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ANIMALS IN THE CITY

VREDENBURG HIGH SCHOOL
Wild animals in cities can cause chaos! Can you imagine the trouble that baboons in
city centres could cause?
SUBJECT Engüsh First Additional Language DATE February 2020
TASK Task 4 Comprehension and visual literacy TIME HOUR 1. Small animals like birds, mice and insects are a common sight In many cities and towns.
GRADE TOTAL: 30 But in recent years, the world's press has been fuEI of reports of wild animals coming
into cities in large numbers. What happens when bigger animals come into our cities?
EXAMINER : L. van der Westhuizen
Are they welcome or are they considered a danger or a pest?
MODERATORS C. Swanepoel, D. Pontello, H. Coleman, D. Schlebusch

2. Often wild animals come into cities to look for food, In Cepe Town, South Africa, baboons
have started coming into residential areas on the edge of the city to feed. They open
ONLY THE BEST SATISFIES rubbish bins and eat fruit from gardens and orchards. Some brave baboons have even

come into people's houses and taken food from kitchen cupboards and fridges!
This paper consists of 5 pages. Baboons can be aggressive and have attacked a lot of pet animals, so
understandabty, many city residents don't weacome their presence. The city can be a
2. This paper consists of TWO SECTIONS SECTION A: COMPREHENSIOBL [20] dangerous place for baboons
SECTION B: VISUAL LITERACY: [10]
3. Answer all the questions and number them correctly. too. Some have been injured or killed in car accidents and others have been
4. Draw a margin on the right-hand side of the folio and do not write in it- electrocuted as they played with electric cables. Baboons are an endangered species
and to save them and minimise conflicts bewveen humans and baboons, the city council
5. Draw a line after each question. has employed a team of Baboon Monitors. The monitors' Job is to chase baboons out
6. Look at the marks al*ocated and answer accordingly.
of urban areas or catch them and release them in the countryside. This policy has had
7. Read each question carefully, before you answer. some success, though it is proving hard to stop baboons from coming back to the
8. use full sentences, unless otherwise required. city once they
9. Write with a blue or black pen.
Leave lines open between answers. see it as a source of easy food.
11. Start each section on a new page.
Marks will be deducted if instructions are ignored. 3. One ofthe most interesting cases of wild animals living in a city are the wild dogs of

1 3, Good luck! Moscow. In Russia, there are approximately 35,000 wild dogs living on the streets. Some

of the dogs were born wild, while others are pets that have been
abandoned by their
owners. Some dogs live alone and others live In packs. In 2010, scientists studied the

dogs and found that the dogs have adapted remarkably successfully
to urban life. They

have learned that it is safer to cross the street with people and some dogs appear to

understand tramc lights.

SECTION A: COMPREHENSION
QUESTION 1:
Study the following textl and answer the questions that follow:
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3 4

1,13 In your opinion, should wild animals be killed or harmed when .they are caught in our
4. Some animals, like the dogs in Moscow, have adapted very well to city life. For
others, the city is a dangerous place and it is difficult for animals to live in harmony
with humans, It would be a shame to hurt or kill animals when they come into
cities to look for food. Hopefully, city councils, conservationists and city residents
can work together

and find imaginative ways to keep bigger animals out of cities without harming
them.
Robin Newton
[Adapted from: British council.crg]
Words: 420

neighbourhoods? Explain your answer. (2)

1.14 Do you empathise with the wild animals being caught in cities? Motivate your answer. (2)

1.15 What should the attitude of city councils, conservationists and city residents reveal about their feeEings for animals? (1)
1201

TOTAL SECTION A; [20]

SECTION B: VISUAL LITERACY
QUESTION 2: CARTOON AND ADVERTISEMENT
Refer to paragraph 1-2:
2.1 Study the following cartoon and answer the questions that follow.
What effect does the rhetorical questions have on the reader?
TEXT B
1.10 Explain in your own words, what is meant by:

(1)
"Some dogs live alone and others live In packs" (Par.3, lines 3-4) Refer to text B

2M, 1 Give TWO visual clues as evidence that that the two men are in space, (2)
1.11 State if the statement is TRUE or FALSE and motivate your answer by quoting TWO
CONSECUTIVE words. 2.12 Is the word Ugravity" meant literally or figuratively? Motivate your answer, (2)

The study on how dogs adapted to urban life is a reliable study,

Why do wild animals enter cities? (1)

State TWO reasons why residents do not welcome the presence of the baboons in their
neighbourhoods. (2)
1.4 In which TWO ways, according to the text, can baboons be negatively impacted when entering
suburbs? (2)

1.5 Explain what is meant by endangered species. (Par. 2, line 8) (1)

Name ONE duty of a Baboon monitor (1)

1.7 State if the statement is TRUE or FALSE and motivate your answer:
The Baboon Monitors have fully succeeded in their task so far.

Refer to paragraphs 34:

1.8 State why the dogs were called "wild dogs"? Name TWO reasons. (2)

1.9 Provide a SYNONYM for "abandoned". (Par. 3, line 3)

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1.12 Explain what is meant by urban life. (Par-3t line 5)

TEXT C
2.2 Study the following advertisement and answer the questions that follow:
Refer to text C
22.1 How many different varieties of chocolate does Cadbury offer in this advertisement? (1)

22.2 Give an example of emotive language by quoting ONE word- (1)

22.3 Identify and discuss the pun used in the advedisement. (2)

2.2.4 Do you think the advertisement is effective? Motivate your answer.

TOTAL SECTION B: [101

GRAND TOTAL:
1I I 1

12
MEMORANDUM(Own opinion, No marks must be allocated for Yes/No.)
(2)
VREDENBURG HIGH SCHOOL

1.14 SECTION A: COMPREHENSION

SUBJECT English First Additional Language DATE February 2020
Yes, they are only hungry looking for food to eat. They do not realise that they are not
TASK : Task 4 Comprehension and visual literacy TIME 1 HOUR
welcome in cities and towns.
GRADE 8 TOTAL: 30
EXAMINER . L van der Westhuizen OR
No, they are just animals who destroy houses and cause trouble; therefore, they should
1.15 MODERATORS : C, Swanepoeil D- Pontello, H. Coleman, D. Schlebusch
1201

TOTAL SECTION A:

1.1 It engages the reader. (1)

1.2 They enter in search of food. M'

be chased away. "(Own opinion. No marks must be allocated for Yes/No.) (2)
1.3 They create a disturbance by opening rubbish bins/ eating from gardens and orchards/ they steal
food from peoples' houses./ Baboons can be aggressive and have They are supposed to care for animals/ should have a love for animals. (1)
attacked a lot of pet animals. (Any TWO) (2)
1.4 Some have been injured or killed in car accidents Vand others have been electrocutecV as they
played with electric cables. (2)

1.5 An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become
extinct in the near future. Y' (1)

1.6 They chase baboons out of urban areas Icatch them and release them in the counfryside. v" (1)
1 .7 FALSE. The text states that they only had some success. (Mark must not be
allocated for FALSE only.) Question Marks level Marks level 3 Marks level 4&5
number 400/0 40%
18 Some of the dogs were bom wild, while others are pets that have been
abandoned*/ by their owners. (2) SECTION A: COMPREHENSION (201

1.9 deserted/ forgotten/ forsaken/ neglected/ rejected/ left etc.(1) 1.1 1

4 .10 Group of dogs that runi hunt 1 .2 1
together.
1.3 2
g
1.11 TRUE. scientists studied" (TWO CONSECUTIVE WORDS. Mark must
2
not be allocated for TRUE only.) (1)
1.5 1
1.12 An area that is highly populated. p/ (1)
1.6 1
1 .13 Yes, because they cause chaos and destruction. They can be dangerous.
OR 1.7 1
Now animals have the right to be wherever they want to be.
1 .8 2

1 .9 1
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1 .10

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4 1 .12

SECTION B: VISUAL LITERACY TAXONOMY GRID 1 .13 2

QUESTION 2: CARTOON AND ADVERTISEMENT
1.14 2
Grade 8 FAL FAT 4 Comprehension and visual literacy
1.15
2.1.1 The stars outside the space shuttle/ the astronaut suits the men have on/ they are floating
around in the space shuttle. (Any TWO) (2) 1
2.1.2 Figuratively. He refers to the importance of the situation, not gravity that keeps you on the TOTALS: 8120 8/20 4/20
ground- (2)
SECTION B: VISUAL LITERACY
141

2.2.1 Seven 2.1.1 2

2 1.2 2
22.2 lucky/ win cash (Any ONE) (1)
22.1 1
2.23 The word "bad' has two meanings, The chocolate bar «and the expression, to raise the
bar, which means to raise the standard, (2) 2.2.2 1
2.2.4 Yes, the different varieties of chocolate are easily identified by the image of chocolates 2.2.3 2
displayed. / Large font is used. I The competition that the advertiser offers, creates a desire in 2
2.24
the reader to buy the product.

TOTALS: 4/10 2/10

 OR
No, not enough details are given, for example how to enter the competition. (Own
opinion. No marks must be allocated for Yes/No.) (2)
161

TOTAL SECTION C:
GRAND TOTAL: [301

BEACON HILL HIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
GRADE 8
TASK 3:
EXAMINER: F. WILLIAMS MARCH 2024
MODERATOR: L. POTGIETER TOTAL: 50 MARKS
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of 5 pages.
2. This paper consists of THREE SECTIONS
SECTION A: COMPREHENSION [20]
SECTION B: VISUAL LITERACY: [20]
SECTION C: LANGUAGE: [10]
3. Answer all the questions and number them correctly
4. Draw a line after each question.
5. Look at the marks allocated and answer accordingly.
6. Read each question carefully, before you answer.
7. use full sentences, unless otherwise required.
8. Write with a blue or black pen.
9. Leave lines open between answers.
10. Start each section on a new page.
Marks will be deducted if instructions are ignored.