ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSESSMENT

GRADE 3

ENGLISH HOME LANGUAGE

MEMORANDUM

SET 2: 2012 EXEMPLAR

Question

1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5

3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4.1
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.3
4.4.1
4.4.2
4.5
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.2
5.3.1
5.3.2
5.4.1
5.4.2
5.5
6.1
6.2
6.3

Expected answers

Pinkys teacher sees/saw Spot.

asked her to tell the class about Spot.
Spot followed Pinky to school.
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
D
Wednesday
at break time
Money
a. glue
b. sand
c. paint
C
oven/microwave
C
B
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
delightedly, excitedly, happily, OR any
acceptable answer
answered, said or any acceptable
answer
Mother, cheerfully, that, the, another,
threaten, they
hate
mean, rotten
He was the principal.
clown
pause
B
sight
blew
ff
ph
Any acceptable answer.
D
C
car

Mark(s)

Total

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1
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1
1
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1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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7.1
7.2.
7.3
7.4
7.5
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4

A
B
hair
rode
Any acceptable answer.
Correct formation
sale
Correct formation
girl
Correct formation
go
Correct formation

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
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8.5
9.1
9.2
9.3.1
9.3.2
9.4
9.5
10.1
10.2
10.3
10.4
10.5
11.1
11.2.1
11.2.2
11.3.1
11.3.2
11.4.1
11.4.2
11.5.1
11.5.2
12.1
12.2
12.3
12.4
12.5

go
Correct formation
Correct formation
X
Y
Z
A
B
Correct formation
Correct formation
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
C
hungrily
slowly
play
lies
B
A
snake
lion
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.
Any acceptable answer.

1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1

1
1
Rubric
Rubric
Rubric
Rubric
Rubric
1
1

1
1
6
6
6
6
6
1
1

Rubric
Rubric
Rubric
Rubric
Rubric

6
6
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6

13.1
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5

14.1
14.2
14.3
14.4.1
14.4.2
14.5
15.1
15.2
15.3

15.4
15.5

Did you go to Thabos party on Saturday?

Dont eat sweets, cakes, chips and
chocolates!
Any acceptable answer.
!
Tina raced her brother, Vuyo down the
road. I am going to beat you, she laughed,
looking back at him. Then Tina ran right
into a web. She jumped around,
screaming. Is it on me? Get it off me!
C
clumsily
B
B
A
dresses
B
Yesterday they were eating apples.
My dog and I were taking a walk down the
street. As we were getting closer to Mike
the baker, he was shouting at us to stop.
Tomorrow I will be brushing my teeth.
Any acceptable answer.

1
1

1
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1
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3

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1
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0 marks
Copied
instructions. Has
written only one
word/phrase/part
of a sentence.
OR Wrote words
not related to the
topic.

1 mark
Content
One simple
sentence
must be
related to the
topic.
Language
Many
spacing,
grammar and
punctuation
errors.
Spelling
Ignore
spelling.

2 marks
Content
Two simple
sentences must
be related to the
topic.

3 marks
Content
Three
simple
sentences
must be
related to
Language
the topic.
Some spacing, Language
grammar and
Uses
punctuation
spacing,
errors, but still
grammar
understandable. and
Spelling
punctuation
Ignore spelling. so that
others can
read what
has been
written.
Spelling
Ignore
spelling, if
not spelt
correctly,
but is
phonetically
spelt and
has written,
for example,
skaird for
scared
(minimum
errors).

4 marks
Content
Four simple
sentences
must be
related to
the topic.
Language
Uses
spacing,
grammar
and
punctuation
so that
others can
read what
has been
written.
Spelling
Ignore
spelling, if
not spelt
correctly,
but is
phonetically
spelt and
has written,
for example,
skaird for
scared
(minimum
errors).

5 marks
Content
Five complex,
logical
sentences
related to the
topic.
Language
Uses spacing,
grammar and
punctuation
correctly so
that others can
read what has
been written.
Spelling
At least four of
the sentences
must have no
spelling errors.

6 marks
Content
Five or more complex,
logical, sentences related
to the topic.
Language
All of the sentences must
have spacing, grammar
or punctuation correctly
written, so that others can
read.
Spelling
All of the sentences must
have no spelling errors.