2019 June Exam Paper 2 MEMO

LAERSKOOL VAN DYK PRIMARY District: D 16 EMIS: 160 994 English Home Language 20 MAY 2019 MID Exam Paper 2 Examiner: Ms K v.d. Merwe Moderator: Mr R Oelofse Name and Surname: _______________________________________ Time allocated: 2 hours Grade 4._____ Learner’s mark: Comprehension = __________ % 25 Language = __________ % 15 INSTRUCTIONS: • This paper is made up of: ➢ Section A: Comprehension (25 marks) ➢ Section B: Language Structures and Conventions (15 marks) • Use the comprehension skills that you were taught to answer your questions. Highlight important words and phrases. • Answer all the questions in full sentences, unless stated otherwise. • Write neatly and legibly. • Pay special attention to spelling and sentence construction. • Enjoy your paper!

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION Read the information text below and answer questions 1- 9. Dear Daisy You are invited to Vuyo’s 10 th Birthday Party Date: 25 May 2019 Time: 13:30 - 17:00 Place: 23 Rubin Street, Boksburg Dress Code: Bling, Beautiful and Bright RSVP: Mr. Moloi or Mala Tel. No: 012 627 2222 NB: Please be on time To receive your dime 1. Who is invited to the party? _______________________________________________ [1] 2. When will the party take place? ______________________________________________ [1] 3. The words ‘ Bling beautiful and bright’ is an example of the following figure of speech. A Simile B Rhyme C Alliteration D onomatopoeia [1]

4. Which occasion will be celebrated? ____________________________________________________ [1] 5. Rewrite the word that rhymes with dime. _______________________ [1] 6. Rewrite a word from the text that is an antonym (opposite) for dull. ____________________________ [1] 7. Who do you think is Mr. Moloi or Mala? _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [1] 8. If you attend this party, will you enjoy yourself? Give a reason for your answer. _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [1]

Read the Newspaper article and answer questions 9-14. KIDDY NEWS 21 July 2017 Ten-year-old leads a big protest march By Mhlaba Memela Ten-year old Omar Castilo President of Mexico, but the complains that Mexico City is President didn’t reply. Omar much polluted. Today he is wrote four more letters. But still leading a big protest march. the president did not reply. About 200 children will march with him. He is carrying a banner Last week, Omar packed three saying “Don’t destroy the shirts, his toothbrush and rainforest!” because he heard toothpaste and a little food into that the forest was going to be his small bag. Then he woke his destroyed. parents to tell them he was going to save the forest. Omar was very angry about this. He said that he always wished to “The forest is 1 400 km away and go to the forest one day and he it is dangerous! You can’t go”. knew that forests help to keep But Omar has made up his mind. our air clean. “I want the jungle to be there when I grow up,” he said. “I want He did his best to save the forest. all the animals to be there also.” He even wrote a letter to Adapted from DBE Workbook Grade 4 Languages 9. The article “ Ten-year-old leads a big protest march” appeared in the … A Daily Report. B Daily Sun. C Kiddy News. D Adult News. [1]

10. The headline of the newspaper is… A Ten-year old leads a dangerous march B Nine-year-old leads a big protest march C Ten-year old leads a big protest march D Young boy leads a big protest march [1] 11. Who is the story about? _______________________________________________________ [1] 12. Who wrote this article? ________________________________________________________ [1] 13. When was this article published? ________________________________________________________ [1] 14. Would you go on a protest march? Give a reason for your answer. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ [1]

Read the following story and answer questions 15- 25. Sally searched her room from top to bottom. She pulled out the drawers in her cupboard and emptied them. She cleaned her bookshelves and looked behind the books. She took her suitcase down from the top of the cupboard and peered hopefully into it. Then she thought she’d give it a break and look again another day. She had lost her little camera. She couldn’t find it anywhere. She thought she’d last had it on holiday in the mountains and couldn’t remember seeing it since the family had returned. She was nervous to say anything about it because it had been a birthday present. Her elder brother, Tim had specially bought it for her because she loved taking pictures. Now whenever he asked her to take a picture, she pretended she wasn’t interested or that the light wasn’t right, or the subject wasn’t a good one for a photo. Then she’d start the search again, thinking that perhaps she hadn’t looked properly the previous time. To no avail - the camera was lost! Still she didn’t confess. Summer slipped into winter and Sally carried out her search periodically. Finally, she gave up. But she still didn’t say anything to anyone. Then one cold day she decided to put on her boots. She thrust her feet into the right boot and felt something inside. Quickly, she pulled her foot out thinking it was something revolting like a cockroach! But there nestling in one boot was a treasured object. Now why had she packed it into her boot? Actually, it didn’t matter. What mattered was that she had found her missing camera. 15. What is the best title for this story? The ... A stolen camera. B holiday camera. C lost camera. D revolting camera. [1] 16. Who is the main character in the story? ________________________________________________________ [1]

17. Where does this story take place? In her ... A drawers. B bedroom. C boots. D cupboard [1] 18. Where did Sally find her camera? In the... A cupboard. B drawer. C bookshelf. D boot. [1] 19. The story is about... A taking photographs. B keeping a secret. C searching for a camera. D treasuring a camera. [1] 20. Why did she not tell anyone about the lost camera? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ [1] 21. What do you think would have happened if Sally told them about the camera? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ [1] 22. What did Sally mean when she said that she cleaned her room from ‘top to bottom’? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ [1]

23. If you had lost a valuable item your parents had given you, would you tell them about it? Give a reason for your answer. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ [1] 24. Find one word from the text(paragraph 3) that means the same (synonym) as: pushed ________________________________ [1] 25. Find one word from the text (paragraph 2) that is opposite (antonym): in meaning to: found _______________________________ [1] Total Section B /25 SECTION B: LANGUAGE STRUCTURES & CONVENTIONS 26. Write the correct preposition in the space provided. Tim wanted her to take a photo ___________ him posing. [1] 27. Use a suitable prefix for the underlined word to make this sentence correct. She _________packed her cupboard in search of her camera. [1] 28. Rewrite the following sentence in the Simple Present Tense. She cleaned her bookshelf. ________________________________________________________ [1] 29. Rewrite the following sentence in the simple past tense. She tells her brother about the camera. ________________________________________________________ [1] 30. Fill in the verb that agrees with the subject. Sally _______________ (is; are) afraid to tell her parents about the camera. [1]

31. Rewrite the singular form of the underlined word. She cleaned her bookshelves. ________________________ [1] 32. Rewrite the plural form of the underlined word. The family went on holiday. __________________________ [1] 33. Rewrite the following sentence. Correct all the punctuation errors. she had last seen her glasses boots and camera while holidaying in mpumalanga _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ [2] 34. Complete the degree of comparison in the following sentence. She had a small camera, but her father had given her one a bit _________ than that, Tim had given her the smallest one. [1] 35. Rewrite the following sentence in the future continuous tense. She enjoys taking beautiful pictures. ________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ [1] 36. Identify the adverb in the following sentence. She couldn’t find her camera anywhere. A She B Find C camera D anywhere [1]

37. Use the conjunction given in brackets to join the following sentences. Sally emptied out her cupboards. Sally cleaned her bookshelves. (and) __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ [2] 38. Rewrite the correct possessive pronoun in the following sentence. Choose from the word box. them they their him Sally did not confess to her parents, she was afraid of what _________ would say. [1] Total Section B /15

LAERSKOOL VAN DYK PRIMARY MEMORANDUM GRADE 4 HOME LANGUAGE (40 marks) Q. EXPECTED ANSWERS MARK 1 Daisy 1 2 25 May 2019 1 3 C: Alliteration 1 4 A Birthday party 1 5 time 1 6 Bright 1 7 Vuyo’s parents 1 8 Learner response - Learners may answer yes /no, provided that a suitable reason 1 is given. No marks awarded for yes / no only. 9 C: Kiddy News 1 10 C: Ten-year old leads a big protest march 1 11 The story is about Omar Castilo 1 12 Mhlaba Memela wrote this article 1 13 21 July 2017 1 14 Learner response - Learners may answer yes /no, provided that a suitable reason 1 is given. No marks awarded for yes / no only. 15 C: Lost camera 1 16 Sally 1 17 B. Bedroom 1 18 D: Boot 1 19 C: searching for a camera 1 20 She was afraid. 1 Accept any other suitable response 21 Learner response e.g. She would have been scolded / told not to worry she will be 1 given another one… 22 She searched everywhere 1 23 Learner response. - Learners may answer yes /no, provided that a suitable reason 1 is given. No marks awarded for yes / no only. 24 thrust 1 25 Lost 1 Total Section A 25 SECTION B Language Structure 21 of 1 22 un 1 23 She cleans her bookshelf 1 24 She told her brother about the camera 1 25 Is 1 26 bookshelf 1 27 Families 1 28 She had last seen her glasses, boots and camera while holidaying in Mpumalanga. 2 1 mark for capital - She and Mpumalanga 1 mark for comma and full stop. If either is missing award no marks 29 smaller 1 30 She will enjoy taking beautiful pictures 1 31 anywhere 1 32 Sally emptied out her cupboards and she cleaned her bookshelves 2 Ignore if comma is omitted. 1 mark for the conjunction placed correctly 1 mark for not repeating Sally after the conjunction 33 They 1 TOTAL SECTION B= 15