English Activities Questions and Answers - CBC Grade 2 Term 3 Opener Exams 2023 SET 1

TASK 3: COMPREHENSION

Read the passage below and answer questions that follows

Once upon a time in the animal kingdom, all animals lived peacefully. They all ate together and even bathed together. One day giraffe wanted to eat some leaves, but he was too late the other animals had already eaten everything.

He was very very sad, but then he looked up and saw very nice leaves in the tree. So he stretched his head but could not reach. He kept trying until he could reach, and ate the leaves to his full. Since the giraffes' necks have always been long.

1. How did the animals live in the kingdom? _______________________________________
2. A giraffe has a _______________________________________ neck.   (long, short)
3. Which animal was very sad? _______________________________________
4. Which three things did the animals do together?
   1. _______________________________________
   2. _______________________________________
   3. _______________________________________
5. Giraffes always eat fresh _______________________________________
   (roots, stems, leaves)

TASK 4: GRAMMAR

Use 'have' or 'has' to complete the sentences

6. She  _______________________ a cat for a pet.
7. We _______________________  a lesson in class now.

Write the opposite of the underlined words

8. Teddy is present today. _______________________
9. My uncle is a poor man. _______________________

Use 'in', 'on' and 'between' to complete the sentences

10. The girl is standing __________________________ the trees.
    
11. Our cat is sitting ____________________________ the chair.
    

Complete the sentences

12. My teeth are ______________ in colour (black, white)
13. He treats sick people. He is a ____________________________ (nurse, doctor)

Add-ing at the end of each word

14. Sleep = ________________________
15. Go = _______________________
16. Put "an" or "a"      
    Did you buy __________________________________apple?

Write the words correctly

17. sgge _________________________
18. sehou _________________________

Use "to", "too", "two" to complete the sentences

19. Our baby is _________________________ years old.
20. The tea is _________________________ hot for me to drink.

Write the past tense

21. Eat - _________________________
22. Open - _________________________
23. Go - _________________________

Use the plural to complete the sentences

24. A dog gave birth to _________________________(puppy)
25. Our chief has many _________________________ (sheep)

Use "is" or "are"

26. The pupils _________________________ in class.
27. Daizy _________________________ crying.

Write in small or capital letters

28. table - _________________________
29. CHAIR - _________________________
30. This is _________________________ house.
     (mine, my)

TASK 5: WRITING

Dictation

31. _______________________________________
32. _______________________________________
33. _______________________________________
34. _______________________________________
35. _______________________________________

MARKING SCHEME

1. Peacefully
2. long
3. Giraffe 
4.   
   1. eat
   2. bath
   3. lived peacefully
5. leaves
6. has
7. have
8. absent
9. rich
10. between
11. on
12. white
13. doctor
14. sleeping
15. going
16. an
17. eggs
18. house
19. two
20. too
21. ate
22. Opened
23. went
24. puppies
25. sheep
26. are
27. is
28. TABLE
29. chair
30. my