English Unit Assessment

Year 2

Name: ________________ Date: _____________ Score: _____/25

Section 1: Listening (4 Marks) Listen to the poem and answer the

questions after listening. Circle the letter of your answer.
1. Where did his parents send him?
A. school B. playground
C. store D. park [1]

2. What was he supposed to buy?

A. bird C. bread
B. bunny D. Cake [1]

3. How did the boy describe the animals he brought home?

A. The animals were happy.
B. The animals went crazy.
C. The animals were sad.
D. The animals were tired. [1]

4. Name two (2) animals he bought.

1. ________________
2._________________ [2]
Section 2: Reading (3 Marks) Read the poem and answer the
questions

Answer the questions in complete sentences. Incomplete sentences

get half a point only. (3 Marks)

5. Where is the grocer’s store?

____________________________________________________________ [1]

6. How often does the poet visit the shop?

____________________________________________________________ [1]

7. Mention two (2) food items you can buy there?

____________________________________________________________ [1]
Section 2: Language(5 Marks)
Identify the verbs in each sentence
8. The cat was quietly approaching the bird.
A. cat C. quietly
B. was D. bird [1]

9. The man slowly opened the door.

A. man C. opened
B. slowly D. door [1]

10. I already finished my homework.

A.I C. already
B. finished D. homework [1]

11. We are going on a trip tomorrow.

A. We B. trip
C. going D. tomorrow [1]

12. The kite is up there!

A. kite B. is
C. up d. there [1]
Identify the type of poems (3 Marks)

13. A poem that has the same ending sound is called _______.
A. Acrostic C. free verse
B. rhyming D. ode [1]

14. A poem that describes something is called _________.

A. pattern C. shape
B. ode D. haiku [1]

15. A poem in which the first letter of each new line spells out a word
is called ________.
A. acrostic C. haiku
B. rhyming D. All are correct [1]

16. A poem that is originally from Japan that has 3 lines with syllable
patterns is called ________

A. acrostic C. pattern
B. rhyming D. haiku [1]
Section 3: Write a free verse poem about school. Minimum of 8 lines
(8 Marks)