Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 10 English Opener Exam Term 2 2026 with Answers (Marking Scheme). The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  • Duration: 2 HOURS
  • Total Marks: 100
  • Structure: Task 1 (17 Marks), Task 2 (15 Marks), Task 3 (10 Marks), Task 4 (25 Marks), Task 5 (13 Marks), and Task 6 (20 Marks)

  It covers the following topics:

  • Task 1: Listening and Speaking
    • Dialogue analysis (character traits, setting, services)
    • Etiquette and polite expressions
    • Phonology (short and long 'o' vowel sounds)
    • Importance of identifying key information
  • Task 2: Reading Comprehension
    • Analyzing texts on community action and Community Service Learning (CSL)
    • Identifying main ideas, challenges, and benefits
    • Vocabulary in context (e.g., cohesion)
  • Task 3: Broken Passage
    • Cloze test focusing on listening skills and communication vocabulary
  • Task 4: Grammar in Use
    • Classification of nouns (Common/Proper, Concrete/Abstract)
    • Appropriate pronoun replacement
    • Use of determiners
    • Correcting run-on sentences
    • Coordinating conjunctions
    • English collocations
    • Emphatic vs. Reflexive pronouns
    • Verb aspects (present progressive, past progressive, past perfective) and tenses
    • Phrasal verbs
  • Task 5: Reading and Writing
    • Factors in selecting reading materials and benefits of extensive reading
    • Common abbreviations
    • Affixes (prefixes and suffixes)
    • Linking words for addition, contrast, and examples
  • Task 6: Writing Composition
    • Narrative writing (focusing on etiquette and problem-solving)
    • Expository writing (focusing on responsible decision-making)
• File Size:

  30.98 KB
• Length:

  6 pages
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  ENGLISH
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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