IPUSUKILO SECONDARY SCHOOL

GRADE 10 END OF TREM 1 TEST. 50MARKS

DURATION 1HOUR 30 MINS

SECTION 1

PART 1 LEXIS (10 MARKS)

INSTRUCTION

Select the word that is spelt correctly to fill in the blank spaces.

1. Nason and Wisdom ate............... food quickly

( they/ their/ there)
2. Linda's ................ shop has empty shelves
( grossary/ glossary/ grocery)
3. The boys ............. very excited
( where/ were/ wear)
4. I will ........... a poem at assembly
(sight/ cite/ site)
5. The teacher discussed the matter.............
( feature/ farther/ further)
6. The young teacher was ............... promoted by the head teacher
( later/ latter/ letter)
7. He was accused of stealing, but he ........... this
( denied/ refused/ rejected)
8. All the doctors efforts to save him were in ............
( vane /vein /vain)
9. Building the wall fence ............... this school a lot of money
( spent/ costed/ cost)
10. She ............. lemons to apples
(Preferd/preffered/ preferred)
PART 2 VOCABULARY (5 MARKS)

Supply a correct prepositions for the given sentences

1. She is well qualified........... the job

A. At B. For. C. Into
2. Juma was able to cope .......... his new job
A. From B. In. C. With
3. John has borrowed a pen ........... Bupe
A. By B. From C. To
 4. All the criminals were rounded........ by the police
A. In B. Off C. Up
5. Our class is capable ............ producing good results
A. At B of C to

PART 3 GRAMMAR (5MARKS)

Select the correct collective noun to fill in the blanks

Crowed / pack/ bouquet/ school/ board

1. Rosemary received a ............. of flowers from her friend

2. She was seen in the ............ of people at the stadium
3. They saw a ................ of fish in kafue river
4. We saw a ............... of wolves at the zoo
5. He was asked to be part of the ............... of directors
PART 4 TRANSFORMATION (5MARKS)
1. A: I would rather starve than eat worm
B: I prefer
2. A: We did not request the gift and we did not expect it
B: we neither
3. A: She is beautiful . Add a question tag.
4. Mary is tall patience is taller than Mary but not as tall as Mercy
B:Of the three girls
5. A: Yon need to study hard, because you are in grade twelve
B: seeing that

SECTION 2

COMPOSITION (25 MARKS)

1. Write a letter to your friend in another school telling him or her what things have been done to
improve your school. You should write between 250-350 words.
THE END.