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Reg. No.: 2011/011959/07
English Home Language
Workbook 1: Reading and Phonics
Terms 3 and 4
Grade 3
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Activity 86: Plurals
Write down the plural form of these irregular nouns.
Activity 87: Circle the plurals
Circle the plural form for these nouns.
1. The farmer counted his (sheep/sheeps).
2. I saw beautiful red (±shes/±sh) in the ocean.
3. I eat meat and (rices/rice).
4. The mouse eats the (cheeses/cheese).
5. We put (butters/butter) and jam on bread.
6. (Deer/deers) live in the woods.
7. The house is full of (dust/dusts).
8. “Please take out the (rubbish/ rubbishes).”
9. Many (species/specieses) of dinosaurs have been discovered.
10. I like watching all the (serii/series) on television.
Activity 88: Comprehension
Read the story and answer the questions.
Mandi’s strange dream
Dot van der Westhuizen
Mandi wipes her forehead. She is competing in the interschool athletics tomorrow and has been practising all afternoon. Her biggest dream is to run the 100 m sprint in the Olympics one day. But right now she has to go home.
At bedtime she quickly drifts off to sleep, tired from the day’s practise. Her dream carries her to a green athletics field and she can hear the spectators cheering. There are hundreds of athletes from all over the world. She notices a huge flame on a stand and next to it are the five circles everyone knows so well. She has qualified for the Olympics! She is still staring at all the famous athletes when she hears the announcer calling the names for the 100 m sprint.
Mandi takes her position for the race. She is nervous and excited at the same time. The starting gun fires and she’s off! She breaks the ribbon at the finish line and the crowd cheers. She has broken the world record! She runs a victory lap around the field and waves at the crowd. On the podium she proudly holds her gold medal.
“Mandi,” the voice seems far away. She slowly wakes up. Her mom is standing next to her bed smiling at her. “It’s time to get up,” she says. Mandi gets up and puts on her school uniform. Who knows, maybe her dream will come true one day.
Questions.
1. Which event is Mandi practising for? ___________________________
2. What is Mandi’s dream for the future? ________________________
3. What is another word for: run fast _____________________________________ exhausted ____________________________________ pretty _________________________________________
4. What are the Olympic Games? _______________________________
5. What is a world record? ______________________________________
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6. Do you think Mandi’s dream could come true one day? Why?
7. What colours are the medals for second and third place?
8. Do you take part in a sport? If so, which sport?
9. Research: Who holds the world record for the 100-metre sprint for women?
Activity 89: Poem
Read the poem and circle the rhyming words.
Dolphins at play
Mark Giles
The world looks so lovely out here today the sun’s shining bright and there’s dolphins at play they’re racing the waves at the bow of the ship like teenage surfers on a surfboard trip they seem so happy just a wave sets them free what a wonderful way for life to be
Activity 90: Plurals: ‘s’ or ‘es’
Write the plural form of each word by adding ‘s’ or ‘es’.
Max, the mole, lives with his (brother) __________ and (sister) ______________ in the forest. Every day they all go for a walk through the beautiful (tree) __________ and (¶ower) ________________. One day, two (fox) __________ walk past. They seem up to no good.
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“Good morning, Max,” they say, smiling slyly. “May we visit you in your (tunnel) _______________ later? We will bring a snack.” The little (animal) __________ know that THEY will be the (snack) ______________! They agree and invite the foxes to visit them later. But Max is clever and the (mole) __________ hide behind the (bush) _________________. When the foxes arrive and go inside their (home) _____________, Max and his (sibling) _________________ roll big (rock) __________ in front of the tunnel. The foxes are stuck and can’t get out! The moles laughed so much they were in (stitch) ________________.
Activity 91: Plurals: ‘ies’ and ‘ves’
Write the plural form of each word by dropping the ‘y’ and adding ‘ies’ or dropping the ‘f’ and adding ‘ves’.
Sarah is excited about her birthday party. She’s had many (party) _____________ before, but this one is special. Auntie Jane is coming and bringing her twin (baby) ______________. They are six months old. Her friends from school are also coming and Sarah can’t wait for them to meet Bruno and Coco, her (puppy) ________________. She looks outside. It is cool, with a breeze that gently blows the (leaf ) _______________. She looks through her (scarf ) _______________ and ±nds her favourite one. Then she goes to help Mom prepare the party food. They wash (cherry) ______________ and (berry) ________________ for her mom’s delicious tarts. When they are ready, Mom looks through her (knife) ______________ to ±nd the right one. She takes the tarts from the oven and cuts one into (half ) __________ so they can taste it. Yum. Now Sarah is really excited.
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Activity 92: Comprehension
Read the story and answer the questions.
Arnold and the amazing race
Lee-Ann Stapelberg
Arnold is 78, some may say he is old, but not him. He lives in Sunny Acres with many other people his age. One morning, while Arnold is having his tea, he looks out at the garden and decides that he wants to have an adventure. I know just the thing, he thinks and smiles to himself.
“I’m going to run a marathon,” Arnold casually tells his friends around the dinner table that evening. Everything goes quiet. They all stare at him in surprise and then burst out laughing! “Oh Arnie, have you completely lost your mind?” asks Claude. “No, Claude, I have not. And you can all laugh at me. I will show you. Not only am I going to take part, I’m going to finish it and win too,” says Arnold, determined.
For the next few months Arnold trains hard. He leaves the day before the marathon. All his friends at the house wish him well. Claude decides to go with Arnold to support him and to be there if he needs help along the way.
Early the next morning, Arnold lines up with thousands of others waiting for the start of the race. The shot rings out through the morning air and Arnold sets off. Everyone easily passes him, but he doesn’t care. He’s not here to prove anything to anyone but himself. Through the day he runs, taking water along the the way. Claude is there to cheer him on. Arnold perseveres through the heat and doesn’t give up. The sun starts to set and still Arnold is running.
Claude goes ahead to the finish line. He will wait there for his friend.
Late that night when everyone has already gone home and the race is long over, Arnold finally reaches the end. “Well done, my friend,” says Claude. “You may not have won, but you certainly are a hero.” Arnold smiles tiredly, “Thank you, Claude, I think I have had enough adventure for one day, let’s go home.”
Questions.
1. How old is Arnold? ___________________________________________
2. What does Arnold want to do? _______________________________ 3. Why does Claude go with him? ________________________________
4. What does it mean to persevere? _____________________________
5. Have you ever done something dif±cult and not given up?
6. Why do you think Arnold did not win the race?
7. Research: How far do you run when you run a marathon?
8. Draw a picture about the story.
Activity 93: A letter
Read the letter Daniel wrote to Thomas and correct the spelling errors by writing the words on the lines.
Dear Thomas Houw are you doing? I am well. We have mooved into our knew howse by the see. It is realy cool here. We go to the beech every day. I’d like too see you agian. When it is scool holiday, you must come visitt me. We will have so much fun swimmign in the sea and building sand castls.
Let me no how things ere going with you? Best weshes Daniel
Activity 94: Plurals
Write the plural form of each word.
The (man) __________ and (woman) ______________, are working in the laboratory late at night. They have just discovered some new (species) _______________ of (±sh) ___________. Some (person) _____________ found the fossils in a cave. They had used (scissors) ________________ to scrape them off the cave walls and some parts were damaged. In the lab they examine the bodies of the ±sh. They are thousands of years old. These ±sh had big (tooth) _____________. They know they were ±sh because they had no (foot) __________. In this lab they study all types of animals. They often study (mouse) __________ because they are very clever. Once they even found fossils of (sheep) __________ and (deer) __________ from a few hundred years ago. It is an interesting job. Many school (child) _______________ come visit the lab to see the work the scientists are doing.
Activity 95: Categorise words
Write these words in the correct category.
corn braces celery city cold camel
candle mice price cuddle cake pencil
current comb castle cent cereal icy
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Activity 96: Comprehension
Read the story and answer the questions.
Sammy wants to fly
Maryanna Uys
Sammy is stealthily creeping through the grass. He has his eye on a nice fat dove for lunch. Just as he prepares to pounce, the dove takes to the sky and escapes to a tree. Sammy is frustrated and meows sadly.
But he is a clever cat and won’t let this get him down. He soon comes up with another plan. I need to learn to fly! he thinks excitedly. Then I can go after any bird I want! He looks at the big tree in the corner of the garden. Without thinking, he starts climbing it. He climbs to the very highest branch and then looks down ...
His stomach turns and he feels dizzy. He is scared and has no idea what to do. I must fly, he thinks. There is no other way down. He shuts his eyes tightly, breathes deeply and jumps! He spreads his legs as far as possible and flaps his paws, but it’s no use, Sammy falls as fast as a ton of bricks. Fortunately for him he lands in the neighbour’s swimming pool with a SPLASH!
He sinks fast and he knows he is in trouble. He kicks furiously and manages to reach the steps. He gets out and shakes himself angrily. A wet cat is a cross cat. The neighbour, Lizzy, watched everything. She gently picks him up and wraps him in a towel. She sits with Sammy on her lap in the sun until he is warm and dry.
It’s better to stay on the ground, he thinks, I’ll stick to hunting mice, at least they can’t fly!
Questions.
1. What is Sammy creeping towards? ____________________________ 2. What plan does Sammy come up with? _________________________
3. Who is watching Sammy? _____________________________________ 4. Where does Sammy land? _____________________________________ ______________________________________________________________
5. Do you think Sammy will try to ¶y again? Why? _______________
6. Would you like to ¶y? Why? __________________________________
