ENGLISH MIDTERM TEST FORM ONE

 

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE – RUVUMA REGION

LONDONI SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM I MIDTERM EXAMINATION

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

TIME: 2 HOURS                                                                                   SEPTEMBER, 2018

 

INSTRUCTION

i)This paper consists with three sections

ii) Answer all questions

 

SECTION A; COMPREHENSION

 

1. Read the passage bellow then   answer some questions

Rashid gets up early every day at about 6 O'clock in the morning. He washes his hands and face and gets dressed. Then at half past six he has breakfast with his family before leaving the house at 7 O'clock he prays. Then he walks to school. At 8 O'clock he starts school and he studies in class until lunch time. He has lunch at 1 O'clock and after lunch he has more lessons. At 3 O'clock he does sports at school and then he goes home. At 5 O'clock he feeds the animals and at 6'O clock he has dinner. Then he does his homework and plays with his brothers. At 8 O' clock he has a bath and prays again. At 9 O' clock he goes to sleep because the next day he will have to get up early again.

 

Questions.

Write the letter at the correct answer.

(i)At 6 O' clock in the morning Rashid........................................................

   a)Has breakfast

   b)Gets up

   c)Start school

   d)Feeds animals

(ii)At................................Rashid prays?

  a) 07:00 -7 O' clock

  b) 21:00 -9 O' clock

  c) 13:00 -1 O' clock

  d) 06:30 – half past six.

(iii)The story is about.................................

  a)Rashid's family

 b)Anna's weekend

 c)Rashid's mother

 d)Rashid's day.

iv)Rashid..............................sports at 3 O' clock.

  a)Do

  b)Didn't

  c)Have

  d)Does

(v)Do you do the same as Rashid?

  a)yes, I does.

  b)no, I doesn't

  c)yes, we do.

  d)yes, we didn't

 

2. Write TRUE or FALSE.

  i) At 5 O' clock Rashid feeds the animals.........................................

 ii) Rashid does sports at 6 O' clock in the morning.................................

 iii) He goes to sleep at 9 O' clock...........................................

 iv) He starts school at 1 O' clock...........................................

 v) At half past six he has breakfast........................................

 

3. Make these sentences negative.

   Example: I went to school.

                  I didn't go to school.

 a) She goes to school every day.

 b) They have gone to town.

 c) My father is listening to music.

 d) Amina and Asha washed their clothes.

 e) We are doing homework.

 

4.Fill in the gaps by putting the verbs in present tense 

  i) Musa and Ally......................................(have)their crotches every day.

  ii) Amina....................................(do)her homework every Monday.

 iii)I always.......................................(go)to school on foot.

 iv) He........................(be)sick, he must go……………to.(see) a doctor.

 v) Always this bird........................................(fly)over this roof.

5. Special names are given to group of things. Use the words below to show a special name given to             eachgroup.{stationary,furniture,birds,subjects,animals,trees,readings,colours,foods,fruits,courses}

  a) green,red,blue,yellow, ….................................................................

  b) pawpaw, orange, pineaple, apple, banana, …........................................

  c)chair,desk,table,stool, ….......................................................

  d)cat, dog, rat, cow…………………………………………..

  e)history,geography,civics,kiswahili, …..............................................

  f)pens,rulers, envelopes, paper …......................................................

 

6. Write the word which is not part of the lists of words provided  below.

  a)Milk, cassava, rice, maize, potatoes,  yams_________________________

  b)plate, spoon, Cup, Knife, block ____________________________

  c) Fanta,  Pepsi, sprite, Cocacola , chemicola _______________

  d) Aittel, Halotel, Vodacom , Tigo, Zantel, TBC__________________

7. Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.

i) The head master was not present. The class teacher was not present (join the sentences beginning with; neither ------nor)

ii) Luth was nervous. Yusuph was nervous (combine into one sentence) use 

    as--------

iii) You can walk or run. (Re-write using either ---------or)

iv) Amina can sing and dance (Re-write using both ------and)

v)The boy is black  like  charcoal.(Re-write using  as------------as)

 

8. Re-arrange the following sentences into logical sequence to make a meaningful paragraph.

    Sentence No.6 has been used as example.

a) The baby who was crying was my young brother

b) His name was Usinitelekeze.

c) As I was watching the Television, I suddenly heard a cry of a baby.

d) I was in the sitting room watching television.

e) Usinitelekeze was crying because, he was left alone in the bed room.

f) I then rushed in the room so that I could carry him.

 

  ANSWERS.

1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
					F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION C

PATTERN AND VOCABULARY

9. Complete the following sentences using words given in the box.

       

Any, a lot of , many, enough, much

 

a)    How ……………………money do you want?

b)   It is not ………………….for all of us to share.

c)    You can choose………………of the books you like.

d)   There is ……………….water in an ocean.

e)    There are too……………….mistakes in this essay.

10. Choose the correct preposition to complete these sentences.

                    i.            The pupils arrive ……………..nine O’clock (at, in, on)

                 ii.            The competition started……………..the morning. (on, in, at)

              iii.            She lives far………………the morning. (for, from, by)

               iv.            We have lived in this village…………1999. (for, since)

                  v.            They waited for him……………..hours.(since, for)