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English Language · Paper 1 · 2021

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Questions (36)

Section A

1. 10 marks

Copy the following sentences.

  1. Don’t write in this book. (2 mk)
  2. My brother is a policeman. (2 mk)
  3. We are class five pupils. (2 mk)
  4. Give me a book, a pencil and a pen. (2 mk)

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2. 10 marks

Choose the words from the brackets below to make compound nouns. ( chair, ball, copy, master, work, bus, room ) Example: Class + room = classroom

  1. Head + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)
  2. Wheel + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)
  3. Home + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)
  4. Photo + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)
  5. Basket + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)

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8. 0 marks

b) Write the following words in numbers as shown in the example. Example: Forty nine __________49_________ i. One hundred and thirty ii. Ten thousand and five hundred iii. Four hundred and fifty iv. Twenty five thousand v. Seven thousand and fifty six

  1. One hundred and thirty (1 mk)
  2. Translate the following paragraph in English. Mimi ni mwanafunzi wa darasa la nne. Ninaishi pamoja na wazazi wa ngú. Nina kaka mmoja na dada mmoja. Nyumba yetu ipo karibu na skuli. Mimi hudurusu mabuku yangu wakati wa usiku. (10 mk)
  3. Translate the following paragraph in English. Mimi ni mwanafunzi wa darasa la nne. Ninaishi pamoja na wazazi wangu. Nina kaka mmoja na dada mmoja. Nyumba yetu ipo karibu na skuli. Mimi hudurusu mabuku yangu wakati wa usiku. (0 mk)
  4. Ten thousand and five hundred (1 mk)
  5. Four hundred and fifty (1 mk)
  6. Twenty five thousand (1 mk)
  7. v. Seven thousand and fifty six (0 mk)
  8. Seven thousand and fifty six (1 mk)

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Section B

3. 5 marks

Choose the correct answer from the brackets to fill the blanks.

  1. Among the functions of ears is _____________. (1 mk)
  2. Normally a person has two ______________. (1 mk)
  3. A giraffe has a _________________ neck. (1 mk)
  4. Fish lives __________________ the water. (1 mk)
  5. The baby of a sheep is a ________________. (1 mk)

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4. 6 marks

Put a tick ( ) in the appropriate place to show where the animals live. Number one (i) is an example.

  1. Dolphin (1 mk)
  2. Tiger (1 mk)
  3. Goat (1 mk)
  4. Cow (1 mk)
  5. Bear (1 mk)
  6. Hippopotamus (1 mk)

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5. 5 marks

Use the words from the brackets to complete the following sentences.

  1. Doto ___________________ coffee to milk. (1 mk)
  2. I like swimming __________________ dancing. (1 mk)
  3. We _______________________ cassava. (1 mk)
  4. The fruit I like the __________________ is pineapple. (1 mk)
  5. James does not sell flour _____________ George sells it. (1 mk)

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6. 5 marks

Complete this paragraph by using words instead of the pictures as shown in the example. Last week my friends and I went to visit Zanzibar Park. It was very fun. At the park we saw different animals such as A crocodile, a ________________, a ________________, a ______________, a _____________ and what made me very happy was a _________________ because it was changing its colour.

  1. Complete the sentence: A crocodile, a ________________ (1 mk)
  2. A crocodile, a ________________, a ________________, a ______________, a _____________ and what made me very happy was a _________________ because it was changing its colour. (5 mk)
  3. Complete the sentence: a ________________ (1 mk)
  4. Complete the sentence: a ______________ (1 mk)
  5. Complete the sentence: a _____________ (1 mk)
  6. Complete the sentence: a _________________ because it was changing its colour. (1 mk)

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Section C

7. 20 marks

LANGUAGE USE Answer one (1) question from this section. a) Translate the following sentences in Swahili. i. I like big fish. ii. Don’t write in this book. iii. My brother is a policeman. iv. We are class five pupils. v. Give me a book, a pencil and a pen. b) Choose the words from the brackets below to make compound nouns. ( chair, ball, copy, master, work, bus, room ) Example: Class + room = classroom i. Head + ___________________ = _______________________ ii. Wheel + ___________________ = _______________________ iii. Home + ___________________ = _______________________ iv. Photo + ___________________ = _______________________ v. Basket + ___________________ = _______________________

  1. I like big fish. (1 mk)
  2. Translate 'I like big fish.' in Swahili. (2 mk)
  3. Translate 'Don’t write in this book.' in Swahili. (2 mk)
  4. Translate 'My brother is a policeman.' in Swahili. (2 mk)
  5. Translate 'We are class five pupils.' in Swahili. (2 mk)
  6. Translate 'Give me a book, a pencil and a pen.' in Swahili. (2 mk)
  7. Complete the compound noun: Head + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)
  8. Complete the compound noun: Wheel + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)
  9. Complete the compound noun: Home + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)
  10. Complete the compound noun: Photo + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)
  11. Complete the compound noun: Basket + ___________________ = _______________________ (2 mk)

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Section D

9. 20 marks

Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences. Number one (i) is given as an example. i. are we bicycles our riding. We are riding our bicycles. ii. girl beautiful is a she. iii. biggest Tanzania is in East the country Africa. iv. to I guitar like play the. v. Fatma friends Hafsa are and. vi. fish a sells fishmonger.

  1. are we bicycles our riding. We are riding our bicycles. (0 mk)
  2. girl beautiful is a she. (4 mk)
  3. biggest Tanzania is in East the country Africa. (4 mk)
  4. to I guitar like play the. (4 mk)
  5. Fatma friends Hafsa are and. (4 mk)
  6. fish a sells fishmonger. (4 mk)

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10. 20 marks

Use ten (10) sentences to write a story about Your Best Friend.

  1. Use ten (10) sentences to write a story about Your Best Friend. (0 mk)

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