THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
NJOMBE TOWN COUNCIL

FORM FOUR PRE- MOCK EXAMINATION APRIL -2024

022 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

TIME: 3:00 HOURS 15TH APRIL 2024

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of three sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.

2. Answer all questions from Section A and B and two (2) questions from section C

Question

3. All writing should be in blue ink except diagrams which must be in pencil.

4. Cellular phones and other unauthorized materials are strictly prohibited in the

examination room.

5. Write your index number on every page of your answer booklet(s) provided

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 SECTION A (16 MARKS)
Answer all question from this section
1. For each of the items (i)-(x) choose the most correct answer from among the given alternatives
and write its letter beside the item number in the answer booklet provided

i. The head of school insisted the students not to deviate ……………….the school culture so as
to be the acceptable member in the societies.
A. From D. With
B. On E. Into
C. To
ii. A teacher gave his students a picture and he told them to write what does that picture mean,
how can you name such exercise in English Dictation?
A. Giving Instructions D. Picture dictation
B. Reading Dictation E. Dictation
C. Memorizing

iii. If you don’t pay the school fees you cannot write the exams. In this sentence which part of
sentence carries a condition?
A. You must pay the school fees first
B. During exams you should pay school fees
C. You should write exams first
D. Doing exams and paying school fees later
E. You must do the exams first

iv. The class teacher is going to talk with us …………… and then everybody is required to come
with a notebook as it will be very important meeting.
A. This night D. These night
B. During night E. In the night
C. Tonight
v. A garden teacher told the form three students that, a goat is hungry and added that ‘it wants to
eat’. What is the negative of the underlined sentences?
A. It did not want to it D. It has not eaten
B. It don’t want to eat E. It doesn’t want to eat
C. It is not want to eat
vi. Form four students had very tough questions, they consulted a teacher, and the questions were
solved by a ………….. Experts.
A. Panel D. committee
B. Team E. caravan
C. cloud
vii. “I have sent a message to Flora” how can this sentence be changed to past perfect form?
A. I was sending a message to Flora.
B. I had sent a message to Flora
C. I have been sending a message to Flora
D. I had to send a message to Flora.
E. I sent a message to Flora.
viii. The school manager called a staff meeting, but due to some reasons which were not clearly
explained he decided to …………………..the meeting until next time.

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 A. Putt off D. fall out
B. Put out E. Break out
C. break up
ix. Your friend wants to know the meaning of unless. Tell him the best answer from the
following alternatives?
A. Not D. Despite the fact that
B. Only if E. Nevertheless
C. If not
x. The teacher entered the class and found the students making noise, then the teacher said, “I
will punish you, keep quiet” sometimes you have to bite you tongues. what is the possible
meaning of the underlined phrase?
A. To avoid nocking the table B. Nocking the table
C. Talking too much might cause tongue biting
D. To stop talking
E. To avoid showing tongue out

2. Match the expression in column A with their correspondence vocabulary in column B

COLUM A COLUMN B
i. The one who does clever tricks seem A. hawker
magical B. lexicographer
ii. The one who watches over students in C. hosier
examination room D. detective
iii. The one who investigates crimes E. police
iv. The one who takes care over building F. janitor
v. The one who moves from place to place G. jockey
selling his wares H. invigilator
vi. The one who compiles a dictionary I. draper
J. conjurer
K. dictionarer
SECTION B (54 MARKS)
Answer all questions from this section
3. Construct one sentence in each of the following form to show future activities.
a) Pronoun + be + about +.............
b) Noun + be + …………..+ this ……………………………..
c) Will /shall + be + ing ……………………..
d) Subject + be + going + verb + object
e) Subject + will + have ………… past participle + passive
f) Third person pronoun singular + is + ……….with+ object ……………….

4. A) Article ‘the’ is used in different circumstances’ construct one sentence in each of the
following to show how it used in the following.
a) Before superlative
b) Public bodies
c) Used with countries that have plural nouns
d) To introduce nationalities
e) To mention things mentioned for the second time.

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 b). change the following sentences into interrogative sentence.
a) I have been reading a book so called Mabala
b) She was playing football with her friend
c) We had chosen our new suit colour
d) She goes to school every day.

5. Assume that you have attended a meeting in a certain school. How can you report the following?
a) She said ‘ he was making noise louder and louder’
b) ‘they had eaten the sufficient as planned’ she announced
c) Chichi said ‘I love you my gentle one’
d) They said ‘what do you expect from her?’
e) Am I a new teacher?” she said to herself
f) ‘do you speak English?’ she asked me

6. a)Imagine that your friend have invited you to attend her graduation ceremony which is
expected to be held at Josephine GIRLS secondary school on 20th October, 2024 from 9:00 am
to 6:00 pm. But you think that you are not going to attend. Write a telephone message to inform
her that you are not going to be around. Your name is Zitto B. Chito.

b) Prepare a short diary notes showing the activities expected to be done in one week from today.

7. Re write the following sentences according to instruction given after each. Read careful the
sentences before answering them.
a) Before the monkeys had climbed the tree, lioness tore one of them into pieces. (Begin.. one of
them…………….)
b) ‘Come here tomorrow morning, he told us’. He told us. (Begin: he told us…………. )
c) If you are fit, you will leave longer. (Begin: the fitter……………………)
d) He was popular but he was not selected to the national team. (begin: Inspite of......)
e) Although he is intelligent, everybody hates him. (begin: Despite......)
f) He was tired of waiting. He left abruptly without a word. (begin: Tired.....)

8. A) Complete the following sentences by giving short answers, item i) is given as an example.
a) Dou you eat fried chickens? Yes, I do
b) Were they present at the meeting? No, ………………..
c) Will you enjoy playing Amapiano music? No, ……………………………
d) Has she arrived as early as we planned, yes, ……………………………
e) Are you a student from Umawanjo boys’ secondary school? No, ………………

b) Construct two sentences in each of the following word to show that you understand that they
have more than one meaning.
i. Cell
ii. Shoot
iii. Boot
iv. Cost
v. Change

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 SECTION C (30 MARKS)
Answer two questions from this section.
9. Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow.

To you dada never are passions cool,

It’s the day that matter; to you I am now a tool,
for we are unable to chat and all my wage is now the fate:
in the language we had. I ride on your throbbing kisses.

When I look at you It is you I accuse

and see my pay – slip Because your love is lost,
in you eyes, And you only touch me
I feel empty With tenderness that asks
and sapped where my wallet is.
It is you dada,
Your glance, sister, that my pen tears the pad,
is to me the measure for I only see your love
of the heat of dough focused on my purse,
in my pocket with your passions
chasing my bank account.
Questions

a) What is the poem about?

b) What is the mood of the persona? Give reasons for your answer
c) What type of poem is this? Give reason
d) Comment on the language used.
e) What do you learn from the poem? Three points.
f) Explain two figures of speech.
g) What are the themes of the poem? 2 points
h) Is the poem relevance to our society? Why?

10. Imagine that you have attended a women conference where the topic is “Like men, women are
equally capable of contributing the welfare to society”. Use two plays you have read to prove the
relevance of this statement. (three points from each play)

11. Suppose that many characters from different novels has written to you, each one asking you to be
his/her friend. Who and why would you accept him/her to be your friend. (Choose one friend from
each novel and three reasons for accepting his/her requests). Use two novels

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