SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
NAME:__________________________________DATE:_________
TIME: 1:30 HOUR
INSTRUCTIONS
- This paper consists of five (5) questions
- Answer all questions as per instructions given in each questions
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Remember to write your name and the date of today
SECTION A: DICTATION
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Listen carefully the sentences read by the invigilator and write them correctly in the spaces below
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SECTION B: VOCABULARY
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Match the items in LIST A with their correct responses in LIST B by writing the correct letter in the box provided
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Yesterday I went to the ___________to buy meat.
(a). Market (c). Butchery
(b). Kitchen (d). Butcher
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If you go to the _______ you will find many people selling and buying different things.
(a). Fruit (c). Food
(b). Vegetable (d). Flower
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How will the word BOKO be arranged
to bring the correct meaning?
(a). Okobo (c). Kobo
(b). Book (d). Oobk
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The plural form of the word “lady” is:
(a). Ladies (c). Laden
(b). Lady (d). Ladino
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We always wash and ______ fruits before eating.
(a). Pill (c). Pail
(b). Pile (d). Peel
SECTION C: GRAMMAR
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Choose the correct answer and write its letter in the box provided
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The cook cooks food very:
(a). Carelessly (c). Careless
(b). Careful (d). Carelesslly
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The lion is ________ than a buffalo.
(a). Danger (c). Most dangerous
(b). More dangerous (d). Dangerous
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A canteen is a place where ______ is sold.
(a). Food (c). Honey
(b). Drinks (d). Lemon
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The book belongs to them. So it is:
(a). Us (c). Ours
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(b). Theirs (d). They
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when she saw me she hugged me:
(a). Happy (c). Happiest
(b). Happily (d). Happier
SECTION C: COMPOSITION
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Fill in the blanks by using the word from the box.
- Marry will go on holiday __________ Monday.
- The chair belongs to you. It is _______ book.
- How _________ girls are there?
- A ______________ looks after sick people.
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Too _______ of anything is harmful.
SECTION D: COMPREHENSION
- Marry will go on holiday __________ Monday.
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow
My name is Baraka. My father’s name is Daudi and my mother’s name Amina. While Hawa is older than I am. Anna is younger than I am. I have an elder brother, Ado and younger twin-brothers Kurwa and Doto. Our father is a businessman in Maendeleo town down in the Southern region of Tanzania. He has a big store of farm tools like hoes, pangas, slashes and spare parts for tractors and oxen-pulled carts and hoes. This means our father has a home in Maendeleo town. We have an original home in Mapapa village where our mother, brothers, sisters and bigger family unit live.
QUESTIONS
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Who is the writer of this passage? ___________________________________________________
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How many brothers and sisters does Baraka have? ______________________________________
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Who is the oldest of all children in Baraka’s family? _____________________________________
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What type of family is in the passage above? ___________________________________________
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Mention any 3 tools that are found in Baraka’s store.
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