THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION
022 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
(For Both School and Private Candidates)
Time: 3 Hours Monday, 04th November 2019 a.m
Instructions
SECTION A (15 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. For each of the items (i)-(x), choose the most correct answer from among the given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided.
(i) Kifimbo drives his car carefully. When does he drive his car?
(ii) Which sentence among the following is grammatically correct?
(iii) Sarah and her family most of the people in their town, dont they?
(iv) All what Safina to do now is to get back to school.
(v) The sun in the East, doesnt it?
(vi) Does money more money?
(vii) Juliana the school compound every day.
(viii) They matched home despite the fact that it was raining. What justifies that the given sentence is in the past form?
(ix) "My heart is beating fast." What does the underlined part of the word indicate in this sentence?
(x) "There is a man sitting outside. The man has been waiting for you since morning".
Why is article "the" used with the word "man" in the second sentence?
2. Match the description of places in List A with the correct place names in List B by writing its letter beside the corresponding item number in the answer booklet provided.
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SECTION B (40 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
3. Write an appropriate question tag for each of the following statements:
4. Dictionaries use abbreviations and symbols to save space. What do the following abbreviations and symbols stand for?
5.Future expression can be presented in a number of ways. Construct one sentence under each of the following ways to illustrate their use.
6.Suppose you are sent to a shop to buy some food stuff. How would you communicate with the shopkeeper using the given question guides in (a-d)?
7. Consider that you have witnessed a serious accident on your way to school. Use the following words to construct a sentence for each to describe the accident.
8. Read the passage below carefully then answer the questions that follow.
English Language seems to be a problem to both teachers and students in Tanzania although it is an official language. It is taught as a subject in primary schools and is used as the medium of instruction from secondary schools to higher education levels.
In recent years, the language has been a barrier in academic performance among many students. It acts as an obstacle to some of the students toward learning new concepts intended since they fail to understand what is taught in the classroom by using English Language. As a result they finish a certain level of education without having the required skills and competences.
Some measures should be taken in order to solve the existing problem. It is suggested that Kiswahili should be used as a medium of instruction in all levels of education because it is the National language and it is well understood by Tanzanians as compared to English Language. It has been proven through various researches that, people understand better when they learn in the language they know.
There are some prevailing wrong perceptions that, Kiswahili has limited vocabularies and it is not self-sufficient when it comes to scientific and technological issues. This is a very wrong perception since any language in the universe has ability to borrow and incorporate words from other languages. However, there is no language which is self sufficient by itself.
Questions:
SECTION C (45 Marks)
Answer three (3) questions from this section.
9. Argue against the statement "Digital revolution has spoilt the world". Use six points in not more than 250 words.
View AnsLIST OF READINGS FOR QUESTIONS 10-12
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES
PLAYS
POETRY
10. Use two poems "A freedom Song" by Macgoye M.O. and "Song of Lawino" by Okot p Bitek to explain the way the poets have portrayed the issue of oppression and show the relevance of these poems to your society. Provide three points for each poem.
View Ans11. Using characters from two novels you have studied under this section analyse bad traits which should not be adapted in Tanzanian context. Provide three points from each novel.
View Ans12. "Literature as a mirror reflects the culture of a particular society". Justify this statement by using two plays that you have studied under this section. For each play, provide three points.
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