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FORM THREE ANNUAL EXAMINATION NOVEMBER, 2019

ENGLISH LANGUAGE   TIME:  3 HRS

STUDENT’S NAME......…………………………………………………………...STREAM…………………………….

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of sections A, B, C and D.

2. Attempt ALL questions as instructed under each section.
3. Untidy work and illegible handwriting will lead to loss of marks.
4. Misspelt words and grammatically incorrect sentences will be penalized.
5. Write all your answers in the answer sheets provided

SECTION A (10MARKS)

COMPREHENSION AND SUMMARY

Read the passage below carefully and answer the questions that follows.

The field was full of spectators from all over the world. My heart was beating faster. I thought my fellow athletes could hear the beats. I was among 100 marathon runners representing their countries in this great race; it was my first time to participate in such a famous event, although I had met the maximum time set by international Olympic committee. I knew that I could no do much more.

Then an alarm to alert us was sounded we got ready. From the terrace spectators kept shouting the names of their athletes “OtienoOkomoto, Haibe.” I could not hear my name then the gun was fired and off we raced.

At first we thought was an easy task, everyone ran slowly. The race was to cover eight kilometers after about one hour, everyone increased speed, we climbed several hills and crossed a handful of valleys. I saw a sign board besides the road reading 40km “forty more to go” I said to myself. Up to this point, I guess I was the 60^th in the race. I felt very tired my legs were aching, my chest and throats were dry, I felt as if I was burning, I thought blood would gush out of my ears and nostrils. I was losing breath; however, something inside me encouraged me to keep on and on. I started singing silently. Lewi keep on and on. In a way this song gave me little more strength, I surged forward and left some more runners behind. Another sign board besides the road read 60km.

I was among the ten marathon runners leading the race. I could read the names of their countries on their T-shirt, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, USA, Morocco, Japan, Egypt, Namibia. I knew those behind me read Tanzania on my wet T-shirt. Suddenly, the Kenyan sprinter increased speed, and started leaving us behind. He ran as fast as an antelope, the distance between him and us was now about a 100 feet or so. I made a quick decision that he should be my target; I remembered all the field exercises I had done while preparing for this event at Arusha. I had developed a technique to help me feel at ease and increase speed even when I was tired. I had formulated a rhythm to go with my steps when running. I recalled it and my mind started chanting it:

Aka-akachaka-ka

Aga-agasaga-ga

Apa-apachapa-pa

I noticed the distance between the Kenyan athlete and myself decreasing. A sign board on the road read 75km only 5 kilometers to the end. I muttered.

On the road the spectators were shouting with excitement, Kenya! Tanzania! Keep on make it. I decided to use a little strength I had left as we entered the field to finish the race. It was now a personal affair, we were now about 50 meters from the finishing point, and the Kenyan was now about a meter ahead.

I surged forward; we were now running shoulder to shoulder. It’s now or never. I muttered to myself. The spectators on the terrace were now on their toes. They were yelling at the top of their voices. I closed my eyes raised my arms high and sprinting on; then something touched my chest. It was the finishing tape! When I opened my eyes someone was holding my hand “congratulations Lewi! You have made it” he said. I was immediately taken to a private room where the doctor took a sample of my blood and urine for testing. A few minutes later, he announced to his colleagues and other Olympic officials “no sign of drugs.” That is how I won a gold medal at the Olympics!

QUESTIONS:

1. Choose the most correct answer from the four alternatives given

1. Lewi’s heart was beating faster before the race because he;

1. Knew he was weak
2. Was afraid of spectators
3. Had not participated in such a big race before
4. Was the 100^th in the race

2. Lewi managed to be among the leading 10 athletes

1. By the help of cheers of the crowd
2. By the help of a song
3. When the spectators stood on their toes
4. By singing loudly

3. Lewi closed his eyes as he was about to finish the race because

1. This was a way to increase the speed
2. He had no more strength left
3. He didn’t want to see the spectators any more
4. He wanted to introduce a new style of running

4. When the Kenyan athlete increased speed

1. It became easier to read the name of his country on his T-shirt
2. All the other athletes made him a target
3. He remembered his field exercises at Arusha
4. Lewi was motivated to challenge him

5. Lewi was led to a private room

1. To rest for a while because he was tired
2. So that his blood and urine could be test if he was sick
3. To stop him from dragging his feet
4. To test his blood for drugs

2. Write the letter of the correct alternative in the answer sheets beside the item number

1. If I were you, I _________ the next examination

1. Won’t fail   B. Don’t fail   C. Am not going to fail

D. Wouldn’t fail  E. Will not fail

b. Clara’s English is excellent. She speaks

A. Perfect English   B. English perfectly   C. Perfectly English

D. English perfect   E. Perfective English

c. His performance is ___________ that it was a year ago

A. Good   B. Best   C. Very better   D. Better  E. More better

d. My teacher promised __________ me with any difficult topic

A. Helping  B. To help  C. Help  D. Will help   E. Would help

2. Match each expression in list A with the word in List B by writing the correct letter beside the item number.

                                                       SECTION B (40 MARKS)

PATTERN AND VOCABULARY

3. Summarize the passage below in five (5) sentences

A volcano is an opening at the top of mountain. Sometimes it opens on the side of the mountain.

A funnel-like structure called crater connects this opening to the interior of the earth. Hot stream rocks and lava are forced out through the opening during a volcanic eruption. Volcanic mountains can erupt violently. During the violent explosions usually large amounts of gas trapped in the interior of the earth slowly build up more and more pressure. Finally it escapes into the atmosphere with force, throwing everything around it into the air. Explosive eruptions of this kind are common in Italy. In the islands of Hawaii the common type of volcanic eruption is the less violent one. Lava and gas silently flow out of the mountain and spread downwards long distances.

Volcanic eruptions have been a source of disasters from time immemorial between the beginning of sixteenth century and the Second World War; about 200,000 people may have been wiped off the earth’s surface. Huge sea waves, landslides and falling buildings usually accompany violent eruptions. These contribute to a great deal to the deaths and damage.

4. Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct word from the bracket

1. The army will not (cease/seize) power
2. She spent most of her (carrier/career) as a lawyer
3. I won’t (desert/dessert) you in difficult time
4. Will your mother (assent/ascent) to our plan?

5. (a) Assign a single word related to accusation to complete the following expressions

1. _____________________ is a person who repairs vehicles
2. _____________________ is a person who tests eye-sight and sells spectacles
3. _____________________ is a person who sells meat
4. _____________________ is a person who composes or writes poems

(b) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each

1. Venance said to Joseph, “I loved you”

(Re-write into indirect speech)

2. Aloyce was going to the theatre. He met his old friend

(Begin: Going ……………………..)

3. Before he finished his assignment he was forced to leave the library

(Begin: Scarcely ……………………….)

4. Although he was careless he finished his experiment with good results

(Begin: Despite ………………..)

6. Read the following passage carefully and answer all questions that follow:

Joshua and his wife Naanjela have two children. The boy child called Kiboha and girl child is called Zuhura. Kiboha is married to Enael, and they have two children, a boy called Shiboli and a girl called Naiya.

Zuhura is married to Chikira and they have two boys. The older one is Kirua and the young one is Keneth.

Questions:

1. What is does Kenneth call Enael?
2. What does Shiboli call Chikira?
3. What does Chikira call Joshua?
4. What does Naanjela call Serephina?

7. (a) Arrange the following sentences in a logical order to make a meaningful paragraph. Use numbers 2-6 to show the logical order in the box provided below. Number (iii) has been done as an example.

(i)                Can you give me a charm to make my husband love me again? She asked as soon as she arrived

(ii)              So she decided to take her trouble to a local medicine man

(iii)            Once there was a woman who was greatly troubled by her husband

(iv)            “Certainly yes, if you can meet my cost” answered the medicine man

(v)              He no longer loved her

(vi)            After she had agreed on the cost with the medicine man, she told him her story, fall of pity for herself and her plight

7. (b)  Correct the following sentences where necessary

(i)    He has done it very well, isn’t it?

(ii) My tongue has bad taste today.

(iii)                        How march do you sell this mango?

8. Imagine that you are a participant in a debate on the motion “Money is better than education.” Give your   arguments on either the opposing or the proposing side.

SECTION D (45 MARKS)

RESPONSE TO READING

Answer Three questions from this section. One (1) question should be selected from poetry and the other from novels and plays.

LIST OF READINGS

NOVELS

A wreath for Father Mayer   - S.N Ndunguru (1977) MkukinaNyota

Unanswered Cries    - Osman Conteth, Macmillan

Passed Like a Shadow   - B. Mapalala (2006) DUP

Spared     - S.N. Ndunguru (2004) MkukiwaNyota

Weep Not Child    - NgugiwaThiong’o (1987) Heinemann

The Interview     - P. Ngugi (2000) Macmillan

PLAYS

Three Suitors One Husband   - O. Mbia (1994) Eyre Methuen

The Lion and the Jewel   - W. Sonyika (1963) OUP

This Time Tomorrow    - NgugiwaThiong’o (1972); Heinemann

The Black Hermit   - NgugiwaThiong’o (1968); Heinemann

POETRY

Songs of Lawino and Ocol  - O. P Bitek (1979) EAPH

Growing Up with Poetry   - D. Rubadiri (Ed) (1989) Heineimann

Summons     - R. Mabala (1960); Heinemann

1. Read the following poem carefully and answer question follows:

Poor woman of Africa,

Woman of the jungle fields,

Now you cry, woman now you lament,

That your child is lost,

That the fire of life is no longer in him,

That now he is stone dead to you,

You who endured for him the pain of delivery,

And the toil of care and growth.

But you forget woman,

That when he was a baby,

You refused him your breast,

You fed him with powdered milk,

And gave him sugar crystals,

Instead of the wild honey you’ve always known,

Faked food he ate, 

And your heart glowed,

To his artificial smile,

And when the dirt you fed him,

Finally dropped out of his anus,

After destroying his inside,

You collected the feaces with a song,

And held the title bundle, burning hot with life,

And out you went to throw it into the cold depths

Of the toilet bowl.

And now your child suffers,

He suffers death for the murder you committed,

So you must weep and suffer with him,

Poor woman of Africa.

Questions:

a)     What is the poem about?

b)     What type of the poem is this?

c)      Who is the persona in the poem?

d)     In the last verse of a poem the poet say, “poor woman of Africa” what does he imply?

e)     What are the possible themes from the poem?

f)       What is the mood of a poet?

g)     Comment on the diction

h)     Comment on the rhyme scheme of a poem

i)       Is the poem relevant to your society?

j)       What message do you get from the poem?

2. Poets have messages to convey to the audience with reference to two poems you have studied under this section, discuss the above statement. Choose one poem from each book you have read and give four points from each poem.

3. Titles of books usually have a close relationship to the main ideas/messages found in them. Use two readings you have read to show how titles of those books have a relationship to the message given. What can a reader learn from that message? (novel).  Give four (4) points from each novel

4. Choose two female characters, one from each play and show how they are different and similar (20marks).

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LEARNING HUB TANZANIA

ENGLISH LANGUAGE - MODEL EXAMINATION

FORM THREE

TIME: 3:00HRS                                                                                   2019.

NAME ________________________________________                   CLASS:______________

INSTRUCTIONS.

-          Answer all questions

1. Read the following passage clearly and then answer the question that follows:-

     The modern smoking problem we adults have more knowledge about smoking. We must not fail to use that knowledge for the young generation. Those most in contact with children obviously have to make an effort not to smoke; at least to explain their smoking as an illness or as a bit habit to their children. Children today are subjected to an environment where smoking is viewed as natural; hence it is the non-smoker who is rejected in the society.

     Clearly parents who smoke are at a disadvantage in typing to restrain their children, but nothing is lost if the smoking habit of older people can be linked to some specific period of strain or difficulty which can be explained to the children. Children should not be left to think that smoking is inevitable as eating, drinking and loving.

     It is not easy to convince children about the advantages of not smoking. If they are used to see their relaxation receive cigarettes for festive presents see, the relaxation of the evening grows around a pipe and experience problems of withdrawal when an adult gives up smoking. At the same time the parents may be beloved, adored as an example in all things. How can this matter be dealf without losing all faith and respect that children have towards their parents?

     It is something that is possible it parents regretfully explain their addition. This is more useful than just ordering children not to smoke without giving then apparent reason. It is also important to stop having boxes of cigarettes lying around to be offered automatically visitors.

     Otherwise, if you make children believe that smoking is part of food manners in the society and it is a normal thing to give visitors cigarettes, they automatic part of the picture to suggest the wealth of the person.

     Every effort is made by clever and resourceful advertising industry to suggest that smoking has to do with romance, success, relaxation, on concentration some of them use the ideal that any man or women without a cigarettes not properly dressed.

     To stop children from smoking is not an easy matter but some initiative could be taken striet rules against smoking many increase children’s curiosily; but the possibilities of punishment in schools could help, several steps may be taken to eliminate the smoking problems, those steps are to restrict smoking public places, remove all the advertisements which promote the smoking habit, set a period of publicity showing the hazards of cancer, and parents, teachers, doctors and others should deliberately set an example.

Questions

Choose the most correct answer from the alternatives given and write its answer (letter) in your answer sheets

i)                    The first paragraph introduces the main idea of the passage what is it?

1. Smocking and youth’s smoking
2. Smoking behavior
3. Smoking fashion
4. Smoking and old people

ii)                  What excuses does the writer suggest old people should give their children for their smoking?

1. Smoking is not a problem for older people
2. Smoking is caused by unpleasant experience or illness
3. Smoking is a fashion for older people
4. Smoking is inevitable among old people, it is not bad

iii)                In the sentence,” the relaxation, of the evening grow around the pipe “the writer suggest that:-

1. Smoking is not part of the family life
2. Smoking appear to be part of relaxing family atmosphere
3. Many parents spend too much of their smoking
4. A lot of children smoke with their parents in the eveniry

iv)                Who can stop children from smoking

1. Teachers at school and doctors
2. Parents, teachers and doctors
3. Those who care for children and advertising agency
4. Newspapers, television and Magazines

2. Fill in the gaps with the information from the passage to make the sentence meaningful

i)                    Many children are at risk due to the______________________________

ii)                  Those people who are not using cigarettes are always_____________________________

iii)                Effective measures like____________________________

SECTION B PATTERN AND VOCABULARY

3. Match the following items with the expressions provided in (i-viii)

i)                    To settle a disagreement on something

ii)                  To make official or valid

iii)                To look down on with hated

iv)                To stress on something

v)                  To form principles or conclusions from details facts

vi)                To reduce at the least possible degree

vii)              To form parts of something into a structure

viii)            To make something known generally

4. Construct one sentence from each of the following words.

a)      Admitted _______________,______________________

b)      HIV/AIDS_________________________________________________________

c)      Frustrated _________________________________________________________

d)      Multi-party system___________________________________________________

e)      Over powered_______________________________________________________

5. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instruction given.

i)                    He forget my name so I remembered him

(Re-write by using past perfect tense)

_______________________________________________________________________

ii)                  Rioba borrowed some money from Andrew

(Begin with: Andrew------)

_______________________________________________________________________

iii)                The officials wanted a bribe. He was arrested by police.

(Combine sentence using relative pronouns)

_______________________________________________________________________

iv)                The speech was not long and it was also not short.

Use: Neither___________________

SECTION C

Answer all question in this section

6. Charcoal as a source of fuel does more harm than good in not than 250 words, write an essay to support this statement.

Imagine that you are a student of Magoto high school. Write an apology letter to your Headmaster requesting him not to expel you from school after being involved in fighting: use fictions name in your letter.

SECTION D: RESPONSE TO READING

Answer two (2) questions from this sections. One question should be selected from poetry and the other from Novels and short stories or plays.

7. Read the following poem and answer the questions that follows

YOU ARE LOST

To you dada,

               It is the days that matter

           For we unable to chat

             In the language we had

      When I look at you

       And see my pay slip

                                                                 In your eyes

                                                                 I feel empty

                                                                  And sapped

                                                                  Your glance sister

                                                                   Is to me the measure

                                                                  Of the heat of dough

                                                                   In my pocket

                                                                   It is you I accuse

                                                                   Because your love is lost

                                                                   And you only touch me

                                                                  With the tenderness that asks

                                                                   Where my wallet is

                  Questions

i)                    What is the poem about?

______________________________________________________________________

ii)                  How many stanzas are in this poem___________________________________

iii)                Does dada have true love to the persona?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

iv)                Give five possible themes in this poem

1. ____________________________________________________________________
2. ____________________________________________________________________
3. ____________________________________________________________________
4. ____________________________________________________________________
5. ____________________________________________________________________

v)                  Does the poet like dadas’ behavior?

___________________________________________________________________________

vi)                What is the form of this poem? And why_________________________________________

8. Poetry is one of the most effective genre that had been used by poet to arouse feeling of the reader with reference to four poems you have read verify this statement.
9. Not all characters portray good examples to their societies, others shows bad examples, justify this statement using any two plays you have read.
10. If you were to write your own novel, which two themes you write about? With reference to two novels you have done under this subject, give reasons to justify your choice.

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