ENGLISH 2009

SECTION A

GRAMMAR

Choose the words that correctly complete the sentences by writing the letters in the answer sheet provided.

1. Our new member of the class . . . . . . to school yesterday.

1. come
2. reported
3. comes
4. will come
5. was coming

2. The shopkeeper . . . . . . surely . . . . . . . to town tomorrow.

1. would ... go
2. could ... go
3. will ... go
4. had ... gone
5. does ... go

3. New computer technology ...... a new technological development.

1. are
2. been
3. is
4. be
5. being

4. Water ...... in a clean container to avoid contamination.

1. is keeping
2. are kept
3. is kept
4. are keeping
5. keep

5. This morning my father saw . . . . . . . . big lion when he was driving to work.

1. an
2. some
3. a
4. few
5. a few

6. When he was studying, his brother . . . . . . . in the garden.

1. worked
2. was working
3. works
4. were working
5. is working

7. The children . . . . . . . along the road.

1. are playing
2. is playing
3. was playing
4. were played
5. are played

8. When I saw him, he . . . . . . . the house.

1. cleaned
2. is playing
3. will have to clean
4. was cleaning
5. will clean

9. They are good fellows, . . . . . ?

1. don't they
2. are they
3. aren't they
4. they are
5. didn't they

10. The gardener ...... green vegetable in his new garden since yesterday.

1. have planting
2. has been planting
3. has been planting
4. have planted
5. has being planting

11. The box was . . . . . . heavy . . . .  I couldn't lift it.

1. very . . . . . that
2. so . . . . . that
3. in order . . . . . . such
4. too . . . . . . that
5. such . . . . . . that

12. I will help you  . . . . . . .  you allow me.

1. despite
2. how
3. if
4. so
5. although

13. Camels . . . . . . . in the desert.

1. lives
2. live
3. leaves
4. was living
5. leave

14. Mr. Mikakati . . . . . . . . a new house last year.

1. buying
2. were buying
3. will buy
4. bought
5. buy

15. Did you . . . . . . . . to see your friend yesterday?

1. gone
2. went
3. go
4. going
5. goes

16. You will have to apply your knowledge well . . . . . . . . to pass the examination.

1. so as
2. so that you
3. so that
4. in order that
5. such that

17. He . . . . . . . now going to the University for further studies.

1. has
2. is
3. am
4. was
5. be

18. The principal wanted to know the . . . . . . .

1. teachers name
2. teachers' name
3. teacher name
4. teacher's name
5. teachers names

19. Mr. Kasira has been teaching in this school twelve years. . . . . . . .

1. for
2. since
3. by
4. on
5. with

20. The car around the corner belongs to me, so it is . . . . . . . .

1. mine
2. me
3. his
4. him
5. my