English First Additional Language

ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE GRADE 10 TOTAL:50 LANGUAGE TEST FEB. 2006

 COMPREHENSION  SUMMARY  LANGUAGE

COMPREHENSION Read the following letter and answer the questions that follow:

PO Box 231 Wartburg 3233 8 January 2004

Dear Fazail

Long time no hear! Have you (3.1 fergotten) about the good times we had last year?

Here in KwaZulu-Natal, things have been rather (3.2 quite). As usual, my family and I spent (3.3 Xristmas) at home - it seems like we never go away! It makes me feel quite (3.4 jelous) when we get back to school and the other (3.5 gays) all tell me about the (3.6 luvly) holidays we had. It would be great if we could go and visit our (3.7 reletives), but both my mother and father's families live here! It's not fair! I was lucky, though, because my friend, Thandi - you remember, I told you about her - was also at home, and we got to spend a lot of time together.

It was also quite a sad time because my other friend, Mandla, was preparing to go and study in Cape Town. He was so (3.8 exited) the day the letter of (3.9 acceptence) from the technical college arrived that he could hardly speak. He'd been sure that he wouldn't get in, and then the letter arrived!

I tried hard to be happy and (3.10 cheerfull) about it. I mean, I could hardly rain on his parade. But all I could think were in good times we'd had at school together, and that we wouldn't have any more of these. I have to admit that I was jealous tooo. I would be great to be able to go to an exciting city, like Cape Town, to study. But it isn't going to happen to me...

Well, what's been happening on your side of South Africa?

Your friend Sifiso 1.1 Where does Fazail live? (1) 1.2 Where does Sifiso live? (1) 1.3 Why is Sifiso jealous of other children when he returns to school? (2) 1.4 Why is it impossible for Sifiso to visit his relatives? (1) 1.5 Name three types of holidays that a person can go on. (Answer is not in the text) (3) 1.6 If you use the expression "It is not fair", what are you trying to say? (2) 1.7 What made Sifiso's holiday bearable? (2) 1.8 What is a "letter of acceptance"? (2) 1.9 What do you do if you "rain on someone's parade"? (2) 1.10 Write down the salutation that Sifiso uses in his letter. (1) 1.11 What does the letters "3233" stand for? (1) 1.12 Give two reasons why you should use a date in the address of a letter. (2) [20] SUMMARY

2.1 How many paragraphs does this letter have? (1) 2.2 Write down in 20 words what Sifiso's letter is all about. (5) 2.3 Sifiso ends his letter with "Your friend". Write down four other ways in which Sifiso could have ended the letter. (4) [10] LANGUAGE 3.1 In the letter there are ten underlined words. These words are spelled incorrectly. Write down the correct spelling of these words. (10) 3.2 Look at the following list of adjectives.

aggressive guilty anxious satisfied optimistic regretful happy miserable blissful envious (10) [20] Total: 50