English Language · Paper 2 · 2022
43 questions 🇹🇿 NECTA ✓ MSEnglish Language · Paper 2 · 2022
43 questions
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Section A
Match the descriptions in List A with the occupations in List B. Write the letter of the correct occupation next to the item number in the space provided.
- A person whose job is to take care of people's teeth. (1 mk)
- A person who writes books. (1 mk)
- A person whose job is to connect and repair electrical equipment. (1 mk)
- A person who builds using stones or blocks. (1 mk)
- A person who works in an office, dealing with letters and telephone calls, typing, keeping records and arranging meetings with people. (1 mk)
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When a person says, he has enough money to buy a new car. what does it mean?
For each of the following sentences, choose the correct word to fill in the blank space: (iii) People in East Africa and northern Mozambique speak Kiswahili . (iv) This restaurant sells nice coffee. (v) The farmer kills crop destructive mice.
- China makes cheap mobile phones. (2 mk)
- People in East Africa and northern Mozambique speak Kiswahili . (1 mk)
- This restaurant sells nice coffee. (1 mk)
- My grandfather keeps sheep. (2 mk)
- (2 mk)
- The farmer kills crop destructive mice. (1 mk)
- (2 mk)
- (2 mk)
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Your friend is looking for some information in the dictionary. She sees and lists the abbreviations she does not understand. Provide the long forms of the following abbreviations so that she understands what they stand for. (i) sb (ii) sth (iii) adj (iv) AmE (v) adv
- Provide the long form of 'sb'. (1 mk)
- Provide the long form of 'sth'. (1 mk)
- Provide the long form of 'adj'. (1 mk)
- Provide the long form of 'AmE'. (1 mk)
- Provide the long form of 'adv'. (1 mk)
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The following invitation card misses some important information. INVITATION CARD Mr. & Mrs. Masanja have the pleasure to invite Mr. & Mrs. Onyango to the wedding ceremony of their son Kulwa & his wife Amalia. RSVP. Mr. Masanja Tel. 0255600017 (i) Identify the missing information . (ii) Rewrite the card correctly.
- Identify the missing information in the invitation card. (3 mk)
- Rewrite the invitation card correctly, including the missing information. (4 mk)
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Section B
My sister used to cook dinner for me. (Negate the sentence using 'no longer ...')
- My sister no longer cooks dinner for me. (0 mk)
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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
- Rewrite the sentence 'Athletics (impress) me .' to express habitual action. (1 mk)
- My mother always (cook) de Itcious m (1 mk)
- Rewrite the sentence 'Our teacher ( conduct) a class meeting every Friday .' to express habitual action. (1 mk)
- Our president often (give) speeches about t h e precautions a 0 ainst COVID-19. (1 mk)
- Rewrite the sentence 'This student (speak) fluent English.' to express habitual action. (1 mk)
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You have written ten sentences to describe the new car which your mother bought recently. Choose appropriate words from the given box to correctly complete your sentences. admire, economic, brand-new, cheap, shines, expensive, economical, beautiful, comfortable, well-trained, four-wheel drive, two-wheel drive, sheds, seven-seater, heavy-duty
- My mother spent fewer dollars to buy the car than she expected. The car was (1 mk)
- Many people are impressed by the appearance of the car. It is ........................ . (1 mk)
- The car is easily driven even on muddy and slippery roads. It is a car .................... (1 mk)
- My mother is the first person to use the car. It is a .......................... car. (1 mk)
- The car uses less fuel than other cars. It is ......................... . (1 mk)
- All people in our street wish they had this car. They ......................... it. (1 mk)
- The car has big headlights. It ..................... bright light at night. (1 mk)
- The seats of the car are very .......................... You will enjoy sitting on them. (1 mk)
- My mother makes sure that she uses a ......................... mechanic to service the car. (1 mk)
- The car can carry seven people at once. It is a ............................ car. (1 mk)
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Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions given in brackets.
- My mother cooked ugali earlier that day. Then I arrived from school. (Join the two sentences to show that one action happened before the other in the past) (2 mk)
- The train left before Wednesday. (Make the sentence negative) (2 mk)
- Yes, children had not eaten ugali before their parents did. (Write it in question form) (2 mk)
- Srudents waited for the teacher for almost an hour. (Add a question tag) (2 mk)
- My sister used to cook dinner for me. (Negate the sentence using ......... no longer ... ) (2 mk)
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Section C
In life, there are habits that are considered good and those which are bad. With reference to two class readers, describe three bad habits you have learnt from each class reader and state why people should avoid such habits.
- Identify two class readers from the provided list. (0 mk)
- For each reader, describe three bad habits learned from it. (0 mk)
- For each bad habit described, state why people should avoid it. (0 mk)
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