ENGLISH FORM TWO NEW NECTA FORMAT

THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COMPETENCY BASED SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

ENGLISH FORM TWO-SEPT 2022

NEW FORMAT

 

INSTRUCTIONS 

  1.                This paper consists of sections A, B, C and D with a total of ten (10) questions
  2.                Answer all questions in sections in spaces provided
  3.                All writing must be in blue ink
  4.                All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room
  5.                Write your Examination Number at the top right-hand corner of every page.

SECTION A

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 box of answers provided below.
  1. Which sentence is grammatically correct?
  1.              Neither of them liked the idea
  2.               Both of them did not like the idea
  3.               Both of them didn’t like the idea
  4.              Both of them do not like the idea
  5.               Both of them don’t like the idea
  1. Many children have formed the habit of reading, but ________ notes meanwhile.
  1.              Not take
  2.               Not to take
  3.               Take no
  4.              Not taking
  5.               To not take
  1. Francis, what is the time now? It is 04.20pm; this means that ______
  1.              It is twenty minutes to four in the evening
  2.               It is twenty minutes past four in the evening
  3.               It is four to twenty minutes in the evening
  4.              It is four to twenty minutes in the morning
  5.               It is twenty minutes past four in the morning
  1. Mr. Omari makes and repairs shoes. So, Mr. Omari is ______
  1.              A plumber
  2.               A tailor
  3.               A mason
  4.              An optician
  5.               A cobbler
  1. Which of the following sentences expresses a future plan?
  1.              I am attending party tonight
  2.               The teacher is teaching
  3.               We swam in the lake
  4.              I have had enough
  5.               She has been crying since morning
  1. If he went to Musoma, he _______ some lake fish
  1.              Would have eaten
  2.               Have been eating
  3.               Was eat
  4.              Would eat
  5.               Is eating
  1. ‘While we are in Kenya shall we go and see Elizabeth?’ ‘But it’s been nearly 20 years since we last saw him. She ________ remember us’
  1.              Can’t
  2.               Might not
  3.               Couldn’t
  4.              May not
  5.               Will not
  1. That boy never does any work ______ for some reason, he always passes his examination
  1.              No sooner
  2.               Despite
  3.               However
  4.              Not with studying
  5.               In spite of
  1. Asha is tall, Jabir is taller but Suleiman is ________
  1.              Taller than all
  2.               The tallest
  3.               More than all
  4.              Tallest than all
  5.               The tallest of all
  1. ‘It wants to eat’. Which is the correct negative statement for this sentences?
  1.              It is not want to eat
  2.               It doesn’t want to it
  3.               It did not want to eat it
  4.              It doesn’t want to eat
  5.               It wants not to eat
  1.                Match each phrase in List A with the relevant definitions in List B by writing its letter beside the corresponding item number in the answer booklet provided. Phrase number (vi) has been done as an example.

LIST A

LIST B

  1. To cancel a meeting
  2. To confirm a meeting
  3. To postpone a meeting
  4. To bring a meeting forward
  5. To move a meeting
  6. To accept an invitation to a meeting
  1.              To change the time or date of a meeting
  2.               To have a meeting at a later time or date
  3.               To have a meeting at an earlier time of date
  4.              To say that a meeting will take place
  5.               To say that you will go to a meeting
  6.                To decide that a meeting will not take place.

 

SECTION B (70 Marks)

Answer all questions from this section.

  1.                Imagine that you witnessed a football match between Tanzania and Senegal in the African Cup of Nations. Use the following words to construct one sentence for each word explaining what you saw.
  1.                 Kicked off
  2.                Goalkeeper
  3.                 Referee
  4.                Scored
  5.                 Coach
  1.                (a)For each of the sentences (i) – (v) below, fill in the blanks with the correct alternative provided in the brackets to complete the sentence.
  1. My …………. (cite/site/sight) is perfect.
  2. As a student, you have to ……………… (adapt/adopt) new techniques of answering English questions
  3. Don’t worry, everything will be ……….. (all right/alright)
  4. I have been talking to the ……….. (principle/principal)
  5. (Lay/Lie) ……………… your coat on the table

(b) Martin’s bicycle has been stolen. He’s reporting to the police, complete the policeman’s questions by putting in a question word or phrase.

 

Policeman     Martin

  1. …………’s your name?  Martin kaziIendelee.
  2. ………… do you live?  Block 41, Mikocheni
  3. And …… is the bicycle?  It is mine
  4. ……. Was it stolen?   This morning
  5. ……… did you leave it?  Outside the town hall
  1.                Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given.
  1.                 “When will you visit Zimbabwe”? Mr. Omondi asked me. (Write in Reported Speech)
  2.                This book is too big to go on the shelf. (Write using: …… so ….that ….)
  3.                 He listens to the teacher attentively. He answers all answers all questions correctly. (Join the sentences starting with: Not only ……..)
  4.                I like football more than volleyball. (Begin: I prefer …….)
  5.                 The teacher punished from four students. (Begin: Form four students ……)
  1.                Your sister Cecilia is graduating from University of Dar – es Salaam on 25th November 2022, there will be a party at Mliman City Hall from 06:00 p.m. till 11:55p.m. Design an invitation card that you will send out to the invited guest.

 

  1.                Read the paragraph below carefully then answer the questions that follow.

 

This is Doctor Rose. She works at Afyanjema Hospital. When she arrives at the hospital in the morning, she signs the attendance book. Then she goes round the wards to see the admitted patients (in-patients). Then she goes to the consultation room in the Out-Patients Department (OPD) where she attends the out-patients who are waiting to see the doctor. This takes the rest of the day as three are many out-patients. She only leaves the room for a tea break at 10:30 and a lunch break at 1:00 in the hospital canteen. At 4:30 she goes back home.

Questions

  1.                 What does Docotr Rose do when she arrives at the hospital?

Doctor Rose _____________________

  1.                When does she go round the wards?

Doctor Rose _____________________

  1.                 What does she do after the rounds?

Doctor Rose ______________________

  1.                When does she attend the OPD patients?

Doctor Rose ______________________

  1.                 When does she go for tea?

Doctor Rose ______________________

  1.                Choose one class reader you have read in form one or two, then answer the following questions:

The Magic Gardenn - K.R Cripwell (1977), William Collins sons and Company Ltd, Great Britain

Kalulu the Hare -F. Worthington (1937), Longman, England.

Hawa the Bus Driver  -R.S. Mabala (1988), Ben & Company, Dar es Salaam

Fast Money -K.R Cripwell (1977), William Collins sons and Company Ltd, Great Britain

Mabala the Farmer  -R.S.Mabala (1988), Ben & Company, Dar es Salaam

 

  1.                 (i) Write the title of the book ______________

(ii) Who wrote the book? _________________

  1.                Which character did you like most? Why? ________________
  2.                 Which character did you dislike? Whys?
  3.                Did the story end happily or unhappily? Explain  ______________
  4.                 Would you advise your friends to read the book? Why? _________
  1.                Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow

 

Hollow heads torture me with ignorance,

Blind eyes harass me with darkness,

Deaf ears tire me with gibberish,

Blank minds confuse me with emptiness

And, above all,

There is power and command 

 

With wits and ears and eyes,

I have speech and a strong mind,

But I remain weak and powerless.

They oppress me, they torture me

They fight me, they kill me

It’s a flight to bring me down to silence,

To darkness and gibberish, to ignorance,

And through brainwashing to emptiness.

 

All right, my friends,

It’s a battle and I’ll fight it.

Ears and wits and eyes and speech,

And a strong conscience.

These are my weapons,

 

And I will fight to the last cell.

 

Questions

  1.                 What is the general mood of the poem? ___________________
  2.                Suggest any four themes from the poem
  3.                 In the second stanza, what does the persona say to imply that he is an educated person?
  4.                Does the persona fear his enemy? Explain.
  5.                 Is this poem relevant to your society? Give a reason.

 

SECTION C

  1.            The government is concerned that charcoal production is leading to the destruction of Tanzania’s environment. Support the government by describing effects of charcoal production to the environment and provide solutions to problem. Use six points.

LEARNINGHUBTZ.CO.TZFORM TWO ENGLISH MODAL SERIES 17

LEARNING HUB TANZANIA

ENGLISH LANGUAGE - MODEL EXAMINATION

FORM TWO

TIME: 2:30HRS                                                                                    2019.

NAME ________________________________________                   CLASS:______________

 

INSTRUCTIONS.

-          This paper consists of section A,B,C and D with the total of ten (10) questions

-          Answer all the questions in all sections

-          All writings must be in blue or black ink

-          Write your name and class in the spaces provided above

-          Write your work in an organized way

 

SECTION A (15 MARKS)

COMPREHENSION AND SUMMARY

  1. Read the following passage carefully, then answer the questions that follow:

     The sun is of course necessary for life on Earth. It is from it where we experience light and warm air. It provides energy in plants life and brings happiness to people and animals. We all know how bad we feel when it is cold or dark.

     The fact is that the earth twins round and round, which causes division of day and night. All living things are controlled by the existence of light and darkness. The sun decides for us time to sleep and time to awake. In the Northern part of Norway there is continuous sunshine in summer time. It is very strange to people who are not used to it. So people find it difficult to go to bed if the sun still shines. Some animals behave differently in the sunshine An Euglena is an animal which shelters around lakes. It is like a bird which swings well when the sun shines and moves to find the position of the sunshine.

     Some flowers open when the sun shines and close up at night in the absence of sunshine.

 

 

 

QUESTIONS

a)      Mention two advantages of the sun

i)                    ____________________________________________________________________

ii)                  ____________________________________________________________________

b)      What do we get when the sun turns round and round

i)                    ________________________________  ii) _________________________________

c)      In which country do we find continuous sunshine in summer time?

___________________________________________________________________________

d)      How do people feel when it is cold or dark?

___________________________________________________________________________

e)      Suggest the suitable title for the passage above

___________________________________________________________________________

 

        Write TRUE for the correct statement and FALSE for incorrect statement

a)      The sun is necessary for the plant life only________________________________________

b)      We get energy from the sun_________________________________

c)      Some flowers open in the absence of sunshine__________________________

d)      An Euglena is a small animal living in holes___________________________

e)      The earth decides for us time to sleep and awake________________________

  1. Write the summary of the following passage in five sentences

     Mobile phones have the advantage that one can take the call almost anywhere, instead of waiting at home for a phone call. However they may have several disadvantages. Secret unformation may be accessed by unintended people through mobile phones and this may lead to break up social relations and leakage of restricted information such as examinations. Youths may waste a lot of their productive time chatting with friends or playing games. Sometimes they may access information which will end up destroying them morally. Worse still, the electromagnetic waves given out by phones can damage the brain.

 

SECTION B (15 MARKS)

LANGUAGE USE

  1. Match each sentence in column A with the word in Column B by writing the correct letter beside the item number. Item (VI) has been used as an example.

Column A

Column B

i)                    Although the family has two cars

ii)                  Students who do well in studies

iii)                The match will be post poned

iv)                They continued working in the garden

v)                  They won’t stop working

vi)                We’ll  use the shelter

  1. Are usually hardworking
  2. But he goes to work on foot
  3. Despite of the rain
  4. Despite the rain
  5. He goes to work on foot
  6. If it rains
  7. They are usually hard working
  8. Unless it starts raining
  9. Unless they pass

 

 

i

ii

iii

iv

v

vi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Re – arrange the following sentences into a logical sequence to make a meaningful paragraph. Sentence number (III) has been done as an example.

I)                    The flesh of the oyster moved, then it will still.

II)                 It was the largest pearl in the world

III)               Kino quickly pushed his knife into the shell

IV)              Kino lifted the flesh and there lay a great pear

V)                 The shell tried to close, but Kino pushed hard and the shell fell open

VI)              He took the peat out of the shell and it shone like silver when the sunlight fell on it.

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

  1. Write a friendly letter to your brother Mr. Maneno who stays at Singida. Ask him to send you a bus fare as you are expecting to close the school for the holiday. Use the following guidelines.

a)      Write the address and salutation

b)      When will you close the school?

c)      Where do you wish to go to spend your holiday?

d)      How much do you need for the fare

e)      Write complimentary close and sign your name as Shauri Mwema.

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SECTION C (45 MARKS)

PATTERNS AND VOCABULARY

  1. Write the correct degree of comparison form for the adjective given in the brackets

i)                    Your ideas are______________________(good) mine

ii)                  Hamza has married__________________ (prety) girl in the village

iii)                Mt. Kilimanjaro is____________________ (high) mountain in Africa

iv)                Kulwa is _______________(intelligent) student in the class

v)                  The Dodoma train accident is_________________(bad) accident ever saw in my life.

  1. Add question tags to the following phrases

i)                    You speak English……………………………………….?

ii)                  The crocodile lives in water………………………………?

iii)                She doesn’t love him anymore…………………………....?

iv)                Those children are hungry…………………………………?

v)                  You don’t mind waiting……………………………………?

  1. Fill in the blanks with the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets

i)                    Yesterday we _____________(go) to the zoo to see animals

ii)                  Babies _______________(cry) when they are hungry

iii)                The traffic police______________(stand) in the middle of the road and raised his hand

iv)                The window__________________(break) when I came in

v)                  Why ____________________(beat) your little brother? Stop it?

  1. In the following sentences choose the correct proposition and fill in the blanks ( WITH , ON, OF , AT, ON, UNDER, OVER, IN, ACROSS, TO)

i)                    The children in Sudan died__________________hunger

ii)                  Joyce is married__________________john

iii)                The plane flew__________________ our house

iv)                The diver jumped_________________ the river to save the drowning child

v)                  I always go to school_________________ foot

  1. Re – write the following sentences according to the instructions given for each

i)                    Mangoes are sweeter than oranges……..

(Re-write using “as………..as” in one sentence)

________________________________________________________________________

ii)                  That is the man. His wife was injured in the car accident. (Re-write using “ WHOSE”)

________________________________________________________________________

iii)                Jamila can’t swim. Her sister can’t either either.

(Re-write as one sentence beginning with. NEITHER)

________________________________________________________________________

iv)                Peter plays football. Paul plays football too. (Join using: BOTH.

________________________________________________________________________

v)                  My child is only five years old. He can’t start standard one.

(Re-write as one sentence using…………too………….to………….)

 

 

 

 

SECTION D

READING PROGRAMME

  1. Select one class reading you have read from the given list and answer the questions that follow:

-          THE MAGIC GARDEN           K.R.Cripwell(1977)

-          KALULU THE HARE               F. Worthington (1937)

-          HAWA THE BUS DRIVER      R.S. Mabala (1988)

-          FAST MONEY                          K.R.Cripwell (1978)

-          MABALA THE FARMER        R.S.Mabala ( 1988)

-          THE DEATH FACTORY          B.Mapalala (1996)

-          THE PEARL                             -  J.Steinbeck (1948)

 

 

a)      What is the title of the Book?

___________________________________________________________________________

b)      What is the story about?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c)      Who are the main characters in the story?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d)      What do you learn from the story?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

e)      Is the story tells what is happening to your society? Give reasons?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

  1. Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow:

Hey you AIDS, you are an uninvited guest

In homes, schools, village, towns

And yes even in big cities

You make everybody sick

 

The poor and the rich

The old and the young

The tall and the short

Oh, how cruel you are!

 

QUESTIONS

a)      What is the poem about?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

b)      In this poem, the poet is speaking to

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c)      What is the lesson we get from the poem?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

d)      What is the title of this poem?

___________________________________________________________________________

e)      What is the mood of the poet?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

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LEARNINGHUBTZ.CO.TZFORM TWO ENGLISH MODAL SERIES 3

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ENGLISH EXAMINATION FORM TWO

MID -TERM

NAME…………………………………………..CLASS……………………………TIME: 3HRS

INSTRUCTIONS:-

  1. Answer all questions as instructed per each question.

 

SECTION A

COMPREHENSION AND SUMMARY

Read the following passage below and answer the questions that follow.

 The great River Nile flows gently in its own course through the plains in the first half of the year. Later on, when snow melts on the mountains, tributaries overflow. It spreads fertile soil from Ethiopia over its Valley and along its banks. The settlers found that in this fertile soil, barley and other crops could be grown. Even without use of plough, they began to make many settlements. They used stone equipments to till the soil, and flint for their weapons. As time passed they learnt the use of capper to make tools. In those early days, they did not understand why the river overflowed each year. But they knew that their crops and their lives depended on the Nile floods as the works of God. But there happened some years when there was a bad Nile!.

 Sometimes the floods were not full and did not bring enough soil. The crops became poor and the people starved. At other time the waters were so great that they destroyed houses, people and animals. It took many year before farmers learned how to control the Nile waters. The need to do this led to many great discoveries that they could tell when the river would flood. Thus they begun to learn astronomy and began making calendar of the year. They also learned how to store the water for the use in dry seasons. They dug, canals and made dams. They also learned how to divide the land after its boundaries and prevent it from being washed away by the floods. In this way there came about ancient knowledge of engineering and geometry.

 

Questions

1. Write the letter of the best answer

i) The settler began farming in the Nile Valley because

a)their crops depended on floods (b)they could till the land without using plough

c)the river overflowed   (d)they discovered that the soil was fertile  

ii)The Nile

a)is hot in the first half of the year but cold later on  (b)is the largest river in the world  

iii) Which way did they use to store water in the dry seasons?

a) They made deep ditches  (b) they made boundaries on their land

c) They built canals and dams  (d) they used buckets and tanks                 

 

iv) According to the passage, the Egyptians

a) Were the first to make use of engineering and geometry (b) were wise men

c) Learned how to control floods    (d) made canals to measure the land

 

v) According to the passage astronomy is

a) a study of the position of starts    (b)a new technology

c)a study of foretelling the rising and falling of the Nile  (d)a study of making a calendar 

 

 

b((i)How did the settlers make use of the flooded land?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

ii) How did the ancient wise men come to know about astronomy? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

iii) What caused the Nile tributaries to swell?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

iv) What two scientific discoveries came about as a result of the knowledge land and dividing it after it had been washed away by the floods?

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

v) Suggest a suitable title for the passage.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Match the items in Column A with those in Column B

COLUMN A

COLUMN B

  1. Although the family has two cars
  1. Despite the rain
  1. Students who do well in studies
  1. If it rains
  1. The match will be postponed
  1. Are usually hardworking
  1. They continued working in the garden
  1. He goes to work on foot
  1. They won’t stop working

 

  1. We shall use the shelter

 

 

SECTION B

STRUCTURE

3. Write the correct degree of comparison for the adjectives given in the brackets.

i) Jane’s dress is ____________than mine. (good)

ii)I want this picture because it is _____________of the three (beautiful)

iii) The Dodoma train accident is___________ accident. I ever saw in my life. (bad)

vi)Tanga is ___________as Dar es- salaam (hot)

v)Kwemba has married ______________girl in the Village (pretty)

 

4. Add question tags to the follow phrases.

i) You speak French__________________?

ii) She doesn’t love him anymore __________________?

iii) The crocodile lives in water__________________?

iv) They don’t mind waiting__________________?

v) Farmers are busy planting__________________?

 

5. Insert the correct pronouns in the gaps

Mr. and Mrs Machare are ___________ neighbors. Last month _____________ invited ____________to come with____________ to the picnic but unfortunately ______________ had to refuse as one of ________________ child was sick. Susan has forgot ____________handbag. We had better take _____________home to ______________. _____________might need it.

 

6. Change the following sentences into Passive.

i) He teaches students ________________________________________________________________________

ii) You invited them. __________________________________________________________________________

iii) She is climbing a tree. _______________________________________________________________________

iv) They were heading cattle _____________________________________________________________________

v) Christians had celebrated Christmas. ____________________________________________________________

 

7. Put a, an or the where necessary.

 One day __________man went to ___________top of ___________hill. There he saw ___________ elephant at ___________bottom of hill standing under ____________tree. There was _____________white bird on __________ ground under ______________tree.

 

8. Fill in the blanks with correct prepositions.

i) We watched the news _____________the television.

ii) Water boils ______________1000C at sea level.

iii) Musa usually goes to school ___________ foot.

iv) The sun raises ____________ East.

v) Do you live __________ your family?

 

9. Write the verbs in brackets in the correct form.

i) We ________________ food to survive (eat)

ii) They ___________their leaders last week. (Elect).

iii) Form six ___________ Pre –national examination now. (do)

iv)She _________ us next month. (Visit)

v) English is _____________ in East Africa. (Speak)

 

SECTION C

COMPOSITION

10. Write a book report on a story book you read in either F.I or F II (Use the following points to guide you.

      Describe the tittle and the author?

      When did you read the book?

      Where did you get the book

      What was the story about

      What did do after reading it?

 

11. Write a letter to your friend who is called Gumbo. Tell him / her how you celebrated the new year 2017.

The following points will help you.

      Where do you live

      How you prepared yourself

      The event celebrate

      How the day ended

 

BN. Sign your name as Kurwa and your address is Bingo Sec. School P.O.BOX 15, Kitwe.

 

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