THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

COMPETENCE BASED  SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES

ANNUAL  EXAMINATION

FORM TWO

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

       022                                                

TIME: 2:30 HOURS                                                            November, 2021

Instructions

1.This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of ten (10) questions.

2.Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

3.All writings must be in black or blue ink.

4.All communication devices, calculators and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the Examination Room. 

5.Write Your Examination Number on the top right of every page.

SECTION A: (20 Marks) COMPREHENSION AND SUMMARY

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

AUNT HAN’S WEDDING DAY

I had just arrived home from school when my sister came to me smiling. She hugged me and kept smiling as we talked. On going to the sitting room, I noticed that everyone in my family was as happy as a King. I asked my sister what was happening and after a long while, she revealed to me that Aunt Nahi was getting married the following day and that she and I had been chosen to be the flower girls.

That night, the bridegroom and his relatives came to Aunt Nahi’s home to pay the last part of the bride price. The inner party of the family led the negotiations and feasting followed after the negotiations were over. During the night, all my Aunts and Aunt Nahi’s female friends had a kitchen party as a way of giving her a send off.

The following day, we woke up at the crack of down to get ourselves prepared. Aunt Amina called us and informed us that we were supposed to go to Al-Nur – Masjid Mosque where the wedding would take place. According to our Muslims cultural beliefs, we do not exchange rings so there was no need of buying them.

We arrived at the Mosque in the evening and found many people there. They all looked happy and were very smartly dressed. The hall from where the wedding would be conducted was decorated with nice and delicate flowers from India and Arabia. It looked wonderful. Slow melodious music played from the background.

The Master of Ceremony (MC) welcomed us and we were directed to a place to sit. Soon, the bridal party started getting into the hall led by the flower girls and the matron. The bride and the bridegroom then followed, dancing to the beats of some love songs that were being played. The bride looked shy but as pretty as a picture. I noticed that the groom was rather old. Word had gone around that Aunt Nahi was getting married to a rich man. I guess this is why so many people had come to witness the ceremony.

After settling down, they exchanged their vows and then the time for cutting the wedding cake came. The cutting was awkwardly interrupted by a young girl who had grabbed some part of it, but the best man saved the situation by leading the girl away. The cake was designed in a way that there was an opening at the middle of it, then there was a picture of the couple well stuck in that opening. The bride took a knife and cut the cake carefully from the centre towards the outside. She took a piece and fed the bride groom and the bridegroom did the same followed by a hug and a kiss.

The bride then gave a piece of it to the bride groom’s parents and the bridegroom also gave a piece to the bride’s family. The newly wedded couple was given presents such as utensils, furniture and a lot of money.

During the reception, people ate, drank and danced until 2 a.m when the ceremony was called off. The couple went to Bagamoyo to enjoy their honeymoon. This was the most exciting wedding I have ever witnessed in my life.

Questions:

(a)Answer the following questions with reference to the passage in the blank spaces provided:

(i)Who is the bride in this passage?

_______________________________________________________________ 

(ii)             Mention the name of the Mosque where the wedding took place.

_______________________________________________________________

(iii)Why didn’t the couple purchase wedding rings?

_______________________________________________________________

(iv)Describe how the cake was designed

_______________________________________________________________

(v)The hall was decorated with flowers from _____________________________ And ___________________________________________________________

(b)For each of the following statements, write TRUE if the statement is correct or  FALSE if the statement is incorrect in the blank spaces provided:

(i)The Master of Ceremony welcomed the guests. ________________________

(ii)The narrator’s sister was laughing at aunt Nahi. ________________________

(iii)A young girl grabbed the cake and destroyed it completely. _______________ 

(iv)           The cake had an opening at the middle. _______________________________

 (v)        The bride and the bridegroom exchanged the wedding rings. ______________

2. From the given passage below, read it carefully then answer the questions that follow:

In 2008, Matale retired from Public Service after working as a court clerk for 33 years since his employment in 1975. Fortunately he had his own two and a half acre farm, therefore rather than sitting at home doing nothing, he started to grow rice.

In 2009, he only harvested 19 bags due to poor rain but the following year his harvest increased to 40 bags in 2011, the rains started on time and he was ready. He planted on time and weeded on time. That year, he harvested 60 bags of rice.

Questions:

(i)    Mr. Matale served Public for _____________ years. 

(ii)    He was employed in ________________

(iii)His farm size was _______________ acres.

(iv)In 2009 he harvested ________________ bags.

(v)He harvested ____________________ bags in 2011

SECTION B: (20 Marks) LANGUAGE USE

3.Match the expressions in column A with their meanings in column B by writing the letter of the correct answer below the corresponding item number in the table provided:

Answers:

4.Re-arrange the following five sentences into a logical sequence to make a meaningful paragraph by writing the corresponding letter in the table provided:

(a)He started to study in 1979..

(b)Massawe bought a bicycle in 1985, after getting a temporary work.

(c)He lived in Malagalasi for almost ten years.

(d)Massawe was born In Malagalasi District in 1969.

(e)While studying he came across different challenges until the year 1984 when he      graduated his primary education level.

Answers:

5.Imagine you are Kipanga Msomi. Your classmate Saldin Sangawe who was born in 2008 phoned to inform you that on 2^nd October 2021, he will be thirteen years old. As one of his close friends, he has requested you to design an invitation card for him. The other details of the conversation include:

(i)The name of the sender

(ii)The name of the receiver

(iii)The purpose of the card

(iv)The date, time and the venue of the event

(v)The address the receiver should write if they will not attend.

SECTION C: (40 Marks) PATTERNS AND VOCABULARY

6.Write the past forms of these verbs below:

(i)Drink        _________________________________________________________

(ii)Propagate             _________________________________________________________

(iii)Begin        _________________________________________________________

(iv)Grow  _________________________________________________________ 

(v)  Know  _________________________________________________________

7.(a) Complete the following sentences using the words from the box below:

(i)A special room or building in which dead bodies are kept ________________

(ii)A deep hole or trench dug in the ground for burying a dead body ___________

(iii)A cloth or garment in which a dead person is wrapped before burial ________

(iv)A woman whose husband is dead ___________________________________

(v)A long narrow box into which a dead person is put for burial _____________

(b)Change the following sentences into interrogative form 

(i)They are about to start the journey

_______________________________________________________________

(ii)Form two students won the match

_______________________________________________________________

(iii)Aisha has been living with her uncle since her childhood

_______________________________________________________________

(iv)That sheep is eating the grass

_______________________________________________________________

(v)I like speaking English frequently

_______________________________________________________________

8.(a) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each 

(i) Halima is a hardworking student and a good cook.

(Begin: Not only ________________________________________________)

(ii)It is possible that teacher will come today

(Begin: There is ________________________________________________)

(iii)I am too tired to do any more work

(Begin: I am so tired ____________________________________________)

(iv)Nobody cared

(Supply an appropriate question tag: ________________________________) 

(v) Gold is more expensive than Diamond

(Join the sentence begin with Diamond)

  ____________________________________________________________________

(b)Construct different sentences according to the instructions given after each

(i)They were playing basketball (Re-construct in Present Continuous tense)

  ____________________________________________________________

(ii)My children are very young (Re-write in Past tense)

                            ____________________________________________________________

(iii)Their books were torn by the cats (Re-construct in Active voice)

 ____________________________________________________________

(iv)The cows ate all grasses. (Change into singular form)

                            ____________________________________________________________

(v)Majaliwa pretends to be a smart boy. (Re-write in negative)

                            ____________________________________________________________

SECTION D: (20 Marks) READING PROGRAMME

9.Choose one class reader you have read in Form One or Two and then answer the questions that follow in the blank spaces provided:

Questions:

(a)(i)         What is the title of the book?

_______________________________________________________________

 (ii)            Who is the author of the book?

______________________________________________________________

(b)Briefly write what the story is about

_____________________________________________________________________

(c)Mention two central ideas found from the story

_____________________________________________________________________

(d)How relevant is the story to your society?

_____________________________________________________________________

10.Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow in the blank spaces provided:

The poor man knows not how to eat with the rich man. 

When they eat fish, he eats the head.

Invite a poor man and he rushes in

Licking his lips and upsetting the plates

The poor man has no manners, he comes along

With the blood of lice under his nails

The face of poor man is lined

From hunger and thirst in his belly

Poverty is no state for any mortal man

It makes him a beast to be fed on grass

Poverty is unjust. If it befalls a man,

Through he is nobly born, he has no power with God.

Questions:

(i)What is the poem about?

____________________________________________________________________

(ii)Suggest the title for the poem.

_____________________________________________________________________

(iii)Mention two themes from the poem.

 ____________________________________________________________________

(iv)What message do you get from the poem?

  ___________________________________________________________________

 (v) What is the relevance of the poem to the society?

  ___________________________________________________________________