THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIANATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION

02 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Time: 1:30 Hours Thursday, 12^th September 2013 a.m.

Instructions

1.This paper consists of fifty (50) questions in sections A, B, C and D.

2.Answer all the questions.

3.Read all the given instructions in the special answer sheet (OMR) and fill in all the needed information.

4.Write your Examination Number and then shade the digits of the number in the respective place in your answer sheet.

5.Shade the letter of the correct answer for each question in the answer sheet provided, for example, if the correct answer is A shade as follows:

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

7.Use HB pencil only.

8.Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.

SECTION A: GRAMMAR

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

1. Mr. Kazi _____________ his house in 1947.

1. builds 
2. was built 
3. is building
4. built 
5. has built

2. Juayote _____________ reading a book now.

1. have
2. is
3. were
4. had
5. was

3.Chanjagaa ________ go to buy water melons yesterday.

1. didn’t
2. don’t
3. do
4. doesn’t
5. does 

4.They are going to town, _____________

1. are they? 
2.  are they. 
3.  aren’t they.
4.  aren’t they? 
5.  weren’t they?

5.The whole class was excited because _____________ had passed the examination.

1. us 
2.  him 
3.  they 
4.  her 
5.  them

6.This dog is healthy because it _____________ good food.

1. cat 
2.  ate 
3.  eating 
4.  eaten 
5.  eats

7.Mrs. Luka said that she _____________ come back the following day.

1. would 
2.  was 
3.  had 
4.  shall 
5.  has

8.Omi and Mputa _____________ while the teacher was teaching.

1. laugh
2. was laughing
3. were laughing
4. laughs
5. have laughed

9. They _____________ to harvest crops next month.

1. have gone
2. will go
3. is going
4. has gone
5. are gone

10.I found Jane _____________ bread at the bakery.

1. boiling
2. cooking
3. roasting
4. frying
5. baking

11._____________ house is this?

1. Whose
2. Whom
3. Who
4. Why
5. Where

12.Is there _____________ orange juice left?

1. a
2. few
3. many
4. any
5. most

13. The teacher put all his books _____________ the table.

1. in
2. on
3. at
4. to
5. of

14.Hey, Anne, what are you looking _____________?

1. to
2. in
3. for
4. on
5. into

15.This book is yours but the blue one is _____________.

1. mine
2. your
3. my
4. me
5. their

16.She was not familiar _____________ the school.

1. by
2. with
3. at
4. in
5. on

17.This is my mother’s house _____________ she built it herself.

1. although
2. who
3. where
4. because
5. even if

18.I have been teaching in this school _____________1970.

1. for
2. since
3. unless
4. about
5. on

19.Peter and Paul are good friends. They always sit _____________ each other.

1. besides
2. between
3. beside
4. before
5. behind

20.He neither cooked his food _____________ cleaned his room.

1. also
2. only
3. but
4. or
5. nor