GRADE 7 PREPARATION EXAMINATIONS

ENGLISH TEST No 3

Time: 1:30 Hours Date: / /2020

Pupil’s Name: _____________________________ School Name: ____________________

SECTION A: TENSES
Choose the most correct answer and SHADE its letter in the OMR answer sheet
provided.
1. When Juma was playing, he _____________ my ruler.
A. breaking
B. was breaking
C. is breaking
D. breaks
E. broke
2. Thieves will ____________ into Mangi’s shop.
A. had broken
B. has broken
C. have broken
D. broken
E. will break
3. If it rained, you _______________ wet.
A. would get
B. will get
C. have got
D. had got
E. would have got
4. “James has stolen the money”. In passive voice this sentence will be ________.
A. The money was stealing by James
B. The money has stolen James
C. The money have been stolen by James
D. The money has been stolen by James
E. The money was been stolen by James
5. Last night, the news __________ on radio.
A. was broadcast
B. were broadcast
C. was broadcasted
D. were broadcasted
E. has broadcasted
6. If you come early, you ____________ there.
A. had meet D. have met
B. had met E. meets
C. will meet
7. She was hurt in the accident and she ________ to death.
A. was bleeding
B. bleeded
C. has bleeded
D. bled
E. have bled
8. Did the lion __________ your goat last month?
 A. ate D. eating
B. eateth E. eat
C. eaten
9. Neither that lady nor her children _______ up early every morning.
A. wakes
B. wake
C. are waking
D. had wake
E. waked
10. It __________ since yesterday.
A. was raining
B. has been raining
C. was been raining
D. will be raining
E. have been raining
11. Mary met her friend while she ___________ to school.
A. went D. has gone
B. will go E. was going
C. will be going
12. By the time I got there, he _________ all his money.
A. spends
B. spent D.will spend
C. has spent E. had spent
13. Peter said, “I was tired yesterday”. In indirect speech this sentence will be;
A. Peter said that he was tired yesterday.
B. Peter said that he has been tired yesterday.
C. Peter said that he was tired the previous day.
D. Peter said that he had been tired the previous day.
E. Peter said that he would be tired the previous day.
14. Patrick, as well as his friends gets marks in every exam that he ________.
A. did B. do C. does
D. will do E. had done
15. Does your dog _________ at strangers?
A. bark B. barks C. barked
D. barking E. barked

SECTION B: GRAMMAR
Choose the right answer and write it in the space provided to complete the given
sentences.
16. Many people protested _________ the bad policies of the government.
A. on B. at C. against
D. towards E. because
17. We do not need to blame ______ for other people’s mistakes.
A. themselves B. our self C. their selves
D. yourselves E. ourselves
18. My son is ______________ sick to walk on his own.
A. very B. so C. such
D. too E. really
19. I shall not forgive you __________ you ask for forgiveness.
A. if B. although C. despite
D. Inspite E. unless
20. There is hardly _______ water left in the tank.
 A. some B. many C. any
D. few E. least
21. I am waiting for a safe moment, to walk __________ the road.
A. along B. on C. in
D. across E. over
22. Mary is ___________ beautiful ________ her sister.
A. so…..that
B. … as ….as…..
C. ….to …..to…
D. so……very
E. ….. vey…..like.
23. This is my first time to come to London. I had ______ got the chance before.
A. always B. rarely C. never
D. ever E. usually
24. __________ waking up late, we arrived at school on time.
A. Although B. Inspite C. Unless
D. Despite E. However
25. Both Peter ___________ Paul are suffering from Cholera.
A. with B. as well as C. like
D. as E. and
26. Mary went to town _________ to buy new shoes.
A. in order B. in order to C. so that
D. to E. and
27. The girl _______ we helped did not thank us.
A. which B. who C. whom
D. when E. whose
28. Mr. Joseph has been teaching ___________ 2002.
A. from B. in C. for
D. with in E. since
29. That boy is good ________ nothing.
A. from B. with C. on
D. for E. in
30. That is __________ car that caused the accident.
A. a B. the C. an
D. some E. same

SECTION C: VOCABULARY
Choose the correct answer from those given and write its letter in the space provided.
31. The government needs to carry out a _________ in order to know the number of people in
the country.
A. populace B. population C. census
D. sensors E. censers
32. My brother bought a counter-feit phone.
Which of the following words has the same meaning as the underlined word?
A. authentic B. fake C. genuine
D. pure E. real
33. My uncle has been living in Holland for many years. He even has a ____ wife.
A. Hollandish
B. Hollanish
C. Dutch man
D. Dutch
E. Hollandic
34. My son got married last week but I haven’t yet met my ______________.
A. wife
B. son in law C. daughter in law
D. mother in law E. sister in law
35. This building can with stand an earthquake.
This means that it can ____________ an earthquake.
A. endure D. scuffle
B. stand with E. ensemble
C. create

SECTION D: COMPOSITION
Re-arrange the following sentences by giving them letters A-E in order to form a
meaningful story.
36. The interviewer was convinced and gave me the visa.
37. I sat nervously waiting for my name to be called out.
38. I went through the security checkpoint at the entrance of the German Embassy.
39. I left in a celebratory mood thinking of all the things that I would see in Germany.
40. When it was my turn, I answered all the questions about why I needed to travel to
Germany.

SECTION E: COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow by writing the
letter of the correct answer.
The whole globe has started campaigning against child labour. Many programs have
been started to eliminate slavery among children. Instead of getting education in schools,
these children work for low incomes. Some of the girls acquire bad moral behaviours and
engage in prostitution.

Many children from poor families are employed by relatives to do different house
chores. They are often mistreated and over worked. A few of the children move to the streets
where they beg for money and snatch people’s possessions. Others get involved in hazardous
work like drug trafficking.
These traffickers sell heroin, cocaine, bhang and other drugs.
These drugs destroy lungs and cause mental illness.

Our government has taken serious measures to eliminate street children by

QUESTIONS
41. According to the author, instead of working, what should the children do?
__________________________________________________________________________

42. The words whole globe as used in the passage means _____________________

43. What do some of the children do when they move to the streets?
_________________________________________________________________________
44. What are some of the problems caused by the drugs mentioned in the passage?
________________________________________________________________

45. How does the government try to eliminate the problem of street children?
____________________________________________________________________