ENGLISH 2007

SECTION A

TENSES

Choose the correct words) which complete(S) the sentences for questions 1 - 10 and write the

letter of the correct answer beside the question number in the answer sheet provided.

1. The pupils . . . .  their books at the moment.

1. read
2. reads
3. reading
4. is reading
5. are reading

2. Zayumba  . . . . . the Standard Seven examination last year.

1. pass
2. passes
3. passing
4. passed
5. is passing

3. A new school . . . . . in your village next year.

1. will build
2. will built
3. will be build
4. will be built
5. it will build

4. Malaria  . . . . . . by female anopheles mosquito.

1. caused
2. is caused
3. are caused
4. is caused
5. have caused

5. My mother . . . . . . .  when I arrived at home.

1. is cooking
2. was cooking
3. were cooking
4. are cooking
5. has cooking

6. The boy . . . . .  in Dar es Salaam for three years.

1. has been living
2. have been living
3. has been leaving
4. have been leaving
5. is been living

7. They . . . . . .  elephants when they visited Tarangire National Park.

1. seen
2. see
3. sees
4. saw
5. seed

8. The farmers . . . . . .  preparing their farms for the next season.

1. is
2. are
3. have
4. has
5. will

9. Ruth . . . . . . . her homework since lunch time.

1. does
2. do
3. did
4. has been doing
5. have been doing

10. My sister . . . . . . . for the Standard Seven examination this year.

1. will sit
2. will seat
3. will sat
4. sifted
5. seated

SECTION B

GRAMMAR

For each of the question 11 - 30 choose the correct answer and write its letter beside the question number in the answer sheet provided.

11. A place where milk is processed and sold is called . . . . . .

1. a diary
2. a dairy
3. a church
4. a school
5. a class

12. My father owns that house. It belongs to . . . . . .

1. her
2. him
3. their
4. our
5. yours

13. Fadhila is among the pupils  . . . . . .  were given scholarship last year.

1. whom
2. which
3. when
4. who
5. whose

14.  . . . . . .cried bitterly when her father died.

1. the
2. her
3. she
4. his
5. they

15. Their dog is barking, . . . . . .?

1. isn't he
2. isn't she
3. isn't it
4. isn't they
5. is it

16. You can . . . . . . . sleep or watch television.

1. neither
2. either
3. go
4. watch
5. and

17. A Cheetah is  . . . . . . . than an antelope.

1. fast
2. faster
3. more fast
4. more faster
5. the fastest

18.  . . . . . . .you eat a balanced diet you won't be healthy.

1. is
2. however
3. in spite of
4. unless
5. despite

19. All the pupils in this class are bright. The word 'bright' is similar in meaning to . . . . . . . . .

1. big
2. broad
3. clever
4. crazy
5. sleeping

20. .  . . . . . . . .working hard in their farms they harvested very little crops.

1. Although
2. Despite of
3. In spite of
4. Though
5. Unless