Pitlochry School

ENGLISH – GRADE 2

TASK 5: ACTIVITIY 1
What is silent “e”

Silent “e” is found at the end the word. You do not say the “e” when you
read it. When you add an “e” to the word it changes the short vowel
sound to a long vowel sound. Let us look at the words below.

Read the words on the right hand side without silent ‘e’ and then read
the words on the left hand side with ‘silent e’

Adding silent e
mat m + ate = mate
bit b + ite = bite
kit k + ite = kite
not n + ote = note
pan p + ane = pane
ACTIVITY 2
Choose the correct ‘silent e’ word to complete the sentences.
Read the sentence and fill in the word from the word bank. Use
the pictures as a clue.
gate cake vase rake cage bone

1. The _________________________is very pretty.

2. I like my birthday _________________________.

3. Put the bird in its ____________________________.

4.Did you close the ____________________________?

5. Mum uses the __________________ in the garden.

6. The dog chewed the ___________________________.

ACTIVITY 3
Comprehension
Read the story and answer the questions

Bob The Frog

Bob is a frog. He is green with yellow spots. He has a long,
sticky tongue that he uses to catch flies. He lives near a
pond.
Sometimes he goes into the water and sometimes he stays
on the land. Bob has strong legs that he uses to hop. When
Bob was a little baby he was called a tadpole.
Answer the questions.
1. Who is Bob?
_________________________________________________________

2. Where does Bob live?

_________________________________________________________

3. What does Bob use his tongue for?

_________________________________________________________

4. What was Bob called when he was little?

_________________________________________________________

5.What colour is Bob?

_________________________________________________________
Activity 4
Unscramble the jumbled words.

Rearrange the words to form meaningful sentences. Use the clues to

help you. The first word for every sentence starts with a capital letter.

1. than One ten less is nine.

_________________________________________________________

2. was Yesterday day a busy.

_________________________________________________________

3. know how to swim I.

_________________________________________________________

4. my birthday Today is.

_________________________________________________________

5. pretty mum My is.

_________________________________________________________

6. watching like I cartoons.

_________________________________________________________

7. won the race boys The.

_________________________________________________________

8. lost Peter shoe his.

_________________________________________________________

9. cooks tasty Mum food.

_________________________________________________________

10. rat the cheese ate The.

_________________________________________________________
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AFRIKAANS
Grade 2
TASK 4. ACTIVITY 1 (EEN)
Kamers in ons huis( The rooms in our house) Kamer means room in
Afrikaans. Let us look at the words below.

1. Skryf die woorde as een word.

Slaap + kamer = __________________ bedroom

Bad + kamer = ___________________ bathroom

Eet + kamer = ____________________ dining room

Kom + buis = ____________________ kitchen

Sit + kamer = ___________________ lounge

Activity 2
Lees die woorde.(Read the words and colour the pictures)

Bed bed kas cupboard

tafel table mat mat

stoel chair bad bath

Stoof stove yskas fridge

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ISIZULU GRADE 2
Task 5
ACTIVITY 1

Imibala (colours)
Funda amagama emibala asebhokisini ngezansi (Read the
colour names in the box below)

Red obomvu
Green oluhlaza
Orange owolintshi
Blue oluhlazasasibhakabhaka
Yellow ophuzi
Grey ompunga
Pink obomvana
Black omnyama
White omhlophe
Brown onsundu
Colour in the following fruit pictures and write the colour name in
Zulu below the picture.

Activity 2

Imisindo (phonics)

Bahlukanisa amagama ngokufakela imisindo ebhokisini

(Split or break-up the words using the boxes).

1. Ophuzi

2. Oluhlaza

3. Owolintshi

4. Obomvu
 Holiday Task 5 – April 2020

Grade 2 - Mathematics

Activity 1: Repeated addition leading to multiplication

Repeated addition is adding equal groups together.

Example 1: Example 2:

There are 4 groups of 2. There are 5 groups of 3.

Addition: 2+2+2+2 Addition: 3+3+3+3+3

Multiplication: 4x2 Multiplication: 5x3

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3. Count the fingers.

3.1 There are ____________ hands.

3.2 Altogether there are ___________ fingers.

3.3 Addition sum: _______________________________________

3.4 Multiplication sum: ___________________________________

4. Count the children’s eyes.

4.1 There are ____________ children.

4.2 Altogether they have ___________ eyes.

4.3 Addition sum: _______________________________________

4.4 Multiplication sum: ___________________________________

Activity 2: Count by grouping

1. Farmer Brown plants seven rows of carrots. There are four carrots in each

row. How many carrots are there altogether?

1.1 Draw the groups of carrots.

1.2 Write a repeated addition number

sentence:___________________________________

1.3 Now write a multiplication number

sentence:__________________________________

1.4 What is your answer? _______________

2. Ashlin drinks six glasses of water per day. How many glasses of water does

he drink after five days?

2.1 Draw the groups of glasses.

2.2 Write a repeated addition number

sentence:___________________________________

2.3 Now write a multiplication number

sentence:__________________________________

2.4 What is your answer?_________________

Activity 3: Time -Revision

Read the following analogue time in hours and half hours and write them
down in words.

1. E.g. 8 o’ clock________________________________________

2. __________________________________________________________

3. __________________________________________________________

4. __________________________________________________________

5. __________________________________________________________

6. __________________________________________________________
 Activity 4: Place value

1. Decompose 2- digit numbers into tens and units

1.1 44 = …………. + …………… 1.2 36 + …………. = 48

1.3 ………….. = 30 + 9 1.4 …………… = 10 + 9

1.5 ………….. = 20 + 7 1.6 …………. + 0 = 40

2. Write the value of the underlined digits

3. Write the following numbers in ascending order

24 47 26 29 31 36 38 43

____________________________________________
4. Write the following numbers in descending order

23 44 42 27 33 37 39 49

_____________________________________________
 Holiday Task 5 – April 2020

Grade 2 – Life Skills

Activity 1: Wild Animals

1. Fill in the names of the animals using the word list below.

bear elephant zebra giraffe

tiger rhino alligator lion

2. Answer the following questions :

Note: There may be more than one possible answer.

2.1 This animal has big ears and a long trunk: _________________________

2.2 This animal has sharp teeth and eats meat: ___________________________

2.3 This animal has stripes and hunts its prey: _____________________________

2.4 This animal is known as the “King of the jungle”: _____________________________

Activity 2: Wild animal riddle

Answer the riddles using the names of some of the animals below.

2.1 I look like a horse. I have stripes. I live in Africa. I’m a ___________________.

2.2 I have tusks and only feed on plants. I’m a ________________________.

2.3 I’m funny. I like climbing trees. I live in forests. I eat bananas. I’m a _________________.

2.4 I live in Australia. I carry my baby in my bag. I’m a ______________________.

2.5. I can’t fly but I’m a bird. I like very cold weather. I’m a ___________________.

2.6 I like living near the water. I’m big and heavy. I’m a ______________________.
 Activity 3: Farm animals –Revision

3.1 Write the names of these farm animals in the boxes below the pictures.

3.2 Complete the table of “What do we get from farm animals? “Use previous
activities to help you.

Pigs give us Cows give us Sheep give us Chickens give us

3.3 Answer each question using one of the following words.

Cow horse goat dog sheep pig chicken calf

3.3.1 The farmer got up early to milk the __________________________.

3.3.2 This word rhymes with float ______________________________.
3.3.3 A lamb is a baby _____________________________________.
3.3.4 This word rhymes with fog __________________________.
3.3.5 A foal is a young __________________________________.
3.3.6 A ___________________________ hatches from an egg.
3.3.7 A ___________________________ lives in a pigsty.
3.3.8 A baby cow is a __________________________.
Activity 4:

1. Draw a line to help the babies find their mother.

2. Now, use the pictures to write the name of the adult animal and its young.

Adult Young