GRADE 2 MID-YEAR TESTS 2018

MATHS AND SCIENCE

Name: ___________________________

1. This is a ___________ (square/ triangle)

2. Write 4 in words ______.
3. Use <, > or = . 41 ____ 14

4. 13 count on 4 = _________
5. 10 plus 2 = __________
6. 8 minus 3=___________
7. 2 sets of 3 = ___________
8. 10 5 = ______c

9. _________ is the third month of the year (January/ March)

10. A cow has _____________ horns (four/ two)

11. The time is ___ o`clock.

12.

_____ is shaded.

13. Tendai had 7 stones

He got 8 more.
Now he has ____ stones
14. 2tens 8units =____
15. Share 19 among 3 =___r ____.

16. I see with my__ _______ (eyes/ ears)

17. Show the roots on the tree.

18. A _____ is a source of water. (bucket/ river

19. _____ forms when water is heated. (steam/ ice)
20. People sit around a fire when it is _____. ( summer/ winter)
21. ________ soil is good for growing crops. (loam/ sandy)
22. ______ is a form of child abuse. ( Physical abuse/ Emotion)
23. What stops on a red robot? (vehicles/ people )
24. A carrot is a ______ plant. ( legume/root)
25. We should switch ____ plugs to avoid electrical shocks.
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FAMILY AND HERITAGE STUDIES (F.H.S)
NAME: ____________________

1. It is good to live as a family because you ------- each other. ( help/ fight)
2. I call my father`s father -------. (uncle/ grandfather)
3. A -------- is made up of different families living together. (family/community)
4. ------- people celebrate together. ( Divided/ United)
5. Zimbabwe celebrates ----------- day on the second Monday of August. (Heroes
/ Independence)
6.

This is ----------. (Harvesting basket/ bucket)

7. Someone who is honest always tells -------------. (lies/the truth)
8. Which animal lives both in water and on land?

Frog fish
9. Games teach us to follow ---------. (leaders/ rules)
10. We should all ---------- each other`s languages. ( respect/ speak)
11. The ------------ is a national symbol. (Harvesting basket/Zimbabwean
bird)
12. When does Zimbabwe celebrate its Independence? (Mondays/ 18 April)
13. ------------ are things that all children must have. (Rights/
Responsibilities)
14. All children have a right to a -------- certificate. (death/ birth)
15. Being obedient is a ----------. (responsibility/right)
16. Zimbabwe got its name from which heritage site? (Heroes Acre/ Great
Zimbabwe)
 17. A disability makes it ---------- for someone to do some tasks.
(difficult/ easy)
18. People with special needs to be --------(laughed at/helped)
19. Using a _____ is modern way of planting seed.( planter/hoe)
20. Food from Zunde ramambo is used to feed the ______. (rich/ needy)

GRADE 2 MID-YEAR TESTS 2018

ENGLISH PAPER 1

NAME: ____________________

1. My name is ________________________
 2. I am a ________________. ( boy/girl)
3. I am ___________ years old.
4. My friend is _____________________.
5. I live in _______________.
Read and answer the questions that follow

Mr Chada is a farmer. He has three children. Their names are Tino, Shy and Sam.
Sam likes to ride his bike. Mr Chada has three brown cows. The cows are big. They
give us meat and milk.

Answer the questions

1. _______ is a farmer. (1)

2. Mr Chada has ________ children (1)
3. Who likes to ride his bike? (2)
4. The cows are _____ in colour. (1)
5. Mr Chada has _________ cows. (1)
6. The cows are ___________ (1)
7. Cows give us _________ and _______ (2)

GRADE 2 MID-YEAR TESTS 2018

ENGLISH READING

NAME: ____________________

1. hat 2. pen
3. leg 4. train
5. read 6. back
7. letter 8. live
9. doctor 10. teeth
11. take 12. late
13. five 14. bake
15. ride 16. beat
17. feet 18. small
19. light 20. measure

Spellings
1. ___________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ___________________________
4. ___________________________
5. ___________________________
6. ___________________________
7. ___________________________
8. ___________________________
9. ___________________________
10. _______________________

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ENGLISH PAPER 2
NAME: ________________________________
Make words
1. _______ ng 2. _____oo___ 3. ___ea___
Prepositions
4. The ball is _____ the table.
 (on / in )
5. The ball is ______ the table.

(near / under)
Opposites
6. The tea in the pot is cold. (hot, warm)
7. The man has a nice car. (father/ woman)
8. Her dress is still dry. (wet/ dryer)
Write the words in their plurals
0ne many
9. House ____________
10. Woman _____________
11. Box _____________

Underline a verb
12. The children played soccer yesterday.
13. Her baby was crying the whole night
14. I love drawing colourful pictures.

Today Yesterday
15. Climb ________
16. Run _________
17. Come _________

Complete using was / were

18. I ______ at home yesterday.
19. Chipo and Tendai _____ playing pada yesterday.
20. The boys _______ playing football.

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ENGLISH SPELLINGS

1. Hat
2. Six
3. Meat
4. Fine
5. Drum
 6. Spoon
7. Pull
8. window
9. ground
10. teacher

GRADE 2 MID-YEAR TESTS 2018

SHONA READIING

Name ___________________________________
1. huku 2. Musikana
3, badza 4. Mukadzi
5. mhino 6. Nyama
7. chikoro 8. Shiri
 9. hama 10. Hurudza
11. pfava 12. Ngano
13. mhuka 14. Hwahwa
15. tsika 16. Nzenza
17. bwaira 18. Pwere
19. tsvaira 20 mbwanana
Zviperengo
1. ___________________
2. ___________________
3. ___________________
4. ___________________
5. ___________________
6. ____________________
7. _____________________
8. _____________________
9. _____________________
10. ____________________

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SHONA PAPER 1

Zita __________________________________

Zadzisa zvakanaka

1. Ini ndinonzi _______________________.

2. Ndiri __________________. (musikana/mukomana)
3. Ndinoera ______________.
 4. Ndinogara ku___________.
5. Shamwari yangu ndi__________________.

Verenga ugopindura mibvunzo

VaMutema gore rino vakarima chibage chakawanda.Nhasi vadaidza humwe kuti

vazobatsirwa kusakura chibage. Varume varikusakura chibage chikuru kwazvo.
Kana vapedza kusakura vachanwa maheu. Maheu akabikwa naamaiMutema.Farisai
akabatsira amai vakekuchera mvura yekubikisa maheu. VaMutema vachaisa
chibage chavo mudura.
11. VaMutema vakarima __________________ chakawanda.
12. izwi rinoreva zvakafana nachibage ndi _______________.
13. Kana varume vapedza kusakura vachanwa ______________.
14. Chibage chichaiswa mu ________.
15. Mwana waVaMutema anonzi ani?

_______________________________________________________________

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SHONA PAPER 2

Zita __________________________________________

Vaka mazwi
1. bv___________ 2. Tsv________ 3. Mbw_______

Zadzisa chema, hukura, kukuridza, kuma, rira.

4. Imbwa ino _______
5. Mombe ino _________
6. Jongwe rino ______
Pedzisa zvakanaka
7.Hari yekucheresa yekubikira sadza inonzi _____ (chirongo/tsambakodzi)
8. Hari yokucherera mvura inonzi __________( chirongo/ hadyana)
9. Tinotema huni ne_________. (badza/ demo)

Ukama
10.Hanzvadzi yababa vangu ndinoiti _______. (mainini/ vatete)
11. Mai vababa kana vamai ndi_________. (mbuya/ sekuru)
12. Mukoma wamai vangu ndi___________. (mainini/maiguru)

Vana vemhuka
13. Mwana wehuku anonzi _____________( hukwana/ nyana)
14. Mwana wehwai anonzi ___________. ( tsvana/ hwayana)
Mazwi anoreva zvakafanana.
unyope hwahwa rukukwe
15. Tora rupasa ndigare.
16. Sekuru vangu vanofarira doro.
17. Farisai ane usimbe.

Uzhinji
18.ruoko _____________. ( maoko / kaoko)
19. musha ______________.( mamusha/ misha)
20. gomo _________________. (makomo/magomo)
 GRADE 2 MID-YEAR TESTS 2018
Visual and Performing Arts (V.I.P)

Name _________________________________________________
Section A (theory)
1. This is a _______. ( drum / guitar )

2. I paint using ________. ( pencil / paint )

3. This is a ______ ( mat / blanket )

4. It is made from ________. ( reeds / logs )

5. There are_____primary colours. (3/5)
6. Which primary colours do you mix to make orange? (yellow+ blue/
red+yellow)
7. Winnowing basket is an example of____(a weave/ a sculpture)
8. We can listen to music from _ ( film/a radio )
9. This is a ______ ( semi breeve/ quaver)
10.Chimurenga songs were sung____(during war/at Pungwe)

Section B (Practical)
1. Weaving a paper mat. (10)
 GRADE 2 MID-YEAR TESTS 2018
PHYSICAL EDUCATION (P.E)

Name __________________________________________

Section A (Theory)

1. I can kick a ball with my ( leg/ear)

2. Where does the food we eat go? ( stomach/ lungs)
3. __________ pumps blood. (brain/ heart)
4. I throw a ball using my _______. (hand/ leg)
4. _____wear swimming trunks ( boys/ girls)
Match tools to their games.

6. Football ______________

6. Rope skipping_______________

7. Tyre rolling__________________
8. On a see saw, the one who is heavy goes ______. ( up/ down)
9. ________ is a ball game. ( pada/ soccer)

Section B (Practical)
 1. Potatoe race (5)
2. Playing pada (5)

GRADE 2 MID-YEAR TESTS 2018

Information and Communication Technology (I.C.T)

Name _____________________________________________
Section A (Theory)
1. We type using a __________. (monitor / keyboard)
2. Central processing unit (C.P.U) is the ____ of a computer. (brain/ data)
3. We should not take _____ into the computer lab. ( friends/food)
4. At school computers are found in the _______.(lab/ storeroom)
5.

__________ are used for listening to music on the phone. (games/

earphones)
6. Do not step on the ________. (table/plugs)
7. We open a ____________ program when we want to paint.(paint/toolbox)

8. This is a ______________. ( button/ mouse)

9. I can play games using the _________. (computer/printer)
10. ___________ mean the protection of a computer. (Police/ Computer
Security)
Section B
1. Opening MS word. (3)
2. Typing the following
a) My name is _______ (2)
b) I am a ______ (girl /boy) (2)
c) I am ____ year old (2)
 d) Closing program(1)

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MASS DISPLAY
Name: _________________________
SECTION A (Theory)
1. Folk tales teach us _______________manners. (good /bad)
2. A ________ is a traditional dance. (clucks/ Mhande)
3. The main colours are called _______ colours.(Primary/ Secondary)
4. To get ________ we mix red and yellow. (black / orange)
5. We celebrate ______ events as a nation. (national/birthdays)
6. What is the national symbol on the flag?( white/Zimbabwean bird)
7. The national flag has _____ colours. (five/ four)
8. _________ shade their blood in Chimurenga war. (heroes/ giants)
Colour the colour on our national flag and write what it represents.
Vegetation blood black people minerals

9. 10.

_________________ _________________
SECTION B(Practicals)
1. Singing a local song. (5)
2. Saying the National Pledge (5)

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GRADE 2 MID-YEAR TESTS 2018
 SHONA SPELLINGS

1. dota
2. pisa
3. murume
4. ngoma
5. bere
6. imba
7. mombe
8. mwena
9. mbavha
10. ibwe