MILLENNIUM PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL

END OF TERM 2 EXAMINATIONS — FORM 1

ENGLISH — PAPER I (50 marks)

Time allowed: 1 hr. 30 mins

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. This paper contains 6 printed pages. Please check.
  2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and one question in section C.
  3. Write your name and class at the top of each answer sheet.
  4. When time is called to stop writing, hand in your completed question paper to the invigilator.

SECTION A (20 marks)

Answer all questions in this section by encircling the letter corresponding to the correct answer for each question.

Questions 1 to 6. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which best completes each of the following sentences.

1. The students ________ to their teacher respectfully.

2. Lusungu __________ netball when the rain started.

3. The city ____________ by the river.

4. Peter _____________ to school by bus.

5. Chisomo ____________ cassava at Msungwi every day.

6. The book ___________ on the table.

Questions 7 to 10. In each of the following questions, choose the part of speech (A, B, C or D) that best describes each of the underlined word in the sentences.

7. She [writes] stories in her free time.

8. [They] are coming over tonight.

9. The [city] is very crowded.

10. She met him [when] she was coming from school.

Questions 11-14. Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best gives the meaning of the word in bracket expression in each of the following sentences.

11. The team will [persevere] and win the game.

12. grace was caught [red-handed].

13. He was [generous] with his donations to charity.

14. You are going to be great on stage; [break a leg].

Questions 15 to 17. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) which means almost the same as the word in bracket in the following sentences.

15. The [beautiful] sunset on the beach was stunning.

16. She felt [happy] on her birthday.

17. Themba is liked by all because he is a [descent] boy.

Questions 18 to 20. Choose the best word (A, B, C or D) that has the opposite meaning to the bracket words.

18. She felt [happy] on her wedding day.

19. She found her bedroom [messy].

20. Emprida gave the class an [exact] answer

SECTION B (10 marks)

Rewrite the following sentences using the beginning given. Make sure you do not change the meaning of the original sentence and that the completed sentence is grammatically correct.

21. Janet put the books in the bag and started going home. Having ____________________________________________________________________

2 marks

22. If you do not register, you will not receive the fertilizer. Unless ____________________________________________________________________

2 marks

23. Jacob does not like tea. Samson doesn’t as well. Neither Jacob ____________________________________________________________________

2 marks

24. Although he is sick he came to write examinations. Despite ____________________________________________________________________

2 marks

25. His teacher took the papers. The papers ____________________________________________________________________

2 marks

SECTION C (20 marks)

Answer one question only from this section on the lined answer sheets on pages 5 to 6. Write between 150 and 200 words.

EITHER (Question 21)

Imagine that you have passed the Primary School Leaving Certificate Examination and that you have been selected to start Form 1 at Kabwabwa Secondary School. Your friends have told you to join a Sports team but you strongly believe that your parents may not be in support of this idea. Write a letter to your parents explaining why you want to join a Sports team.

In your letter you may include the following points:

  • Any three reasons why you want to join the sports team.
  • Any two ways in which sports can be beneficial to you.
  • Any two ways how you will manage to balance your lessons and sports without affecting your academic performance.

OR (Question 22)

Imagine that you have witnessed a number of cases of child abuse at your school. Write a composition on school dropout.

In your composition you may include the following points:

  • Any two causes of child abuse.
  • Any three effects of child abuse.
  • What can be done to stop the problem.

Cross out any rough notes before handing in your script.

When printing: ensure page margins are set to 'default' and scale to '100%'.