful     practice   necessary
        vegetables     kindness    passenger                                                       10
        healthy       waterproof strawberry
        present

 B.     Dictation (See Addendum – Annexure B)
            ✓             ✓       ✓     ✓      ✓                                                    5
        Qualities of a good role model are kindness, respect and honesty.

 3.                              ACTIVITY 3. READING AND COMPREHENSION
3.1     Independent Reading
         Able to read a few words and needs prompting.                                     1
         Able to read most words using decoding skills but needs prompting.                2
         Able to read with fluency and uses decoding skills but lacks expression.          3        5
         Able to read with fluency using decoding and self-correcting skills but lacking
                                                                                           4
         expression.
         Able to read confidently with expression and fluency and uses decoding and
                                                                                           5
         self-correcting skills.

3.2     Comprehension (See Addendum – Annexure C)

3.2.1
         Character           male or female        prince or princess
         Lovepenny           female (1)            princess (1)                                     4
         Cinders             male (1)              prince (1)

                                                    4

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                                 MARKING GUIDELINES
                                                                ASSESSMENT TASK 1               GRADE 3

3.2.2
 (a)    False (1)
        *He would sit by the fire and wish he was big and hairy like his brothers. OR                2
        *He was small, spotty, scruffy, and skinny and he had three big, hairy brothers.
        *Any ONE of the above. (1)

 (b)    False (1)
                                                                                                     2
        A dirty fairy fell down the chimney. (1)

 (c)    False (1)
        *“Eish!” thought the fairy as the rags turned into a swimsuit. OR
                                                                                                     2
        *Oops!” said the fairy. “Wrong again, but I’m sure it all wears out by midnight.”
        *Any ONE of the above. (1)

3.2.3   Cinders/His greatest wish was to be as big and hairy like his brothers.                      1

3.2.4   The fairy turned the rags into a swimsuit.                                                   1

3.2.5   Reorganize/Sequencing

         The fairy turned the brothers into house faries.                                   3
         Princess Lovepenny and Prince Cinders married and lived happily ever after.        2        3
         Prince Cinders stayed at home and cleaned after his brothers.                      1

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                                 MARKING GUIDELINES
                                                                  ASSESSMENT TASK 1               GRADE 3

3.2.6   Is it right to tease people who look different from you?
                                                                                                       1
 (a)
        Right or Wrong (Any appropriate response.)

 (b)    Give reasons for your answer.
                                                                                                       1
        Any appropriate statement that supports the learner’s response in 3.2.6 (a)

3.2.7   How did the story make you feel?
 (a)                                                                                                   1
        Any appropriate statement that supports the learner’s response.

3.2.8   Yes or No
                                                                                                       2
        Any two statements that supports the learner’s response in 3.2.8(a).

3.2.9   Any appropriate answers used in a full sentence.
                                                                                                       2
        They must be kind, respectful, honest, gentle, friendly, helpful etc. (as in dictation)

 4.     ACTIVITY 4: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES
 A.     Punctuation
             ✓               ✓
        (a) Cinders wanted to be tall, big and hairy. (2)
          ✓                     ✓                                                                      4
        (b) When does the next bus arrive? (2)

 B.     Prepositions

        (a) The princess was waiting at the bus stop. (1)                                              2

        (b) The fairy turned the rags into a swimsuit. (1)

                                                     6

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                                 MARKING GUIDELINES
                                                                  ASSESSMENT TASK 1       GRADE 3

C.   Tenses

     (a)
             Present Tense
       Cinders is too shy. (1)
     (b) Future Tense                                                                          3

        The dirty fairy will fall down the chimney. (1)
     (c)
           Past Tense

       The bus stopped next to the princess. (1)

D.   Parts of speech

      Noun                      Adjective            Verb               Adverb                 4
      monkey       (1)          big     (1)          changed (1)        speedily   (1)

E.   Synonyms and Antonyms

                         Synonym              Antonym
      large              big      (1)         small/tiny    (1)                                4
      tidy               neat     (1)         dirty/untidy (1)

     Accept any other applicable synonym or antonym.

F.   Present progressive tense
                                                                                               2
     (a) Prince Cinders is cleaning the house. (1)
     (b) I am driving the car to the party. (1)

G.   Rhyming words
                                                                                               2
     (a) church (1)
     (b) dot (1)

                                                     7

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                            MARKING GUIDELINES
                                                            ASSESSMENT TASK 1            GRADE 3

5.                                   ACTIVITY 5: CREATIVE WRITING
     Rubric for writing assessment
         Criteria                             Description                          Marks

      Paragraph      Copied instructions/one word/phrase/part of sentence            0
      (Max. 1 mark)  Wrote two sentences that do not make a paragraph                1
                     Copied instructions/one word, phrase unrelated to the topic     0
      Content
                     1 – 5 simple sentences related to the topic                     1
      (Max. 2 marks)
                     6 – 10 meaningful sentences related to the topic                2
      Grammar,       More than 10 grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors        0
      punctuation    6 – 10 grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors              1        5
      and spelling
                     1 – 5 grammatical, punctuation or spelling errors               2
      (Max. 2 marks)
                                                                         MARKS      /5

                                              8

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ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE
                               MARKING GUIDELINES
                                                            ASSESSMENT TASK 1               GRADE 3

6.                                     ACTIVITY 6: HANDWRITING
     Handwriting

      Guidelines to Teacher:
      1. Hand out lined pages to learners in which to complete the activity.
      2. Learners are to complete the activity independently.
      3. Activity to be done during the Home Language period.
      Suggested time: 30 minutes

     Rubric for Handwriting Assessment

          Criteria               Description                            Marks
      Letter           Letters are correctly formed      1 to 19 words correctly written = 1
      formation        and written in joint script.      mark
      (3 marks)                                          20 to 29 words correctly written = 2    5
                                                         marks
                                                         30 to 43 words correctly written = 3
                                                         marks
      Punctuation      Punctuation is observed:
      (2 marks)        Capital letters are used at the                    1
                       beginning of each sentence.
                       Full stops and commas are
                                                                          1
                       correctly placed
                                              MARKS                       /5

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