ENGLISH 2005 

SECTION A

TENSES

Choose the correct word or words which complete(s) the sentences for question 1 - 10. Write the corresponding letter in the answer sheet provided.

1. The girls . . . . . . . in the garden now.

1. is working
2. are working
3. were working
4. work
5. working

2. Mr. and Mrs. Daudi . . . . .  here today.

1. are come
2. will coming
3. are coming
4. coming
5. is coming

3. The poor man . . . . . . . ten thousand shillings by the President.

1. give
2. giving
3. given
4. was giving
5. was given

4. When I . . . . . . him he had already eaten his lunch.

1. saw
2. see
3. seen
4. have seen
5. was seeing

5. He does not here . . . . . very often.

1. comes
2. come
3. came
4. coming
5. have come

6. He  . . . . . the cup which his mother gave him.

1. broke
2. break
3. broken
4. breaking
5. was broken

7. All the pupils . . . . . . Mikumi National Park next week.

1. visit
2. visits
3. will visit
4. visiting
5. visited

8. Ten years ago, Baraka . . . . . . five years old.

1. is
2. be
3. I'm
4. was
5. are

9. Next month my father will be . . . . . . . to Moshi.

1. travel
2. travelled
3. travelling
4. have travelling
5. have travelled

10. The bird which  . . . . . fast escaped from the trap.

1. flown
2. fly
3. flying
4. will flying
5. flew

SECTION B

GRAMMAR

For each of the questions 11 -30, choose the correct answer and write its letter in the answer sheet provided.

11. Rehema and Chiku are friends. . . . . . come from Umoja village.

1. She
2. All they
3. Two
4. Both
5. All

12. There isn't . . . . . . sugar in the tin.

1. no
2. any
3. some
4. many
5. a lot

13. That is . . . . . book.

1. James's
2. his James
3. James'
4. James
5. James was

14. Juma, what were you looking . . . . . . ?

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

15.. My brother is . . . . . . to carry 100 kg of maize.

1. strong enough
2. so strong
3. as strong as
4. stronger
5. strongest

16. Mr. Daudi, Salim, Kisu and Mr. Kwetu . . . . . . all our teachers.

1. all of them
2. both are
3. are
4. four
5. none of them

17. He asked the boy: "How old are you?" The boys answered, . . . . .

1. "No, I am not old"
2. "My old man is dead"
3. "Yes, I am old"
4. "I am four feet tall"
5. "I am eleven years old"

18. We stayed home . . . . . . . . the whole day

1. since
2. in
3. for
4. much
5. to

19. He bought . . . . . . umbrella for only five shillings.

1. a
2. an
3. some
4. much
5. a lot

20. My uncle is a tailor, he makes . . . . . . .

1. dresses, shirts and shorts
2. shirts, earrings and chairs
3. dresses, shorts and mats
4. chairs, pots, cups
5. shorts, shirts and mats