ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1 FORM SIX

 

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, RIGIONAL ADMINISTATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

LONDONI SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM SIX MIDTERM EXAMINATION

                                                                     

                                                 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1

TIME 2:30 HOURS                                                                               SEPTEMBER 2018

 

Instructions

1.     This paper consist of sections A, B, C and D with a total nine (9) questions.

2.     Answer five (5) questions, choosing one (1) question from each question.  Question one (1) is compulsory

3.     Clear examples are a privilege to your work.

4.     Remember to write your name in every page.

 

 

SECTION A (40 MARKS)

INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE

Answer one (1) question and any other from this section

1.      (a) Explain and exemplify each of the following function of language.

                                             i.            Phatic function

                                           ii.            Regulatory function

                                        iii.            Performative function

                                         iv.            Expressive function

              (b) Give four (4) differences between a language and language.

      2.   Use eight points to validate the argument that English language is a

            better positioned medium of instruction than Kiswahili in the

           Tanzanian’s Secondary Education.

3. Using six points, justify the statement that the dominant use of Kiswahili

as the national and official language in Tanzania is gradually killing the vernacular languages in the country.

SECTION B: (20 MARKS)

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Answer one (1) question from this section

4. (a) Give five reasons for making in-text citations in academic writing

using APA style.

          (b) Re-arrange the following jumbled entries for the fire reference books

               so as to be in acceptable APA style.

                                       i.            Oxford. Fundamental Concepts of Language Teaching. (1983). Oxford University Press. Stern, H.H.

                                     ii.            A reference Grammar for Students of English. London: close, R.A Longman. (1975)

                                  iii.            Radford, A. Transformational Grammar. Cambridge. (1988). Cambridge University Press.

                                   iv.            Edward Arnold. (1972). London:  Wilkins, D.A. Linguistics in language Teaching.

                                     v.            (1964). Hymes, D. New York: Harper AND Row.

    5 (a) What is stress? Use stress to change the following words into noun and

             verbs in sentence.

                                     i.            Reject

                                   ii.            Transport

                                iii.            Export

                                 iv.            Produce

                                   v.            Estimate

      (b)  With examples explain the function of intonation.

 

SECTION C (20 MARKS)

WORD FORMATION

Answer only one (1) question.

    6 (a) Using relevant examples, differentiate the following word formation

            processes.

a)     Borrowing and coining

b)    Acronymy and clipping

c)     Blending and compounding

d)    Reduplication and Onomatopoeia.

  (b) Make two different sentences for each of the following words, using it as 

a noun in one sentence and as a verb in another sentence.

          

                               i.            Permit

                             ii.            Increase

                          iii.            Play

                           iv.            Conduct

                             v.            Note

    7 (a) Identify the derivational affixes used in each of the following words 

   and  explain their grammatical or semantic functions.

            

                           i.            Empowerment

                         ii.            Ungracious

                      iii.            Anticlockwise

                       iv.            Unimpressive

                         v.            Decolonize

      (b) Identify five words with inflectional morphemes from the following

            sentences and give the function of the inflectional morpheme in that

            particular word.

           The minister of state in the Vice president’s office has cautioned  

           Meremela Mining Company Limited over environmental degradation,

           saying the  matter can lead to social calamities in the area it operates.

 

SECTION D: (20 MARKS)

LANGUAGE USE

Answer one (1) question from this section

    8 (a) Provide brief explanations about the translation methods used in the

            translation of the following sentences from English language to 

            Kiswahili.

                               i.            Please lend me your ears

Naomba mniazime masikio yenu tafadhari

                             ii.            He drink like hell

Anakunywa kupindukia

                          iii.            Lucy went up to her home

Lucy alikwenda mpaka nyumbani kwako

                           iv.            He was taken to the central police station.

Alipelekwa kwenye kituo cha kati cha polisi

                             v.            A stitch in time saves nine.

Usipoziba ufa utajenga ukuta

      (b) Translate the following English sentences into Kiswahili language by

           considering the structure of the target language

a.      Neema has lived in Tanga  for seven years

b.     They were sitting under the Mango tree

c.      Time is money

d.     Life without peace is meaningless

e.      Entrepreneurs earns more money than employees

f.       Maganga likes swimming

g.     My mother owns a very big shop in Songea

h.     The EAC heads of state met in Arusha last year

i.       My father likes reading the Guardian

j.       Bakari brought a new phone, Samsung Galaxy.

    9.  Describe five attributes of a skilled language interpreter.