Grade 2 Holiday Work1

Heritage Studies

Exercise 1

1. It is ___________ to live together as a family. ( good / bad)

2. We live together as a family to __________each other.(
fight/help).
3. Working together makes work _____________.( hard/ easier)

4. People living in a family learn to __________for one another. (

care/ steal)
5. Family members can share _______________ things. ( bad/
important)

Exercise 2
1. My mother’s father is my __________________.
2.My mother's mother is my __________________.

3.My father 's mother is my ___________________.

4, My father 's father is my ___________________.

5. I call my mother's brother my ____________.

6. I call my father ' s sister my ____________.
7. Relatives ____________ when we are sick.( laugh / help}
8. Relatives bring ______________ to weddings. ( sadness/ presents).

Exercise 3
1. Different families make a __________________( church/
community)
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2, A community is like a big _____________(house/ family).
3. Each ____________ has a part to play in the community.(hut/
family)
4. In a community people ___________ what they have.( fight/
share).
5. Members of a community should ___________ one another. (
help/ fight)

Exercise 4
1. We should always ___________each other.(fight /respect).

2. Greeting people is ____________.( bad/ good).

3. Children with discipline _____________rules,( follow/ break).
4. Greeting one another shows _____________( care/ anger).
5. Where should children work hard?______________________

Exercise 5
Indigenous farming tools
1, This is a __________

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It is used for ______________ and ________________.

2. This is a ____________

It is used for ______________

3. This is a ______________________

It is used for putting _________when harvesting

4. A________________ is used for cutting and chopping.

5. _______ sticks are used for ____________and _____________.

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Exercise 6
1.Tools are things that are used to do ___________.( games/work).

2. Farming tools are used when ________(playing/farming).

3. A ___________________ was used to till the land long ago.

4.

This is an ___________ .
It is used for ______________.

Exercse 7
1. My father 's brother is my ______________.( aunt/ uncle).

2, Sickness in a family is a time of ____________________

(happiness/sadness).

respect families machete farming tools hoe help

3 .Different ____________ living together in a place make a
community,

4. Families in a community should __________ each other.

5. Welcoming visitors shows ___________

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6.

This is a ____________

7. ______________________ are used when farming.

8. A______________ is used for cutting and chopping.

Exercise 8
Choose the right words to complete the sentences.
everyone greet home good welcome school

1.We must ___________ elders.

2. Who must we respect?

3. A humble leader is a __________________ leader.

4. We must _____________ visitors.

5.Where should children work hard?

____________________________________________________
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Exercise 9
1. People come to funerals to _______________the family.
(laugh at / comfort).

2. People who celebrate together remain ________________ (united/

divided).

3. ___________________ can be used to teach good manners.

( folktales / Beating)

4. Communities celebrate things that are _________________.

( bad / special).

5. Who can teach children good manners? _______________

Exercise 10

Choose the correct word to complete each sentence

follow dangerous safe bin fight

1.A school without rules is __________________.

2. Learners should _____________ rules.

3. Learners should not ___________.

4. You should place litter in a __________.

5. Rules make the school a ________________ place, _________

5. We ______________ and _____________ with others when we play

games.

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Exercise 11

1. The song of our country is the _________________________

(national anthem/ national pledge).

2. We should _____________ the national anthem.(record /respect)

3. When do we sing the national anthem? _______________

4. We stand at ______________ when we sing the national anthem.

( attention/ school).

5. The national anthem stands for our ______.(history/school).

Exercise 13

1. The _____________________ and the __________________ are

national symbols.

2. National symbols ____________ for Zimbabwe.

3. How many colours are on the national flag? _____________

4. Where can we find the Zimbabwe bird? _____________________

Exercise 14
heroes national Independence Day Heroes Day heroines

1. The people of Zimbabwe celebrate _________________

on 18April.

2. The people of Zimbabwe celebrate _____________events

together.

3. On 18 April we celebrate _____________________________.

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4. What do we celebrate on the second Monday of August?
____________________________________________________

5.National ______________ and ________________ are buried at the

National Heroes Acre.

Exercise 15
1. We _____________ when we say the national school pledge.

2. Our national school pledge _____________ us as a nation.

3. In the national school pledge we ____________ the national flag.

4. We commit to ______________ and ____________of hard work in

the national school pledge.

honesty dignity salute unites

Exercise 16
1. People in Zimbabwe speak ___________________ languages.

2. We should ____________ each other's languages.

3. __________________ and ______________ are the languages spoken

in Zimbabwe,

4. How many groups of people are they in Zimbabwe?

____________________________________________________

Ndebele Nyanja Chewa Shona Tonga Venda different

respect many

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Science and Technology

Exercise 1

1.Ice is water in ____________form. ( solid/ liquid).

2, Drinking water is in a _____________ form.( gas/ liquid).

3. When water is heated it turns into __________ ( gas/ liquid).

4. When liquid water ______________ it turns solid. (melts / freezes)

Exercise 2

1. At school we get water from a ______________. ( tap/ river).

2. Water takes the ______________ of a container.(shape/ cup).

3. _______________ and _______________ are forms of water.

4. Water has no shape. It is ________________. ( shapeless/ blue).

5. We waste water when we leave the ___________ running.

(tap/river).

6. We can save water by using it ____________ times. (one/ many)

7. Re-using water used for bathing is ______________ water.

(wasting/ saving).

8. Using a hosepipe is _____________ water. (wasting/ saving)

Exercise 3.

1. The sense of touch keeps us from _______________.

2.A _____________ person feels to get things.

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3. People do not take too hot food because they ____________ the
food first.

4.At ____________ time people find the door by feeling.

5. The snail uses ______________ to move around.

6. Blind people use their sense of touch to ___________ .

read feelers night feel danger blind

Types of plants

1. There are different _____________ of plants.

2. Plants can be grouped as _____________.

3. There are g________plants, r_________ plants, t________ plants and

l____________ plants.

Grass plants

4.Grass plants have thin ____________ and thin leaves.

Examples of grass plants are maize, rice, wheat, sugarcane, rapoko, millet and
sorghum

5.A ________ plant is a grass plant. ( carrot / maize)

grass plants tree plants legume plants root plants types families stems

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shona
Verenga nyaya inotevera

VaMagen'a murimi mukuru ane mbiri yekurima

agwere,mapfunde, zviyo nenzungu. Murimi uyu anokohwa
chaizvo. Munhu anorima chaizvo nekukohwa zvinhu zvakawanda
anonzi hurudza. Mumunda maVaMagen'a mune ivhu regan'a. Ivhu
regan'a idema dema. Ivhu iri ralasimba chose huye
rinochengetedza mvura. Mbeu dzinokura zvakanaka muvhu
regan'a. Mhuri yavaMagen'a inodya ichiguta.

VaMagen'a vanezvipfuwo zvakawanda. Vane n'ombe, mbudzi,

makwai, madhongi, nguruve uye huku dzakawandisa. Mombe
dzavo dzinokamwa mukaka. Vakatsvaka vakomana vaviri
vanofudza monbe nembudzi dzavo. Vakomana ava vanonzi
Tafara naKudzanai. Vanofudza n'ombe dzaVaMagen'a
zvinofadza.

Pindura mibvunzo inotevera

1. Ndiani murimi mukuru ane mbiri? _______________________

2. Vanorima zvirimwa zvipi? __________________________________

3. Munhu anorima chaizvo nekurima zvakawanda anonzi _________

4. Mumunda maVaMagen'a mune ivhu rinonzi _________________

5. Ivhu regan'a ndererudzii?

____________________________________________________

6. Ndiani anofudza n'ombe dzaVaMagen'a?

___________________________________________________
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Exercise 1

Vaka manzwi

1. n' ____________ 2 kw_______________ 3 gw __________

4. nz _____________ 5. zv _______________ 6. tw __________

7. tsv___________ 8. mbw ____________ 9. tw __________

Exercise 2

Midziyo yemumba

1. Vanhu vanovedzenga nyama ne _______________.

2, Amai vanobikira sadza muhari inonzi _____________________.

3. Baba vanotema huni ne _____________.

4. Vanhu vanosakura mumunda ne________________.

5. Vanhu vanochera mvura nekuichengetera muhari inonzi

_____________.
chirongo tsambakodzi demo banga badza

Exercse 3

Verenga manzwi anotevera

gotwe mhizha n'ombe pwere mbatya

madyo kumwiramwira mazwi shandiswa mabwe
kumwiramwiea twunonaka zhowezhowe pwati

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mabhanan'ana tyora kusonwa kudya
tengeswa kugezwa kubwinya

Exercise 4

Zadzisa mitsara inotevera

zhizha pwati gotwe pwere mhizha madyo

1. Mwana wekupedzisira mumhuri anonzi _____________.
2. Mwaka wegore unonaya mvura zhinji unonzi ______________.
3. Munhu anokara kana kuti anoruta chaizvo anonzi ane
__________. 4. Kana vanhu vaona zvinosetsa
vanoti ___________ kuseka. 5. Mwana wezera
rechidiki anonzi ______________.

Exercise 5
Verenga manzwi anotevera
mbwa mbwe mbwi mbwo mbwu

mbwanana mbwende imbwa mbwezhu mambwido

mahumbwe mbwirembwire Murambwi mhembwe

Verenga mitsara iyi

Imbwa yaVaMurambwi ine mbwanana.
Imbwa yaVaMurambwi ine mbwanana yakaruma mhembwe.
Mhembwe yakarumwa neimbwa yaVaMurambwi ine mbwanana.

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Exercise 6

Nyora mitsara inotevera uchishandisa vara guru

1. vachikomo vane imbwa yavo inonzi shumba.

2. kumusha kwedu kune gomo rinnonzi chimvuri.
3. mudzidzisi wedu anonzi mai bunu.
4. mukuru wedu wechikoro anonzi vachikoore.
5. vhiki rinouya nemusi wesvondo tichaenda kubulawayo.
6. takayambuka rwizi rwunonzi save tichienda kwamutare.
7. mufaro nemunin'ina wake taropafadzwa vari pano.

Visual and Performing Arts

Exercise 1

1. Vhaya kadhumba is a ______________ song. (jakwara/ game).

2. At happy events people sing __________________ songs. ( cultural/

celebration).

3. ______________ sing game songs. ( children/ Old people).

4. Chimurenga songs are __________ songs.( war/jakwara).

5. People sing jakwara songs _____________________________ (to

make work hard/ to make work enjoyable.)

Exercise 2

1.Musicians ______________________ (beat people/ sing songs).

2. Draw any 2 musical instruments that you know.

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________________________ __________________

3. Music entertains and educates people. ( True / False).

4. ____________________ is afemale musician.(Jayzah / Amara
Brown)
5. Pick the odd one out. ( hosho, mbira, gun).

Exercise 3
1. People can _______________ to music.( cry/ move).
2.Mufaro is _______________ to music. ( walkin/ clapping).
3. All the people are _______________ to music. 9 twistin/ nodding).
4. _____________ is a type of music.( Reggae/ Instrument).
5. A ____________ can nod to music, (hand /head).

Exercise 4
1. Fighters can sing _____________ songs. ( war/wedding).
2. Cultural songs are traditional songs. ( True/ False).
3. A ____________ is a body part. ( hosho / hand).
4. Pick the odd one out.( jiti/ Jah Prayzah / Amara Brown).
5. A hand can ___________ to music. ( walk/ wave).

Exercise 5
1. We use ___________ to see visual arts.( eyes / hands).
2. Artifacts refer to works of _____________ ( hands/ legs).
3.A sculptor uses ____________ to produce sculpture. (stones/paper)
4. Clay pots are used for carrying water. ( True/ False).
5. What sense is used in visual art? (seeing/ smelling).

Physical Education

Exercise 6

1. Internal body parts are parts that are found ____________( outside
/ inside) and cannot be seen.
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2. The internal body parts are all the same. ( True/ False).
3. Name two internal body parts.

____________________________________________________

4. List four external body parts.

____________________________________________________

5. A _____________ pumps blood. {heart/ liver).

Exercise 7

Functions of external body parts

1. Eyes help us to see. They also help to direct the hand to throw
and catch.
2. The hands help us to hold, throw and catch. Hands also help in
balancing).
3. The legs help us to walk, jump, run, kick and jump.
4. The knees help to bend the leg.
5. The feet help us to balance and kick.

Exercise 8

Read
Functions of internal body parts.
1. The brain help us to think. It receives messages from the whole
body. It tells us what to do.
2. The heart pumps blood.
3. The lungs help us to breathe.
4. The muscles help us to move. They also hold the body together.
5. The bones make up the skeleton. They support the body.

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Exercise 9

1. Body parts must work together for the body to ______________

well. ( sleep/ function).
2. The body parts should work together so the body can
__________________________(develop, grow and develope).
3. Most of the body parts have more than one
function.(True/False).

4.What is the function of the brain?

5. Exercising, sleeping, resting and eating _________________ food is
a good way of caring for the body.

Exercise 10

1. A _______________ is an internal body part.(lung/leg).

2. _____________ is good food. (Sweets/ Beans).

3. We throw the ball using _____________ (hands/ legs).

4. We use a _________________ to cut nails. (knife/ nailcutter).

5. We wash our hands _____________ using the toilet. ( before/after)

6. A _____________ is used to play tennis.(stick/ racket )

Maths
Plane shapes
Circle Rectangle Square Triangle
1. A _______________ has 4 equal side

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2. A _______________ has 2 long sides and 2 short sides
3. A _______________ has no corner, no sides and it is round
4. A _______________ has 3 corners and 3 sides

Numbers

1. 95 = tens and units

2. 100 = _ tens and units
3. 7 ones and 8 tens = _
4. 0 tens and 10 tens =

5. 80 70 60 40
6. 0 3 6 9 15
7. 89 is before
8. 71 is after

9. 50c = _ 10c coins

10. 1$ = 20c coins
11. 10c 20c 5c = c
12. Subtract 17 from 30
13. Add 14 to 6
14. I paid 50C .It cost 35 c. My change is _
15. Write 20 in words _
16. Draw a clock showing 3 o’çlock
17. Draw a clock showing 12 o’clock
18. 18 less 8 =
19. The difference between 31 and 10 is _
20. Chipo had 25 eggs .She broke 5 eggs. She
now has eggs.
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 21. < > = 23 _ 8
22. < > = 19 91

A B
1. is longer than .
2. is wider than .
3. Draw a house to show these shapes: triangle , square , rectangle
4. Draw and label a cone.

5. how many are they. Write the number in

words.

Write the missing

numbers.
6. 6 10 12 18 20.

7. 10 18 20.

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 Write the following numbers in words.
8. 5
9. 11
10. 21
11. 14

NUMBERS
Write the number for these bundles.
1. IIIIIIIIII IIIII = tens units.
2. IIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIII IIII = tens units.
3. 25 = tens units
4. 89 = tens units.

Use >, < or =

5. 72 27 6. 53 53
7.46 64 8 . 36 16
Arrange numbers starting with the largest
number.
9. 84 88 100 76 72
Arrange numbers starting with the smallest
number
10. 32 56 48 30 61

ADDITION
1. 8 + 7 = 2. 3 + 7 + 5 =
3. 4 add 7 = 4. 19 count on 5 =

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5. Mrs Shava has 11 heads of cabbages. Mrs Moyo has 4
and Mr Gondo has 2. What is the total numbers of
cabbages?
6. Watson has & candles and Chipo has 8. How many
candles do they have altogether?
7. Find the sum of 8, 8 and 4.

8. T U 9. T U 1 0. T U
1 6 2 3 7 2
+ 3 +1 4_ +2 7_

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 SUBTRACTION

1. 16 – 11= 2. 17 – 12=

3.15 count back 5 = 4. 20 count back 9 =

5. T U 6. T U
1 3 2 5
-1 1 - 1 3

7.Donald had 17 pens before he went to school. When he

got to school he had 9 less. How many pencils does Donald
have now?
8. Subtract 4 from 19
9. Sarah had $17. She bought washing soap for $5. What is
the difference between $17 and $5?
10. 38 minus 12 =

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 TIME
1. There are days in a week.
2. The first day of the week is .
3. is the last of the week.

4. There are months in a year.

5. In which month is your birthday?
6. December is the month of the year.
Draw clock faces to show the following times.
7. 9 o`clock 8. 12 o`clock

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English

Comprehension.

Read the given passages and answer the questions.

Ben’s Birthday.

Sunday was Ben’s best day. It was his birthday. Ben asked his friends
to come to his house for the party. There were lots of sweets, ice-
cream, rice and chicken. Ben’s mother told him not to eat lots of
sweets and too much cake. But Ben did not listen to his mother. That
night, Ben did not sleep well. He was sick. He had a stomach ache.
Ben did not go to school on Monday.

1. Ben’s birthday was on .

2. Ben invited his for the party.
3. On Ben could not go to School.
4. Who told Ben not to eat a lot of sweets and cakes?
5. Ben got that day. He had --------ache.
6. At the party, people ate , , and .
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GIVE THE PAST TENSE OF THESE WORDS

1. come. 2. see. 3. give. 4. run

COMPLETE SENTENCES USING is and are

5. Chipo going to school.

6. The boys playing soccer.
7. We the best students in our class.

MAKE SENTENCES
8. go
9. today
10. school

PREPOSITIONS

13. The lion is the tree (near / far)

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14. The ball is the table. (on / in )

15. The ball is the table. (near/under)

16. The drink is the glass. ( on / in)

17. This is my book. It's .
18. This is your pen. It's .
19. This is our class. It's .

USE a or an.

20. apple.

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21. ball.
22. iron.

OPPOSITES

23. short
24. dirty
25. small

COMPLETE USING he / she

26. is wearing a black skirt.

27. Takunda is a boy. is handsome.

COMPLETE USING was / were

28. I at home yesterday.

29. Chipo and Tendai playing pada yesterday.

USE was / were

30. The boys playing football.

31. The baby crying.

WHAT DO THEY USE?

32. A hunter uses a . ( chalk / spear)

33. A clerk uses a ( chalk/ pen
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34. We use a to dig. ( spoon / hoe)

COMPLETE WITH have / has

35. She a green dress

36. You red hats.

37. It a long tail.

USE METAL, RUBBER, WOOD.

38. A hoe handle is made of .

39. A pot is made of .

40. A hosepipe is made of .

Put ‘th` and try to read the words

1.-----ey 2. ---------ese

3. ------ose 4.------------ick

5. -------umb 6. pa---------

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7. ba---------- 8. too--------

Make sentences using the words.

ONE MANY
Dog

Girl

Pencil

Onion
Man
Woman

Box
Ox
Child

Loaf

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Composition : My Family

1. Draw your family.

2. What is the name of your family?

3. Where does your family live?

4. How many people are n your family?

5. How many brothers and sisters do you have?

6. What does your family like to do?

Prepositions

1. The books are ---------- the table.

2. The cat is -------- the table.

3. The ball is --------- the trees.

4. The spoon is ----- the cup.

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5. The ball is -------- the tree.
near, in, on, between,
under.

6. Complete the table

Animal Young one (baby)

Cow
Cat

Lion
Sheep
Pig

Hen
Donkey

Capital letters

Write the sentences with the correct capital letter

at the beginning.

1. my book is in my book bag.

2. sam sat on a rock.

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 3. this is a good book.

4. i went to the shops.

5. my name is farirai.

Joining sentences with and.

I like to eat eggs. I like to eat sweets. ~ I like to eat eggs and
sweets.

1. My dog can run. My dog can jump.

2. I wear a jersey. I wear a hat.

3. I have a hen. I have a dog.

4. I feed my dog. I feed my hens.

5. Chipo has a doll. Chipo has a book.

6. Fire can kill people. Fire can kill animals.

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Read and spell these words.

Mice, kite, five, line, mine, nine, pine, hive, bike.

Creative writing: write 10 sentences about yourself.

Sort out the words to make good sentences.

1. A Chipo new doll. has

2. Boys school the at play.

3. Sheep lovely the have coats.

4. Park saw we at lions the.

1. I sister have a.

Friends

Jane and Jill are friends. They go to Nduna School. They live
in the same village. These girls are always happy. They do
their homework after school. They are clever little girls. Their
parents and teachers like them.
1. Jane and Jill are .
2. The two go to school.
3. What do the girls do after playing?

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4. Who like Jane and Jill?
5. When do the girls play?

Capital letters

Write the sentences with the correct capital letter

at the beginning.

1. my book is in my book bag.

2. sam sat on a rock.
3. this is a good book.
4. i went to the shops.
5. my name is farirai.

Comprehension

Read and answer

It's a Saturday morning. Chipo's mother Mrs Dube wants to

go and see a sick friend. She asks Chipo to clean the
kitchen. Chipo decides to wash the plates first. One of the
plates falls on the floor
and breaks. Chipo starts to cry.

1. Chipo's mother was going to see a ---- friend.

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 2. What did Chipo do first?
3. Why was Chipo crying?

True or false
4. Chipo' s mother was Mrs Dube.
5. Mother did not want Chipo to clean the kitchen.
6. Chipo did not break a plate.
7. Chipo started crying.

Read

It is time to visit grandmother. Grandmother lives in the village.

She lives with grandfather and uncle Tongai. We visit
grandmother on holidays.
Grandmother has many chickens, ducks and goats. She likes to
look after the chickens. She feeds the chicks. Uncle Tongai likes
herding cows and goats. Sometimes grandfather works on the
farm. He ploughs the field.
In the evening we sit in the big hut. The hut has a roof made of
grass. We sit around the fire place. Grandmother tells us stories.

Answer these questions

1. Where does grandmother live?
2. Who lives with grandmother?

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3. Name the animals which grandmother keeps.
4. Where does grandfather work?
5. What does he do in the field?
6. What do the children do in the evening?
Make sentences using these words.
visit keeps stories field
plough work help farm
Write
Opposites
For example; clean dirty
wet ________________.
cold ________________.
up ________________.
big ________________.
old ________________.
happy ________________.
early ________________.

Opposites
Match the words in column A with their opposites in column B.
Column A Column B
Sad After
End Happy
Late Start
Far Early
Before Near

Capital letters
1. We use capital letters for names of places.
2. Write three names of places that you know.
3. Our country is Zimbabwe.

Write the following sentences. Put a capital letter on every

name of a place.
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1. James is visiting his aunt in nyanga.
2. Kundai goes to yamurai school in mufakose.
3. Vendors sell their things in harare.
4. Grandfather has a farm in marondera.
5. He works in botswana.

Plurals
One Many
For example: boy boys
1. farm _________________.
2. town _________________.
3. tree _________________.
4. man _________________.
5. child _________________.
6. woman _________________.
7. ox _________________.

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