English First Additional Language. Exam Practice Book - Grade 10

CAPS ge angua L l a n io it d d First A ,UNSPZO m a e x c E i t ac Pr Platinum_Exam Practice Book_COVER_English FAL_Gr10.indd 2 B k o o 10   e d a r G 2011/09/12 9:30 AM English First Add Tests.pdf 1 7/2/2011 4:09:40 PM   Grade  10       ENGLISH  FIRST  ADDITIONAL  LANGUAGE     PRACTICE  TEST  ONE       Marks:  40       QUESTION  1     Read  the  following  passage.  The  paragraphs  have  been  numbered  for  ease  of  reference.     Glaser  is  a  reminder  of  the  human  capacity  to  overcome     1   If  you’re  a  regular  at  Old  Eds  Virgin  Active,  you  may  not  have  seen  the  guy,  but  you’ll  almost   certainly  have  seen  his  leg.  It  appears  down  at  the  pool  every  weekday  morning,  leaning   against  a  white  plastic  chair,  separated  from  its  owner,  a  solitary  spectre  that  speaks  of   absence  and  loss  and  courage  all  at  once.     2   Somewhere  in  the  water,  the  owner  it  waits  for  is  moving  and  kicking  through  aqueous   freedom.     3   No  longer  an  incomplete  body,  his  missing  part  is  substituted  by  the  buoyant  mechanics  of   water.  When  he’s  swimming,  Paul  Glaser  is  whole  again,  something  he  hasn’t  been  for  33   years.  W hen  he  was  seven,  he  was  knocked  over  on  his  way  home  from  school  by  a  drunk   driver.  As  well  as  being  in  a  coma  for  four  months,  he  lost  his  left  leg.     4   “Normal  people  come  to  the  gym  and  they  have  these  amazing  bodies,  then  you  see  some   whose  whole  lives  involve  a  struggle,  but  they  still  come  here  and  do  their  thing,”  says   Preston.  “It  reminds  you  how  spoilt  you  are  and  how  you  take  things  for  granted.”     Answer  the  following  questions:     Heading   1.1   To  what  emotion  does  the  heading  appeal?     Paragraph  1   1.2   Give  two  examples  of  informal  or  colloquial  writing  from  this  paragraph.       Paragraph  2   1.3   What  is  the  owner  doing?       1.4   What  is  the  meaning  of  the  word  aqueous?     Paragraph  3   1.5   This  sentence  has  a  complicated  structure.  Rewrite  it  more  simply.       Paragraph  4   1.6   Rewrite  the  phrase  do  their  thing  into  more  formal  language.     1.7   What  is  Preston’s  attitude  to  Glaser?  Quote  one  word  to  support  your  answer.               (1)   (2)   (1)   (1)   (2)   (1)   (2)   [10]   English First Add Tests.pdf 2 7/2/2011 4:09:41 PM   QUESTION  2     Read  the  fact  file  below  and  then  summarise  the  information  as  follows.     x   Write  three  important  facts  from  the  first  paragraph.   x   Write  one  point  about  insect  control.   x   Write  one  point  about  weight.   x   Write  two  points  about  defence.       Number  your  points  1  to  7.  W rite  in  full  sentences.  Your  summary  should  not  be  longer  than  70   words.  W rite  the  number  of  words  at  the  end  of  your  summary.     Fact  file:  Zebra     There  are  three  species  of  zebra:  Burchell’s  Zebra,  Grevy’s  Zebra  and  the  Mountain  Zebra.   The  Mountain  Zebra  is  n