BANDA PART TIME

ENGLISH
(100 marks)

Name of Student: Louis Malaki

Time allowed: 2 hours 1st September, 2014

Instructions:

1. This paper consists of 4 sections, A, B, C and D.

2. Follow instruction that guides every section.
Section A (30 marks)

1. Complete the following letter.

_________________ Primary School

Post _____________ Box 11

Kaloga

_____________

________________________2014

Dear __________________,

I want to tell you about my school. It is called ______________________ Primary School. It is a

___________________ school. The subjects I prefer are ____________________________________ and
__________________________. When I grow up I would like to be a _________________________. Our
teachers ____________________ us when we behave badly. They want us to _________________ every
exercise.

I would like you to tell me about _______________ education. Please reply __________ soon.

Yours,

_______________
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Section B (20 marks)

2. Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

The wind blew past our village

Flying skirts in the air

Causing trees to talk and complain

Leaving houses undressed

The wind blew past our village

Swaying birds and squirrels

Making them frightened

Causing them to run away

The wind blew past our village

Chasing the rains away

Leaving the farmer complaining

Making the child rejoice

“No sweep tomorrow”

By Margaret Chilimanjira.

Questions

a. Name the author of the poem.

___________________________________________________________________________
b. Where did the wind blow?
___________________________________________________________________________
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c. What happened to the houses?
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d. Mention the two animals that ran away.
i)__________________________________ii)______________________________________
e. Who rejoiced at having not to sweep the following day?
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 f. Find a word in the passage that means
i) afraid :_______________________________________________________(verse 1)
ii) happy :_______________________________________________________(verse 2)
g. Why did the farmer complain?
___________________________________________________________________________
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h. What is the past tense of “talk”?
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i. Give the plural of the word “child”
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j. Suggest the title of the poem?
___________________________________________________________________________

Section C (20 marks)

Make sentences using the following words.

3. house
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4. go
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5. to
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6. eat
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7. mother
________________________________________________________________

Fill in the form below by giving the correct information about yourself.

Personal Information

First name :________________________________________________________

Surname :________________________________________________________

Date of birth :________________________________________________________

Age :________________________________________________________

Sex :________________________________________________________

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Section D (30 marks)

Answer all questions in this section by encircling 14. The children are cutting the grass.
the letter representing the right answer to each A. adjective C. verb
question. B. adverb D. noun
15. She is standing behind our classroom.
A. verb C. pronoun
B. preposition D. adjective
Questions 8 – 11 16. He told them a story.
A. preposition C. noun
In each of the following questions, choose the
B. adverb D. pronoun
word (A, B, C and D) that best completes
17. We wear green shirts.
sentence.
A. preposition C. noun
8. Our uniform is ______in colour. B. adverb D. adjective
A. blow C. brail
Questions 18 – 22
B. brew D. blue
9. The girls ______ netball every Sunday. In each of the following questions, find solutions
A. play C. plant (A, B, C and D) to the following riddles.
B. ploy D. pray
10. We will go to Dedza _____ bus. 18. I am a house, yet, I have no door.
A. with C. by Who am I?
B. on D. in A. a house C. a door
11. We are going____ school. B. an egg D. a hut
A. from C. by 19. I beat myself before I cry. Who am I?
B. on D. to A. child C. dog
B. cock D. monkey
Questions 12 – 17 20. My box can only be opened with fingers.
Who am I?
In each of the following questions, choose the
A. book C. house
correct part of speech (A, B, C and D) for each
B. box D. groundnuts
of the underlined words.
21. We climb the mountain with our hands,
12. We are eating nsima. what is it?
A. noun C. preposition A. Mulanje Mountain C. nsima
B. adjective D. verb B. tree D. Dzonzi mountain
13. They are coming tomorrow. 22. My house has one pole, what is it?
A. preposition C. noun A. mushroom C. hut
B. pronoun D. adjective B. roof D. kitchen

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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