THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION

02 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Time: 1:30 Hours Thursday, 11^th September 2014 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 required 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.We _____________ arrive in Kenya at 10.00pm.

1. would 
2.  has 
3.  will 
4.  have 
5.  had

2.Maria was cooking bananas when her brother _____________.

1. arrived 
2.  arriving 
3.  comes 
4.  is coming 
5.  arrive

3.The girls _____________ their books to the library already.

1. has taken 
2.  will take 
3.  shall take 
4.  take 
5.  have taken

4.Every year, Tanzania ___________ a lot of visitors from different countries all over the world.

1. has taken
2. will take
3. shall take
4. take
5. have taken

5._____________ Halima clean her teeth every day?

1. Do
2. Does
3. Is
4. Has
5. Have

6. The lazy pupils _____________ their homework.

1. have not did
2. has not done
3. have not do
4. have not done
5. have did

7.Ghati _____________ her clothes since morning.

1. have been washing
2. has been washing
3. will be washing
4. shall be washing
5. is been washing

8.The teachers _____________ teaching mathematics at the moment.

1. is
2. were
3. have
4. are
5. shall

9.If he _____________ early he would have caught the train.

1. had came
2. would come
3. has come
4. will come
5. had come

10.Maria will _____________ to the guest of honour tomorrow.

1. be talking
2. are talking
3. talked
4. talks
5. be talked

11.I will either have tea _____________ coffee.

1. and
2. with
3. or
4. for
5. nor

12.He will not pass his examination _____________ he works hard.

1. but
2. because
3. even
4. unless
5. and

13.David and Willy were preparing _____________ to go to school.

1. themself
2. themselves
3. theirselves
4. yourselves
5. ourselves

14.That noise is preventing me _____________ working.

1. in
2. from
3. with
4. to
5. of

15._____________ I study hard, I will be a doctor.

1. Unless
2. Although
3. If
4. Whether
5. Neither

16.Yesterday _____________ 6 O’clock, I was watching my favorite film.

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

17.My brother’s daughter is my _____________.

1. niece
2. nephew
3. daughter
4. cousin
5. aunt

18.My sister has bought _____________new dress.

1. it
2. you
3. she
4. he
5. her

19.He peels the mangoes _____________ he eats.

1. but
2. so
3. before
4. after
5. during

20.We travelled _____________ train from Kigoma to Dar-es-Salaam.

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