THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FORM THREE PRE TERMINAL EXAMINATION
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of section A, B and C.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and three (3) questions in section C.
3. Electronic calculator and cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room
4. All answers must be written in the answer sheets provided
5. Write your name or Exam Index number on every page of your answer sheets
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SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer all questions
1. For each of the items (i)-(x), choose the most correct answer from among the alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
(i) The indirect speech of “They shall sing tomorrow”, Mr. Julian said is
A. Mr. Julian Said they would sing the following day.
B. Mr. Julian said they will sing evening.
C. Mr. Julian said they would be singing the next day
D. Mr. Julian said they will have to sing the next day
E. Mr. Julian said they had had sang the next day.
(ii) The present participle of the verb “go” is……………………..
A. Go
B. Gone
C. Going
D. Is going
E. Went
(iii) Emily ……………. English every day Morning.
A. Has taught
B. Teaches
C. Has been taught
D. Teach
E. Taught
(iv) Madam Yolanda is reading the Bible, why the article “the” has been used word the word “Bible”
A. The word Bible is unique thing.
B. The Bible is a particular thing
C. It is mentioned for the second time
D. Because the word Bible is foreign one
E. It is a normal book.
(v) She walks very careful in the night. What does the underlined part of the word indicate in this sentence?
A. The past continuous tense
B. the simple present tense
C. The past activity
D. The future activity
E. The ongoing activity
(vi) My brother, Antony never …………….. breakfast these days.
A. Has missed
B. Miss
C. Misses
D. Would miss
E. Is going to miss
(vii) She has been crying since morning. What is the tense of this sentence.
A. Present continuous
B. Present perfect continuous tense
C. Present perfect tense
D. Simple present tense
E. Simple past tense
(viii) The verb which takes an object is ……………….
A. Complex verb
B. Intransitive verb
C. Transitive verb
D. Simple verb
E. Verbal phrasal
(ix) Which sentence is grammatically correct?
A. They had gone home now.
B. They are going home now.
C. They would have gone now
D. They went tomorrow
E. They go yesterday morning
(x) Asha is …………… intelligent girl in the school.
A. Most intelligent
B. More intelligent
C. The most intelligent
D. Intelligent
E. Inteligenterer
2. Match the items in List A with List B to form correct sentences by writing the corresponding letter
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i. Look at that ____________ of ripe of banana. ii. The village was invaded by a __________ hungry wolves. iii. I saw ______________ of lions in the park. iv. There was a big ______________ of people in the meeting. v. She was stung by a __________ of bees. |
A. Swarm B. School C. Pack D. Tree E. Pride F. Group G. Crowd H. Team I. Bunch J. Hordes |
SECTION B (40 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
3. Use the words bellow to complete the given statements.
Chauffeur, chef, oculist, optician, cobbler, shoeshine, cashier, accountant, hermit, exile
(i) One who mends shoes……………………………
(ii) One who receives and pays money in a bank………………………….
(iii) Head cook in a hotel or restaurant ……………………………………..
(iv) One who is banished from his own country ……………………….
4. In the following sentences, provide the masculine of the underlined feminine words.
(i) The cow grazed at the mountain.
(ii) My heroine lives at the big castle in London.
(iii) The lady wanted to meet my father.
(iv) All the spinsters in Makoka will have the party at Serena Hotel.
5.
(a) Bellow is an extract taken from a learner’s dictionary. Study it carefully and point out four (4) things about a word in a dictionary. Give examples in each.
Scorn /scÉ”:n/ 1[U]~(for sth) strong contempt : be filled with scorn.
2 sing the~ of sb (fml) a person or thing that treated with scorn by sb. She was the scorn of her classmate.
Scorn v 1. Feel or show scorn for (sth/sb)
2. Refuse proudly
(b) George and Anna re doing shopping for their young brother’s birthday party. Complete their dialogue with the correct article from those given in the box bellow.
G: Anna, give me (i) ………………shopping bag and where’s (ii)………… shopping list we made
A: Here, it is.
G:Ok hold the bad wide while I pick (iii) ………….. vegetables from the rack.
A: Al right, I think we have bought everything we need except (iv) ………………. Candles and (v) ……………… cake.
G: Well, don’t mind. We will buy (vi) ………….. candles from (vii)…………… shop across (viii)………… street.
( an, the, a, Ø)
6.
(a) Complete the paragraph bellow by filling in the blanks with the correct forms of words in the brackets. The first gap has been given as an example.
Yesterday I saw (see) a terrible accident. A speeding car (i) ……… (run over) two pedestrians who (ii) …………….. (cross) the main road to the Post Office. One of the men (iii) ……………… (injure) very badly. Both victims (iv) ……….. (rush) to hospital, but on arrival to the hospital one of the two men passed away.
(b) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
(i) What is your occupation? , he asked.
Begin with the Policeman asked me……………………
(ii) Neither Miriam nor her sister is popular. (Re-write using …….as……as……….)
(iii) He was such a cruel that many people hate him. Begin Because of…………….
(iv) Maimuna plays football. Elizabeth plays football too. Begin with Both…………
7.
(a) Fill in the blanks with appropriate relative pronoun in the following sentences
(i) This is the lady from…………. we borrowed the money.
(ii) Do you know the man …………..addresses the meeting?
(iii) This is the cow………..tail was cut.
(iv) She has lost the pen…………you gave her.
(b) Supply the missing prepositions in the following sentences.
(i) While we wake up, Salome was still………….bed.
(ii) It will be over ………. five minutes.
(iii) His father was away on journey ……………the day he was born.
(iv) He still comes to see me…………time to time.
8.
(a) Complete the following sentences using the words given in the brackets
(i) He told me to …………. her daughter who sees me to be very stubborn. (advice/advise).
(ii) They had to ………………..the song several times (practise/practice)
(iii) Marry promised to………….her decision to marry him (altar/alter).
(iv) They get milk from a ………………. (dairy/diary)
(b) Re-arrange the following sentences into a logical sequence to make a meaningful paragraph by writing the corresponding letter in the answer booklet provided.
(i) My fathers were however allayed when I saw the Mortuary attendant.
(ii) This was unlike that I had always imagined.
(iii) I had always thought of Mortuary attendant as weird person who was confirmedly, mean and cold and many other dreadful things.
(iv) I got curious and promised myself that I would have mistaken him for a doctor at the hospital
SECTION C: RESPONSE TO READING (45 marks)
Answer three (3) questions from this section.
LIST OF READINGS
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES
A wreath for Father Mayer of Masasi -S.N.Ndunguru (1997) Mkuki na Nyota
Unanswered Cries -Osman Conteh, Macmillan
Passed Like A Shadow -B.M.Mapalala (2006), DUP
Spared –S.N.Ndunguru (2004), Mkuki na Nyota
Weep Not Child -Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1987) Heinemann
The Interview -Patrick Ngugi (2002) Macmillan
PLAYS/DRAMA
Three Suitors: One Husband -Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1994) Eyre Methuen
The Lion and the Jewel -Wole Soyinka (1963), OUP
This Time Tomorrow -Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1972), Heinemann
The Black Hermit - Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1968), Heinemann
POETRY
Song of Lawino and Ocol -Okot p’Bitek (1979) EAPH
Growing up with Poetry -David Rubadiri(ed) (1989), Heinemann
Summons –Richard Mabala (1960) TPH
9. A neighboring school was invited by your school to a debating contest. The motion they have suggested is “Murderers or thieves who are violence must get life imprisonment”. Your school is required to argue for the motion and you are the main speaker. Write a speech of not less than 250 words to support the motion.
10. Choose one poem you have read and analyse it critically by considering the following:
(i) The title of the poem.
(ii) Message
(iii) Themes
(iv) The relevance of the poem
(v) The type of the poem
11. Authors depict the experiences of their own societies but issues tend to be universal. Justify this contention using two novels.
12. Plays portray various issues in the society. Justify this statement by using two plays you have done in the class.
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