English Language 1 Form Six Examination 2021 1
1. Mtu yeyote na
popote alipo anaruhusiwa kufanya mtihani huu.
2. Fanya mtihani huu
kwa kutumia aina yoyote ya karatasi.
3. Ukimaliza, piga
picha karatasi hizo kisha zitume WhatsApp kwenye namba ya Mwalimu Makoba, 0653
250 566.
4. Subiri mtihani
wako usahihishwe, Urudishiwe na ufanyiwe masahihisho.
5. Gharama ya mtihani
huu ni shilingi 2,000/= (elfu mbili).
Namba za malipo ni: M
– Pesa 0754 895 321 (Daud Mhuli) na Tigo pesa 0653 250 566 (Daud Mhuli).
Time: 3 Hours
Instructions
1. This paper consists of
sections A and B with a total of eight (8) questions.
2. Answer all questions in
section A and three (3) questions from section B. Question five (5) and six (6)
are compulsory.
3. Each question in section
A carries ten (10) marks and twenty (20) marks in section B.
3. Cellular phones and any
unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
4. Write your Examination
Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
Section A (40 Marks)
Answer
all questions in this section.
1. Explain two functions
which could be expressed simultaneously by each of the following utterances:
(a) We are happy.
(b) I love this house so
much.
(c) Nice night, my love!
(d) What is the bus doing?
(e) Love you, dady!
2. (a) In five points,
explain how the morpheme “-ing” is used in English Language. Use appropriate
examples in your explanation.
(b) Write the following memo
from the boss to a group of workers in an office into full words:
Memo from: Mr. Mrisho (MD)
To: All Staff
Date: 3 rd Oct. 2021
Ref.: 04056/DC
May I remind you that all
new Lab equipment should be registered with store and supplies Room 354 (ext.
2683). NB: new items must be reported to the office before 17 hours on the last
day of the month of purchase, i.e. within the current budgeting month. All A/C
numbers must be recorded.
3. (a) Write each of the
following phonetically transcribed words in normal spellings:
(i) /ska:f/
(ii) /kaind/
(iii) /dʒɒb/
(iv) /si:t/
(v) /baŋk/
(b) In spoken English,
stress plays a vital role in communication. Explain how stressing five different
words in the following sentence may convey different information or meanings:
“He isn’t flying to London
tomorrow.”
4. Translate the following
passage from “A Man of the People” by Chinua Achebe into Kiswahili Language by
using communicative translation.
No one can deny that Chief
the Honourable M. A. Nanga, M.P, was the most approachable politician in the
country. Whether you asked in the city or in his home village, Anata, they
would tell you he was a man of the people. I have to admit this from the outset
or else the story I’m going to tell will make no sense.
Section B (60 Marks)
Answer three (3) questions from this
section. Question five (5) and six (6) are compulsory.
5. Support the argument that
Kiswahili should be used as the medium of instruction in Tanzania from primary
to university levels of education. Give eight points with relevant examples.
6. Imagine you work as a Teacher
at a government school; write a letter to your new pen pal in South Africa. In
the letter describe yourself, and tell your friend about your country, family,
job, and hobbies. Use Ntacho as your name. Address your friend as Gift.
7. Listening skills is
everything in communication. Propose eight listening techniques that one needs
to observe in order to become an effective listener.
8. You have been invited by
your neighboring school to participate in a debate with the motion, “Poverty is
Inevitable in Tanzania Today.” Write a speech to support the motion.
Pata Majibu ya Mtihani Huu, Gusa Hapa Kuwasiliana Nami.
