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WESTCLIFF SCHOOL OF SKILLSENGLISH HOME LANGUAGETERM 2FAMOUS PEOPLEACTIVITIESMRS. A.G. ENGELBRECHTNAME and SURNAME: __________________________________ YEAR: 2. _______12.ENGLISH LANGUAGE WESTCLIFF YEAR 2 TERM 2FAMOUS PEOPLE COMPREHENSION – A radio interview: Information – Tenses DATE:________________________ YR:2 __________________ NAME:VERBS – Words that show what someone or something does, or what happens to them – doing words.Example: “jump”, “dream” and “walk”, “is” ,“are” , “am”, are all verbs.DID YOU KNOW?”When we talk or write about what happens NOW, we use the PRESENT TENSE.When we talk or write about what HAPPENED, we use the PAST TENSE.When we talk or write about what WILL happen, we use the FUTURE TENSE.The doing words (verbs) in the sentences change. Examples: PRESENT TENSE: He forgets to read. PAST TENSE: He forgot to read. FUTURE TENSE: He will forget to read. PASTPRESENTFUTUREBuiltbuildwill buildToldtellwill tellHadhaswill haveWasiswill beReadreadwill readwantedwantwill wantdid not havedo not havewill not haveorderedorderwill order13.ENGLISH LANGUAGE WESTCLIFF YEAR 2 TERM 2FAMOUS PEOPLE COMPREHENSION – A radio interview: Tenses – Activity 1DATE:________________________ YR:2 __________________ NAME:READ ABOUT LUNGISWA’S HOUSELungiswa wants to build a house of her own one day. She tells her friend about the house she will build. “My house will have a room only for drawing and painting in. I love painting! There will be a fireplace with a big chair nearby and a light hanging over the chair. I will read books near the warm fire when I am cold. The bedroom will have the biggest bed you can buy in it! I will not have a kitchen because I will order all my food from the shop.1. Underline all the words that show the future tense.2. Change all the words in number 1 to the past tense.3. Use the information page to assist you.14.ENGLISH LANGUAGE WESTCLIFF YEAR 2 TERM 2FAMOUS PEOPLE COMPREHENSION – A radio interview: Tenses – Activity 2DATE:________________________ YR:2 __________________ NAME:Change the following sentences into the past tense.Example: (TODAY) Present Tense: The children play in the rain. (YESTERDAY) Past Tense: The children played in the rain.1. Loyiso has two brothers . ______________________________________________________ 2. It is very cold in Uitenhage._______________________________________________________ 3. He realises the importance of education._______________________________________________________ 4. He spends a lot of time with his family._______________________________________________________ 5. It thunders in that part of the country._______________________________________________________6. Singing gives him great pleasure._______________________________________________________ 7. He meets many artists._______________________________________________________ 8. Loyiso goes all out for the youth._______________________________________________________21.ENGLISH LANGUAGE WESTCLIFF YEAR 2 TERM 2FAMOUS PEOPLE PUNCTUATION: WORKSHEETDATE:________________________ YR:2 __________________ NAME:Fill in the capital letters, commas, question marks, full stops - PUNCTUATE1. uncle danny gave them money for the show___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 2. They saw a singer an actor and a song writer at the concert___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 3. Three sisters, refiloe amahle and ayahka went to the performance___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 4. which show will you be attending___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 5. the concert was in hyde park___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ 23.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2INVESTIGATION INFORMATION – Parts of Speech Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: WordMeaning VerbIs a doing word or action word – walk/run/ sitProper NounBegins with a capital letter, the special names of people, places, things – Peter/Church Street/Bellville/Morning Star High School, mon NounNaming words – everything around us has a name – boy/pants/socks/shoes/ hands/feet, etc.AdjectiveDescribe a noun/tells us more about a noun – the round ball/ the big dog/ the deep poolTensesIs the time described by a verb – yesterday(past) / today(present) / tomorrow(future)OppositesSomeone or something that is completely different from another person or thing – small/big, thin/fat, round/square, salty/sweetPunctuationSymbols or signs used to make the meaning of a sentence or a reading passage clear and understandable –Full stop, comma, question mark, exclamation mark, inverted commas, colon, capital lettersPluralsOne and many – one girl /many girls, one baby / many babies24.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2INVESTIGATION INFORMATION SHEET SINGULARS + PLURALS Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: PLURALS (MANY)1. Most words simply take on an - s houses bedrooms gardensswimming pools kitchens2. If the word ends in – ch, sh, s, ss, or x, then add an es.churches dishes circusesglasses boxesOnly asses spell buses and gases with two “esses”!3. If the word ends on a vowel + y, then add an s.holidays keys buoysmonkeys guys4. If the word ends on a consonant + y, then drop the y and add iessky – skies baby – babiescountry – countries party – partiesassembly - assemblies5. If the word ends on an f or fe, then drop the f and add ves.calf – calves shelf – shelvesthief – thieves wolf – wolvesloaf – loaves knife – knivesBUT roof – roofs chief – chiefs cliff - cliffs 6. If the word ends on an o, then add es. echoes heroes potatoestomatoes tornadoes volcanoes 7. Some words ending on an o simply take an s. Many of these words are musical words pianos radios banjosphotos tobaccos kilos 25.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2INVESTIGATION INFORMATION SHEET SINGULARS + PLURALS Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: PLURALS (MANY) - Continued8. If a word ends in oo, then simply add an s.zoos igloos cuckoos9. Some words, usually names of animals keep the same form in the singular and the plural forms. sheep deer buck fishfish moose aircraftseries reindeer10. Some nouns take a singular form as they are “uncountable”.advice baggage bread coffee gold hairinformation knowledge luggage parking paper weather11. Some nouns appear only in the plural form.scissors trousers pliers tweezers clothes policegoods earnings premisessavings riches stairsthanks news politicsMathematics acousticsmeasles mumps 12. Some words change in the plural form.tooth – teeth mouse – micefoot – feet man – mendie – dice ox – oxenlouse – lice goose – geesechild – children woman - women27.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2INVESTIGATION INFORMATION SHEET OPPOSITES Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: Antonyms - An antonym is a word that has an opposite meaning Listsummer / winter dirty / clean old / new for / against question / answer empty / full freeze / thaw yes / nowet / dry work / playlaugh / cry come / go first / last fat / thinwrong / right happy / sad early / late hard / softhello / good-bye left / right buy / sell mother / fatherhot / cold old / newgive /take question / answerlead / follow freeze / thawbest / worst dirty / cleanwet / dry early / late hello / good-bye buy / sell smile / frown boy / girl laugh / cry first / lastwrong / right weak / strong 28. (continued)English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2INVESTIGATION INFORMATION SHEET OPPOSITES Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: Antonyms - An antonym is a word that has an opposite meaningabove – below absent – presentadult – child arrival – departurebackwards – forwards beautiful – uglybeginning – end big – smallblunt – sharp buy – sellcheap – expensive clean – dirtyclever – stupid cold – hotcolourful – dull cool – warmdeep – shallow dry – weteasy – difficult fail – succeedfalse – true full – emptyfriend – enemy young – oldhealthy – sick huge – tiny joy – sorrow late – earlylaugh – cry like – dislikeloose – tight lose – find31.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2Famous People INFORMATION SHEET – PUNCTUATION – DIRECT + INDIRECT SPEECH Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: REMEMBER: INVERTED COMMASWrite the words somebody SAYS in “inverted commas”.Write a comma AFTER the words ( or a question mark after a question).Then write a word such as asked, said or replied and the character’s name.EXAMPLE: Paul : Where is Mpumalanga? “Where is Mpumalanga?” asked Paul. Father: You find The Big Five there.“You find The Big Five there,” replied Father.Mary: That is very far.“That is very far,” said Mary. 32.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2Famous People INFORMATION SHEET – PUNCTUATION – DIRECT + INDIRECT SPEECH Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: Fill in the Inverted Commas in the following sentences:a) Tom: Where can we see crocodiles?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________b) Uncle: In a town called Outshoorn.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________ c) Tom: Is that far from Cape Town?______________________________________________________________________________________________________________d) Uncle: It takes about eight to ten hours by car._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 36.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2FAMOUS PEOPLE INFORMATION - NOUNS Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: NOUNSNouns are words that name people, places, animals, thingsEXAMPLES: COMMON NOUNSNames of things: table, cupNames of people and animals: doctor, mother, dogNames of places: school, country, backyardSpecial names (PROPER NOUNS) are written with capital letters. COMMON NOUNS Proper Nounsboy = Charlesdog = Roverriver = Kuils Riverplace = Bellvilledoctor = De Beercountry = South Africaschool = Belvue Primarymother = Theresa 37.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2FAMOUS PEOPLE INFORMATION - NOUNS Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: Special names (PROPER NOUNS) are written with capital letters. Common Nouns PROPER NOUNSboy = Charlesdog = Roverriver = Kuils Riverplace = Bellvilledoctor = De Beercountry = South Africaschool = Belvue Primarymother = Theresa Capital lettersEvery sentence should start with a capital letter.Proper nouns, such as the names of particular days, months, places, people and organisations, also begin with a capital letter.Examples: My aunt Mary lives in Windhoek, which is the capital of Namibia. My = at the beginning of a sentence Mary = is the particular name of a lady/girl/woman = Proper Noun Windhoek = is the particular name of a city = Proper Noun Namibia = is the particular name of a country = Proper Noun 38.English Home Language WESTCLIFF Year 2 Term 2FAMOUS PEOPLE WORKSHEET - NOUNS Date: _________________________ Year:2. ________NAME: 1. Write down the Proper Noun and the Common Noun from each line in the appropriate columns.2. Remember to write each proper noun with a capital letterWORDSPROPER NOUNCOMMON NOUNExample: nando’s /pay / restaurant/ deliciousNando’srestaurant1. friend / she / mercia / talk2. dr. smith / run / beautiful / doctor3. month / walk / may / amazing4. city / interesting / talk / cape town5. church road / avenue / sit / big6. dog / black / fierce / rover7. dangerous / berg river / river / long8. christmas / exciting / day / loud9. school / naughty / talkative / de waal primary10. malan / intelligent / detective / quiet11. sing / beyonce / famous / singer12. good / maya angelou / poet / interesting13. sandwich / whimpey /massive/ meaty14. busy / town / flowery / pretoria15. dive / swimmer / dedicated / chad le clos ................
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