GRADE ONE ENGLISH MID YEAR EXAMS

SPELLING

a e i o u

6. b-g 7. m-n 8. f-sh

9. j-g 10. h-n

11. My name is ---------

12. I am in grade -------- (1/2)

13. I live at --------- (school/ home)

14. I like -------- (bananas/ eggs)

15. (cap/ cup)

16. (car/ bus)

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17.

This is a ------ ball. (black/ red)

18.

This is a ------ (leaf/ tree)

19. The tent is ----- the car. (near/ on)

opposites

20. big -------- (small/ tall)

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21. (She/ He)

One many

22. book -------

23. tin -------

24. My father ------- a teacher. (is/ are)

25. Father is a ---------(man/ woman)

READING

1.bun 2. dig 3. father 4. hat 5. girl

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GRADE 1

1. __________________ book/ball

2. __________________ tree/tin

3. __________________ drink/dress

4. _________________ boy/girl

5. _________________ cup/cat
6. My name is ___________________________
7. l am a _________________ boy/girl
8. My school is _________ Tudi/Sankonjana
9. My teacher is Mrs________Moyo/Nyathi
10. Draw a cat

One Many
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11. book ________ books/bookes
12. box ________boxs/boxes

13. Mother is a _______ man/woman

Opposites
14. hot ____________ cold/old
15. clean ___________ dry/dirty
16. wet ____________ dry/dirty
17. l am in grade _______ 2/1
Use a ei o u
18. g_rl
19. b_y
20. le_f

Grade 1Reading Words

1. Cat
2. Book
3. Dirty
4. Father
5. Teacher

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Grade 2Reading Words
1. School
2. Garden
3. Fruit
4. Farmer
5. I like eggs

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GRADE 1 ENGLISH
1. I go to ____________school
(Tudi/Sankonjana
2. I like ________________
3. My name is _____________

4. ___________ mother/father
5. We grow vegetables in a _________
garden/clinic
6. I see with my __________ ears/eyes

7. This is a _________
8. We get eggs from a_________cow/hen
9. The boys ______ playing is/are
10. I have a book. It
is________mine/yours
Opposites
11. old _______ cold/new
12. sister _______ father/brother
13. up _______ down/away
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 14. Today it _____ cold. are/is
15. My friend is ____________
Read and answer
Sihle is a girl. Her friends are Buhle and
Sipho. They live in Mabende village.
16. Who is a girl? ____________
17. Her friends are Buhle and ________
18. Sihle lives in ___________
Make sentences
19. School
20. like

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TEST

Spelling
1. mother
2. book
3. cat
4. girl
5. fish

Match

6.
tin / tree

7.
hat / hoe

8.
cup
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 9. My name
is_________________________.

10. I am in grade __________ (nine/one).

11. My school is ______________ (Helemu

/

Mtshed
e)
Fill – in
12. b__ll

13. b__x

14. h__t

Opposites
15. new - old / small
16. small - new / big
17. clean - old / dirty

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fill – in
18. The ball is_____ the table
(under/on)
19. The pencil is _____ the tin.
(on /in)
20. The cat is _____ the chair.
(under
/on)

Choose the correct word.

21. Mother is a _____________ (woman
/man)

22. Father is a
______________(woman/man)

23. Sister is a _______________ (girl

/boy)

24. A box of______________(meat/

matches)

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 25. A loaf of ______________ (bread / tin)

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Name: _____________________________

Grade: _________________

Picture matching

1. This is a _________________

2. This is a __________________

3. This is a __________________

4. This is a __________________

5. This is a __________________

pencil door girl table dog

Fill in missing letters

l r a t p

6. m __n 7. chai__ 8. gir__

9. cu__ 10. __in
One Many

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 girl girls
10. book ______________
11. jug ______________
12. hoe ______________
13. tree ______________
14. hat ______________

Complete

15. My name is _____________________________

16. I am a ____________
17. My teacher is _____________________
18. My school is
___________________________________

Magwegwe boy girl

19. I want a ________________

20. I like ___________________

nuts banana

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Spelling
1. van 2. car 3. dog

4. box 5. tree 6. cat

7. girl 8. dress 9. boy

10. hat

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Grade 1 English

Build words
6. b____________
7. sh____________

Fill in
u oo ck
8. b_ _ k
9. du _ _
10. ho _ se

One Many
11. dog ___________
12. tree ___________
13. drum ___________

Matching

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14. ___________

15. ____________

16. ______________

Bag chair cup

17. I like (bananas/ orange)

aeiou
18. 01234

___________ (farmer, teacher)

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19. A _________ hat (white,
black)

Opposites
20. Dirty ______________
21. Old ______________
22. Cold ______________
Hot, new, clean

Prepositions
23.

_________ (in, under)

24. __________ (in,

under)

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 Choose the correct word
25. My name is ___________
26. Mary is a __________ (boy, girl)

Spellings
1. Cat
2. Tin
3. Hoe
4. Leaf
5. Zebra

ENGLISH PAPER I
SPELLINGS READING

1. boy 1.tree 6. leaf

2. cup 2. lorry 7.market

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 3. book 3. food 8.builder

4. chair 4. small 9.green

5. sweep 5.dress 10.father

What is this?

1. ______ hoe, house

2. __________ trip, tree

3. ___________ cat, cup

4.

_______ bag, box

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 Make words

5. d__ 6. Sh ___

7. I __ 8. __oo__

One Many

9. Car cars, car, carses

10. chick chickes, chicks, chick

11. dress dresses, dress, dresses

OPPOSITES

13. big (dry, down, small)

14. up (dry, down, small)

15. wet (dry, down, small)

16. The ball is – the table

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 17. The bird is – the roof

18. The cat is – the car

(under, on, in)

19. I work on a farm. I am a ____

20. I teach children. I am a ____

21. I build houses. I am a ___

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 (builder, teacher, farmer)

22. I dig with a ___

23. I sweep with a ___

24. We play the ___

(drums, hoe, broom)

25. A ___ of bread

26 A ___ of beans

27. A ___ of milk

(loaf, bottle, tin)

28. He is ___ (wash, washing)

29. Mother is ____ sadza (cooking, cook)

30. I am tea ___ (drink , drinking)

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 31. The boy ___ two legs

32. The cows ___ long horns

33. 1 like ___ tea (a, some)

34. I want___ cabbage please (a, some)

Make a sentence

35. Chair

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Reading

1. book 2. Red 3. Cow

4. sister 5. School 6. Boy

7. mother 8. Teacher 9. Tree

10. cup

GRADE ONE
ENGLISH

READING
1. mother 2. boy 3. red 4. book
5. meat
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FILL IN

a e i o u

6. b___g
7. c___p
8. b___x

OPPOSITES

9. big ___________ ( small/heavy)

10. sad ____________(big / happy)

MAKE WORDS

11. b______________
12. c______________

MATCH

Cup Cat Ball

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 13_____________

14. _______________

15. ___________________

16. My school is ____________. ( Kezi / Shashane )

17. l want an _____________ please. (orange/ banana)

18. My teacher is Miss _____________. ( Khumalo/ Ncube)
19. l come to school in the__________.(morning/afternoon)
20. l am in Grade ______________. (one/ two )

READING WORDS

1. Hen
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2. Box

3. Tin

4. Tree

5. Bus

6. Shirt

7. Look

8. Bottle

9. Woman

10. Father

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 FILL IN: a e i o u

1. c ____ w

2. d ____ or

3. tabl____

4. sist___r

5. l___rry

Make words

6. b__________ 7. d____________

8. c __________

Complete

9. This is a _____________

10. This is a _____________

Opposites

11. Wet __________________

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12. Cold __________________

Complete

13. My name is _________________________

14. I am in grade _______________________

15. My school is ________________________

GRADE 1 EXAMINATION
Family and Heritage Studies

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1 My name is ____________________
2. I am a _________ (boy/girl)

3. This is a _________ (frog/fish)

4. Mother is _________
(washing/sweeping)
5. We must ___________ elders. (beat/obey)

6. ________ (pot/plate)
7. Father, mother and children make __________
(family/group)
8.______________ is a modern game.
(ingwini/soccer)

9. This is our national _________

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(school/flag)
10. Our flag has _________ colours. (6/5)
11. ______________ is a traditional game.
( netball/ ingwini)
12. I have a right to ___________ (trees/food)
13. It is _________ to play with fire. (bad/good)
14. We sing the national _____ (anthem/ plrdge)
15. I live in a ___________ (school/village)
16. It is ___________ to beat others. (good/bad)
17. You must ___________ if someone beats you.
(fight/report)

18. This is a ____ (house/hut)

19. This is a ________ (robot/crossing)

20. ________ (oranges/bananas)

21. My country is _____ (Zambia/Zimbabwe)
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22. ________(grandfather/grandmother)
23. My school is ____________________________

24. A ___________ (pot/spoon)

25. ______________ (axe/hoe)

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 GRADE 1EXAMINATIONS
MATHEMATICS and SCIENCE

1 _______ (circle/triangle)

2. A
B
A is ________ (short/long)

3. (head/hand)

4. (leg/foot)
5. _________ (float/sink)

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6. Soil has ________________ colours
(different / same)

7. It is __________ (sunny/rainy)
8. =5

9. =
10. 1 2 4 5

11.
Pot box bottle
A pot is ____________ (second/first)
12. ___________ live in the soil (cat/ant)
13.A cat is a _______animal. (wild/domestic)
14. Water is _______ (white/colourless)

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 GRADE 1 EXAMINATIONS
Maths and Science

1 * * *

* * *
=
2.
______ (circle/triangle)

3. Write the missing n: umber.

4: 5: : 7

4. A B
B is ___________ (big/small)

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5.
(3/4 trees)
6. Ȯ Ȯ + Ο Ο

Ȯ Ȯ
+ Ο
=
7. 2+ 7 = ___
8. Sunday _________ Tuesday. (Monday/Friday)
9. 2 count on 1 =
10. shape
Stone _______ is heavier.

11. 2 is near _______ (0/10)

12. 4 - 1 =
13. 7 take away 5 =
14. Water is ___________ (blue/colourless)
15. (ants/hens) ________ live in the soil.
16. Cows live in ____________ (hut/kraals)

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17. This is a ________ (dog/cat)
18. We use water for ________ (washing/walking)

19. ( tree/leaf)
20. Inside a balloon there is _____ (water/air)

21. (rainy/sunny)
22.We see with our _______ (ears/eyes)
23. A dog is a_________ (domestic/wild) animal.

24. (dam/tap)

25. (foot/hand)

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 GRADE 1 EXAMINATIONS
PE and Mass Displays
Time 2 hours

(eye/ear)

2. ( foot/ leg)

3. This is a_______ (girl/ boy)

4. I hear with my ______ (ears/eyes)
5. We must ______ our teeth every
day. ( brush/ sweep)
6. ______ is good food. (milk/sweets)
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7. ______ is bad food. ( cake/sweets)

8. He is ___(running/ walking)
9.We use a ______________ to cut. (
pencil/ razor.)

10. He is balancing on __ foot

(two / one)

11. They are standing in a______

(square/triangle)
12. ____________ is a primary colour.
(red/green)
13.
This is a __________
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(triangle/circle)
14.Yellow and red makes __________
(orange/green)
15. __________ is a national colour.
(blue/yellow)

16. (kicking/catching)

17. She is ____ (jumping/sitting)

18. (sack race/ three legged)

19. (jingles/drum)

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20. (catching/kicking)
21. I kick the ball with my (foot/arm)
22.We play at the ___ (ground/road)
23. We must pick _____at the play
area. (stones/swings)

24. (oranges/bananas)
25.

(Hula hoop/skipping rope)

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 GRADE 1 EXAMINATIONS
VPA and ICT
Time 2 hours

1 This is a ___________ (hosho/drum)

2. Pah Prayzer is a ______ (teacher/singer)
3. ♪ (taa-aa/taa)
4. Makoti Makoti is a _______ song.
(church/wedding)

5. (car/bicycle)
6. A clay pot has _____ legs (no/three)
7. We sit on _______________ (books/mats)

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8.Isitshikitsha is a ____________
dance.(modern/traditional)

9. This is a _________ (guitar/hosho)

10. Boys like to make toy _______ (cars/dolls)
11. We play ingwini with _______ (soil/stones)

12. This is a _____ (basket/ pot)

13. (radios/cameras) shoot photos.

14. ( stop/play) button.

15. (monitor/mouse)

16. Do not stop on the _______ (plug/door)

17. We type using a _______ (screen/key board)

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18. (mouse/key
board)
19.No making _______ in the lab. (noise/shops)
20.
(door/padlock)
21. Do not bring __________ (water/books) in the
lab.
22. We see pictures in the ___________
(monitor/mouse)

23. (calculator/cellphone)
24. We watch vedios on a _______
(television/radio)

25. (mouse/monitor)

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INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE

Izipele
Faka u [a, e, i, o, u]
1) im__ ta
2) v__ la
3) zuz __
4) is__fula
5) ilub__

6) Lo ngu ____________
[gogo / khulu]
7) Silimange ___________ [hloka /
khuba]
8) Xubha _[amehlo /amazinyo]
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 Ubunye ubunengi
9) Umfana _________ [obafana /
abafana
10) Umama _________ [omama
/umama ]

11)
Lamuhla ____________ [kuyatshisa
/kulamayezi
12) Umama___________ [usane
/inkazana]
13) \ umganu/ inkomitsho

Qedisa
14) Mina ngifunda e __________
[sikolo /sitolo ]
15) Ngizwange _____________ [ nyawo
/ndlebe ]
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 16) Isibongo sami ngesako
________________
Phikisa
17) Lala ______________ [lalisa / vuka
Ubuhlobo
18)umama kamama ngu……………..
(gogo/ khulu)

19) Ibhola/ilitshe
20)umangoye/ isihlahla

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Ukubala

21)umama
22)cela
23)gida
24)esikolo
25)ijaha

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15. (leaves /roots)
16. _____________ is good food.
(sweets/oranges)
17. Machines make work _____________
(harder/ easier)
18. The sun gives us _________ and light.
(sound/heat)
19. A is _______(heavy/light)
A
B

20. _____ (spoon/ pot)

21. A toy uses a _______ to move.
(battery/fire)
22. I dig with a_____________ (spoon/hoe)
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23. Water is for________ (sweeping/drinking)
24. 3 +2 =

25. 5 -1=

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