THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF TANZANIA PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION

02 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Time: 1:40 Hours Year: 2021

Instructions

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

2. Answer all questions in each section.

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

4. Fill in all the needed information in the OMR form.

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

6. Shade the letter of the correct answer for question 1 to 40 in the answer sheet provided. For example, if the correct answer is A, shade as follows:

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

8. Use HB pencil for answering question 1 to 40 and a blue or black ink pen for answering question 41 to 45.

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

SECTION A (35 Marks)

Listen attentively to the passage read by the invigilator and then answer the questions that follow by shading the letter of the correct answer in the special answer sheet (OMR) provided.

Click Here To Listen The Passage

Questions

l . What does Sheila do when she has a problem?

1. She goes out.
2. She asks for permission.
3. She thanks her teachers.
4. She asks for help from her teachers.
5. She borrows a pen.

2. What makes Sheila be a good example?

1. She respects every one.
2. She borrows things.
3. She likes playing.
4. She has problems. 
5. She asks for help.

3. According to the story,Who should children respect in the society?

1. All the pupils
2. Only the teachers
3. All the people
4. Only the friends
5. All the neighbors

4. In which class was Sheila studying?

1. Class three
2. Class four
3. Class five
4. Class six
5. Class seven

5. According to the story, how should a good child do after being helped?

1. Should be happy
2. Should be jealousy
3. Should be helpless 
4. Should be thankful
5. Should be strong

Choose the words that complete the sentences by shading the letter of the correct answer in the ANSWER SHEET(OMR) provided 

6. The sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . in the morning.

1. rising 
2. rises 
3. rise 
4. rose 
5. risen

7. They . . . . . . . . . . . . . waiting for me when it started to rain. 

1. was
2. be
3. were 
4. would 
5. are

8. Rose is having a graduation ceremony this weekend. Are you . . . . . . . . . . . . .?

1. invite 
2. inviting 
3. invitation 
4. invites 
5. invited

9. My grandfather told me that during the slave trade, human beings . . . . . . . . . . . . .like animals.

1. are selling 
2. are sold 
3. was sold 
4. were sold 
5. were selling

10. After finishing singing the birthday song for Fatuma, every child given a . . . . . . . . . . . . . piece of cake by her.

1. are 
2. have been
3. was
4. were
5. is

ll .The teacher told us to open the book . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 5.

1. on 
2. in 
3. at
4. into
5. onto

12. I am feeling thirsty; is there . . . . . . . . . . . . .water left in the jug?

1. any 
2. some 
3. many 
4. few
5. little

13. The car belongs to James. Therefore, it is . . . . . . . . . . . . .car.

1. Jame's 
2. Jamess' 
3. James' 
4. James
5. James's

14. Our desk can accommodate three pupils only. Therefore, I sit in the middle. . . . . . . . . . . . .Anna and Jane.

1. among 
2. between 
3. besides 
4. beside
5. within

15. There were seven men in the room. One of . . . . . . . . . . . . wore broken sun- glasses.

1. they 
2. the man 
3. them 
4. their 
5. their men

16. No sooner had she arrived home  . . . . . . . . . . . . it started raining.

1. than
2. when 
3. so 
4. that 
5. as

17. A boy and a girl were competing in a race, the girl was the first in the race  . . . . . . . . . . . . she had trained well.

1. also
2. but
3. so 
4. and 
5. because

18. How could the sentence "Musa is running to school" be in the past continuous form?

1. Musa runs to school.
2. Musa ran to school.
3. Musa has been running to school. 
4. Musa was running to school. 
5. Musa will run to school.

19. The thief who stole our things, entered into the house . . . . . . . . . . . .  the open window.

1. at
2. through
3. in
4. with 
5. from 

20. Change the sentence; they said, "We work together" into indirect speech.

1. They said that we worked together.
2. They said that they are working together.
3. They said that we work together.
4. They said that they worked together. 
5. They said that they work together.