LIMPOPODEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
LAERSKOOL WARMBAD
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INSTRUCTIONS:
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
1. Complete all the sections.
2. Read over the questions carefully before you attempt answering.
3. You will be given 5 minutes to read over the paper. Do not write
during this time.
4. Write boldly and neatly.
5. You must answer all questions!
LEVEL 1
40%
LEVEL 2
30%
LEVEL 3
20%
LEVEL 4
10%
LEARNING AREA:
GRADE:
MODERATOR:
TIME:
POINTS:
DATE:
ENGLISH FAL
4 (Ms.C Colyn)
Ms.E Casimiro
90minutes
55
6 JUNE 2014
NAME AND SURNAME: ........................................................................................
GRADE: 4L S W
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SECTION A: READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following short story and answer the following questions.
“Elephants taking a mud bath”
Elephants live together in big families. Elephant families have
females of all ages, but only young males.
When the sons (male children) are about twenty years old, they
leave the family. Daughters (female children) stay with the
family for live. They help to look after the new babies. The
leader of the family is the oldest female.
When young males leave their mother’s family, they stay alone
with a few other males. So, small groups of elephants are
usaully all males. Adult (grown-up, not a child) males, called bull
elephants, join a female herd (a group of animals) for only a
shorter time to mate (come together to make new babies).
Elephants like to have mud baths. This stops their skin from
getting dry. Mud also keeps them cool in the hot sun.
Elephants can live up to a hundred years.
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QUESTION 1
1. How old are the young male elephants when they leave the family?
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2. Who is the leader of the elephant family?
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3. After the young male elephants leave their families, who do they live with?
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4. Why do female elephants stay in groups?
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5. What are adult males called?
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6. ‘Hot’ is an antonym (opposite) for ‘cold’. What is an antonym for female?
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7. What is an antonym for daughter?
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8. Why do elephants like mud baths? Give two reasons
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9. Who is looking after baby elephants?
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10. Read this sentence:
When the sons are about twelve years old, they leave the family. Who is ‘they’?
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11. How long do elephants live? Choose the correct answer
a) Elephants live to 12 years old.
b) Elephants live to 100 years old.
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12. Write three facts about elephants. Write full sentences.
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(6)
Total Section A: [30]
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SECTION B: LANGUAGE
QUESTION 2
1. Underline the correct words in brackets.
a) Tom (is/are) going on holiday tomorrow.
b) The children (is/are) playing outside.
c) You have (a/an) very big hat.
d) She gave me (a/an) awful present.
e) Please give me (a/an) chance.
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2. Underline the subject in each sentence.
a) Megan is pulling Alissa’s hair.
b) Anrich is playing with the guitar.
c) Tegan runs very fast on the field.
(3)
3. Underline the verb in each sentence.
a) Rahim keeps singing in class.
b) Ruben draws very beautifully.
(2)
4. Give the opposite of the following words.
a) Rough
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b) Rich
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c) Blunt
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(3)
5. Fill in can/may
a) ___________ I borrow your pencil?
b) ___________you speak French?
(2)
6. Rewrite the following sentence in the past tense.
Bo goes to school.
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(1)
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7. Rewrite the following sentence in the future tense.
They study hard for the exam (tomorrow)
Tomorrow _______________________________________________________________________
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8. Give an adjective for the following nouns.
a) ______________________ party
b) ______________________ test
c) ______________________ day
(3)
9. Correct the spelling mistakes in the following sentence.
Wiljou please come and ply at my house tomorow after scool?
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(5)
Total Section B: [25]
TOTAL: 55
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