THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA THE NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION

02 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Time: 1:30 Hours Year: 2020

Instructions

l . This paper consists of sections A, B, C and D with a total of forty five (45) questions.

2. Answer all questions in each section.

3. Read all the given instructions in the special answer sheet (OMR).

4. Fill in all the needed information in the OMR form and on the page with questions 41 to 45.

5. Shade the digits of the Examination Number in the respective places of the OMR form.

6. Shade the letter of the correct answer for each question in the special answer sheet (OMR) provided, for example, if the correct answer is A, shade as follows:

7. If you have to change your answer, you must rub out the shading very neatly before shading the new one. Use a clean rubber.

8. Use HB pencil for questions I to 40 and a blue or black ink pen for questions 41 to 45.

9. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.

SECTION A (30 Marks)

GRAMMAR

Choose the words that complete the sentences by shading the letters of the correct answer in the answer sheet (OMR) provided.

l . The Pupils . . . . . . . . . when they got lost.

1. is frightened
2. were frightened
3. will be frightened
4. was frightened 
5. are frightened

Every Monday, my mother . . . . . . . . . . me to the market.

1. take 
2. has taken 
3. takes 
4. taken 
5. took

3 Yesterday. the teacher . . . . . . . . . . pupils for stealing the school books.

1. punish 
2. punishing 
3. ould punish
4. will punish 
5. punished

4. The man who was drunk . . . . . . . . . . . his car carelessly last week

1. drove 
2. driven 
3. drives
4. is driving
5. has driven

5. By the time mother came. the visitor . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. left 
2. leave 
3. has left 
4. will leave 
5. had left

6. The girls . . . . . . . . . . netball next Friday.

1. did play 
2. will play
3. played
4. have played 
5. plays

7. What are the villagers . . . . . . . . . . about at the moment?

1. complain 
2. complained
3. complaining
4. complaints 
5. will complain

8. Alex the window of the class just now.

1. has broke 
2. broken 
3. has broken 
4. break 
5. had broken

9. If she . . . . . . . . . . . works hard. she her examination.

1. would pass 
2. could pass' 
3. will pass
4. had passed 
5. passes

10. Children . . . . . . . . . . . the national anthem when the visitor arrived.

1. are singing 
2. sung
3. is singing
4. was singing
5. were singing

11. There wasn't . . . . . . . . . . water left in the bucket.

1. a 
2. few
3. some
4. any
5. more

12. There is . . . . . . . . . water left in the jug.

1. few
2. some
3. small
4. many
5. a few

13. When people get old, they do not depend on  . . . . . . . . . . for their living.

1. ourselves 
2. themselves 
3. yourselves
4. myself 
5. herself

14. Kilimanjaro is the . . . . . . . . . . . . mountain in Africa.

1. high
2. highest
3. higher
4. most highest 
5. most higher

15.The teacher told us to go and see him . . . . . . . . . . . Monday morning.

1. in
2. at
3. on
4. over
5. for

16. Juma is . . . . . . . . . young . . . . . . . . . . .my sister. 

1. as. ...as
2. neither....nor 
3. too. ...to
4. not only....but 
5. rather... than

17. A hungry animal is  . . . . . . . . . . . .happy . . . . . . . . . .friendly.

1. more . ...than
2. as.. ..as 
3. less . ...than
4. neither. ...nor 
5. too. ...to

18. I play . . . . . . . . . volleyball  . . . . . . . . . football.

1. both. ...and 
2. both. ...with 
3. neither... .or
4. either....nor 
5. too. ...to

19. The pencil you are looking at is mine. It belongs to . . . . . . . . . .

1. me
2. I
3. my
4. mine
5. myself

20. Lions were roaring . . . . . . . . . . they were hungry.

1. although 
2. because 
3. but 
4. so
5. like