NGOPSO FIRST MOCK ENGLISH March 2010

SECTION A: TENSES



Choose a letter of the correct answer and write it on the answer sheet provided.



1. Rose and I ________ in the compound before the visitors arrived.

(a) were playing (b) play (c) plays (d) were play (e) were played

2. Jane ________ a pen before the teacher asked for it.

(a) hidden (b) hide (c) hid (d) had hidden (e) has hidden

3. He managed ________ the snake by hands.

(a) kill (b) killed (c) to kill (d) to killed (e) to killing

4. A few weeks ago, our school _______ by the Minister of Education.

(a) was visited (b) visited (c) was visiting (d) visiting (e) had visited

5. We usually _______ before we go to bed.

(a) prays (b) praying (c) pray (d) are praying (e) are pray

6. Grade seven pupils are looking forward to ______ their National Examinations in August 2010.

(a) sit (b) seat (c) sitting (d) seating (e) will sit

7. A lot of cotton ____________ in Shinyanga next month.

(a) was produced (b) Produce (c) will be produced (d) produces (e) produced

8. There _______ be an East African tour in December 2010.

(a) are (b) will (c) will be (d) will have (e) will shall

9. Tanzanians will be ___________ for presidency towards the end of the year.

(a) vote (b) voted (c) voting (d) votes (e) votting

10. Where ______ they ________?

(a) has, go (b) have, go (c) has, gone (d) have, gone (e) have, went

11. We _______ all children of God.

(a) is (b) are (c) be (d) his (e) was

12. Neither Juma nor Khalid _____ brave enough to kill a lion.

(a) was (b) were (c) are (d) can (e) am

13. Malkiat _______ food for the family now.

(a) is cooking (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooked (e) has cooked

14. They were _______ dancing in the classroom.

(a) saw (b) see (c) sea (d) seen (e) sewn

15. If she _______ we would see her beautiful dress.

(a) came (b) come (c) would come (d) will come (e) had come



SECTION B: GRAMMAR



Choose a letter of the correct answer and write it on the answer sheet provided.



16. That is the place ______ bata shoes are made.

(a) who (b) which (c) where (d) whose (e) whom

17. Rose is ________ beautiful than her sister.

(a) the most (b) the more (c) most (d) more (e) very

18. ________ they train regularly, they won’t win the match.

(a) if (b) even (c) unless (d) although (e) despite

19. Angela is fond ______ playing in class.

(a) for (b) of (c) about (d) with (e) to

20. That car belongs to them. It is ____________

(a) theirs (b) their’s (c) they are (d) theres (e) there’s

21. They help us whenever we get stuck, ___________?

(a) aren’t they (b) do they (c) don’t they (d) aren’t us (e) weren’t they

22. The teacher roared angrily. “_______ were the children making noise?”

(a) why (b) which (c) when (d) who (e) whom

23. ______the fact that they were late, they were permitted to enter the examination room.

(a) depite of (b) although (c) neither (d) despite (e) even though

24. Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere was ______ honest man

(a) the (b) a (c) an (d) some (e) any

25. Witch is to woman as _______ is to man.

26. A swarm is to bees as ______ is to sheep.

27. The teacher wanted to know if Ashura did the sum by __________

(a) himself (b) itself (c) sheself (d) herself (e) oneself

28. He is as __________ as a bee

(a) dangerous (b) brave (c) coward (d) cunning (e) busy

29. Is there __________ milk left in the bottle?

(a) much (b) some (c) few (d) little (e) any

30. Can you lend me your history book please? Yes __________.

(a) certain (b) certainly (c) certainty (d) perhaps (e) may be



SECTION C: COMPOSITION



Arrange the following sentences in order to get meaningful story



31. who was also the first Prime Minister of Tanganyika.

32. This beautiful country was also under Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere as its first president.

33. 1961 was the time for the British to let Tanganyika be independent.

34. Sir Richard Turnbull, the last British governor in Tanganyika, ...

35. In 1984 he resigned and let Hon. Ali Hassan Mwinyi be in power from 1985 to 1995.

36. After being given full power, he managed to unite Tanganyika and Zanzibar in 1964.

37. Hon. Ali Hassan Mwinyi passed the relay stick to Hon. Benjamin William Mkapa.

38. From that union a beautiful country, Tanzania was born.

39. Currently, Tanzania is a peaceful country shining under the leadership of Hon. Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete.

40. handled over the country to the late Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere in 1962…







Fill in the banks with correct word from the box below

blind, ignorance, education, enemies, uneducated







(41) _________ is a key to life. One has to do a difficult job to achieve the will. The late Baba wa Taifa Mwalimu J.K. Nyerere said that, there are three (42) _______ of the Nation namely, poverty, diseases and (43) ____________. A person who is (44) ____________ is seen as a blind one. A (45) _____________ person is the one who cannot see and is not sure of where he goes although disability is not an inability.



SECTION D: COOMPREHESION

Read the following story then answer questions 46 – 50



It is my birthday. It is a day that is mixed with happiness and thanksgiving to the Almighty God for His blessings to me. My friends and beloved ones are seated around the table showing their happiness. My brother Johnson is busy welcoming the guests and my sisters Monica and Mary are busy working in the kitchen. A big cake and drinks make our dining table looks beautiful. Air from the kitchen makes the atmosphere of the sitting room smell deliciously.

Yes! It is quarter to one now. According to my parents, this is the time when I came to this world. All people stood and started singing the birthday song. I, then lit off the candles and cut the cake to feed my friends and beloved ones. After all these events being completed my father stood and made the following speech. “Today in this date of 2010 we have gathered to congratulate Jane in this beautiful day. Ten years ago she was in unknown world. What I would like to remind my beloved daughter is that, as every year we celebrate her birthday, there is an enemy eating her life.” Then all the visitors and I became sad all of a sudden.



QUESTIONS

46. Whose birthday was that?

(a) Johnson (b) Monica (c) Mary

(d) Jane (e) Father

47. Why was the sitting room smelling deliciously?

(a) because the guests were happy

(b) because of the birthday

(c) because of the cake and drinks

(d) because of the food prepared in the kitchen

(e) because we all became sad

48. How old is the writer? The writer is ________ years old.

49. Whom do you think can be the enemy that eats Jane’s life?

(a) people (b) birthday (c) life (d) death (e) candles

50. What can be the best title for this story?

(a) Jane’s birthday (b) The enemy of my life (c) The sad day

(d) delicious food (e) Today in this date