1 Nomsahadawhi

tehat
.Shel
ikedi
tver
ymuch.Onedayshe

t
ookitoffatschoolandlosti
t.Shelookedf ori
tinherdesk,in
t
heclassr
oom, andoutsi
deintheplayground,butshecouldnot
f
indi
t.Herfr
iendshel
pedhertolookfori
t,butcoul
dnotfindit
.
Then,oneofherf ri
ends,Rudopointedthroughthewindowoft he
nextclassroom,whi chwasempt y.Therei ti
s!,shesaid.There
wasawhi t
ehatononeoft hedesks.Nomsawenti nandpi cked
i
tup.“Itisn’tmine,
shesaid.“I
tlooksthesame, buti
t’
sdiffer
ent”
.
Sheputont hehatanditwastoobi g.Sheputitbackont hedesk
andwentout si
deagain.
Whati
sther
ightendi
nga,
b,cf
oreachsent
ence?
1.
Nomsahadawhi
te Ahead Bdr
ess Chat
2.Shet
ooki
tof
fonedayat AhomeBschoolCchur
ch
3.Whenshet
ooki
tof
f,she Al
osti
tB puti
taway C
washedi
t
4.Herf
ri
endshel
pedto Amakeanot
herone B buy a
newone Clookfori
t
5.Ther
ewasahati nt
henext A desk Bcl
assr
oom
C school
6.I
tlookedl
ike A Noma’
s B Rudo’
sCt
het
eacher
’s
7.Nomsawentoutandl
ooked Af
ori
t Bati
t C

1
t
hroughi
t
8.I
tlookedt
hesameasherhat
,buti
twas A her
s Bt
he
same Cdi f
fer
ent
9.I
twast
oobi
gfort
he Acl
assr
oom B Nomsa C
Rudo
10.Nomsaputt
hehatbackon At
hef
loor B herhead
C thedesk.

2 Rudodr
ew af
loweri
nherbook.Shecol
our
edi
tredand

madethel
eavesgreen.Itwasprett
yandshewaspl easedwit
hit
.
Shehelditup and looked atit
.Hert eacher,Mi
ssZi mabat
i,
l
ookedati
ttoo,
andsmi led.Shel
ikedRudo’sdrawi
ngs.
Anothergi
rl
,Si hl
e sataside Rudo.She drew a goat.Miss
Zimabat
ihel
di tup,l
ookedatitandsmil
ed.“i
tsver
ygood, ”She
said,
“butt
here’ssomethi
ngwrongwithi
t.I
t’
sgotonlythr
eelegs.
Answert
heQuest
ions
1.
Whatdi
dRudodr
awi
nherbook?
2.Whatcol
ourwasi
t?
3.Whywasshepl
easedwi
thi
t?
4.WhowasMi
ssZi
mbat
i
5.Whydi
dshesmi
leatRudo’
sdr
awi
ng?
6.Wher
edi
dSi
hlesi
t?
7.Whatdi
dSi
hledr
aw?
2
8.Whohel
dupSi
hle’
sdr
awi
ngandl
ookedati
t?
9.Whydi
dMi
ssZi
mabt
ismi
leatSi
hle’
sdr
awi
ng?
10.Whatdi
dMi
ssZi
mbat
isayaboutSi
hle’
sdr
awi
ng?

3MrsChikomohadanoven.Shelikedbaking.Everydayshe
bakedbreadandeveryFri
dayshebakedcakesandsomet i
mes
shebakedonebigcakeandsometimesshebakedal otofli
tt
le
ones.Whichshebakedonebigone,shewasn’
tlazy.Abi
gcake
wasdiff
erentf
rom l
it
tl
eones.
Herchildr
enl
ikedhercakes.Whi l
eshebakedl i
tt
leones,she
gavet
hem oneeach.Whenshebakedabi gone,shecutitand
gavethem apieceeach.Thechi l
drenl
ikedFri
days.Thatwas
whom thei
rmotherbakedcakes.
Chooset
her
ightendi
ng
1.MrsChi
komol
iked.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. Abaki
ng Bl
azy C
cakeDmeat
2.Ever
ydayshebaked.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
. Abr
ead Bcakes C
meat
3.Shebakedcakeson..
..
. A Monday B
WednesdayC Friday
4.Sometimesshebaked Aonel
it
tl
ecake Bonebi
gcake
C alotofbi
gcake

3
5.Whenshebakedabi
gcake,
shewasn’
t A happy B
di
ff
erent C l
azy
6.Shegavecakest
oher Achi
ldr
en Bf
ri
endsC
mother
7.Whencakeswer
eli
tt
le,
theygotAapi
eceeach Boneeach
Bthefi
rstone
8.Whent
hecakewasbi
g,Mr
sChi
komo Adi
dn’
tli
kei
t Bat
eit
her
sel
f Ccutit
9.Eachofthechi
ldrengotasmal
lcakeorpi
eceof A br
ead
Babi gone Cstring
10.Thechi
ldr
enl
ikedFr
idaysbecauset
hei
rmot
her
Abakedcakes B pl
ayedwi
tht
hem Cbakedbr
ead

4 Mr
sMar
owawentt
othemar
ketonemor
ning.Shewant
ed

tobuysomet omatoes.Shewentt ooneoft hetraders,Mr s

Mabumbo.Heal wayshadgoodt omatoes, butt
heywentqui ckly.
MrsMar owawasl at
e.Whenshegott here,MrMabumbo’ sst all
wasempt y.Hewastal ki
ngtoanothertrader.WhenMr sMar owa
askedforsometomat oes,hepoi
ntedtohi sempt yst
all
.“Youwi l
l
havetocomebackt omor r
ow,”hesaid.“ ButIwantsomenew”
sai
dMr sMar owa. “Im sor r
y,saidMrMabumbo” .You’ret oo
l
ate”.

4
Quest
ions

1.
Wher
edi
dMr
sMar
owagoonemor
ning?
2.Whatdi
dshewantt
obuy?
3.Whi
cht
raderdi
dshegot
o?
4.Whydi
dshegot
ohi
m?
5.Whywashi
sst
allempt
ywhenshegott
her
e?
6.WhatwasMrMabumbodoi
ng?
7.Whatdi
dMr
sMar
owaaskhi
m?
8.Whendi
dshet
ellhert
ocomeback?
9.Whatdi
dMr
sMar
owasay?
10.Whatdi
dshesayt
oher
?

5MrandMrsKarehadtwochildren,AmosandRuth.There
wer efouri nt hefamily,butwhenMr sKar esetthetabl
ef or
supper ,sheal wayssetfiveplaces.Whent heyhadsupper,one
placewasempt y.Therewasapl at
eandkni f
eandspoon,but
nonesatt here.MrsKar eneverputawayf oodont hepl
ate,but
sheal wayssett heplace.OnedayRut haskedherwhyshedi dit
.
“I
tsf orf ri
end”,MrsKar esai d.“Whichfriend?”
,Ruthasked.”I
don’tknowMr sKareanswer ed”,butwhom hecomeshi splace
willber eady”
.

5
Quest
ions

1.
Howmanychi
ldr
endi
dMr
sKar
ehave?
2.Whatwer
ethei
rnames?
3.Howmanywer
ether
eint
hef
ami
ly?
4.Howmanypl
atesdi
dMr
sKar
esetf
orsupper
?
5.Whatal
wayshappenedt
oonepl
ate?
6.Whatdi
dMr
sKar
eseti
nthepl
ace?
7.Whydi
dn’
tsheputont
hepl
ate?
8.Whoaskedherwhyshedi
dit
?
9.Whowast
hepl
acesetf
or?
10.Whydi
dMr
sKar
eal
wayssett
hef
if
typl
ace?

6 “
Whatdof
armer
sdot
othedoves?
”.Dovesmaket
hei
rnet
s

i
nt r
ees.Someotherbi
rdsmaket hem onthegrounds,oringrass.
Doveswalkwhentheyareonthegr ound.Somebirdshop.Doves
donotsingli
kesomeot herbi
rds,buttheylayeggs.Allbir
dslay
eggs.
Somebirdsar
ebiggerthandoves,other
saresmall
er.Hensar
e
bi
ggert
handoves,butt
heycannotflyverywel
l
.Dovescan.
6
Doveseatseeds,butt
heyeatot
herthi
ngst oo.Theyli
kebread
andyoungbeansandcar rot
s.Somef armerstrytokillt
hem
becauset
heyeatmaizeandot
herpl
antsinthefi
elds.

Quest
ions
1.
Wher
edodovesmaket
hei
rnest
s?
2.Whatdodovesdowhent
heyar
eont
hegr
ound?
3.Whatdosomeot
herbi
rdsdo?
4.Whatdodovesnotdol
ikesomeot
herbi
rdsdo?
5.Whatdoal
lbi
rdsdo?
6.Ar
edovesbi
ggerorsmal
lert
hanhens?
7.Whatcandovesdobet
tert
hanhens?
8.Whatdodoveseat
?
9.Whatdosomef
armer
str
ytodot
odoves?
10.
Whydoesf
armer
str
ytodot
hat
?

7 Somewomenar
egoodatmaki
ngdr
esses.Mr
sMavambe

was.Becauset
her
ewasn’tatail
ori
nhervi l
lage,ever
yonecame
t
oher.Shehadal otofpat
ternsinenvelopeswi t
hpictur
eson
t
hem.Whenawomanwant edanew dr ess,sheboughtsome
7
clot
ht oMr sMavambeandt heylookedatt hepi
ctures together.
Thewomanf oundapi ct
urethat shel ikedandMr sMavambe
madet hedr essfrom thepatter
n.Shet uckthewoman’ scloth,
cutitwi t
h herscissors andsewedt hepieces t
oget her.Then
thewoment r
iedont hedressandMr sMavambeof tenmade
changes.Herpat t
ernswer egood, buttheyweren’talwaysr i
ght
foreveryone.

Quest
ions
1.
WhatwasMr
sMavambegoodat
?
2.Whydi
dever
yonecamet
ohert
omaket
hei
rdr
esses?
3.Whatdi
dMr
sMavambehavei
nenvel
opes?
4.Whatwer
eont
heenvel
opes?
5.Whatwer
ethepi
ctur
esf
or?
6.Whatdi
deachwomanbr
ingt
oMr
sMavambe?
7.Whatdi
dtheyl
ookatt
oget
her
?
8.Whatdi
dMr
sMavambecutcl
othwi
th?
9.Whydi
dthewomant
ryonherdr
ess?
10.Whatdi
dMr
sMavambeof
tendo?

8
8 MrZi
mbat
ihadagoodj
ob.Hewasabusdr
iver
.Ever
yday

hedrovehisbusi ntotownandbackagain.Hesatatt hesteeri

ng
wheelinf r
ontandever yonewil
lbesatbehi ndhi m.Whent he
road wasempt y,hedr ovequickl
ywhen t heot herbuses,or
l
orri
esorcar s,hedr oveslowl
yandcareful
ly.Hisbuswasl ong,
withawi debody,andhedi dnotwantt ohi tanything.When
anotherbuscamet owar dshi
m,healwaysst eer
edi ntotheside
oftheroadtogetpassi t.Hewasabusdriverandgoodathi sjob.
Quest
ions
1.
WhatwasMrZi
mbat
i’
sjob?
.
2.Wher
edi
dhedr
iveever
yday?
.
3.Wher
edi
dhesi
t?.
4.Whydi
dhesi
tther
e?.
5.Wher
edi
dever
yonesi
t.
?
6.Howdi
dMrZi
mbat
idr
ivewhent
her
oadwasempt
y?.
7.Whendi
dhedr
ivesl
owl
yandcar
eful
ly?
.
8.Whydi
dhedr
ivesl
owl
ythen?
.
9.Whatdi
dhedowhenanot
herbuscamet
owar
dshi
m?.
10.Whydi
dhedot
hat
?.

9
9 Bl
ackcl
oudsf
il
ledt
heskyandhungl
owovert
heai
rpor
t.I
t

wasr ai
ningandsodar kt hatnoonecoul dseeformor ethantwo
hundr edmet res.Aeroplanescoul d‘ttakeofforland.Passengers
whocameatt heairporthadt osi
tdownandwai t.Someoft hem
talkedt oeachot her,someoft hem readbooksornewspaper s,
someoft hem justsatanddi dnot
hing.Wai t
erswentf r
om table
tot ablewi t
hor angedr inksandot herthings.Therewasnot hing
anyonecoul ddo.Aer oplanescouldn’ttakeoffthroughsomuch
cloud.Itwoul dbet oodanger ous.

Quest
ions
1.
Whatf
il
ledt
heskyl
owovert
heai
rpor
t?
2.
Whatwer
etheybr
ingi
ngt
otheai
rpor
t?
3.Howf
arcoul
danyonesee?
4.Whycoul
dnooneseemor
ethant
hat
?
5.Whatcoul
dn’
tland?
6.Whatdi
dthepassenger
shavet
odo?
7.Whatdi
dsomeoft
hem r
ead?
8.Whatdi
dthewai
ter
staket
othet
abl
e?
9.Whatcoul
dn’
taer
opl
anesdot
hroughsomuchcl
oud?
10.Whywoul
ditbet
oodanger
ous?
10
10 Whenyout
alkt
othet
eacher
,tr
ytobepol
it
e.Youmaynot

becl everand al
waysknow t heri
ghtanswers,butyou can
alwaysbepolit
e.Whenyouwantt ogooutsi
deyousay,“Please
mayIl eavet
heroom? ”.Whenyouwanttoopenthewindow,say,
“PleasemayIopent hewi ndows?”
.Whenyouwanttoknowt i
me,
yousay“canyout ellmet heti
me,pl
ease?”
.Thesearesomeof
thewaysofbeingpol i
te.Usethem.
Whenpeoplearepoli
tet
oeachother,t
heydon’
tgetangry.They
l
ist
enandtrytohelpeachother
,inst
eadoffi
ghti
ng.Peopleare
happi
erwhenthey’
repol
i
te.

Chooset
hebestendi
nga,
borcf
oreachoft
hesesent
ences
1.
Whenyout
alkt
oat
eachert
ryt
obe Aangr
y Bcl
ever C
pol
it
e
2.
Youmaynotal
waysknowt
he At
eacherBr
ightanswer C
quest
ions
3.Someonewhoknowst
her
ightanswer
smustbe Aat
eacher
Bclever Cpol
it
e
11
4.Yousay,“Pl
easemayIl
eavet
heroom ?
”whenyouwantt
o
A goout
side Bopenawindow Cknowtheti
me

5.Awordwhi
chi
sal
wayspol
it
eis Al
ist
en Bl
eave C
“pl
ease”

6.Yousay,“
PleasemayIopent
hewi
ndows?
”,whent
her
oom i
s
too Awarm Bcol dCbi
g

7.Whenyousay,“Canyoutel
lmet het
ime,pl
ease?
”youdon’
t
know
AWhatdayi
tis B how muchsomethi
ngis C What
ti
meisi
t

8.Whenpeopl
earepol
it
etoeachot
her
,theydon’
tget Acol
dB
angr
y Chappi er

9.Whenyouar
epol
it
e,peopl
etr
yto A hel
pyou Bf
ight
you Chi
tyou

10.Whenpeopl
earepol
it
etoeachot
her
,theyar
eA angr
y B
fi
ght
ing Chappier

11 Longagot
her
ewer
ehugeher
dsofbuf
fal
oont
hevel
d.
Theywer
en’
tfi
erceani
mal
s,butt
heycoul
dbedanger
ous.They

12
di
dn’ thuntmen,butmenhunt edt hem.Theyt r
iedtokil
lthem
wit
hbowsandar rowsandspear s.Whensomehunt ershur ta
buffalo butdidn’ tkil
lit,t
hebuf f
al o becamever ydangerous.
Somet imesi tt r
iedt orunawayandever yt
hingwasal lri
ght .
Somet imesi tturnedtof i
ght.Itputdowni tsheadwi t
hitswi de,
heavyhor nsandr anatthehunt ers.Theyhadt ogetoutoft he
way.Abuf falocoul dki
llamaneasi l
y.Anangr ybuffal
owas, and
sti
lli
soneoft hemostdanger ousint hewi l
d.

Quest
ions

1.
Whenwer
ehugeher
dsofbuf
fal
oont
hevel
d?

2.Theywer
en’
tfi
ercebutwhatcoul
dtheybe?

3.Whohunt
edt
hebuf
fal
o?

4.Howdi
dtheyt
ryt
oki
llt
hebuf
fal
o?

5.Whendi
dabuf
fal
obecomedanger
ous?

6.Whenwasever
ythi
ngal
lri
ght
?

7.Howdi
dthebuf
fal
ofi
ghtt
hehunt
ers?

8.Whatdi
dthehunt
ershavet
odo?

9.Whatcoul
dabuf
fal
odoeasi
ly?

10.Wheni
sabuf
fal
ooneoft
hemostdanger
ousani
mali
nthe
wil
d?

13
12 Mr
sChi
kar
ahasar
adi
owhi
chcosthi
m al
otofmoney,
butheli
stenstoitever
yday.Hel i
stenstot
henewsint
he
morni
ngandeveni
ngandtoot
hert
hingsduri
ngt
heday.

MrMunyakat hi
nksthatr
adioscostt
oomuch.Hedoesn’ thave
one.When he want sto know the news,he only buys a
newspaper
.Hesaysit’
sbett
erthanar
adiobecausei
tgivesmore
newsaboutthecountr
y.Theradiogi
vesnewsf r
om al
loverthe
worl
d.

MrChikarasaysther
adiocostsmorethananewspaperatf
ir
st,
buthecanusei tf
oralongti
me.Everyti
meMr,Munyakawants
toreadanewspaper,hehast obuyanew one.Soi ntheend
newspaperscostmor
ethanaradi
o.

Quest
ions

1.
Whohasar
adi
o?

2.Whatdi
ditcosthi
m?

14
3.Whatdoeshel
ist
enst
oint
hemor
ningandeveni
ng?

4.Whatdoes MrMunyakat
hinkaboutr
adi
os?

5.Whatdoeshebuywhenhewant
stoknowt
henews?

6.Whatdoesanewspapergi
vemor
enewsabout
?

7.Wher
edoest
her
adi
ogeti
tsnewsf
rom?

8.I
nwhatwayi
sMrChi
kar
a’sr
adi
o’sbet
tert
hananewspaper
?

9.WhatdoesMrMunyakahavet
odoever
yti
mehewant
sto
readanewspaper
?

10.How canMrChi
kar
asayt
hatnewspaper
scostmor
ethana
radi
o?

13 A post
manhadapar
celt
odel
ivert
oMr
sMashapaat
17Mazoe Road.Hecar ri
edittothehouseandknockedonthe
door.Nooneanswer ed.Heknockedagain.Awomancamef r
om
thehousenextdoorandsai dthatther
e wasnoone innumber
17.MrandMr sChi komower eout .Thepostmanl
ookedatthe
parcel
.“Thi
sisforMr sMashapa,notMr sChi
komo”
,hesai
d.

15
“I’
m MrsMashapa”t
hewomantol
dthehi
m.“Butt
headdr
esson
thepar
celi
s17MazoeRoad,
thepost
mansai
d.

“That
’swrong.Ourhousenumberis15”.MrsMashapasaid.“Mr
andMr sChikomoliveatnumber17.Thi
sparceli
sforyou”
,then
thepostmansaid,
andgaveittoher.

QUESTI
ONS

1.
Whatdi
dthepost
manhavet
odel
iver
?

2.Whowasi
taddr
essedt
o?

3.Whatwast
headdr
ess?

4.Whathappenedwhent
hepost
manknockedont
hedoor
?

5.Whatdi
dthewomanf
rom nextdoorsay?

6.Whol
ivedatnumber7?

7.Whatwast
henameoft
hewomanf
rom nextdoor
?

8.Whatwasheraddr
ess?

9.Whatdi
dshesayaboutt
headdr
essont
hepar
cel
?

10.Whatdi
dthepost
mandowi
tht
hepar
cel
?

16
14 I
twasni
neo’
cl
ock.Thebusi
ntot
ownwentatf
ivepast
.
Mr sNcubewantedtocatchit,butitwasn’tr eady.Shewasn’t
dressedandthebuswasattheot herendoft helongst r
eet
.She
quickl
yputonherdressandshoes.Thenshepi ckedupherbag
andhatandr anoutofthehouse.Shehur riedal ongt
hest r
eet
.
Becauseshedidn’
thaveawatch,shedi dn’
tknowt het
ime.Then
shesawt hebus.Shebegantorun,holdingherhatonherhead
withonehand.Thebusdr i
versaw herandwai ted.Assoonas
shegeton,thebusbegant omove,Mr sNcubesmi ledatthe
dri
verandsatdowninanempt yseat.

Quest
ions

1.
Whatt
imewasi
tatt
hest
artoft
hej
our
ney?

2.Whendi
dthebusgoi
ntot
own?

3.Whatdi
dMr
sNcubewantt
odo?

4.Wher
ewast
hebusst
op?

5.Whatdi
dMr
sNcubepi
ckupwhensher
anoutoft
hehouse?

6.Whydi
dn’
tsheknowt
het
ime?

7.Whatdi
dshedowhenshesawt
hebus?

17
8.Howdi
dshekeepherhaton?

9.Whatdi
dthebusdr
iverdo?

10.Whatdi
dMr
sNcubedowhenshegotont
hebus?

15 Thegi
rl
singr
ade3l
ikedski
ppi
ng.Theypl
ayedi
tever
y

dayatschool .Atbr eakti

met heyranoutt otheplaygroundwi th
theirr
opesandbegan.Ther ewer ediff
erentskippi
nggames,but
theywer eallplayedi nthesameway.Twogi r
lsheldt herope.
Wheni twasswi nging,anothergirlj
umpedi nandbegant om skip.
Allthegir
lssangaver se.Wheni twasf ini
shed, t
hegirlwhowas
skippi
ngdr oppedout ,anothergirltookherplace,andt heysang
theverseagai n.Ther eweredi ff
erentverses.Somewer efaster
thanothers.Thegi r
lswi t
ht heropehadt oswi ngiti
nt i
met ot he
versetheywer esinging.
Chooset
hebestendi
ng a,b orct
o compl
eteeach oft
he
18
sent
encesbel
ow.
1.
Thegir
lsi
ngr
ade3l
iked Aski
ppi
ng BschoolC
j
umping
2.Theydi
dit Aoneday Bal
lday C ever
y
day
3.Thegamewaspl
ayedwi
tha.
..
..
..
.. Abr
eak Br
ope
Cball
4.Thedi
ff
erentgameswer
eal
lpl
ayedont
hesame.
..
. Apl
ace
Bway Cr oom
5.Theropewashel
dby.
.. Aal
lthegi
rl
s Bonegi
rl C
twogir
ls
6.Anothergi
rlbegant
oskipwhent
her
oadwas.
.A on t
he
groundBswi ngingCstr
aight
7.Allthegi
rl
s..Asangaver
se Bhel
dther
ope Cski
pped
together
8.Af
teronegi
rldr
oppedout
,anot
hergi
rl At
ookt
her
ope B
j
umpedout Cbegantoski
p
9.Ever
yonesang At hesamever
seagai
n Bdi
ff
erentver
ses
Cot
herver
ses
10.Ever
yonesang Aasong Bhymns Cr
opes

19
16 Acal
endarshowst
wel
vemont
hs,
orayear
.Itbegi
nswi
th

thefirstmont h,Januar y,
andonl ywi t
hthelastmonth,December.
Ayeari snatural.I
t’
st hetimewhi cht heeart
htaketotravelonce
aroundt hesunori t
snear l
ythatt i
me.Ther ealtimewhi chthe
eartht akesisoneyearandaquar terofaday.Ever yfouryears
thequar t
erdaysar eaddedt ogetherandmakeawhol eday-t he
29th ofFebr uar yis added t ot he year.That ’
sal eap year
.
Calendar s,mont hsandweeksar en’tnatur
al.Theyweremadeby
men.Theyeari sdividedi nt
omont hs,weeksanddaysandt hey
areshownont hecalendar s.

Quest
ions
1.
Howmanymont
hsdoesacal
endarhave?
2.Whi
chi
sthef
ir
stmont
h?
3.Whi
chmont
hdoest
hecal
endarendwi
th?
4.I
sayearnat
ural
ormadebymen?
5.Whatdoest
heear
tht
ravelr
oundi
nayear
?
6.Howmanyt
imesdoesi
ttr
avelr
oundi
t?
7.Whati
sever
yfour
thyearcal
led?

20
8.Howi
sitdi
ff
erentf
rom t
heot
heryear
s?
9.Whati
stheyeardi
videdi
nto?
10.Whatar
etheyshownon?

16 Manynew housesi
ntownshaveki
tchens.Theyar
en’
t

l
itt
lehut sout side.Theyar epar
toft hehouse.Ever ykit
chenhas
asi nkwi t
hat apeabovei t
.Wat erisbr oughti nt
ot hehouse
throughapi pe,whi chendsatt het op.Somet i
mest herearetwo
taps,onef orhotwat erandonef orcoldwat er.I nolderpar
tsof
town,t herear en’ttapsi neveryhouse.I nsteadt hereisonetape
outsidei nt hest reet.Whent hewomeni nthest reetwantwater
,
theyt akeabucketorapott ofi
llitatthet ap.Thent heycarryi
t
home.Thi si sof tenaj obfort
hegirls.Everymor ningtheyhaveto
gof orwat erbef oret heygottoschool .

Quest
ions

21
1.
Wher
ear
etheki
tchensi
nmanynewhouses?
2.Whatdoesever
yki
tchenhave?
3.Wher
e’st
het
ap?
4.What
’st
het
apf
or?
5.Howi
swat
erbr
oughti
ntot
hehouse?
6.Whent
her
ear
etwot
aps,
whatar
etheyf
or?
7.Wher
ear
ethet
apsi
nol
derpar
tsofsomet
owns?
8.Howdot
hewomeni
neachst
reetgetwat
er?
9.Whoof
tenhast
obr
ingwat
erf
ort
hehouse?
10.Whendot
heyhavet
obr
ingi
t?

17 Zenzowant
edt
owr
it
eal
ett
ert
ohi
sfr
iend,Cephas.He

hadneverwr it
tenalet
terbef
oreandhedidnotknowwhatt odo.
Heknew t hathehadt owr i
tehi
sownaddr essandCephas’ s
address,oneont helet
terandtheotheront heenvel
ope.He
workedoutt hathisownaddressmustgoont helet
terbecause
Cephas’saddr esshadtogoont heenvel
ope.Hehadt owr i
te
22
“DearCephas”too.Wast hatonthelet
terorontheenvel
ope?
.
Cephas’
snamehadt ogoabovehisaddress,ornoonewould
know whatthel et
terwasf or
.Butithadt obehisful
lname,
CephasSakala.So“DearCephasmustgoatthebegi
nni
ngofthe
l
etter
.

Quest
ions
1.
Whatdi
dZenzowantt
owr
it
e?
2.Whodi
dhewantt
owr
it
eto?
3.Whydi
dZenzonotknowwhatt
odo?
4.Howmanyaddr
essdi
dhehavet
owr
it
e?
5.Wher
edi
dhi
sownaddr
essgo?
6.Wher
edi
dCephas’
saddr
esshavet
ogo?
7.Whathadt
ogoaboveCephas’
saddr
essont
heenvel
ope?
8.Whydi
dithavet
ogot
her
e?
9.WhatwasCephas’
sful
laddr
ess?
10.Wher
edi
dthewor
ds“
DearCephashavet
ogo?

23
18 Mr
sSi
thol
ehadt
wot
inswhi
chwer
ethesamei
nsi
ze

andshapeandi neveryot herway.Shekeptsal tinoneandsugar

i
nt heother
.Thiswasdanger ousbecauset hetwot i
nslookedthe
same,she somet i
mes used sal ti nstead ofsugar ,orsugar
i
nsteadofsalt.Oneday,shegott wol abels,shewr ot
eSALTon
oneandSUGARont heot her
.Shel i
kedt hebackoft helabelsand
stuckthem onthetins.Butsheputt hel abel
sf orSUGARupsi de
–down.Shedi dnotseei tatf i
rst
,thenshet oldherselfitdi
dn’
t
mat t
er.Theimportantt hingwast hatt hetwot i
nswer en’
tthe
samet heyweredif
f erent.

Quest
ions
1.
Whatwer
ethesamei
nsi
zeandshapei
never
yot
herway?
2.Whatdi
dMr
sSi
thol
ekeepi
nthem?
3.Whydi
dshesomet
imesusesal
tinst
eadofsugar
?
4.Whatel
sedi
dshesomet
imesdo?
5.Whatdi
dshegetoneday?
6.Whatdi
dshewr
it
eont
hem?
7.
Whatdi
dshedowi
tht
hem
8.Whatwaswr
ongwi
tht
hel
abelf
orSUGAR?
9.
Whatdi
dMr
sSi
thol
etel
lher
sel
f?

24
10.Whatwast
hei
mpor
tantt
hing?

19 MrChakamangawasaf
armer
.Heneededsomepl
anks

forthefl
oorofhisnewhouse,somepol esforanewfenceanda
newchai nforhi
splough.Hehadenoughmoneyt obuyonlyone
ofthem anddidn’
tknowwhatt odo?.Hehadt ohavethepl anks
tofini
shhishouse,
hehadt ohavethepolestokeepani
mal sina
new fiel
dandhehadt ohavet hechaintopullhisplough.He
thoughtaboutital
lthewayt ot own.Thenheboughtwhathe
neededmost .

Quest
ions
1.
WhowasChakamanga?
2.Whatdi
dheneedpl
anksf
or?
3.Whatdi
dheneedpol
esf
or?
4.Whatdi
dheneednewchai
nfor
?

25
5.Whycoul
dn’
thebuyal
loft
hem?
6.Whydi
dhehavet
ohavet
hepl
anks
7.Whydi
dhehavet
ohavepl
anks?
8.Whydi
dheneedt
hechai
n?
9.Whatdoyout
hinkMrChakamangabought
?
10.Whatdoyout
hinkwhatheneededmost
?

20 Rober
tChi
pandal
ikedmusi
c.Whenhewasonl
ythr
eeor

four,healwaysbegantodancewhenhehear dsomeonepl aying

drumsoragui tar
.Whenhewasf ourt
een,hegotanol dgui
tarof
hisown.Sl owlyhet aughthimselfto play.Hedi dn’thavea
teacherorevenabooktohelphim.Atfir
st,hecouldn’tevenplay
at une.Butheworkedandhel ear
ned.Afterayearhecoul dplay
verywel l
.Hewentonpr act
isi
ngeveryday.Af t
ertwoyear she

26
wasthebestpl
ayeri
nthedi
str
ict
.Everybodywant
edt
oli
stent
o
hi
m,anddanceandsingt
ohismusic.

Quest
ions
1.
Whatdi
dRober
tChi
pandal
ike?
2.
Whatdi
dhedowhenhewasonl
ythr
eeorf
our
?
3.Howol
dwashewhenhegothi
sfi
rstgui
tar
?
4.Wasi
tneworol
d?
5.Whatdi
dhet
eachhi
msel
ftodo?
6.Whatdi
dn’
thehavet
ohel
phi
m?
7.Whatcoul
dn’
thedoatf
ir
st?
8.Whatcoul
dhedoaf
terayear
?
9.Whatwasheaf
tert
woyear
s?
10.Whatdi
dever
ybodywantt
odo?

27
21 Have you everwat
ched t
wo dogs f
ight
ing?
.Di
ff
erent

onesf i
ghti
ndi f
fer
entways.Theyalltryt obit
e,butnotinthe
sameway.Onedogper hapsli
ketograbt heotherwit
hi t
sneck
andholdon.Theyt wi
standturnandr olloverandover,butt
he
fi
rstdogsti
llhol
dson.That
’showitf
ights.
Adi f
ferentdogper hapsl i
kestobi t
eagainandagai n,butnothold
on.Itusesi t
st eet
ht ocutlikeknives.Somedogsuset hei
rpaws.
Atthebegi nningoff i
ght,theystandupont heirbackl egsandhit
eachot herwi ththeirpawsbef oret heystarttobite.Somet imes
theydon’tbiteatall.Onedogknowsver yquicklythatitcan’twi
n.
Afterthefir
st,shortfightwithi
tspaws, itr
unsaway.

Quest
ions
1.
Whatdodogsdoi
ndi
ff
erentways.
2.Whatdot
heyal
ltr
ytodo?
3.Whatdoesonedogper
hapsl
iket
odo?
4.Whenonedoghasgr
abbedanot
her
,whatdoesi
ttr
ytodo?
5.Whatdoesadi
ff
erentdogper
hapsl
iket
odo?
6.Whenadogbi
tesagai
nandagai
n,whatdoesi
tnott
ryt
odo?
7.Whatdosomedogsuseatt
hebegi
nni
ngofaf
ight
?
8.Howdot
heyuset
hem?
9.I
nsomef
ight
s,whatdoesonedogknowver
yqui
ckl
y?

28
10.Whatdoesi
tdo?

22 OnedayThandi
we’
steacheratschoolgaveal
lthegi
rl
sin

theclasskni tti
ngneedl es andsomewoolandt aughtt hem to
kni
t.Ever yonelearnedveryqui cklyexceptTandi we.Shecoul dn’
t
doit.Shecoul dn’
tuseal ltheneedl esandherwoolkeptf all
ing
off
.Butshekeptt ryi
ng.Atlast,afteral ongt ime,shecoul dknit
wellandl ikeddoingi t
.Shekni tt
edal ong,st raightscar fforher
fat
her.Af terthatsheknitt
edagr eenhatf orherselfandayel low
onef orhermot her.Shekni t
tedsomet hingf orever yoneexcept
herbr other,Andrew.Hesai dhedi dn’twantanyt hing.Hedi dn’
t
l
ikekni t
tedclothes.

Quest
ions
1.
Whatdi
dTandi
we’
steachergi
veal
lthegi
rl
soneday?
2.Whatdi
dshet
eacht
hem t
odo?
3.Whowast
heonl
yonewhocoul
dn’
tdoi
t?
4.Whathappenedwhenshet
ri
ed?

29
5.Whatdi
dshekeepondoi
ng?
6.Whatcoul
dshedoatl
ast
?
7.Whatdi
dshekni
tforher
sel
f?
8.Whatcol
ourwast
hehatwhi
chshekni
tt
edf
orhermot
her
?
9.Whodi
dshekni
tnot
hingf
orher
?
10.Whydi
dn’
tshekni
tanyt
hingf
orhi
m?.

23 Rober
tenj
oyedl
ongj
our
neys.Hedi
dn’
tenj
oygoi
ngf
or

ki
lometerest othenextvi ll
age,orevenf i
ft
eenkilometrest othe
nearesttown.Whenhewentt ot hem hehadt owalk.Hedi dnot
enjoythat.Heenj oyedlongj ourneys,whenhehadt ost ayaway
fr
om homef orani ghtormor e.Hel i
kedopeninghissuitcaseand
packingsomecl ot
hesi nit.Hel i
kedgoingt othebusstat i
onand
getti
ngont hebus.Hel ikedlookingoutoft hebuswi ndowsand
seeingnewt hingsast heydr oveallday,andsomet i
mesal lnight
.
Hel i
kedgoingt onewpl acesf arawayf r
om home.
Quest
ions
30
1.
Robertenj
oyed Aal
ljour
neys Bshor
tjour
neys Cl
ong
j
ourneys
2.Thenextvi
ll
agewas.
..
..
..
Afourki
lometr
esaway Bf
our
teenki
lomet
resaway C
f
ort
ykilometr
esaway
3.Fi
ft
eenki
lomet
resawaywast
henear
est Abus
Btown Cvil
lage
4.WhenRober
twentt
othevi
ll
age,hehadt
o Agetonabus B
st
ayawayCwal k
5.Onal
ongj
our
neyhehadt
ost
ayawayf
rom Apeopl
e B
buses Chome
6.Helikedpacki
ngsomecl
othesi
nhi
s Abox B
sui
tcase Cpockets
7.Hegotonabus Ai
nthevi
ll
age Batt
hebusst
ati
on C
outsi
dehi
shouse
8.Heli
kedl
ooki
ngoutoft
hewi
ndowsof At
hebus Bt
hebus
st
ati
onChishome
9.Onalongj
our
neytheysomet
imesdr
oveawayf
or Aaweek
BanightCwarming
10.Rober
tli
kedpl
aceswhi
chwer
efarawayf
rom Ahome B
towns Cbuses

31
24 OnedayHar
esaw at
reewi
th al
otofmangoesoni
t.

Hecoul dn’tclimbithimsel f,sohewentt ohishousef orabi g

sack.Thenhecamebackandwai ted.Ababooncameal ong.“ Oh
Baboon,you’remyf ri
end,”Har esai d.“Youcan’tthrowthings.I
wantt ocatcht hi
ngst oo.Climbt histreeandgetsomeoft hese
mangoes.Thr ow t
hem downandI ’
llcat
chthem.ThenI ’l
lknow
how todoi t
”.Babooncl i
mbedupt hetreeandbegant ot hrow
downmangoes.Haver anthisandt hatway.Heputouthi sarms,
buthe di d notcat ch anyt hing.Thr ow me anotherone!He
shouted”.AtlastBaboongott ired.“Youcan’tcatchanyt
hing,”he
sai
d.He cl i
mbed down f rom t he t r
ee and wentaway.Har e
l
aughedt ohimselfandbegant oputmangoesi nhissack. “I
can’
tcat ch anything”,he sai d,“butI ’
ve gota sack fullof
mangoes” .

Quest
ions
1.
Wher
ewer
ethemangoeswhi
chHar
esaw?
2.Whycoul
dn’
tHar
egett
hemangoeshi
msel
f?
3.Whatdi
dHar
ebr
ingf
rom hi
shouse?
4.Whocl
imbedt
het
reef
ort
hemangoes?
5.Whydi
dn’
tHar
ecat
chanymangoes?

32
25 Amoscuthi
sfootonabot
tl
e-t
op.Hest
oodoni
tand

theedgecuti
njustbehi
ndhisbi
gtoe.Hismotherbandagedhi
m
buti
twasabadcutsoshet ookhi
mt othedoct
or.
Thedoctorsaidalongt abl
ewi t
habl anketandapill
ow onit
.
Amossatont hetabl
eandt hedoctortookoffthebandageand
l
ookedathisfoot
.Heclearedthecutandputonanewbandage.
“Wewon’
tkeepyouher
e,”hesai
dtoAmos.“Youwil
lbeal
lri
ght
.
Youcangohomenow,butbecar
eful
wit
hyourfoot
.

Chooset
her
ightendi
ngA,
BandCf
oreachsent
ence.
1.
Amoscuthi
sfootona Abot
tl
e Bpi
eceofgl
ass C
bot
tl
etop
2.Thecutwasj
ustbehi
ndhi
s Af
oot B ankl
e C

33
bi
gtr
ee
3.Hi
smotherputabandageon At
hecut B hi
stoe
Cthebott
letop
4.Het
ookAmost
othe At
eacherBdoct
orCt
ail
or
5.Thedoct
orhadabl
anketandpi
ll
owonahi
gh A bed
Btabl
e Cdesk
6.Thedoct
ort
ookof
fAmos’
s..
..
. Abandage B cl
othes C
bl
anket
7.HelookedatAmos’
s.
.A bot
tl
etop Bf
oot C
bandage
8.Heputonanewbandageaf
terhe.
. Acl
eanedi
t Bcutt
he
footCcl
eanedt
hecut
9.Hesai
dthatAmoscoul
d.. Acl
eanhi
sfoot Bst
ayon
thet
abl
e
10.Het
oldAmostbecar
efulwi
th Ahi
sfoot
Bbot
tl
esChi
s
bl
anket

26 I
nFanaivi
ll
age,youngboysl
ookedaf
tert
heani
mal
s.

Ther
ewerecatt
leandgoatsandsheep, andtheyhadcalvesand
ki
dsandlambs.Someti
mest heyhadalot,sometimestheydidn’
t
havever
ymuch.Theboyshadt olookafterthem.Somet i
mes
whenalamborki dwasver yyoung,theboyscar r
iedit
.They
coul
ddot hatbecauselambsandki dswer en’tver
ybig.They

34
coul
dn’
tdoitwit
hcalves.Whenacalfwentawaybyitsel
f,t
hey
hadtogorunni
ngafteri
tandbri
ngitback.Theyhadt
okeepall
theani
mal
stogether
.Thatwast
heirj
ob.

Quest
ions
1.
Whol
ookedaf
terani
mal
sinf
anai
’
svi
ll
age?
2.Whatani
mal
sdi
dtheyhave?
3.Whatyoungani
mal
sdi
dtheyhave?
4.Whatani
mal
sdi
dtheboyssomet
imescar
ry?
5.Whycoul
dtheycar
ryt
hem?
6.Whi
chani
mal
scoul
dn’
ttheycar
ry?
7.Whycoul
dn’
ttheycar
ryt
hem?
8.Whatdi
dacal
fsomet
imesdo?
9.Whatdi
dtheboyssomet
imeshavet
odo?
10.Whatwast
heboysj
ob?

27 MrKandukahadasoncal
ledChi
po.Onedayhet
ookhi
m

tostaywit
huncl
eJames,whowasMrkanduka’sbrother
.Whata
bighousehehad!
.Heworkedinafact
oryandgotalotofmoney.
MrKandukawantedChi
pot oworkinafact
oryt
oo,l
ikehisuncle.
“Whatl otofmoneyyouwi l
lget”
,hesaidtoChi
po.ButChi po

35
di
dn’
twantt
owor
kinaf
act
ory.Hewant
edt
odr
iveal
orr
yort
axi
.
“
Lethi
m doit
,”hi
suncl
eJamessai
d.“
He’
l
lbehappi
ert
her
ethan
i
nfact
ory”
.

Quest
ions
1.
WhowasChi
po’
sfat
her
?
2.WhatwasChi
po’
suncl
e’
sname?
3.Whatki
ndofhousedi
dChi
po’
suncl
ehave?
4.Wher
edi
dChi
po’
suncl
ewor
k?
5.Whatdi
dhegetf
ori
t?
6.Whatdi
dChi
po’
sfat
herwantChi
pot
odo?
7.Whydi
dn’
thewantt
odot
hat
?
8.Whatdi
duncl
eJamessay?
9.Whatdi
dChi
powantt
odo?
10.Whydi
dhesayt
hat
?

28 MrMavambewasat
obaccof
armer
.Hel
ivedi
nthe

count
ry.Hi
swifehadasi st
eri
nBulawayo.Shewentt oseeher.
Whenshecameback,MrMavambewentt omeether .Thebus
stopwasnearabridgeoverar
iver
.Ther
ewer ef
ieldsoftobacco
onbothsidesoftheroad.Whenthebuscame,i tstopped,and
36
MrsMavambegetout .Shel
ookedr
ound.Shecouldnotseeher
husband.Thenhecameoutoft
hefi
eldsoft
obacco.
“
Ohyesyouar ehere”.
,hesaid.Ididn’thearthebus.Iwas
l
ooki
ngatt
hist
obacco.I
t’
sgood,butmine’
sbett
er’
.

Quest
ions
1.
WhatwasMrMavambe?
2.Wher
edi
dMrMavambel
ive?
3.Whydi
dhi
swi
fegot
oBul
awayo?
4.Wher
ewast
hebusst
op?
5.Whatwast
her
eonbot
hsi
desoft
her
oad?
6.Whogotoutoft
hebus?
7.Wher
ewasMrMavambe?
8.Whydi
dn’
tMrMavambecameoutwhent
hebuscame?
9.WhatwasMrMavambel
ooki
ngati
nthef
iel
d?
10.Whatdi
dMrMavambesayaboutt
het
obacco?

29 MrMugochihadacar
tandt
wodonkeys.Hewas

alwaysbusy.Someonealwayswantedhimt ocarrysomethi
ng
from t
hestove,orf
rom t
hefi
elds.Heandhiscartdidnotmove
fast
,buttheycouldgoanywherearound,onroadsoroverthe
37
ground.Whenhewasonar oad,
healwayskeptt
ot helef
t,buton
opengr oundhecoul dgowhereheliked.Whenhi scartwas
empty,hesati ni t
.When i
twasf ull
,hewal ked besi
det he
donkeys.Ever
yoneknew MrMugochiandhiscart.Theyalways
wavedwhent heysawhim.

Quest
ions
1.
Howmanydonkeysdi
dMrMugochihave?
2.Whatdi
dheuset
hem f
or?
3.Whatdi
dpeopl
ewanthi
mtodo?
4.
Whatcoul
dMrMugochiandhi
scar
tnotdo?
5.Whatcoul
dtheydover
ywel
l?
6.Whatdi
dMrMugochial
waysdowhenhewasont
her
oad?
7.Whydi
dn’
thehavet
odot
hisonopengr
ound?
8.Whatdi
dMrMugochidowhent
hecar
twasempt
y?
9.Whatdi
dMrMugochidowhent
hecar
twasf
ull
?
10.Whatdi
dever
yonedowhenhesawMrMugochi
?

30 Rudowascar
ryi
ngsomebooksonherheadandan

opent i
nofmi l
kontopofthebooks.I
twasdangerous,butshe
thoughtitwassaf
e.Shecoul
dcarryanyt
hing.Shewal
kedalong

38
thepathtohervi l
lage.Twoboysinthevi
ll
agewer echasingeach
other.Theydi dn’tseeRudoandshedi dn’tseethem.Whenshe
reachedthef irsthouse,oneoftheboyscamer oundthecorner
andr anstraighti ntoher.Sheputupherhandandcaughtt he
books,butthet i
nofmi lkwasknockedtotheground.Therewas
milkeverywher e.Rudobegant ocr
y.Theboystartedtorunaway,
butshepul l
edhi m back.“Whataboutmymi l
k?”shesaid.

Quest
ions
1.
HowwasRudocar
ryi
ngt
hebooks?
2.Wher
ewast
het
inofmi
lk?
3.Whydi
dRudot
hinki
twassaf
e?
4.Wher
ewasshewal
kingt
o?
5.Whower
echasi
ngeachot
her
?
6.Whatdi
doneoft
hem dot
oRudo?
7.Whatdi
dshecat
ch?
8.Whathappenedt
othemi
lk?
9.Whatdi
dRudobegi
ntodo?
10.Whatdi
dshesayt
otheboy?

31 John Munyaka l
ived i
n Bul
awayo.Ther
eis a busy

39
crosswordsbet weenhi shouseandhi sschool .Hehascr ossed
theroadt hereever ymor ni
ngf orthreeyear s.Whenhest art
ed,
thereweren’tanyt raff
icl i
ght s,butt herear enew.Johnuses
them.Whent hetraff
icinf rontofhi mi sred, hedoesn’
tcross.He
waitsuntilthelighthaschanged t ogr eenandt hetraf
ficha
stopped.Thenhegoesacr oss.It’
ssaf et ocrossther oadnow,
butitwasdanger ousbef oret hetraff
iclights.Hehadt owaitand
runacrossbet weent hecar s.Nowt hecar sstopandt hedr i
vers
waitfort
hel i
ghtst ochange.

Quest
ions
1.Wher
edoesJohnManyakel
ive?
2.Whati
sther
ebet
weenhi
shouseandhi
sschool
?
3.Forhowmanyyear
shasJohngonet
othatschool
?
4.Whatar
ether
eatt
hecr
ossr
oadsnow?
5.Whendoesn’
tJohncr
osst
her
oad?
6.Whatdoest
het
raf
fi
cdonewhenhecr
osses?
7.I
sitsaf
etocr
osst
her
oadnow,
ordanger
ous?
8.How di
dJohnhavet
ocr
osst
her
oadbef
oret
het
raf
fi
cli
ght
s
weret
here?
9.I
nwhatwayar
ethecar
sdi
ff
erentnowwhenhecr
osses?
10.Whatdot
hedr
iver
swai
tfor
?

40
32 Mr
sSedzawant
edt
omakeapai
rofcur
tai
nsand

bed–cover .Becauset heywer eofthesamer oom,theyhadto

match.Butsheonl yhadf i
vemetresofmat er
ialandsheneeded
sixmetres.Shedi dn’tknowwhatt odo.Thenshef oundanot
her
smallerpieceofmat erialinadiffer
entcolour.Shemadebot h
curt
ainsandt hebed- covershort
,andsewedonawi dehem of
theothermat eri
al.Itwor ked.Shehadhercur tai
nsandherbed-
coverandever yt
hingmat ched.

Quest
ions

1.
Whatdi
dMr
sSedzawantt
omake?
2.Whatdi
dtheyhavet
omat
ch?
3.Howmuchmat
eri
aldi
dMr
sSedzahaveatf
ir
st?
4.Howmuchmat
eri
aldi
dsheneed?
5.Whatdi
dshef
ind?
6.Howwasi
tdi
ff
erentf
rom t
hef
ir
stpi
ece?
7.Whatdi
dMr
sSedzamakeshor
t?
8.Whydi
dshesewonahem oft
heot
hermat
eri
al?
9.How manydi f
fer
entpi
eces ofmat
eri
alwer
ether
eint
he
fi
nishedbed-
cover
?
10.I
nwhatwaysdi
dthecur
tai
nsandbed-covermat
ch?
41
A CHI
KOMOVESTONAI
RA

42
WhenChi ko fi
rstarr
ivedi
nNai raitlookedverystr
angetohim.
Hecoul dnotseewhowasat hieforar obberandwhowasnot .
InNdolawher ehel i
ved,ever
yt hi
efwasknownbuther eeven
peoplewhol i
vedundert hesamer oofwer est
rangerstoone
another.Chi
kowast oldbyhisuncle’sservantt
hatsometimesa
mandi edinonr oom andhisneighbouri nthenextroom woul
d
beplayinghi
sradio.Itwassurpri
sing.
Butasmont hspassed,
Chikobegantofeelathomei nNair
a.He
madef r
iendsatschoolandbecamever ypopularamongt hem.
Hisbestf r
iendwasSamuel . Theywereaboutt hesameage.
Samuelwasver ygoodatf ootbal
l. Hecoulddribbl
epastany
opponent. Wheneverhe played hi
s suppor
ters cl
apped and
cheer
edorshoutedhisname.

A.QUESTI
ONS
1.Whydi
dChi
kof
indNai
rast
range?
2.Wher
edi
dChi
kol
ivebef
orehecamet
oNai
ra?
3.Whotol
dChikothat“
somet
imesamandiedinoneroom and
hi
snei
ghbori
nthenextr
oom woul
dbepl
ayi
ngaradi
o?
4.Wher
edi
dChi
komakef
ri
ends?
5.WhobecameChi
ko’
sfr
iend?
6.Whowasoft
hesameagewi
thChi
ko?
7.Samuelwasgood(
in,
for
,at
)foot
bal
l?
8.Thegoodf
oot
bal
ldr
ibbl
ed(
at,
on,
past
)hi
sopponent

B.
1.Chi
kowasa_
___
___
___
___(
thi
ef,
ser
vant
,school
boy)
43
2.Theword_ __
___
___tel
lsusthatChikowaswel
lli
kedbyhi
s
fr
iends(
at,
home,best,
popul
ar,dr
ibbl
e)
3.Whi
chstat
ementi
str
ue? A.Af
terawhi
leChi
kogotusedt
o
t
hearea
B.Chikoneverl
ikedNai
ra C. Chi
ko’
s nei
gbourpl
ayed t
he
radi
o.
4.Thewords,“
undert
hesamer
oof
”mean_
___
___
_ A. f
rom
thesamefamil
y
B.f
rom t
hesamet
own C.f
rom t
hesamer
oom D. f
rom
t
hesamehouse
5.Thewords,
“fel
lathome”mean_
___
___
___
_ A. t
otookat
somet
hing
B.t
otor
chsomet
hingC.t
obehappyatapl
ace
6.Thewor
ds,
“asmonthspassed”mean_
___
___
___
_ A. as
ti
mecametoanend
B.af
teracer
tai
nwhi
le C.i
twasi
nJanuar
y
C.VOCABULARY
WORD MEANI
NG

1.st
range mostcommonorf
amous

2.r
obber someone you have never
seenbef
ore

3.st
ranger
s t
hief

4.sur
pri
sing somet
hingneworqueer

5.opponent amazi
ng

44
6.popul
ar someone who i
s agai
nst
you

B TheZi
mbabweBees

Haveyoubeenchasedbyswar m ofbees? Iknow ithappens

quit
eofteninZimbabwebecauseourbeesar eamongthemost
angryintheworld.Perhapst
hatisbecausetheyhavesomany
enemies,mice,r
atesandofcourseman.Theyat t
ackbecause
theywanttoprot
ectthefoodt
heyhavetakensolongtomake.
Theydi dn’tl
ikethingswit
hstrongsmel l
sli
keonions,garl
ic,f
ish,
cheeseandal cohol,soatt
ackt hem.Abeewi l
lneverstingf or
nothingbecauset ostingi
stokilli
tsel
fandnotevenabee, woul d
chooset odot hat. Eventhought heyaredangerousweneed
bees.Weneedt hem topoll
inatethefl
owersofourcr opsand
fr
uitstrees.
1.Quest
ions
a)Fr
om t
hepassage,
whi
char
etheenemi
esofbees?
b)Whichfoodisbei
ngref
err
edtoas“
--
--t
opr
otectt
hef
oodt
hey
havetakensol
ongtomake?”
c)Whi
cht
hingsaccor
dingt
othepassagehavest
rongsmel
l?
d)Whydopeopl
eneedbees?
e)Whydobeesnotl
ikest
ing?
f
)Whi
chpr
oductofmi
lki
sgi
veni
nthepassage?
2.Vocabul
ary
Wor
d Meani
ng
45
a)chased agr
oupofbees

b)smar
m r
unaft
ersomet
hingi
nor
der
t
ocat
chit

c)pol
li
nat
e scent

d)smel
l to fer
ti
li
ze a pl
ant wi
th
pol
len

e)at
tack dr
ink that make peopl
e
dr
unk,
beer

f
)al
cohol char
geat
,tr
ytohur
t

g)pr
otect keep saf
efr
om har
m or
i
njur
y

3.Opposi
tes
Pi
ckawor
dfr
om t
hepassagewhi
chi
sopposi
teoft
his
a)Fr
iends
b)Shor
t
c)Weak
d)Ver
yfew
e)Har
mless
4.Compl
etewi
tht
hecor
rectwor
d
a)Thebeesar
e(qui
et,
qui
te)hel
pful
46
b)(And,For,Alt
hough,But
)peopl
e hat
e bees t
hey hel
pto
poll
inat
eourcr
opsandtr
ees
c)Thebeesmadet
hehoney(
it
sel
f,t
hemsel
ves,
our
sel
ves)
d)Ourbeesar
e(bet
ween,
among)t
hemostangr
yint
hewor
ld
e)“
--
--
--so t
hey at
tack t
hem”
. The pr
onoun t
hem r
efer
sto
_
_____
___
f
)“Weneedt hem t
opoll
inat
ethef
lower
s__
___
_”Thepr
onoun
t
hem r
efer
sto___
___
___
_ _

C I
ndi
anEl
ephant
s

InI ndi
a el
ephants are oft
en caughtand tamed. When an
elephanti
scaughtinapi t-
adeephol edugi
ntheground.Str
ong
ropesaretiedrounditsneckandl egs.Iti
sthentakenoutand
l
edawaybyt amedelephanttoal ar
geencl
osureorkraalmade
ofheavyt r
eest r
unks. Inthiskraalthemanhaveal r
eadylef
t
somesugar caneandbushesofbananas
Ther eiswaterinawoodent roughjustoutsi
dethekraal.The
elephantcanputitstr
unkt hroughthesideofthekraalsuckup
thewat erandsquir
titint
ot hemout hinthewayt hatitusual
ly
drinks.Ift
hetroughswerei nsidet
hekraal,t
heel
ephant swoul
d
kickitover
.
Thenayoungmani ssentt omakef ri
endswiththeelephant
.
From t
heoutsi
deofthekraal,
hefeelsit
,tal
kstoit
,bri
ngsitwat
er
todri
nkandstrokesi
t. Heneverleavestheanimal,
andatlasti
t
becomestamedenoughf orhi
mtoent erthekr
aal.

47
Quest
ions
1.Wher
ear
eel
ephant
scaughtandt
amed?
2.Whati
sapi
t?
3.Howar
etheel
ephant
scaught
?
4.Howdot
heymakeakr
aal
fort
hewi
ldel
ephant
s?
5.Whatdot
heyl
eavet
roughout
sidet
hekr
aal
?
6.Whyi
sthewat
ert
roughout
sidet
hekr
aal
?
7.Howdoesanel
ephantdr
inkwat
er?
8.Howdoesayoungmani
nIndi
amakef
ri
endswi
thanel
ephant
?
9.Whatdot
heunder
li
nedwor
dsmeanasusedi
nthepassage?

D TheCat
’sUsef
ulSki
ll

Wear eal
waysl earningsomet hingnewf r
om theanimal sar ound
us. Ever ybodyknowst hatifyout ossacati nt heai r,itwi l
l
always land on i tsf eet
. Buti twas notunt ilr ecentlyt hat
scienti
stsf oundouthow i tdoest his. Theydiscover edf rom
wat chi
ngasl ow-mot ionf i
lmt hatacathol dsit
st ailrigidlikea
rudderitturnst het ailunti
litispoint i
ngtheri
ghtway,andt hen
turnsisaper fectlandingever ytime.
Thisdi scover
yhashelpedt heast
ronautstosolveoneoft hei
r
biggestpr obl
ems,how t o move ar
ound int he weightsless
conditi
onsofspace.Al t
houghtheydonothavet ail
s,theyare
nowabl etogetabouteasi
lybyusingthei
rlegsasr udders.For
thistheyhavetothankthecat,
whoknewt heansweral lal
ong.

Quest
ions
48
1.Howdoesacatl
andwhenyout
ossi
tint
heai
r?
2.Howf
oundhowacathands?
3.Howdi
dsci
ent
ist
sfi
ndouthowacathands?
4.Howdoesacatusei
tst
ailt
oland?
5.Whatusedt
obeoneofanast
ronaut
’sbi
ggestpr
obl
em?
6.Whendi
dthesci
ent
ist
sfi
ndouthowacatl
ands?
7.Whatdoast
ronaut
susei
nst
eadofat
ailt
omoveabouti
n
space?
8.Whi
chwaydoesacatpoi
nti
tst
ailwhenyout
ossi
tint
heai
r?

E TheDayIEscapedDeat
h

Forsomeuncountabl
ereasontherhi
noceroswasf ur
ious.We
moved backint
ot hebush,butenraged beastgavea shor
t,
l
oweredit
sheadandcharged.
AsIturnedroundtofir
e,Icaughtmyheelinasmal lbushandfel
l
fl
atonmyback.Si t
ti
ngup, Ifi
redr
ightint
hef aceoftheani
mal,
butagainluckwasagai nstme.Iaf t
erwardsfoundoutthatthe
bull
ethadstruckthebeast’
sthickf
ronthorn,doingnoharm and
hardl
ycheckingit
scharge
Getti
ngi t
shor nwellunderme,i tthrew mef ul
lytwomet res
aboveitshead.Ilandedbackont hegroundwi t
hat humbwhi ch
knockedal lt
hewi ndoutofme. Thenextt hi
ngIknew Iwas
hangingont othatfronthor
nf ordearli
fe,whiletherhinowas
tr
yingtoshakemeof f.Bythisti
memyf riendhadar r
ived.He
shotther hi
nothroughthehead,andt hatendedi t
smur derous
att
ack.
49
Quest
ions
1.Whatdi
dther
hinodobef
orei
tchar
ged?
2.Whatcausedt
hehunt
ert
ofal
l
?
3.Wher
edi
dheai
m hi
sshot
?
4.Wher
edi
dthebul
letst
ri
ket
her
hino?
5.Whatdi
dther
hinodot
othehunt
er?
6.Howdidt
hehuntert
ryt
ost
opt
her
hinof
rom t
hrowi
nghi
m up
i
ntot
heai
ragai
n?
7.WhosavedMr
.Smi
th’
sli
fe?
8.Howwast
her
hinoki
ll
ed?

F Gypsy–TheDog

Letmei ntr
oducemysel f.Iam asmal lsmoot hhair
edf ox-
terrier
,
fi
veyear sol d,and mynamei sGypsy. Bei ng adog,Iwas
broughtuptobel i
evethateverydogwasj ustadog.Butoneday
somet hi
nghappenedwhi chchangedt hisi dea.Wewer ewal ki
ng
downt hestreetwhenamansai d,“Doyouwantt osellthatdog? ”
“Whichdog?Askedmymast er,pret
endi ngt obe ver ypuzzl ed.
“Thatdog”sai dt
heman, point
ingatme.“ That’snotadog.I t’
sa
pet”,
saidmymast er
.“Onemast erdoesnotsel lapal,
notf orany
money.
Youshouldhaveseenthatfel
low’
sf ace.Hewentoffi
nsucha
huf
fthatIlaughedunt
ilInear
lyburstmyribs.If
eltsopl
eased
50
whenIwascall
edapalthatIpushedhomeandnear l
ykil
ledt
he
cat
.Iti
sahorri
blecr
eat
urecall
edTinkerandIdon’
thal
fchaseit
whennobodyi
slooki
ng.

Quest
ions
1.Whoorwhati
stel
li
ngt
hisl
it
tl
est
ory?
2.Wher
edi
dthemanmeett
hedog’
smast
er?
3.Whatdi
dthemanwantt
odo?
4.Whydi
dtheownerr
efuset
osel
lhi
sdog?
5.Whydi
dthedogbur
stoutl
aughi
ng?
6.Accor
dingt
othepassage,
whati
sbei
ngr
efer
redt
oasapal
?
7.Whatwast
henameoft
hedog?
8.Whatwast
henameoft
hecat
?
9.Whatdot heaboveunder
li
nedwor
dsmeanasusedi
nthe
passage?

G TheCr
ocodi
leAt
tack

One day three black gir

ls wer
er et
urning tot heirvi
ll
age i
n
Zulul
and. Ast heywer ecrossi
ngashal low ri
ver,oneofthem
call
edNomsasuddenl yscreamedwi t
hpai nandcal ledf
orhelp.
Whent heotherssaw t hatshehadbeensei zedbyacr ocodil
e,
theyfl
ed,l
eavingtheircompaniontoherfate.
Nomsarefusedt
ogi
veuphopeandbegantost
ruggl
eashardas
shecoul
d.Shegotholdofthemonster
’sj
awswi t
hherhands

51
andtri
edtoforcethem apart
.Thecr
ocodi
let
hencaughthol
dof
herhand,
breakingthebones.
Swift
lybendi
ngdown, Nomsasankhert eethintoanimal’ssnout.
Shebitsohardandsodeeplythatshet oreoutamout hfulofit
s
fl
esh.Thecr ocodi
leimmedi
atel
yl etgoanddi sappearedunder
the water
. Somehow Nomsa dr agged herselfhome. Her
woundswer eatt
endedto,
andlatersher ecoveredcompl et
ely.

Quest
ions
1.Wher
ewer
ethet
hreegi
rl
sgoi
ng?
2.Whydi
dNomsasuddenl
yscr
eam wi
thpai
n?
3.Whatdi
dNomsa’
sfr
iendsdowhent
heysawt
hecr
ocodi
le?
4.Whatdid Nomsa do f
ir
sti
ntr
ying t
o getaway f
rom t
he
cr
ocodi
le?
5.Whatdi
dthecr
ocodi
ledot
oNomsa’
shand?
6.Whatdi
dNomsadot
othecr
ocodi
le’
ssnout
?
7.Whatdi
dthecr
ocodi
ledoaf
teri
thadbeenbi
tt
en?
8.Whathappenedt
oNomsaaf
tershehadl
eftt
her
iver
?
9.Whatdot heaboveunder
li
nedwor
dsmeanasusedi
nthe
passage?

H TheBushmen

Bushmen,a vani
shing r
ace magni
fi
centt
rackers and ski
lf
ul
hunter
s,ar
etodayfoundmainl
yinpart
sofNami bi
aandNor th-

52
wester
nBot swana. ElsewhereinSouther
nAf ri
ca,wheret hey
haveli
vedforthepast15000year s,ot
herracesmovinginfrom
thenor
thandt hesout
h, haveal
mostcompletel
ywipedthem out.
Today,manyBushmenhaveset tl
edinf ar
ms,butmostoft hem
arestil
lhuntersint heKal
ahar idesert.Af t
erkil
li
nganani mal ,
theyhaveaf eastandgorget hemsel vesuntilt
hereisnomeat
l
eft. Theyar enotwor ri
edwhent heycannotf indanimalst o
shoot,fort
heycangowi thoutf oodf oralongt ime. Atsuch
ti
mest heyl
iveonl ocust
,wil
dpl antsandf r
uit
s,bi
rds,root
s,bulbs,
eggsandhoney.
Animal
sar ehuntedi ntwodifferentways. Largeanimalslike
el
ephantsandhi ppopotamus,arecaughtbydi ggingdeeppi ts
i
ntowhichtheyfall
.Forsmal l
eranimalstheyusetheirbowsand
arr
ows.Forar rowst heyuser eedswitharrow headsmadeof
boneorstone.Ast heset i
psar ecover
edwi thadeadlypoison,
onl
yasmal lwoundmeansdeat h.

Quest
ions
1.Wher
ecanBushmenst
il
lbef
oundt
oday?
2.Whyar eBushmennotwor
ri
edwhent
heycannotf
indani
mal
s
shootorki
ll
?
3.Howl
ongdoesaBushmenf
eastl
ast
?
4.Whyar
ether
esof
ewBushmenl
efti
nSout
her
nAf
ri
ca?
5.Howdot
heyhuntl
argeani
mal
s?
6.Howl
onghaveBushmenbeenl
ivi
ngi
nsout
her
nAf
ri
ca?
7.Whydoesonl
yasmal
lwoul
dfr
om aBushmenar
row mean
deat
h?
8.HowdoBushmenhuntsmal
lerani
mal
s?
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9.Whatdot heaboveunder
li
nedwor
dsmeanasusedi
nthe
passage?

I TheDayIShotaLeopar
d

Itwasbi
tterl
ycoldinthetreewhereIhadbeensit
ti
ngforatl
east
twohours. Thensuddenl yIheardtheleopardfeedi
ngont he
buckfarbelow.Ir aisedtheri
fl
etomyshoul dersandwiththe
thumbofmyl ef
thand,Iswi t
chedonmyhunt i
nglamb.Ther e,
faci
ngmel aytheleopardupatme.
Itookcar ef
ulaim andfi
red. Thebul l
etknockeditover
,butit
gaveadeepgr owlandchar gedtowardsme.Ihear dtheanimal
cl
imbingupt hetreeandwai t
edf ori
ttoit
sel
f.Amomentl at
erI
sawthel eopar
d’sheadont helevelwit
htheplatf
orm onwhichI
wassitt
ing.
Therewasnotimetot akeaim. Pushi
ngrifl
etowit
hinafew
centi
metr
esoft
hebigcat ’
sea,gr
ound.Ilookeddownandsaw
thati
twasst
onedead.

Quest
ions
1.Howl
ongdi
dthewr
it
erwai
tfort
hel
eopar
dtocome?
2.Howdi
dheknowt
hatt
hel
eopar
dhadcome?
3.Howdi
dheswi
tchedonhi
shunt
ingl
amp?
4.Whatdi
dthewoundedl
eopar
ddo?
5.Whatdi
dthef
ir
stbul
letdot
othel
eopar
d?
6.Whendi
dthewr
it
erf
ir
ethesecondshot
?

54
7.Whatdi
dthewr
it
erseewhenheswi
tchedonhi
shunt
ingl
amp?
8.Howdi
dthewr
it
erki
llt
hel
eopar
datl
ast
?
9.Whatdot heaboveunder
li
nedwor
dsmeanasusedi
nthe
passage?

J TheMi
ssi
ngBul
l

Jamukokol oweredhisheadtodrinksomewat er
.Thehoovesof
hi
sf or
elegswer eacoupl eofcentimetr
esfrom t
heedgeofthe
well
.Theear thcrackedashisbighoovesdugintothel
oosesoi
l.
Thebullsli
ppedi nbef or
ehehadgul peddownasi pofwater
.
Thewaterlevelroseupandleftonlyhisbackandrai
sedhi
shead
dry.Thenhebeganhi shopelessstruggl
etogetout.Itwasan
i
mpossibletask.
Meanwhi l
e,thesear chfort hebullhadstart
edt heprevi
ousday.
Manyi deasbr oughtup.Somet houghthehadgonedownt he
ri
verandcr ossedtoot hersideofit.Othersthoughthehadbeen
stolen.Semesaihadsear chedeverywherehecoul dthi
nkof.His
fatherhadaskedal mostever yonehehadmet ,i
ncludi
ngtheherd
boys, i
ftheyhadseenJamukoko, buttonoavai l
.

1.Vocabul
ary
a)l
oose f
ell
b)cr
acked nott
ight
c)sl
ipped havi
ngnohope
d)hopel
ess f
ight

55
e)st
ruggl
e di
ff
icul
t
f
)impossi
ble dut
yorwor
k
g)t
ask br
oke

2.Mat
ch
a)Jamukoko wasSemesai
’
sfat
her
.
b)Theher
dboys f
ell
int
othedeepwel
l.
c)Semesai di
dnotseeJamukoko.
d)Semesai
’sfat
her waswor
ri
edabout
Jamukoko.
e)Mr
.Gar
ai coul
dnotf
indt
hebul
l.

3.I
sthi
str
ue/
fal
se
a)Jamukokowasabul
l.
b)Thebul
lfel
lint
oadeepwel
laf
teri
thaddr
unksomewat
er.
c)Jamukokofel
lint
othewel
lbecauset
hesoi
lar
oundt
hewel
l
wasloose.
d)NobodysawJamukokot
ocameoutoft
hewel
l.
e)Jamukokohadbeenst
olenbyt
heher
dboys.

4.Compl
ete
a)__
____ Jamukokocoul
dnotdr
inksomewat
er,hef
elli
ntot
he
well

56
b)Once i
nsi
de t
he wel
l Jamukoko i
mmedi
atel
y began t
o
__
___
___
___
c)Thel
evelofthewat
ercover
edal
lofJamukokoexcept_
___
___
_
and_
_______
_
d)Thesear
chf
ort
hebul
lhadst
art
ed_
___
___
___
_bef
ore

5.
a)WhowasJamukoko?
b)Wher
ewasJamukokowhenSemesaiwassear
chi
ngf
orhi
m?
c)Whatdi
dpeopl
ethi
nkhadhappenedt
oJamukoko?
d)Whi
chwor
dsuggestt
hatJamukokof
ail
edt
ogetoutoft
he
wel
l?
e)Whichwordi
nthepassaget
ellust
hatSemesaiandhi
sfat
her
di
dnotfi
ndthebul
l?

K Mr
.Jones–t
hest
rangenei
ghbour

Mr .Jones,ournei ghbour ,oftendoesqueert hingsthatot her

peoplewoul dneverevent hinkof.Oncehecaughtal i
oncuband
tamedi t,
keepingitasapetf orhischildren.Theyoungl i
onused
totraveleverywherewithhimi nhi scar,andonedayheal sotook
i
tonat r
ainjourney.Atasi dinganol dmanboar dedthet r
ai n.
Hecamei ntothecompar t
menti nwhi chMr .Joneswast ravel
ling
andsatdown.Thensuddenl ythel i
onemer gedfrom undert he
seatwher ei thadbeenhi ding.Theol dmangaveoneyel land
rushedouti ntothepassage, shouting,“Lion!Lion!Saveme!
Mr.Jonesranafterhi
m andcaughtupwit
hhimint
hecarr
iage
j
ustbehindtheengi
ne.Itt
ookhim qui
teal
ongt
imet
oexpl
ainto
57
theterri
fi
ed ol
d man t
hatt
hecub wasonl
yapetand qui
te
harmless.

Quest
ions
1.Whodoesmanyst
ranget
hings?
2.Whatdi
dMr
.Jonesdowi
tht
hecubaf
terhehadcaughti
t?
3.Howdi
dhet
aket
heyoungl
ionwi
thhi
m?
4.Wher
edi
dol
dmanboar
dthet
rai
n?
5.Wher
ehadt
hel
ionbeenhi
ding?
6.Whatdi
dtheol
dmandowhenhesawt
hel
ion?
7.Wher
edi
dMr
.Jonescat
chupwi
tht
heol
dman?
8.Whatt
ookMr
.Jonesal
ongt
imet
oexpl
ain?
9.Whatdot
hef
oll
owi
ngwor
dsmeanasusedi
nthepassage?
a)queer b)t
amed
c)pet d)si
ding
e)emer
ged g)t
err
if
ied
f
)rushed h)yel
l

L TheCi
tyofKano

Lastweekwer ecei
vedani nt
erest
inglett
erfr
om mybachel or
uncle.Hewr otet
ot el
lusallabouthisvisi
ttothewal ledci
tyof
Kanoi nNigeri
a. Kanoi samar ketforthepeoplelivinginthe
desertnear
by.Thef i
rstthi
ngyouseewhenyouent ertheci
ty
arehugepilesofpeanuts.Thesear eshippedt
oal lpar t
softhe

58
wor
ld.
There are many ki l
omet r
es of street
s,in each of whi
ch
somet hi
ng diff
er entis sol
d. In one you maybuycl ot
hfor
dressesi n anotheronl yshoes. Ther eisa st
reetformats,
anotherradi
os, yetanotherf
orfrui
tsandsoon.
Roundthecit
ythereisahighwall,int
herearethir
teengates.I
n
theolddaystheyusedt obecl osedatsunset ,forthepeopl
e
wereafrai
dofbeingattachedbyt hei
renemies.Todayt herei
s
peaceinthel
and,andthegatesarenevercl
osed.

Quest
ions
1.Whowr
otet
otel
laboutci
tyofKano?
2.Wher
eist
heci
tyofKano?
3.Whati
sthef
ir
stt
hingyouseewhenyouent
ert
heci
ty?
4.Whatst
rangeaboutt
hest
reet
sofKano?
5.Wher
eist
hehi
ghwal
l?
6.Howmanygat
esar
ether
eint
hewal
l?
7.Whydi
dtheycl
osegat
esi
ntheol
ddays?
8.Ar
ethegat
esst
il
lcl
osedever
yni
ght
?
9.Whatdot hef
oll
owi
ngwor
ds/
phr
asesmeanasusedi
nthe
passage?
a)bachel
or
b)mar
ket
c)ent
er
d)huge

59
 e)shi
pped
f
)int
heol
ddays
g)Peace

M Odysseus–Ki
ngofI
thaca

Odysseus,Ki
ngofIthaca,setoutf
rom Tr
oywithtwel
veshi
ps
andhundredsofmen,buthesoonbegant
oloset
hem.
Onedayt heysaw infr
ontofthem twoi slands.Thelandedon
thesmall
erisl
andwheretheyspentthedayeat i
nganddrinking.
Thenextmor ningOdysseuschoset wenty-f
ourofhisbr avest
menandsai l
edacrosstotheotheri
sland,onwhi chhecouldsee
fl
ocksofsheep,her
dsofcattl
eandcal ves.
Leavingt her esttolookaf t
ertheship,Odysseussetoutwith
twelveofhi sment oseewhol i
vedinthecaves,i
thappenedt
hat
thisislandwast hehomeofar aceofgiantswhohadonl yone
eyei nthemi ddleoft hefor
eheads.Theywer ecaughtbyoneof
thegi ants,butlatertheymanagedt oescapeafterbli
ndi
ngthe
giantintheeyewhi l
ehewasasl eep.

Quest
ions
1.WhowasOdysseus?
2.Fr
om wher
edi
dOdysseussetout
?
3.Whatdi
dOdysseusandhimenseebef
oret
hem oneday?
4.Wher
edi
dthel
andt
hef
ir
stt
ime?
5.Wher
edi
dOdysseusandhi
stwent
y-f
ourofhi
smengo?
60
6.Howdi
dOdysseuschooset
het
went
y-f
ourmenwhowentwi
th
hi
m?
7.Whol
ivedont
hebi
gisl
and?
8.How di
dOdysseusandhi
smenescapef
rom t
hegi
antwho
hadcapt
uredt
hem?
9.Whodot hef
oll
owi
ngwor
ds/
phr
asesmeanasusedi
nthe
passage?
a)setout
b)i
sland
c)l
anded
d)br
ave
e)gi
ant
s
f
)escape

N ThePai
n

Ihadat ooth-ache. Thepai nwasl iket heticki

ngofacl ock,
thr
oughmyj aw.Iwasr est
lessdayorni ght.Nothi
ngwouldstop
thepain. Aspr insandpai nki
ll
erswer eofnohel p. Iwastoo
scaredtovisitthedent
ist.AtlastIcouldbearitnolonger
.
Ivisi
tedadent i
standwhenIar r
ivedt
here,Iwast ol
dbyt he
nursetositdownint hewaiti
ngr
oom. Iselectedamagazine
from t
hetabl
eandlookedthr
oughi
tinor
dertohidemyfearf
rom
theotherpat
ient
ssi
tt
ingther
e.

61
Momentslat
er,t
henur seledmei nt
othetheat
reli
kealamb
bei
ngledtot
heslaught
er,Ifol
lowedheri
ntot
hesurger
yandsat
downonthedent
ist
’schai
r.
“
Openyourmouthandletmeseewhatt het
roubl
eis.Donot
wor
ryi
twil
lsoonbeover
”thedent
istassur
edme.

Quest
ions
1.Whohadat
oot
hache?
2.Whatwast
hepai
nli
ke?
3.Whatt
wot
hingsdi
dthewr
it
erdoi
nor
dert
ost
opt
hepai
n?
4.Whycoul
dthewr
it
ert
osi
tdowni
nthewai
ti
ngr
oom?
5.Howdi
dthewr
it
erhi
dehi
sfearf
rom ot
herpat
ient
s?
6.Giveawor dfr
om t
hepassagewhi
chmeansnear
lyt
hesame
as“fr
ight
ened”
7.“
………..If
oll
owedheri
ntot
hesur
ger
y”.Thewor
dherr
efer
sto
who?
8.Whi
chwor
dfr
om t
hepassagemeansnear
lyt
hesameas?
a)Sur
ger
y
b)But
cher

O Thel
ight
ning

62
Onechil
dwaskill
edandthreemembersofhisfamil
yseri
ously
i
njur
ed when li
ghtni
ng st
ruck t
hei
r hutin Govera Vil
l
age,
Mangwende Communall and l
ast Sunday (
June19) poli
ce
Murewahavesai
d.
Severalyearol d Rodrick Kasair
e died i
nstant
ly whi l
e Mrs.
Masaire (40), Dambudzo ( 22) and Desmond ( 21/2) were
hospit
ali
zed.Si xothermember softhefamil
ywer etreatedfor
shock.Zondai( 18)whowasal sointhehurtwasfortunate.He
wasnoti njur
ed.Her escuedtheot hermember soft hef ami
ly
whohadbeent r
appedinsidethehut.

Quest
ions
1.Howmanypeopl
ewer
eser
iousl
yinj
ured?
2.Wher
edi
dtheacci
denthappen?
3.Whot
oldaboutt
hel
ight
ning?
4.Howol
dwasRodr
ick?
5.Howmanypeopl
ewer
ehospi
tal
ized?
6.Howmanypeopl
ewer
etr
eat
edf
orshock?
7.Whowasi
njur
ed?
8.Wesayl
ight
ning_
___
___
_
a)l
ooks b)hi
ts c)st
ri
kes d)f
ir
es
9.“
Rodri
ckKasai
redi
ed i
nst
ant
ly”Thewor
dinst
ant
lymeans
_
___
_____
__
10. “
Desmond(21/
2)washospi
tal
ized.
” Thewor
dhospi
tal
ized
meanst
hat__
______
_
11. Tobef
ort
unat
emeans_
___
___
___
__
63
12. I
nt he passage r
escued means near
lyt
he same as
_
_____
___
___
a)ki
ll
ed b)t
rapped c)hel
ped d)cr
ied
13. Theword __
___
___
showst
hatsomepeopl
ecoul
dnotget
outoft
hehut
a)hopi
tal
ised b)t
reat
edc)ser
iousl
y d)t
rapped

P TheGr
eedyDog

Ski
ppyhadstol
enajui
cybonefr
om Mrs.Sibanda’
shutandwas
nowhurr
yingi
ntot
hecount
rywhereshehopedtoenjoyhermeal
.
Shecamet oabri
dget hatcr
ossedasmal lstr
eet .Asshewas
passi
ngoverthebri
dge,shelookeddowni nt
ot hewaterwher e
shesaw whatshethoughtwasanot herdog. Simil
arl
y,itwas
al
socarr
yingabone.Skippythenmadeuphermi ndtohavethat
boneaswell
.
When she stopped,the otherdog also st
opped. When she
moved,sodidtheother.Thiswentonf orsomet i
meuntilSki
ppy
coul
dstanditlonger
.Ski ppygaveaf i
ercebark,hopi
ngtoscare
herenemy.Tohi sdismay,t hebonedroppedfrom herj
awsand
vani
shedbelowthesur f
aceoft heri
vul
et.
Whenthewat ercl
earedshel
ookeddownandt heot
herdogal
so
gazedather.Strangel
yenoughthough,shehadnobonei
nher
j
awseither
.

Quest
ions
a)Whohadst
olena‘
j
uicybonef
rom Mr
s.Moyo’
shut
?
b)Wher
edi
dSki
ppyhopet
oenj
oyhermeal
?
64
c)Whatdi
dSki
ppyseebel
owt
hebr
idge?
d)WhowasSki
ppy?
e)Whydi
dSki
ppygi
veaf
ier
cebar
k?
f
)Whathappenedt
oSki
ppywhenshebar
kedatherenemy?
g)Giveawor
dfr
om t
hepassagewhi
chmeansnear
lyt
hesame
as?
i
)fl
eshy
i
i)St
ream
h)Explai
nthemeani
ng oft
hewor
d‘di
smay’asused i
nthe
passage
i
)“I
twasal
socar
ryi
ngabone.Whatdoest
hewor
ditr
efer
sto?
j
)Whatwast
hesexoft
hedog?
k)Thephr
ase-
--
--
-madeuphi
smi
nd-
--
--meanst
o

Q Unl
uckyJi
mmy

Ji
mmyt houghtt
hathewasthemostunf
ort
unat
eboyevert
obe
bor
nint
ot hi
sworl
d.Ever
ythi
ngseemedt
ogowrongwi
thhim.
Heshouldhavewarm socksandunder
clot
hestowear
,buthe
hadnothadanybecausether
ewasnotenoughmoneyt
oaff
ord
them.Fat
herwasoutofwork.
Foranothert
hing,hewashungr y.Itwassomehour spastlunch,
andtheonlybreadandbut t
erhehadt henseemedt ohavegone.
Ashetrudgedalongt hest
reets,
withhishandsinhispockets,
he
sawlotsofotherchi
ldrengoingint
otheirbeaut
if
ulhomesfortea.

65
Justthen,hepassedat oyshop,allabl
azewithli
ghtsfullof
everyt
hingthatmightmakeaboy’sheartl
eapinexci
tement.He
stoppedbri
eflyandwatchedotherboyscomingoutoftheshop
withparcel
sunderthei
rarms.
Ji
mmyj abbedhi
shandali
ttl
edeeperdownintohispocketand
fi
ngeredhisonedoll
arnot
e,theonlyonehehadl eft
.How he
wishedhe,coul
dbuysomethi
ngtotaket
ohisli
tt
lesist
er,
lyi
ngat
homesosi ck.

Quest
ions
a)Whowasoutofwor
k?
b)WhywasJi
mmyshi
ver
ingwi
thcol
d?
c)WhatwasJi
mmyeat
enf
orl
unch?
d)Wher
ewer
etheot
herchi
ldr
engoi
ng?
e)Howmuchmoneywasl
eftonhi
m?
f
)Whatdi
dJi
mmywantt
odowi
tht
hemoney?
g)Whowasl
yinghomesi
ck?
h)Giveawordfr
om t
hepassagewhi
chmeansnear
lyt
hesame
asunl
ucky?
i
)Whatdo t he wor
ds ‘
tr
udged on’mean accor
ding t
othe
passage?

R AFr
iendI
nNeedPar
t2

Ronal
dopat
tedt
heani
malasi
tcamet
ohi
m.Thedogmanaged

66
t
owal
ksomedi
stance,
aboutt
wohundr
edmet
resatat
ime.
Thedoghobbl edandwhi mperedasitfoll
owed,asifafr
aidtobe
l
eftal one.Her eandt her
eRonaldohadt ostoopdown,hol ding
hishandst oencour
agehi mtomoveon.I twasnotfarfrom the
vi
llagebut ,becausethedogwasi npain,Ronaldowentslowl y.
Whent heywer ehalfaki l
ometrefrom thevil
lage,t
hedogl ay
down,whi mperingandl i
cki
ngati tswound. Hel ookedupat
Ronal do,pleadi
ngwithhi seyes. Hecouldgonof ur
ther. His
breathing was shortand showed t hathe was t horoughl y
exhaust ed.
Ronal doknel
tbesi dethedog.Ver ycaref
ull
y,hegatheredhim
i
ntohi sarms. Hesl i
donehandunderi t
sbodyf orsupport,
holding t
he injur
ed leg fi
rmlywith ot
herto avoi
d hurti
ng i
t.
Althoughitwasnotf artogo,theweightofthedogseemedt o
i
ncr easethef urt
hertheywent . Ronal
dostaggeredalongthe
footpathashecover edthelastf
ewmet r
estohishome.

Quest
ions
a)Whydi
dthedogwhi
mper
?
b)Whydi
dRonal
dohavet
ost
oopdown?
c)Whydi
dRonal
dogosl
owl
y?
d)Howf
arf
rom homewasRonal
dowhent
hedogl
aydown?
e)Howdi
dRonal
doknowt
hatt
hedogwasexhaust
ed?
f
)Howdi
dRonal
docar
ryt
hedog?
g)Whydi
dRonal
dohavet
ohol
dthei
njur
edl
egf
ir
mly?
h)Whydi
ditt
akeRonal
dot
imet
ogethome?
i
)Gi
veawor
dfr
om t
hepassagewhi
chmeansnear
lyt
hesame

67
 as
i
)st
agger
ed i
i)st
roked
j
)Explai
nthemeani
ngsofeachoft
hesewor
dsast
heyar
eused
i
nthepassage
i
)pl
eadi
ng i
i)f
ir
mly
k)Hecoul
dgonof
urt
her
.Whatdoest
he‘
he’
ref
ert
o?

S TheGr
eedyAndEnvi
ousNei
ghbour
s

Onceupon at i
met wo neighbour
scamebef or
eJupit
erthei
r
supremegodoft heuni
verseandpr ayedhi
mtogreedandthe
othereat
enwi
thenvy.
Sotopuni shthem both,Jupitergrantedthateachmighthave
whateverhewi shedforhimselfbutonl yononecondi t
ionthat
hisneighbourwouldhavepl eadedt wi
ceasmuch.Thegr eedy
manwast hefirsttopray. Hepl eadedwi t
hJupitert
ohavea
room ful
lofgol
d.Nosoonersai dthandone, butal
lhisj
oyturned
togri
efwhenhef oundthathisneighbourhadt woroomsfullof
theprevi
ousmet al
.
Thencamet het
urnoftheenvi
ousman,whocouldnotbearto
thi
nkthathi
snei
ghbourhadanyjoyatal
l.Soheprayedt
hathe
mighthaveoneofhiseyesgougedout ,bywhi
chmeanshi s

68
compani
onbecamet
otal
lybl
ind.
Vi
cesar
ethei
rownpuni
shment
.

Quest
ions
a)Wher
edi
dthet
wonei
ghbour
sgo?
b)Whatdi
dtheywant
?
c)Howwer
ethenei
ghbour
sdi
ff
erentf
rom oneanot
her
?
d)WhowasJupi
ter
?
e)Whydi
dJupi
teragr
eet
othei
rhear
t’
sdesi
re?
f
)Onwhatcondi
ti
ondi
dJupi
tergr
antt
hei
rhear
t’
sdesi
re?
g)Whatdi
dthegr
eedyaskf
or?
h)Whatdi
dtheenvi
ousmanaskf
or?
i
)Whi
chwor
dfr
om t
hepassagemeanst
hesameas
(
i)al
low (
ii
)jeal
ous (
ii
i)penal
ty
j
)Gi
vet
heopposi
teoft
hewor
d
(
i)gr
ief (
ii
)compani
on

T Fi
re

Fir
ei sareacti
oninvol
vingf uelandoxygent hatpr
oducesheat
andl i
ght
. Earlyhumansusedf i
retowar mt hemselves,cook
foodandfri
ghtenawaypr edator
s.Sitt
ingaroundafir
emayhave
helpedunt
ilandst
rengt
henf ami l
ygroups.
Fi
repl
acei
soneoft
heear
li
estmet
hodsofhomeheat
ing.The

69
fi
repl
aceconti
nuestobepopulartoday.Ancientf
irepl
aceswere
usual
lycentr
alpit
sint hedwell
ingthatalsoservedasst oves,
l
ightsour
cesandprotecti
onf
rom wildani
mals
Todaypeopl enatur
all
yfocusnotonstart
ingfi
rebutonusingfi
re
tocookf oodandheatourhomes.Butf orecancausegreatri
sks
and chal l
enges to earl
y peopleincludi
ng burns.Car el
ess
disposalofcigar
ett
esandmat chesl
edt omanyf i
res.Fi
reinthe
homeandwor kplacedamagepr opertyandcausei nj
uryand
death.

A.Quest
ions
1.Ther
eact
ionoff
uelandoxygenpr
oduces_
___
_and_
___
___
2.Whatdi
dtheear
lyhumanusef
ir
efor
?
3.Whywasi
tgoodt
osi
tar
oundaf
ir
e?
4.Thephr
ase“car
elessdi
sposalofci
gar
ett
esand mat
ches”
means_
___
___
___
5.Wr
it
eonedangeroff
ir
est
art
edi
nthepassage

B.Vocabul
ary
Mat
cht
hewor
dswi
tht
hei
rmeani
ngs
Wor
d Meani
ng

1.Pr
edat
ors t
obet
hrownawayaf
teruse

2.chal
lenges eat
ingot
herani
mal
s

3.popul
ar pr
obl
ems

70
4.pr
oduct
ivel
y neart
othebegi
nni
ng

5.di
sposal bel
ongi
ng t
oti
mes oft
he
past

6.r
isks abl
etopr
oduce

7.ear
li
est wel
lknown

8.anci
ent danger
s

C.Mat
cht
hese
1.Fir
e: i
stheoneoft
heear
li
estmet
hodofhome
heati
ng
2.Fi
rei
nthehomeandi
sar
eact
ioni
nvol
vingf
ueland: wor
k
pl
aceoxygen
3.Carel
essdi
sposal
ofci
gar
ett
esandmat
ches: causes
i
njuryanddeat
h
4.Fi
repl
ace: mayl
edt
omanyf
ir
es

D.Opposi
tes
Wor
d Opposi
tes

1.ear
ly unpopul
ar

2.uni
ted weaken

3.car
eless di
vided

4.st
rengt
hen t
oday

71
5.popul
ar car
eful

U TheLar
gestLi
vingBi
rd

Fourofthewor l
d’slar
gestbirdscannotfl
y.Themostf ami
li
arof
thefli
ghtl
essbir
dsi stheostrich,t
helar
gestli
vingbi
rd.Amal e
ostr
ich maywei gh mor ethan 135kg and be2.5m tal
l. The
ostr
ichdiff
ersfrom allotherbirdsbyhavingtwotoesoneach
footrat
herthanthreeorfour.
Ostr
ichesli
veinsmallgroupsontheplainsanddesertsofAf r
ica.
Onflatl
and,theycanrunat64km/ hr.Theirspeedandtheirextr
a
shar
psi ghtusuall
yhelpt hem escapet hei
renemieslionsand
man.Af emal eost
ri
chlays12to16eggs.
A.Quest
ions
1.Thecompr
ehensi
oni
sabout_
___
___
___
__
2.WhatIt
hehei
ghtoft
hemal
eost
ri
ch?
3.Whati
sthespeedofanost
ri
ch?
4.Whatistheothermaindi f
fer
encebet
weenanost
ri
chand
ot
herbi
rdsbei
ngfl
ight
less?
5.Whati
sthewei
ghtoft
hemal
eost
ri
ch?

72
6.Thewor
ds,
“--
--
--t
hei
rext
rashar
psi
ght
--
--
-“mean_
___
___
__
7.Accordi
ngt ot
hepassageost
ri
chescanl
ivei
ndr
yar
easof
Afr
icacall
ed__
___
___
__
B.Pickawor
dfr
om t
hepassagewhi
chmeansnear
lyt
hesame
as-
-
a)cannotf
ly
b)mostcommon
c)bi
ggest
d)assi
st
e)r
unawayf
rom danger

C.Gi veopposi
test
oeachoft
hesewor
ds.Pi
ckt
hef
rom t
he
passage
a)smal
lest
b)f
ri
ends
c)f
emal
e

V TheRockRabbi
t

Ifyouwereaskedwhichani
malfeedsfrom t
hehighestbr
anches
oftrees,t
herepl
ywouldprobabl
ybet hegiraf
fe,butt
hatwould
bewr ong.Iti
sdassi
eormbir
athatShonaandi mbil
ainNdebel
e.

73
I
tisthedassiet
hatcl
imbst
othet
opmostbr
anchest
oenj
oyt
he
j
uicyleaves.
The dassie sleeps among t he rock wher e he f
eeds saf e,
prot
ectedbyt hegreatstones.Eachcol onyhasaguar d,always
onduty,outsidethei
rsleepi
ngareat owar m ofanyapproaching
danger
.Theseani mal
sar eamazing,theyevenhaveat oi
letarea,
sothesleepingandfeedingareasremai ncl
ean.

A.Quest
ions
1.Whi
chani
mal
feedsf
rom t
hehi
ghestbr
anchesoft
rees?
2.Whi
chwor
dshowst
hatt
heyf
eedf
rom t
hehi
ghestbr
anches?
3.Whati
sthenamegi
vent
oagr
oupofdassi
e?
4.Whyar
etheseani
mal
ssai
dtobeamazi
ng?
5.Whi
chwor
dmeansnear
lyt
hesameasansweri
nthepassage?
6.Whatdoest
heani
malguar
ddoasi
tsdut
y?

B.Vocabul
ary
Vocabul
ary Meani
ng

a)amazi
ng comi
ngnear
ert
o

b) al
ways on sur
pri
sing
dut
y

c)j
uicyl
eaves al
ert

74
d)appr
oachi
ng youngandf
resh

e)r
epl
y agr
oupofdassi
es

f
)col
ony ananswer

W Mot
herLove

Itwasamazinghowst r
ongmot herl
ovecanbeevenamongwi l
d
animals.WhileIwasvi
sit
ingtheKrugerNationalParklastyearI
stoppednearsomezebr ai nanopenpat chofbush. A f ew
moment slaterIsaw a ful
lygrown li
on cr eep t
het allgrass
towardsthem.Suddenlythebigcatchargedandbr oughtdown
ayoungster,
snappingi
tsneckwithonl
yonebi t
e.
The li
on was aboutt o st
arthis mealwhen he hear dthe
drummingofhoof s.Gall
opi
ngtowardshim wasthemotherofa
foal
.Beforetheastoni
shedcatcoul
davoidthecharge,
themare
knockedhim over
,thenshewasathisthr
oat,bi
ti
nghugechunks
outofhishi
de.
Thelionunpr eparedfort
heat t
ack,kickedwi l
dlywi
thhi sback
pawsandcl ubbedt hezebr
awi t
hhi sfrontpaws. Thebat tl
e
l
astedf orami nute.Thenthemot herzebra,knowi
ngt hatshe
wasnomat chwi ththeli
on,sprangupandt rot
tedoff
.Af t
era
whil
et helionst oodupandshookhi sheadi npain.Anotherfive
minutespassedbef orehedraggedt hefoaltowardsat reeand
begant ofeed.

Quest
ions

75
1.WheredidBr
ainseet
hisexampl
esofmot
herl
oveamong
ani
mals?
2.Whydi
dBr
ainst
ophi
scar
?
3.Howdi
dthel
ionki
llt
hezebr
afoal
?
4.Whendi
dthel
ionheart
hezebr
amar
echar
ginghi
m?
5.Howdi
dthel
ionf
ightback?
6.Howdi
dthezebr
aat
tackt
hel
ion?
7.Whydi
dthezebr
arunaway?
8.Howdoweknowt
hatt
hel
ionhadbeenhur
t?
9.Whatdot
heunder
li
nedwor
dsmeanasusedi
nthepassage?

x TheHi
stor
yofTheShoe

Onceuponat i
met her
ewasaki ngwhor uledapr osperous
country.Onedayhewentforatr
ipt
osomedi stancear
easofhi s
ki
ngdom.Whenhewasbackathi spalace,hecompl ainedthat
hisfeetwerever
ysorebecausei
twasthef i
rstt i
mehehadgone
onsuchal ongtri
p.Besi
desther
oadhewentt hroughwasr ough
andst ony.
Het henorderedhispeopl et ocover
,everyroadoftheenti
re
countrywithleat
her. Defini
tel
y,t
hiswouldneedthousandsof
cows’skinsandcostahugeamountofmoney.Thenoneofhi s
chi
efadvisorshadthistosayt otheking.“Whydoyouneedt o
spendsuchanamount ? Whydon’ tyoujustcutali
tt
lepi
eceof
l
eatherandcoveryourf eet?”Thekingwasamazed,buthelat
er
agreedtohissuggest
iont omakeashoef orhi
mself
.
Tomaket hi
sworldahappypl
acet
oli
ve,youbet
terchange
your
sel
fandnott
hewor
ld.
76
A.Quest
ions
a.Wher
edi
dtheki
nggooneday?
b.Whatmeansoft
ranspor
tdi
dtheki
nguseonhi
str
ip?
c.Whatdi
dtheki
ngcompl
ainabout
?
d.Whatdi
dtheki
ngor
derhi
speopl
etodo?
e.Howmuchi
tcostt
hem t
ocovert
her
oad?
f
.Whobr
oughtabet
teri
deat
otheki
ng?
g.Whatdi
dhesuggestwoul
dbedone?
h.Whendi
dthest
oryt
ookpl
ace?
i
.Which wor
dfr
om t
hepassagemeansnear
lyt
hesameas
“
whol
e?”
j
.In your own wor ds expl
aint he meani
ng of t
he wor
d
“
prosper
ous”asusedinthepassage?

B.Vocabul
ary
Wor
d Meani
ng

(
i)di
stant apl
acewher
eaki
ngl
ives

(
ii
)pr
osper
ous apl
acewi
thst
ones

(
ii
i)st
ony f
araway

(
iv)ent
ir
e l
arge

(
v)huge sur
pri
sed

(
vi)amazed whol
e

77
(
vii
)pal
ace r
ichanddevel
oped

C.LanguagePr
act
ice
1.Hemadeashoef
or(
himsel
f/her
sel
f)
2.Youcanchange(
himsel
f/your
sel
f)
3.Oneday he wentf
ora t
ri
p. Thepr
onoun ‘
he’r
efer
sto
__
___
___
___
___

Y TheMonkeyAndTheMangoes

OnedayHar esaw at r
eewi t
hal otofmangoesoni t
. He
couldn’
tcli
mbi tyour
selfsohewentt ohi shouseforabi g
sack.Thenhecamebackandwai ted.Ababooncameal ong,
“OhBaboonyouar emyf ri
end,”Har esaid. “
Youcant hrow
thi
ngs. Iwantt ocat
cht hi
ngst oo. Cli
mbt hist
reeandget
someoft hosemangoes.Thr ow them downandIwi l
lcatch
them.ThenI ’
l
lknowhowt odoit”.
Babooncl
imbedupt hetreeandbegant othr
owdownmangoes.
Hareranthi
swayandt hatway. Heputouthi sarms,buthe
di
dn’tcat
ch anyt
hing. “ Thr
ow me anotherone! Throw me
anot
herone!
”heshout ed.Atl astBaboongott
ir
ed.“Youcan’
t

78
cat
chanything,”hesaid. Hecl i
mbeddownf r
om t
hetreeand
wentaway. He l aughed to hi
mselfand began t
o putthe
mangoesinhi ssack.“Ican’tcatchanyt
hing,
”hesai
d,“
butli
ve
gotasackfullofmangoes.”

Quest
ions
1.Wher
ewer
ethemangoeswhi
chHar
esaw?
2.Whycoul
dn’
tHar
egett
hemangoeshi
msel
f?
3.Whatdi
dHar
ebr
ingf
rom hi
shouse?
4.Whocl
imbedt
het
reef
ort
hemangoes?
5.Whydi
dn’
tHar
ecat
chanymangoes?
6.Whatdi
dBaboondowhenhegott
ir
ed?
7.Wher
edi
dHar
eputt
hemangoes?
8.Whydi
dHar
elaugh?

Z MyPet
s.

Mynamei sLindi
weZul u. Iwasbor ninBulawayo. Iam
twel
veyearsold.Ilikeanimals.Ihavearabbitpet.Fat her
nameditFluf
fy.Ihavethreepetfi
shtoo.Wheniti sver
ycol d
Idonotplayoutsi
de.Ist ayi
ndoorswithmypet s.Mysi ster
doesnotl
ikemypets.Mymot herwow!sheli
kest hem.
79
WhenIgot oschool,
shewashesthem f
orme.If eelpr
oudt o
havesuchacar i
ngmot her
.Myt hreepetfi
shhavenames.
Thesmal loneisPatt
y.Thesmall
eroneisPit
ty.Thesmallest
oneisPut ty.Patt
yandPuttyaregoodfri
ends.Pi t
tyhasno
fr
iends,
shei sboastf
ul.

Vocabul
aryWor
k
Pi
ckawor
dfr
om t
heonesunder
li
nedwhi
chmeans
a)someone’
sfavour
it
eper
sonorani
mal
b)l
ivei
nsi
det
hehouse
c)t
hinki
ngt
hatyouar
emor
eimpor
tantt
hanot
her
s
d)t
ryi
ngt
omakesur
eot
herpeopl
ear
ehappy
e)t
alki
ngt
oopr
oudl
yaboutyour
sel
f
Quest
ions
2
a)Whowr
otet
hest
ory?
b)Wher
edoesLi
ndi
weZul
uli
ve?
c)Howol
didLi
ndi
weZul
u?
d)Whonamedt
her
abbi
tpet
?
e)Howmanypetf
ishdoesshehave?
f
)Howmanypet
sdoesLi
ndi
weZul
uhaveal
toget
her
?
80
 3
a)Whodoesnotl
ikeLi
ndi
we’
spet
s?
b)Whati
sthesmal
lestf
ishcal
led?
c)Whi
chpet
sar
efr
iends?
d)WhendoesLi
ndi
west
ayi
ndoor
s?
e)WhydoesPi
tt
yhavenof
ri
ends?
f
)Whati
stheopposi
teoft
hewor
dboast
ful
?
g)WhydoesLi
ndi
wesayhermot
heri
scar
ing?

LanguagePr
act
ice
1.Li
ndi
weZul
uli
kespet
s.So-
--
--I
.
A.am B.wi
ll C.do D.di
d
2.Li
ndi
we’
sfat
heri
sri
cher-
--
--
mine.
A.and B.t
han C.wi
th D.as
3.Li
ndi
wehasl
ivedi
nBul
awayo-
--
--
-shewasbor
n.
A.si
nce B.when C.f
or D.i
f
4.I
tisbadt
obe-
--
--t
oourbr
other
sandsi
ster
s.
A.good B.r
ude C.ki
nd D.pol
it
e
5.-
--
--goest
oschoolatweekends.
A.No B.None C.Noone D.Nopeopl
e

81
 6.Pi
tt
yhasnof
ri
ends.Shepl
aysal
lby
A.mysel
f B.hi
msel
f C.her
sel
f D.t
hemsel
ves
7.Li
ndi
wesomet
imes-
--
--i
ndoor
s.
A.pl
ay B.pl
ayi
ng C.pl
ays D.haspl
ayed

A1 NoFoodForYouToday!

Iwas danci ng l i
ke a caton hotbr icks when Isaw Mot her
slaughter
ingahen.Ikeptagr eedyeyeonherasshedi dher
cooking.Atl unchwasdi sappoi
nt edtoseeapl ateofsadzaand
okra.Ionl yagr eedtoeatafterMot herpersuadedandt ol
dme
thatthechickenwasf orsupper.
Iwai t
edimpat i
entl
yforthesupper .Thedayseemedlongerthan
ayear ,andatlastthecl
ockcl i
ckedseven.Iwasnowanxi ous.I
l
at ersawMot herservi
ngt hecookedchicken,sosurei
twasf or
dinner.Atl astshecalledmei n.LikeaconfusedcockroachI
rushedi nandki ckedovert hebasin.Thesplitwat
erdrenched
Mot her. Fatherwas si t
ting nearby,l
ooked atme withr ed,
fl
ami ngeyes.Iknewatoncet hatIwasinforahighj
ump.
Nervously,Imadef ort
hedoor,butsuddenl
yfoundmyselffaci
ng
thewi ndowi nst
ead.Het henheldbythecoll
arandorderedme
outleavingthesali
vati
ngaromabehind.
“
Nof
oodf
oryout
oday!
”hi
shoar
sevoi
ceechoedi
ntomyl
it
tl
e

82
ear
s.
1.Vocabul
aryWor
k
Pi
ckawor
dint
hepassagewhi
chmeansnear
lyt
hesameas:
a)hur
ri
ed f
)convi
nced
b)di
stur
bed g)qui
ckl
yandunexpect
edl
y
c)soaked h)ki
ll
i
ng
d)br
ight i
)rangl
oudl
y
e)eager j
)st
rongpl
easantsmel
l
2.Basingonyourunder st
andingofthepassage,saywhet
her
eachofthesest
atement
sis‘Tr
ue’or‘
False’
a)Thef
ami
lyhadsadzaandokr
aforsupper
b)Mot
herki
ll
edacatf
orl
unch
c)Thecatkeptagr
eedyeyeont
hef
ami
ly
d)Thewat
erf
rom t
hebasi
nsoakedMot
her
e)Thewr
it
ermadeFat
herangr
y
f
)Mot
herdeni
edt
hewr
it
erf
ood
g)Thef
ami
lyusual
lyhadi
tssupperatseveno’
cl
ock
h)Thewr
it
erenj
oyedhi
slunch
i
)Thef
ami
lyhadwai
tedf
orhour
sonendf
ordi
nner
j
)Inst
eadoffaci
ngthedoor,Fat
herf
oundhi
msel
ffaci
ngt
he
wi
ndowbecauseofanger
.

83
3.Mat
cht
heseheadswi
tht
heappr
opr
iat
etai
ls.
Heads
a)Di
nnerwasser
ved-
--
--
--
-
b)Thewr
it
erwasdi
sappoi
nted-
--
--
--
c)Thewr
it
erhur
ri
edi
ntot
hehouse-
--
--
--
-
d)Thewat
ert
hatsoakedMot
her-
--
--
--
--
--
e)Thewr
it
ermadef
ort
hedoor-
--
--
--
--
-
f
)Fat
heror
der
edhi
m out-
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
g)Fat
herspokehoar
sel
y--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
-
h)Thewr
it
erwai
tedi
mpat
ient
ly-
--
--
--
--
--
--
i
)Thewr
it
erwascer
tai
nitwasf
ordi
nner-
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
j
)Mot
herhadki
ll
ed-
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Tai
ls
-
--
--
--
-atseveno’
cl
ocki
ntheeveni
ng
-
--
--
--t
obeser
vedwi
thsadzaandokr
aforl
unch
-
--
--
--asMot
herwasser
vingt
hecookedchi
cken

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-
--
--
--oncehewascal
ledi
n
-
--
--
--t
oescapef
rom t
hef
ather
’sanger
-
--
--
--camef
rom t
hewat
erbasi
n
-
--
--
--l
ikeabul
lf
rog
-
--
--
--ahenf
orsupper
-
--
--
--f
ormi
sbehavi
ng
-
--
--
--t
oenj
oyhi
sdi
nner
4.GapFi
ll
ing
Fil
linthegapsusingthemostappr opr
iat
ewor dorwor
dst
o
showthatyouhavereadandunder
stoodthepassage.
a)Thewr
it
erwasexci
tedwhenhesawt
hat-
--
--
--
--
--
--
-
b)Hi
shappinessl
atertur
nedi
nto-
--
--
--whenl
unchwasser
ved
wi
thsadzaandokra
c)Thewr
it
erwas-
--
--
--
-thatt
hedeadchi
ckenwassupper
.
d)I
twasal
ong-
--
--
--f
ordi
nnerf
ort
hewr
it
er
e)Oncecal
ledi
nforsupper-
--
--
-int
othehouse
f
)Thewr
it
eracci
dent
all
y--
--
--i
tint
oMot
her
g)-
--
--
-gotsoakedf
rom t
hespi
ll
edwat
er

A2 Cut
sandWounds

85
Cutsandwoundsar ealwaysdanger ous.Theyshouldbel ooked
aft
er.Whenaper soncutshimself
, hebleeds.Weal lhaveblood
i
nourbodi es.Whenourbodi esarecut ,someoft hebloodget s
out.Insomewayt hisisgood.Somebl oodshouldgetoutofa
cut.I
thelpstocleanthewound.Assoonassomeonei scut, dir
t
cangetintot hewound. Somet i
mesi tgetsinfrom thethi ng
which made t he wound,l i
ke a kni f
e ora pi ece ofgl ass.
Sometimesitgetsinfrom thedir
twhi chi sonthebody,orint he
ai
r.Ital
waysdanger ous.Di r
tcar
riespoi son.
Ifthe poison get
si ntot he body,itcan make a per son il
l.
Sometimesi tcanbenasty.Aper sonwithapoisonedarm orleg
mayhavet obeamput at
ed.I fthepoisonisverybad,theperson
maydi e.Thati swhysomebl eedingisnecessary.Theblood
thatoozesouthel pstowashoutdi r
tandt hepoison.Wecan
alsohelpoutbywashingt hewoundwi t
hcleanwater.
1.Vocabul
aryWor
k
Pickawor
dfr
om t
hoseunder
li
nedwhi
chmeansnear
lyt
hesame
as:
a)har
mful
orr
isky
b)ser
iousorsever
e
c)har
mful
subst
ance
d)l
osesbl
ood
e)cutof
fone’
sar
m orl
egdur
inganoper
ati
on
f
)fl
owsout
g)ver
yimpor
tant

86
2.Opposi
tes
Whati
stheopposi
teof
:
a)cl
ean d)necessar
y
b)good e)nast
y
c)danger
ous f
)il
l
3.Gapf
il
li
ng
Fi
l
lint
hemi
ssi
ngwi
thappr
opr
iat
ewor
dorwor
ds
a).
..
..
.and.
..
..ar
edanger
ous
b)Whenaper
soncut
shi
msel
f,he.
..
..
.
c)Weal
lhave.
..
.inourbodi
es.
d).
..
.hel
pst
ocl
eant
hewound
e)Assoonassomeonei
scut
,..
.cangeti
ntot
hewound.
f
)Aper sonwit
hapoi
sonedar
m orl
egmayhavei
t..
.dur
ingan
oper
ati
on.

4.Quest
ions
a)Whathappenswhenaper
soncut
shi
msel
f?
b)Whatcomesoutwhenourbodi
esar
ecut
?
c)Whatdoesi
thel
pwhent
hishappens?
d)I
nwhatt
wowaysdoesdi
rtgeti
ntot
hewound?
e)Whatcandi
rtcar
ryi
ntot
hewound?

87
f
)Whatmayhavet
obedonet
oapoi
sonedar
m orl
eg?
g)Howcanwehel
ptocl
eanawound?
Fur
therQuest
ions
h)Whati
stheopposi
teoft
hewor
d’necessar
y?’
i
)Whi chwordf
rom t
hepassagemeansnear
lyt
hesameas
‘
bleeds?
’
j
)In your own wor
ds expl
aint
he meani
ng of t
he wor
d
‘
amputat
ed.
’
k)“
Ithel
pscl
eant
hewound”Whatdoest
hewor
d‘i
t’r
efer
sto?
l
)“I
tisal
waysdanger
ous”Whatdoest
hewor
d‘i
t’r
efer
sto?
m)Whatdoest
hewor
d‘nast
y’meanasusedi
nthepassage?

A3 TheGr
eedyDog

Ski
ppyhadst
olenajui
cybonefrom Mrs.Moyo’
sbut
cheryand
wasnowhur
ryi
ngint
othecount
rywhereshehopedt
oenjoy.
Shecamet oabri
dget hatcrossedasmal lstr
eet.Asshewas
passi
ngoverthebr
idge,shel ookeddowni nt
ot hewaterwhere
shesaw whatshethoughtwasanot herdog. Simi
lar
ly,i
twas
al
socarr
yingabone. Ski ppymadeuphermi ndtohavet hat
boneaswell
.

88
When she st
opped,the ot
herdog also stopped. When she
moved,sodidtheother.Thiswentonf orsomet i
me.Ski ppy
coul
dstanditnolonger.Ski ppygaveafiercebark,hopi
ngt o
scar
eherenemy. Toherdi smay,thebonedr oppedfrom her
j
awsandvanishedbelowthesur f
aceoft
herivul
et.
Whenthewaterclear
ed,shelookeddownandtheotherdogal
so
gazedather
.Strangel
y,shehadnoboneinherjawseit
her.
1.Vocabul
aryWor
k
Pi
ckawor
dfr
om t
hoseunder
li
nedwhi
chmeansnear
lyt
hesame
as
a)r
uralar
ea f
)st
ared
b)f
ulloff
lesh g)t
oherdi
sappoi
ntment
c)aver
ysmal
lst
ream h)di
sappear
ed
d)sur
pri
singl
y i
)fr
ight
eni
ng
e)f
ri
ght
en j
)deci
ded

2.HeadsandTai
ls
Mat
cht
hef
oll
owi
ngheadswi
tht
hei
rtai
ls

Heads

89
a)Ski
ppyhadst
olen.
..
..
..
b)Mr
s.Moyol
ived.
..
..
..
..
.
c)Thewasasmal
lst
ream .
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
d)Ther
ewasSki
ppy’
simage.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.
e)The‘
otherdog’
whi
chSki
ppysaw.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
f
)Iti
sint
erest
ingt
oseet
hatSki
ppy.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
g)Hopi
ngt
ofr
ight
enherenemy,
Ski
ppy.
..
..
..
..
..
h)Ski
ppy’
sjul
cybone.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

Tai
ls
a).
..
..
..
..
bar
kedf
ier
cel
y
b).
..
..
..
..
ajul
cybone.
c).
..
..
..
.want
edanot
herbonewhenshehadanot
heronei
nher
mouth.
d).
..
..
..
.dr
oppedi
ntot
hewat
er.
e).
..
..
..
.int
hewat
er.
f
)..
..
..
..
.was,
inf
act
,heri
mage.
g).
..
..
..
..bet
weent
het
ownandcount
rysi
de
h).
..
..
..
..i
ntown
3.Compr
ehensi
onQuest
ions
a)Whohadst
olenaj
ulcybonef
rom Mr
s.Moyo’
sbut
cher
y?
b)Wher
edi
dSki
ppyhopet
oenj
oyhermeal
?

90
c)Whatdi
dSki
ppyseeundert
hebr
idge?
d)WhowasSki
ppy?
e)Whydi
dSki
ppygi
veaf
ier
cebar
k?
f
)WhathappenedwhenSki
ppygi
veaf
ier
cebar
k?
g)WhathappenedwhenSki
ppybar
kedatherenemy?
h)Whatdi
dthe‘
otherdog’
car
ry?
i
)Whendi
dSki
ppysawt
he‘
otherdog’
looki
ngather
?
j
)“itwasal
socar
ryi
ngabone.
”Whatdoest
hewor
d‘i
t’r
efer
s
t
o?
4.Languagei
nAct
ion
Choose t
he bestwor
d orwor
ds t
o compl
ete each oft
hese
sent
ences.
1.Theadogt
hatst
olet
hebone.
..
.tomyuncl
e.
A.bel
onging B.Bel
ongs C.Wasbel
ongi
ng
D.Isbel
ong
2.Mr
.Moyoar
ri
vedhome.
..
..exact
lyquar
terpastf
ive.
A.on B.af
ter C.at
D.i
n
3.Ski
ppygavebi
rt
htosi
x
A.puples B.puppys C.puppl
es D.
pupys
4.I
tissai
d..
..
.thatMr
s.Moyoi
sil
l.
A.st
ory B.sayi
ng C.news D.dr
ama
5.Ski
ppywasf
ond.
..
..i
tsmast
er.

91
 A.wi
th B.by C.i
n D.of
6.Ski
ppyal
sobar
kedf
ier
cel
y,.
..
..
.di
dthedog.
A.So B.Al
though C.Even
D.Al
so
7.Ski
ppyhadal
eashar
oundi
ts
A.leg B.wai
st C.wr
ist D.
neck
8.Thesuddennoi
semadeMr
s.Moyo
A.j
ump B.j
umps C.j
umped D.
j
umping
9.Thebonewas.
..
..
.heavyt
hatSki
ppycoul
dnotl
if
tit
.
A.ver
y B.much C.qui
te D.so
10.Mr
s.Moyodi
dnotknow .
..
..
..i
twasgoi
ngt
orai
n.

A4 Mendi
ngaBi
cycl
e

Whenmyparentsbr
oughtmeabicycl
e,theyknew t
hatiwould
havet
omendapunct ur
eatsome ti
meoranot her
.Therefor
e,
myfat
hert
aughtmehowt omendapunct
ure.
OnSat urday,hetookmet hrought hewholerouti
ne.Fi r
st,ihad
toloosent heval
veandr emovei t.Thenheshowedmehow t o
l
oosent het yr
e,allt
hewayr ound,bymeansoft wot yrelevers.
Thenihadt opulloutt
het ube,replacet
hevalveandi nfl
atethe
tube. Then he showed me how t of i
nd the puncture by
i
mmer singt hetubebitbybi tinabasi nofwat er. Wehadt o
92
pr
etendt
ofi
ndapunct
ure.
Ihadt omar kt hespotandcl eanitthoroughlywi t
hal i
tt
lerasp
from myt oolbag.Het ol
dmehowi mpor t
antistocl eanthet yr
e
becauset hecauseoft hepuncturemightsti
llbestucki nthetyre.
Icutapat ch, spreadsoluti
onont oi
tanddot hesameont hespot
ihadcl eaned.Af t
erabouttenmi nuteswhent hesol uti
onhad
becomest icky,ihadt oplacei tont hespot . Thenihadt o
repl
acet het ube,val veandtyre.Af t
erihadi nflatedthewheel
again,Fat herwassat i
sfi
ed thatiwoul d beabl et o mend a
punctur
e

A.Sent
enceConst
ruct
ion
Makemeani
ngf
ulsent
encesusi
ngsi
xoft
hesewor
ds:
1.r
out
ine 7.bymeansof
2.i
mmer
se 8.bi
tbybi
t
3.t
hor
oughl
y 9.pr
etend
4.i
mpor
tant 10.pat
ch
5.t
hecause 11.val
ve
6.sat
isf
ied 12.mend
B.Vocabul
aryWor
k
Pick a wordfr
om those under
li
ned and mat
ch i
twi
thi
ts
appropr
iat
eexpl
anat
ionbel
ow

93
1.pl
eased
2.t
oputsomet
hingdeepi
ntoal
iqui
d
3.usi
ngsomet
hing
4.f
il
lwi
thsome
5.gr
adual
lyorsl
owl
y
6.asmal
lhol
emadei
nthet
yreort
ube
7.r
epai
r
8.pr
ocess

C.Pr
act
icalQuest
ionsf
orDi
scussi
ons
1.Canyoumendapi
ctur
e?
2.Whatcanweusei
nst
eadoft
yrel
ever
s?
3.Howwoul
dyouf
indapunct
urei
nat
yrewhenyouar
eint
he
vel
dt?
4.Whot
aughtyouhowt
omendapunct
ure?
5.Whatcausedyourl
astpunct
ure?
6.Howdowegetai
rint
oawheel
?
7.Howdowegetai
routofat
ube?
8.Whatdoyouexpectt
ofi
ndi
nat
oolbox?

94
D.Compr
ehensi
onQuest
ions
1.Whot
aughtt
hewr
it
erhowt
omendapunct
ure?
2.Whenwast
hewr
it
ert
aughthowt
omendapunct
ure?
3.Whatdi
dthewr
it
erdof
ir
stt
ost
artt
hepr
ocess?
4.Whatdi
dthewr
it
eruset
oloosent
het
yre?
5.Whatdi
dthewr
it
erdot
ofi
ndpunct
ure?
6.Fr
om wher
edi
dthewr
it
ert
aket
her
asp?
7.Howdidt
hewr
it
ermakesur
ethatt
hepat
chwasr
eadyt
obe
st
uck/
8.Giveawordf
rom t
hepassagewhi
chmeant
heopposi
teof
t
ighten.
9.I
nyourownwor
dsexpl
aint
hemeani
ngof“
immer
sing”
.
10.“Wepret
endt
ofi
ndapunct
ure”Whatdoest
hewor
d“we”
r
efert
o?
E.MULTI
PLECHOI
CEQUESTI
ONS
Choosethebestwor
d orwor
dst
o compl
eteeach oft
hese
st
atements
1.Thewr
it
er’
sfat
herboughthi
ma
A.t
yre B.val
ve C.pump Dbi
cycl
e
2.Fi
rstt
hewr
it
erhadt
o
A.pul
loutt
het
ube B.l
oosent
heval
ve
C.cl
eant
heval
ve D.l
oosent
het
yre
95
3.Thewr
it
erwast
aughtt
ofi
ndt
hepunct
ureby
A.r
emovingt
heval
ve B. i
mmer
singt
het
ube
i
nwater
C.looseni
ngt
het
yreal
lwayr
ound D. i
nfl
ati
ng t
he
tube
4.Theyhadt
opr
etendt
ofi
ndapunct
urebecause
A.thebicycl
ehadapunct
ure B. t
hebi
cycl
ehad
nopunct
ure
C.Fatherhadpunct
uredt
het
yre D. Fat
herwant
edanew
bi
cycl
e
5.Accor
dingtothepassaget
hewor
dwhi
chmeansnear
lyt
he
sameas“fi
ll
”is
A.loosen B.i
nfl
ate C.punct
ure
D.mend
6.I
tisi
mpor
tantt
ocl
eant
het
yrebecause
A.thepuncturemightbest
uckt
here B. t
he
sol
uti
onwoul dhavebecomestickyC. Fat
herwant
edto
showhim howtomendapunctur
e
D.t
hewr
it
erwoul
dhavet
omendapunct
uresomet
ime.
F.LANGUAGEQUESTI
ONS
CHOSETHEBESTWORD OR WORDS TO COMPLETETHESE
SENTENCES
1.Taur
ai.
..
..
..
..
..
..
hisbi
cycl
etowar
dst
heshop

96
 A.r
idi
ng B.r
idden C.r
ode D.r
ide
2.I
twasl
ate.
..
..
..
.wedeci
dedt
ori
dehome
A.and B.so C.unt
il D.
because
3.Thi
sbi
cycl
eis.
..
..
..
..ol
dthatIcannotr
idei
t
A.so B.t
oo C.ver
y D.
much
4..
..
..
..
..
.fat
heri
sar
ound,
mybr
otherbehaveshi
msel
f
A.Whatever B.whi
chever C.Whenever D.
Wher
ever
5.Thati
stheman.
..
..
..
..
.bi
cycl
ewasst
olen
A.whom B.whose C.who D.why
6.Myf
athermendedt
hebi
cycl
eal
lby
A.mysel
f B.hi
msel
f C.our
sel
ves D.

TheEscape

Thesunhadr isennow andwascasti

ngagoldenl i
ghtont
othe
grassthatspreadli
keagr eencarpetacr
osst heveld.Soon,
Tawandareachedasmal lst
ream.Hewadedthroughtheankle-
deepwater.Thecoldal
mostf r
ozehisli
mbs.Tawandaclumsily
cl
imbedoutoft hewat
er.Exhaust
ed,heli
mpedt owardsabig
97
rockandsatagai
nsti
twhi
lehewar
medhi
msel
fint
hemor
ning
sunshi
ne.

Assoonashi sfeetweredry,Tawandaconti
nuedonhisjour
ney.
Thesunwasnow cl imbingsteadi
lyupthesky.Exceptforthe
chi
rping and chatteri
ng of excit
ed bir
ds,everythi
ng was
peaceful
lyqui
et.

Theplasti
cbagthatdangledfr
om hiswaistmadehim walk
unst
eadil
y.Her
emoveditf
rom hi
sbel
tandcarr
iedi
tinhi
shand.

Afterwal
kingforalongdistance,hefel
tti
redandfri
ghtened.The
cruelcombinati
onofhunger ,fat
igueandf earal
mostt empted
him toturn backand return homebutt hethoughtofUncl e
Mosesandhi scruel
tyencour agedhimtomoveon.Hehadt o
escape.

Adapt
edfr
om:Tapi
waandt
heKi
dnapper
sbyGodf
rey Hozo
(
1987)MamboPr
ess

Quest
ions

a)Atwhatt
imedi
dTawandal
eavehome?
(1)

98
a)Whatspr
eadl
ikeagr
eencar
petacr
osst
hevel
d?
(1)
b)Whatal
mostf
rozeTawanda’
sli
mbs?
(1)
c)WhatmadeTawandawal
kunst
eadi
ly?
(1)
d)Howdeepwast
hewat
eri
nthest
ream?
(1)
e)Whydi
dhel
eanagai
nstabi
grock?
(1)
f
)Whatdi
stur
bedt
hequi
etnessoft
heday?
(
1)
g)Whywoul
dTawandanott
urnbackandr
etur
nhome?
(1)
h)Whichwor
dfr
om t
hepassagemeansnear
lyt
hesameas
“t
ir
ed?
” (
1
i
) What does t
he wor
d “
it
” i
n l
ine 9 r
efer t
o?
(
1)
j
)Inyourownwor
dsexpl
aint
hemeani
ngoft
hewor
d“dangl
ed”
.

TheDr
ought
Dayaft
erdaytheskyr emainedblueandtheeart
hcr ackedwith
t
heheat. Everywher
epeopl etal
kedaboutthelatenessoft he
rai
nandthegrowingprospectofdrought
.Thenoneaf t
ernoon,i
t

99
wasr epor
tedthattherainmakerhadar r
ived.Wewerealll
yingin
theshedtoavoidtheaf ter
noonheat.Att hatt
imewesawpeopl e
walki
ng along a path going t
o Sviki
ro’scompound and then
Sviki
rohimsel
fappr oachedtotel
leveryonetoatt
endaceremony.

Wewentt hererel
uctant
ly,forinourhear t
swedi dnotbel i
evei
t
wouldwor k.Al ar
geandent husiasti
ccr owdofpeopleturnedup
i
nanopenspace.Smal lgroupsofwomenandchi l
drencrowded
undertheeavesoft hetwosmal lhutsf orshadeandthemensat
wit
ht hei
rkneesupt otheirchi nsint hehotsun,hol di
ngsome
knobkerr
ies,axesandwal ki
ngst icks.
Jakar osefrom amongt hemenandst oodabovet herainmaker,
bowing hi shead ashebentdown t o saysomet hi
ng to her.
Someoneshout edfrom t
hecrowd,angrilyadvi
singtheheadman
torevisehismanner sandcrouchashet alkedtoher.Thent here
wassi lence,Jakalookedaround,hesit
atedbutcr oucheddown
onhi sheels.Hebr oughtatinoftobaccoandbegant omakea
cigar
et t
ebuttherainmakerwasunaf f
ectedbyhi sfurt
herdisplay
ofbadmanner sandspoket ohim qui etl
y,givi
nginstruct
ions.
SoonJakagotupandspoket othecrowdr epeati
ngthemessage
thattheyshouldgot othetr
eeoftheancest or
s.

(
a) Whatmadet
heear
thcr
ack?
(
b) Howdi
dthepeopl
eavoi
dtheaf
ter
noonheat
?
(
c) Whatdoyout
hinkt
hecer
emonywasal
labout
?
(
d) Whom doyout
hinkwast
her
ainmaker
?

100
 (
e) Whi chwor
dfr
om t
hepassagemeansnear
lyt
hesame
aswi
ll
ingly?
(
f)Wher
ewast
her
ainmaker
?
(
g) Whatdoest
hewor
d“her
”inl
ine12r
efert
o?
(
h) WhowasJaka?
(
i)Whatt
hreei
temsl
ist
edi
nthepassagewer
ehel
dbyt
hemen?
(
j)Whatdot
hewor
ds“
tor
evi
sehi
smanner
s”meant
oyou?

TheCr
uelKi
ng

Dengawast heking.Her ul
edwi thcruel tyandgreed.Hemade
theman wor kdayand ni ghtdi ggi
ng f orgold.Hecal l
ed the
wit
chdoctor
st omi xthegoldwi t
hmagi c.Themagi cwoul dmake
himli
veforever.Anyonerefusi
ngt odot hiswastort
uredandput
todeat
h.Theki ngorderedallthepeopl etostopwor shi
ppingthe
spi
ri
toftheirfather
s.Hesai dhewast heirgodandwant edthem

101
toworshipanidolmadeoft heimageofhim.Anyonevi
sit
ingt
he
pal
acehadt obowi nfrontoftheidolandt
hencrawlbackwar
ds
outofthetempleonhisstomach.

Quest
ions

(a)WhowasDenga?
(b)Whatwor
kdi
dt hemendodayandni
ght
?
(c)Whatt
wothi
ngsweredonetothemenwhor
efusedt
owor
k
dayandni
ght
?
(d) Whydi
dDengaordert
hepeopl
etost
opwor
shi
ppi
ngt
he
spi
ri
toft
hei
rfat
her
s? (
1)
(
e)Whydi
dtheki
ngmaket
hewi
tchdoct
orsmi
xgol
dandmagi
c?
(
f)Whichwordf
rom t
hepassagemeansaking’
shome?
(
g)Whichwordfrom t
hepassagei
stheoppositeofkindness?
(
h)Theidol
wasinwhoseimage?
(
i)I
nyourownwordsexpl
aint
hemeaningoftheword“crawl
”.

102
103
G. Expr essive Wr
it
ingRead t
he story“Mending a Bicycle
Puncture”oncemor e. Now uset heknowledgeyougetf rom
ther
eandt hatyouhavet owr i
teacomposi ti
onwit
ht het i
tl
e,
“How toMendaPunct ur
e”.Includeinyourcomposit
iononl y
i
mpor tantdetail
.

104
Kwar
ambaSear
chesForNewLand
Kwar ambacamet osett
leamongusf rom t
henor th.Hebr ought
wit
hhi m asmallherdofcatt
leandveryfewot herpossessions.
Theel dersrecei
vedhim wel
landtreat
edhim wi t
hr espect.Af
ter
acoupl eofdays,t heycall
edhimt othevil
lagecounci lforan
i
nterview
Kwar ambaappear edt ohavesat i
sfi
edtheel der
sbecause,soon
aft
ert heinter
view,hewasseenbei ngshownpat chesandplots
ofunoccupi edland.Apparently,hehadmovedsout hinsear
chof
bett
ergr azi
ngandar abl
el and.Hehadcl ai
medt hatlandi
nt he
nort
hhadbecomebar r
enduet ooverrise.Hisfamilywasthere
fi
ndingi tdi
ffi
cultt
omakeal ivingthere,
sot heyhadcomet ofind
bett
erl and.
Hisfinalchoicewasapl otofunusedl andnexttoMamunda” s
fi
eld.Hewasver yhappywi t
hthispieceoflandandthankedthe
councilfort
heirki
ndness.Soon,hestart
edwor ki
ngonthepiece
oflandtopreparefort
henotsof arr
ainyseason.
Adaptedfr
om St
ori
esTr
ueToLi
feby N.
M .Rungano,Mambo
Press(
1990)

105
THEEXAMI
NATI
ONFEVER
Therewasnosingleper
sonatt
heschoolwhenPanashearrived.
Theexaminat
ionhewasabouttowri
tethatdayhadoccupi
edhi s
mindsomucht hathehadfai
ledt
onot i
ce thati
twasstil
lt oo
earl
y.
Hepeepedt hroughthewindow andlookedatthewallclockin
theheadteacher’
soffi
ce.Theti
mewasonl yfi
vei
nt hemor ni
ng
.Fear
ful
lyandconf usedhewobbledintotheexaminati
onroom
anddeptononeoft hebenchesattheoftheroom.
Hewaswokenupshor tl
ybyOl dMunat sa,theheadt eacher.Mr
Munatsiwasanener geticandhi ghl
yrespectedteacher.Hewas
onhisoccasionalwalksar oundtheschool?Hewant edtocheck
anyform ofmischiefthatwoul ddiscr
edithisschoolint hefi
nal
examinati
onsofthatyear .Hisschoolwasacent reofexcellence
admir
ation.
MrMunatsii
nvit
edPanashetohishouse.
Theydi
scussedaf
ew
i
ssuesoveracupofhotcof
fee.

106
TAWANDAKI
LLSANEAGLE
Tawanda’ssharpweaponhitt heatt
acki
ngeagl ei
n mid–ai
r.
Thebig birdmadeal oudnoise andfel
ltot hegr
ound.Fora
foodsoitfl
appedit
swingsaboutli
keabutter
fl
yburntbyabush
fi
re.Af
terawhile,
itdi
ed.
Ital
lseemedl i
keani ghtmaretothetwoboys.Thest i
ckfel
lfr
om
Tatenda’s tr
embl i
ng hands . t hey looked at each other
speechlessl
y.“You,you, youhavekil
ledit,
”stammeredMunoda
.“ Wehave”answer edTawanda.“ Butyouwhohi tit
,” said
Munoda,poi ntingashaki ngfi
ngerathisf r
iend.“Tosaveyou”
saidTawanda. “ Yes”,Munoda admi tted,“ Youcoul
dhave
easil
yleftmeatt hemer cyofthecr eat
ur e.OnlyGod knows
whatwoul dhavehappened. ”
Therewasnoneedf ormorewor ds.Theboys,eachwitha
heavysighslowl
yt urnedaway.Theyweresoover comewit
h
fr
ightt
hattheydescendedChegondoHil
lwi
thoutanot
herwor
d
Adaptedfr
om TAWANDA,MY SON byThompsonK Tsodzo
,COLLEGEEXPRESS(
1986)

107
hbmakaye@gmai
l
.com

1.MyCat
A.I
ntr
oduct
ion(
wher
eIgoti
t)
a.bl
ackcat
b.gi
vent
ome
c.i
twasst
il
lsmal
l
d.i
tisnowaboutf
ouryear
sol
d
B.Body(
Par
agr
aphI
I)i
tsf
ood
a.f
edt
wiceaday

108
b.mor
nings,
meatormi
lk
c.atni
ghtmeatorspeci
alcatf
ood
d.ver
yfondofmi
lk
e.l
apsi
tup
Par
agr
aphI
II
a.hercl
aws
b.herpads
c.hunt
ingdur
ingdayt
imeandatni
ght
d.t
hickf
urandwonder
fuleyes
e.al
waysf
indsherwayhome
Par
agr
aphi
v(herways)
a.beaut
if
ul,
gent
le,
clean
b.washesher
sel
faf
tereat
ing
c.l
ikeaf
ir
einwi
nter
d.showspl
easur
ebypur
ri
ng
C.Concl
usi
on
a.Il
ovemycat
b.Il
ookaf
terher
.

109
Vocabul
aryt
hatmayused
-f
luf
fy -beaut
if
ul,
gent
leandcl
ean
-f
ondof -l
icki
ng
-l
apsi
tup -st
rokes
- beastofpr
ey -pl
easur
e
-l
ong,
cur
vedandshar
p -pur
ri
ng
- sof
tpads -st
rayf
rom home
- noct
urnal
Si
mil
es
- asbl
ackascoal
,aswhi
teassnow
- asgent
leasal
amb
- aswi
seasanowl
- asshar
pasaneedl
e(cl
aws)

110
2.AFoot
bal
lMat
chIAt
tended
A.I
ntr
oduct
ion(
wher
eandweat
her
)
Ihave attended so many f ootbal
lmatches at
/i
n Mkwasine
Stadium.TheoneIat tended/wit
nessedon15June2016wasa
memor abl
e/an unforgett
able one.Our schoolwas pl ayi
ng
againsti
tsmain/chi
efrival
,Chipi
wa.Theweatherwasconduci
ve
forthebi
ggame/ encounter/
derby.
B.Body:Par
agr
aphI
I
- Numberofpeopl
e
- behavi
ourofspect
ator
s
- cheer
ingatt
hei
rfavour
it
eteams
111
 - noi
sysuppor
ter
s
- dancedwi
thj
oy,
ulul
ated
- scr
eamedwi
thj
oy
Par
agr
aphI
II
- goodpasses
- passeswer
eaccur
ate
- dr
ibbl
edpastdef
ender
s
- scor
edaheader
- makeagr
eatsave
- pl
ayedanent
ert
aini
nggame
Par
agr
aphI
V
- scor
edabr
il
li
antgoal
- scor
edaspecul
argoal
- scor
edt
hewi
nni
nggoal
- whowast
hebestpl
ayer
/ent
erpr
isi
ng
-t
hedr
ibbl
ingwi
zar
d
C.Concl
usi
on
- Whi
cht
eam won,
byhowmanygoal
s
- Pr
izes
- Player of the t our
nament /
man of t he match/
most
enterpr
isi
ngplayer
/topgoalscorerwal
kedawaywi
th….

112
Vocabul
ary
- mostt
alent
edpl
ayer - onegoalt
oni
l
- awar
dedapenal
ty - cl
ear
edt
hebal
l
- passeswer
eaccur
ateandf
ast
- kni
tt
edgoodpasses
- scor
edabr
il
li
antgoal
- scor
edahat
ri
ck
- scor
edabr
ace
-t
hebal
lwascl
ear
edf
rom t
hel
ine
- scor
edasci
ssor
ski
ck
-t
hebal
lhi
tthecr
ossbar
- hewasf
oul
edi
nthepenal
tyboxandapenal
tywasawar
ded
- scor
edagem ofagoal

3.AnAcci
dentIWi
tnessed
A.I
ntr
oduct
ion:Par
agr
aphI
- shi
nyandhotday,
dat
esi
fnecessar
y,sunshi
ningbr
il
li
ant
ly
-t
hesunwasl
ikeabal
loff
ir
e
-t
hesceneoft
heacci
dent
B.BodyPar
agr
aphI
I

113
 -l
orr
ywant
edt
oover
takeatashar
pcur
ve
-t
hel
orr
ycr
ashedi
ntot
hebus
- peopl
ewhodi
edont
hespot
- numberofpeopl
einj
uredf
atal
l
y/ser
iousl
y
-t
otalchaos/
disor
der
- somepeopl
ewer
escr
eami
ngandgr
oani
ngi
nfearandpai
n
Par
agr
aphI
II
- passi
ngvehi
clesst
oppedt
oavoi
dhi
tt
ingt
hei
njur
ed
- Moment
sl at
er,Short
lyaftert
hat,Wit
hinashor
tspaceof
t
imepol
icearr
ivedatthesceneandaskedsomequest
ions.
- Putacor
dont
okeept
hepubl
icatadi
stance
- Manypeopl
est
oppedt
oseei
ftheycoul
dassi
st
Par
agr
aphI
V
- Ambul
ancecameandcar
ri
edt
hei
njur
edt
othehospi
tal
- Somesur
vivor
ssuf
fer
edscr
atches
- Lorr
y dr iver di
ed aft
er bei
ng admi
tt
ed i
nto t
he
hospit
al/
hospit
ali
zed.
C.Concl
usi
on
- Af
teraf
ort
night
,peopl
ewer
etr
eat
edanddi
schar
ged
- Thel orr
ydr i
ver,t
hebusdr i
vercausedt
heacci
dentwas
drunk;didnotobeytr
aff
icr
ules.

114
Vocabul
ary
- peopl
ewer
ebl
eedi
ngpr
ofusel
y
- somepeopl
ewer
einj
uredsl
ight
ly,
fat
all
y
- someonl
ooker
sweptbi
tt
erl
y,t
ouchi
ngl
y
- somepeopl
efel
lheavi
lyont
het
arr
edr
oad/
ont
hegr
avel
road

4.MySchool
A.Intr
oduction
- nameofschool
- whereyouf indit,nearestt
own,r
iver
s,r
oadsanddams,
dist
ri
ct
- yearitwasestabl
ished

Par
agr aphII
-t alkaboutt
hel owveldsugarestates
-t alk about di st
ances i n kilometers; use wor ds (i
)
approximatel
y( ii
)around(ii
i)about,
(i
v)almost
-isi tnearasecondar yschool,namei t
,uset heabovewords
togivedist
ancet othenearestsecondaryschool
- howf arisi
tfrom thenearesttownship,town.

Par
agraphI
II
-iti
sabigschool
/smal
l,
urban,
far
m orr
uralschool
.

115
 - number of t eacher
s – name j ust a f ew,
headmistr
ess/
headmast er
,the deput
y head,yourcl
ass
teacher
- numberofpupil
s-uni f
orm wor
nbygi r
ls/
boys

Par
agr aphIV
- subject
staught
,yourfavouri
tesubject
s
- yoursport
ingact
ivi
ti
esatt heschool
- doesyourschoolexceli
nanyspor t

Par
agraphV
- whydoyoul
ikeyourschool
?

Vocabul ary
- situated,located
- beaut i
fulandmagni f
ied
- greenf lowers
- char t
sar eeducat ive,at
tract
iveandmout hwateri
ng
- classroomsar ewel lfur
nished
-t eacher sar ef ri
endly,kind,sociable,merci
ful
,smartand
helpful
- pupi l
sar egener ous,fai
thful
,smar tandcheer
ful
- school hasi ndigenousandexot i
ct r
ees(nameafew)
-t hegar deni spr oduct i
ve– var i
etyofvegetabl
esgrownin
thegar den
- appr oximately,around,about ,
almost

Si
mil
es
- asgr
eenasgr
ass–flower
s
- assmar
taski
ngs(
teacher
s)
116
 - asbusyaspupi
ls(
teacher
s)

DESCRI
PTI
VECOMPOSI
TION
Descr
ibi
ngAnyPer
son
Faceand head: r ound,oval,long,small
,square-j
awed,thi
n,
bul
let
, wr i
nkled, fr
iendl
y, freckl
ed, bal
d-headed, dar
k in
complexi
on,li
ghtincomplexi
on, whi
tei
ncompl exi
on.
For
ehead:nar
row,
flat
,bul
ging,
str
aight
,br
oad,
enor
mous
Nose: long,f
lat
,st
rai
ght
,br
oad.Enor
mous,bul
bous,aqui
li
ne
(
eagle-
li
ke)
Hai
r:st
rai
ght,wavy,curl
y,matt
ed,unkempt
,fi
ne,
tangl
ed,
brown,
gr
ey-
hai
red,l
ong,si
lky,bobbed,
plai
ted
Eyes:clear,bri
ght,l
arge,small
,br
own,blue,sl
y,mer
ry,beady,
twi
nkli
ng, spar
kli
ng,r
ound,almond-
shaped
Mout h,l
ipsandteeth:wide,thi
n,str
aight
,st
ained,bad,
decayed,
gleaming,ir
regul
ar,pr
oject
ing,prominent
,uneven,well
-br
ushed,
thick
Ski
n:pale,
tanned,
dusky,
fai
r,sunbur
nt,
rough,
smoot
h,f
reckl
ed,
pi
mply,
blot
chy.
Figures:tal
l,short
,lanky,stout,t
hin,fr
ail
,at
hlet
ic,bent
,stur
dy,
st
alwar t
,manly,powerful,
giganti
c,defor
med,robust,
broadchest
,
upright,
bow-l
egged,big-chested.
Character
:humbl e,ki
ndheart
ed,pr
oud,naught
,greedy,sel
fish,
cheerf
ul,miserabl
e,honest
,charming,mean,loyal
,generous,
l
ovable,bold,stubbor
n,short
-t
empered,f
orgi
ving,unforgi
ving,
117
mercil
ess,brave,hardworki
ng,
,goodt
emper
ed,cowar
d,j
ovi
al,
headstr
ong,shy,unf
orgivi
ng
Voi
ce: l
ow,hi
gh-
pitched,squeaky,sweet
,shr
il
l,hoar
se,deep,
har
sh,
bass,
nasal
,guttur
al,
raucous

NARRATI
VE
CAUGHTI
NATHUNDERSTORM
Par
agr
aphI
- LastFr
iday/
Satur
day af
ter
noon mot
hersentme t
o buy
somegrocer
ies
- wentt
ovi
sitaf
ri
endonanot
herf
arm

118
 - nocl
oudi
nthesky
- wasahot
-smel
tedday
- sunwasl
ikeabal
loff
ir
e
Par
agr
aphI
I
- Towar
dsone,
two,
thr
eeo’
cl
ockt
hewi
ndspr
angup.
- coul
dseet
hewi
ndatt
heswayi
ngbr
anchesoft
rees
- dr
ivenbyt
hewi
nd,
thundercl
oudsbegant
ogat
heri
n
-t
hest
orm wasbr
ewi
ng
Par
agr
aphI
II
- Soonaf
ter
war
ds,
Ihear
dther
umbl
ingoft
hunder
.
- Byt
hist
imet
heskycompl
etel
yover
cast
- Suddenl
y,ther
ewasal or
dthunder
clapt
hatl
eftmeal
most
deaf
,fol
lowedbyaf
lashofli
ght
ning
Par
agr
aphI
V
- Af
ewr
aindr
opsspat
ter
edi
nthedust
- Al
mosti
mmedi
atel
yaf
ter
war
ds,
itpour
edwi
thr
ain
- Ihadt
oscur
ryf
orshel
ter
- Iwasdr
enched(
wett
otheski
n)
- Wat
erwasever
ywher
e
- It
ookshel
teri
nacave/
shed.
- Ishi
ver
edwi
thcol
d

119
 - Wi
thi
nhal
fanhour
,thest
orm hadpassed
Par
agr
aphVConcl
usi
on
- Icoul
dseear
ainbowi
nthesky
- Bi
rdsbegant
osi
ngagai
n
- We/
Ihur
ri
edhome
-
7.BUSI
NESSLETTER
Writ
eal et
tertoyourteacheradvi
singhi
mthatyouwil
lnotbe
abl
et oattendschoolonasai ddateandday. Thereasons
shoul
dincl
udethefoll
owing.
Yourmotherhasfal
leni
llandhasbed-ri
ddenwit
hanout
breakof
chol
erat
hathasrecentl
yhityourvi
ll
age/ar
ea.
-f
atherhast
akent
ohospi
tal
- hassincebeenadmi
tt
edatChi
redzi
/Mashoko/
Mkwasi
ne
hospi
tal
/cl
ini
c
-f
atherhaswr
it
tenanot
etel
l
ingust
hathercondi
ti
oni
s
i
mprovi
ng
- sinceyouaretheeldestson/
daughteryouhavet
otakecar
e
ofbeast s,otheryoungerchildr
en (the f
amil
y)and all
farmingacti
vit
ies.
- youcanaddsomemor
edet
ail
s
-t
ellhi
m/herwhenyouhopet
obebackt
oschool
Vocabul
ary
120
 - admi
tt
ed
-r
ecover
ing/
feel
ingbet
ter
-l
ooki
ngaf
ter
/taki
ngcar
e
-t
reat
edanddi
schar
ged

NARRATI
VE
TheDayMyUncl
e’sHouseBur
ntDown
A.I
ntr
oduct
ion
-l
astweek,
year
,af
ort
nightagovi
sit
edmycousi
ninHar
are
-t
hateveni
ngwentt
othechur
ch-r
etur
ned
- sawt
hehouseonf
ir
e
B.Par
agr
aphI
I
- howwet
ri
edt
osavewhatwecoul
d
- uncl
etookhosepi
pei
nthegar
den
-f
ir
ekeptspr
eadi
ng
- hel
pedmyuncl
e,car
ri
edoutcl
othesandf
urni
tur
e
-l
ater
,toodanger
ous,cr
own/
onl
ooker
srushed–whatt
hey
di
d.
Par
agr
aphI
II

121
 - howt
hef
ir
ewasputout
- par
toft
her
ooff
elli
n,smokeandf
lames
-f
ir
eengi
near
ri
ved-f
ir
emenspr
ayedwat
eront
hehouse
-f
lamesdi
eddown–f
ir
eputout
- onl
ybar
ewal
lsl
eft
Par
agr
aphI
V–Concl
usi
on
- st
ayedatanei
ghbour
’shouse
- uncl
elookedf
orahouset
orent
- causeoft
hef
ir
eneverf
oundout
.

ACEREMONY
Time:Sunr
ise,midday,sunset
,ear
lymor
ning,l
ate,t
hesunwas
behi
ndt
hemount ai
ns
Clot
hes: welldressed,weddinggown,nicesuit,gl
ossyshoes,
l
eathershoes,weddi ng ri
ng,( gol
den,shi
ny);veilcover
ing a
beauti
fulf
ace,hi
gh-heeledshoes,venuewel
ldecorat
ed,ai
sle
Food: deli
ciousfood,spi
cy,sour,sweety,smel
ly,savor
y,wit
h
goodflavor
,plentyoffood,t
asty,tast
eless,abi
gmeal ,alar
ge
meal,
adel i
ciouscake,agr
eatdealof
Ent
ertai
nment:danci
ngtomusi
c,api
eceofmusi
c,songs,
bri
de
maidsdanci
ngtomusic
Gif
ts:alotofpresent
s,avariet
yofpr
esent
s,many,i
nfor
m of
cash,
fur
nit
ure,
kit
chenutensi
ls
122
People: a big cr
owd,i n numbers,many people,bride,
br
idegroom,
newhusband,
pastor
,cheer
ful
,mast
erofceremony.
Concl
usi
on:over
joyed,ext
remel
y,happy,wi
llneverf
orgett
his
day
Somei
mpor
tantPoi
nts
- womenwer
eul
ulat
ingast
hecoupl
ewal
keddownt
heai
sle
- manypeopl
ewer
echeer
ingatt
henewcoupl
e
- ever
ybodyscr
eamedwi
thj
oy
-t
hemc’
svoi
ceechoedi
ntomyeyes
-l
it
tl
ewai
tedi
mpat
ient
lyf
orf
oodwi
thgr
eedyeyes
- mout
hwat
eri
ngf
ood,
appet
isi
ngf
ood

123
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127
128
129
130
131
132
SOMEI
MPORTANTWORDSI
NCOMPOSI
TIONWRI
TING

 However
…..

 Ont
heot
herhand….

 Ont
hecont
rar
y….
.

 Fur
ther
mor
e….
.

 Addi
ti
onal
ly….
.

I
nthesameway….

I
naddi
ti
ont
o

 Mor
eover
…

 Appar
ent
ly

 Cl
ear
ly…

 Obvi
ousl
y……

 Def
ini
tel
y…….

133
  Fi
nal
ly…….
.
 Last
ly…….
 Ther
efor
e……
I
nanut
shel
l…….
 Al
linal
l……
Vocabul
aryf
orComposi
ti
onWr
it
ing

t rul
yspeaki ng
 waitedeager ly
 cri
edbi tterly
 nousecr yingoverspi l
tmi l
k
 desperat elypleading
 scorchingsun/ heat
t heblazingsunwasal readyscorchi
ngt heearth
 dashedhome
t i
p-t
oedt owar dsthehouse
 ast hebl azingSept embersunscor chedmer cil
essl
yover
thebarrenear th
 awel l
-planneddayt ur
nedhor r
ibleandni ghtmari
shwhenI
wascaughtr ed-handed
 beatenr uthlessly
 saunteredoutoft hehouseonanempt ystomach
 aloyalhar d-
wor ki
ngchi l
d
 Iwasar oused/ awakenedbyt hechirpingbi r
ds
 myhear tthrobbedandmi ssedabi t
 everyonechuckl edatme

134
 Iwi shedt heear t
hcoul dopenupandswal l
owme
 poppedoutoft hebed
t akingagl impse
t henexti nst ant
 abar rageofquest ionsbombar dedmysmal lhead
 ahundr edpai r
sofeyesgazedatme
 Iwast het it
letoever yjoke
 stil
lgl uedont hefor estageofmymi nd
 wasdown- hear ted
 Ipluckedupsomecour age
 gotembi ttered
t rulyhar dt i
mesneverki l
l
 apr ankofget t
ingmei ntotrouble
f oundmygr umpyol dheadmast erext
remelyfur
ious
 wobbl edi ntot her oom
 piercingl ook
f eltwi stful andhumi l
iated
 showednor emor se
 showednot olerance
 nor easonabl eexpl anat i
on
 putheadst ogether
 hewasast ounded
 att hecr ackofdawn
 Iam wr i
tingt hisgr ousingl ett
er
 screami ngandgr oani ng
 supposedt obedoneef fi
caciously
 afterwhatseemsl ikeages
 mel anchol icmood

135
 memor iesoft hisdayar estil
lli
ngeri
nginmymi nd
 Thesunhadbegunpoki ngi t
sgoldenfingersinthebreaks
ofthefoliagetree
 Ienjoyedt hepl easantbl ossomsoft heor angetreewhich
wasi nfullbloom
 Iwasper plexedt oreali
set hat
 Iranasf astasmyl egscoul dcarryme
 Everyonest art
edj eeri
ngatme
 Istooddumbf ounded
 Ihesit
atedatt hedoor
 Angerandshamer agedthroughmyvei ns
 Ibecamef r
ant i
c
 Icr i
ed because Iwas over whelmed and i nf
ested wi
th
sadness

 Iwr i
tet hislett
ergivi
ngyouat i
poffofwhathasbeen
happeningi nMkwasine
 Theprobl em i
smai nl
ycausedbyvi
cedonebypeopl
e
I ntheli
ghtoft heabove
 Manypeopl earefl
ocki
ngtoMkwasinei
nsear
chofwater
intheni ckoft i
me


136
 some/
any

 agr
eatdeal
of

 al
argeamountof

 mostoft
he….
.mostofmy….

 Pl
ent
yof
….

 Al
otof
……

 Asmal
lnumberof
……

 Fur
ther
…..
fur
thest

 Noneoft
hegi
rl
s….

 Near
lyal
lthet
eacher
s….
.

 Mostcheer
ful
….mor
eint
erest
ing….
mor
efr
iendl
y

 PLURALS…..
potat
o-,
l
eaf
,t
rol
ley,
l
orr
y,f
ami
ly….
chal
kboar
d
rul
er….
gar
dentool

 Ver
yfew….
ver
yli
tt
le

 Har
dlyany(
noun) ,Icanscar
cel
ybel
ieve(
ver
b)

 May….
might
137
 Oughtt
o…oughtnott
o…

 Unt
il
….si
nce

 Pr
efer….
.t
o

 Rat
her
….t
han

 Usedt
o….

 Al
phabet….
Makaye,
Makaudze,
Makadho,
Magut
sa

 Har
dofhear
ing

 Tur
noveranewl
eaf

 Lett
hecatoutoft
hebag

 Al
though

I
nst
eadof

 Owi
ngt
o

 Regar
dlessof

 Despi
te

I
f/unl
ess(
Don’
taskt
het
eacheri
f/unl
essyoudon’
tknow.

 Nei
ther
…nor….

 Ei
ther
…or
..
.

 Taur
aidi
dn’
tli
ket
ogohome.

 Di
dyougi
vet
hebookt
oAl
ice?

 Whydi
dChar
it
ygohome?
138
  Despi
tePaul
’
sst
rengt
hhecan’
tmovet
het
ruck.

I
nspi
teofPaul
’
sst
rengt
hhecan’
tmovet
het
ruck.

 Al
thoughi
sst
rongi
sst
ronghecan’
tmovet
het
ruck.

 Despi
te/
Inspi
teoft
heheat
(noun)wor
kedver
yhar
d.

 Mut
arei
sint
heeastofZi
mbabwe.

 Mut
arei
stot
heeastofMasvi
ngo.

 Thedi
sabl
edmanwasablet
omovear
oundbymeansofby
meansofawheel
chai
r.

 Whatwi
llyoudoaf
terschoolt
oday?

 Ihavebeenwor
kingver
yhar
d.

 So….
.t
hat
…

 Since Thur
sday/
Mar
ch/
2001/
yest
erday/
lastyear
/Iwas
born.

 For
….f
ouryear
s/t
womont
hs/
afor
tni
ght
/decade.
USE;how,
wher
e,what
,why,
howmuch,
who,
whose
I
. Iwantt
ofi
ndmypur
se,
butIhavenoi
dea……t
olook.
I
I. Pl
easet
ell
me….
youar
ecr
ying.
I
II
. Askt
heshopkeeper
….Ther
icecost
s.
I
V. Theteacherdescr
ibed….
.tobaccoi
smadef
rom t
hel
eaves
oft
heplant.
V. Awi
dowi
sawoman….
.husbandi
sdead.

139
VI
. Doyouknow….
.st
olet
hekey.
VI
I. Askt
henewcomer….
.hernamei
s.

 Di
edof
/fr
om….
.

 Suf
ferf
rom….

 Too….
to…

 As….
.as…

 Fami
li
arwi
th…

 Notonl
y…….butal
so….
.

I
ntheshade……

 Pl
uralnouns.Cat
tl
e,pol
ice,
poul
tr
y,st
aff
Timecl
auses:unt
il
/ t
il
lTheyst
ayedt
il
l/
unt
ilmor
ning.
 St
ayher
euntilIt
ellyoutogo
Neit
heroft hem canswim.Ididn’
tseeei
theroft
hem.
She
speaksnei
therShonanorNdebel
e

Condi
ti
onCl auses:I
f,whenever
(Pr
esentt
ense)unl
ess.
Ift
heweat her’
scold,west ayin.Iwil
lcarr
yonwi thmypl
an
unl
essther
ei sanobjecti
on

Meansoft
ranspor
tWecamebybus/
lor
ry(
etc)onf
oot

140
hbmakaye@gmai
l
.com

1.-
- Fr
ank nor Wi
ll
ie pl
ays f
oot
bal
l
.(
Eit
her,
Nei
ther
,And,
Bot
h)
2.Thest
orehad-oi
lnorj
am.
(ei
ther
,f
or,
nei
ther
)
3.Myf
athernei
therdr
inks-
-smokes(
or,
nor
,and,
rat
her
).
4.Sher
eadt
he-
-i
nter
est
ingst
ory(
mor
e,mostmuch)
5.Ourschoolwas-
-1934(
bui
l
t,bui
ld,
bui
lt
)
6.Or
angesar
e-i
nMazowe(
grown,
grows,
grew)
7.The pr
esi
dent
--t
henewcl
ini
c(wast
oopen,
i
stoopen
,ar
etoopen)
8.--
her
esi
nce2004(
Ihavebeenwor
king,
Ihavewor
ked

141
 waswor
king)
9.Taf
adzwar
an-
-fastt
hathewonal
lther
aces
10. Mar ysai
dshe-
-a cake(
isgoi
ngt
omake,
was
goi
ng,
makes)
11. Shesaidshe-
-t
oBul
awayo.
(hasneverbeen,
never
been,
i
sgoi
ng)
12. Thet eachersai
dwe-
-homeear
ly(
cant
ogo,
can
go,
coul
dgo)
13. No-one t
old the pupi
ls --
(when they stop
wr
it
ing,
whent
ostopwri
ti
ng,whenstoppi
ngtowr
ite)
14. Iwentswimming--
myhomewor
k(i
nst
eadofdoi
ng
,
inst
eaddoi
ng,
inst
eadtodo)
15. Il
ikeal
lmysubj
ect
sexcep-
-Engl
ish.(
at,
fori
n,)
16. Jennif
ersai
dthatshe-
-t
ogohome(want
s,want,
want
ed)
17. Wel
ivedi
nMkwasi
ne-
--
5year
s.(
since,
for,
ago)
18. Mi st
erNyandorothoughtt
her
e--
be agood r
ainy
season(woul
d, wi
llshal
l,
isto)
19. Chi nesefami l
iesar
enotal
lowedtohaveal
otof
chi
ldr
en(aren’
tthey,weret
hey,
hasn’
tthey)
20. Chi nahasgotal
otofbi
gpor
ts,
(hasn’
tit,
aren’
tit,
wasn’
tit
)

142
1.Di
d you -
-t
he l
ett
er t
o your
mother
?(gave,
give,
given,
,
givi
ng)
2.Sarah was--
a pi
ctur
e when Igothome(
draw
,dr
awing,
drawn,
drew)
3.Thechildr
enput-
-booksont
het
abl
e(t
hey,
them,
they’
re,
thei
r)
4.Idon’
twantt
o hearany-
-noi
se(
mor
e,most
,of
,
some)
5.Walk--
the r
oad unti
lyou gett
othe cl
ini
c(by ,
above,down,over
)
6.Thebusbrokedownsot heyf
ini
shedt
hej
our
ney_
foot
(by,
on,wit
h,t
hrough)
7.Heorderedmet
o--upt
hel
ett
er(
tear
,tear
ing,
t
ore,
torn)
8.Iwil
lal
waysremembert
het
ime-
-Ibr
okemyar
m
(when,
whichwas,
them)
9.He passed t
he exam-
-he hadn’
twor
ked har
d
143
 (
however
,despi
te,
alt
hough,
so)
10. We wil
lbe l
ate unless we-
-(don’
thur
ry
,
hur
ry,
wil
lhur
ry,
arehur
rying)
11. That ’
st he gi
rl
--
mother won t
he sewi
ng
pr
ize(
whose,
whoher,ofwho,t
hat)
12. Zambiai
s--
Zimbabwe(nor
ther
n,t
henor
thof
,
int
henor
th,
tothenort
h)
13. Ask Mar thawhet
her
--
tothepar
ty.(
shecan
come,wi
llshecome,ofshecancome,canshe
cancome)
14. I don’t know--
about the snakes(
plent
y
,
anybody,
not
hing,
anythi
ng)
15. How much- -
mustwe wai
t? (
mor
elong
,
longer
,oft
ime,
minut
es)
16. Myf atherwasn’
table-
-ourcar
.(t
her
epai
r,of
r
epai
r,
tor
epair,coul
drepai
r)
17. Mar t
insaidhi
ssist
er-
-t
othest
ore(
isgoi
ng
,
hadgone,goes,
wil
lgo)
18. Whi chwor
dsar eint hecorrectorder(A.For
l
ooking atsmallobj ectsis a mi cr
oscope .B.
Lookingatsmal
lobjectsforisami croscopeC.A
microscopeis forl ooking atsmal lobject
sD.
Smal lf
orobj
ect
si slookingatami croscope)
19. Whichsentencei
scorr
ect
lypunct
uated (A.
I
fyoudon’
tstudyPet
eryouwil
lneverdowellB

144
 .If,youdon’tst
udyyouwillneverdowell.
C.I
f
youdon’tst
udy,Pet
eryouwillneverdowel
lD.i
f
youdon’
tstudy,Pet
er,youwil
lneverpass
20. USEmi
ght
,wi
ll;
Ifyout
akef
ishoutofwat
eri
t
_
_di
e.
21. I fyourot
ateyourcr
ops,
yoursoi
l__
_bemor
e
pr
oducti
ve.
22. Lookatt
hosecl
ouds,
i
t__
_rai
ntoday
23. I fcat
tl
e ar
e not di
pped ,
they _
_gett
ick
–f
ever
.
24. I fyouwat erplantsatmi
d-day ,
thewat
er
_
__evapor
ateveryquickl
y.
25. Whil
eIwas(do,doi
ng,di
d)myhomewor
k
,
mypenbr
oke.

1.Iremembert
heyear_ _
_droughtcaused adi
sast
er
(which,
when,what,
that)
2.__youdon’
tbot herthebeest
heywi
llnotat
tack
you.(
unl
ess,i
f,unti
l,
when)

145
3.Beesuset
hei
rlegs_
___
_col
lect
ingpol
len.(
in,
at
,f
or,t
o)
4.Myfather__goi
ngtoplantt
reesi
nthepl
ant
ati
on
t
hisaf
ternoon.(
are,
is,
were,
was)
5.Thati
sthepen-
-whi
cht
heywer
efi
ght
ing(
over
,,of
,t
o,wit
h)
6.Chi
podi
ed-
-snakebi
te(
from ,
of,
at,
wit
h)
7.Ihaveneverseenamer
mai
d__Iwasbor
n.(
for
,when,
since,
whil
e)
8.Chi
mugot
ihasescaped,hasn’
the? (
yes,hehas
no,
hehas,yes,
hehasn’t,nohehasn’t)
9.And,
Thandiwasacr uelwoman(
wasn’
tshe?
,was
she,
didn’
tshe?,
didshe?)
10. Thechi l
drenwer esit
ti
ngundert
het
ree-
-t
he
shade.(
at,
on,i
n, under)
11. Tawandai
s--
goodt
ermswi
thMunashe.(
in
,
at,
on,by)
12. Themonkeypr
efer
sgr
apes-
-bananas.
(wi
th
,
and,
to,
or)
13. Ideci
dedt
oput
--
war
m cl
othes.(
in,
at,
on,
wit
h)
14. I fi
trai
ns,
wewi
ll
--
ourpl
ans.(
alt
er,
alt
ar,
alt
o,
al
ight
)
15. Af
tert
he pi
cni
c ,ever
yone _
_on bl
anket
s

146
 (
li
ed,
l
aid,
l
ied,
l
ay)
16. Theser ockshave_
_her
eforcent
uri
es(
lai
n
,
lai
d,l
ied,
l
ay)
17. Theydi
d__
bestt
ohel
p(t
hei
r,t
hey’
re,
they
,
ther
e)
18. Shewasnotonlypoor_
__f
ool
ish(
butal
so,
sot
hat,
i
ncaseof,
asi
f)
19. Thewel
lis20met
ers_
_(dept
h,deep,
tal
l,
l
ang)
20. We wer eallt
oldtokeep__
intheclassr
oom
byourt
eacher(
quiet,
quit
e,qui
t,queu)
21. Noneoft
het
eacher
sis/
arehappy.
22. Noneoft
hei
rcount
ri
esi
shas\
haveoi
l
23. Nei
theroft
hechi
ldr
en_
__happy(
is,
are)
24. Susandi dnotonl
ybuysweetsbysweet
s
_
books(
andal
so,
butal
so,al
so,
but
)
25. Thecat
tl
ewer
e__
_theshade(
in,under,on
,
at)

147
1.WhenIwasyoung,
Idi
dn’
t__school
(l
ikes,
l
ike,
li
ked)
2.Taur
aidi
dn’
t__
anyt
hing(
did,
doi
ng,
do)
3.Di
dyou_
__t
hebookt
oAl
ice(
give,
given,
give,
gave)
4.Whydi
dChar
it
y__homeear
ly(
go,
went,
gone,
goi
ng)
5._
_Paul
’
sst
rengt
hhecan’
tmovet
het
ruck{
Inspi
teof,
Despi
te
}
6._
__Pauli
sst r
ong,hecan’
tmovet
het
ruck(
but,
,inspi
teof
,
despi
te,
alt
hough)
7.I
twas very hot_
__we wor
ked ver
y har
d(al
though ,but
,
despi
te)
8._
__t
heheatwewor
kedver
yhar
d(i
nspi
teof,
despi
te)
9.Ther
eistheboy_
_mot
herwont
heAgr
icpr
ize(
who,
whose
,whi
ch,
when)
10.Canyour
emembert
heti
me_
_whenShupi
kaicamet
ovi
sit
(
who,
when,whi
ch,
was)
11.That’
stheshop _
__t
het
hiefwascaught(
whi
ch ,
when
,
where)
12.Ther
eason_
_wewentt
otowni
stobuyawheelbar
row

148
 (
whi
ch,
why,
whenwho)
13.Haveyoufoundt hekeysthat_
__.
(youl
ostt
hem ,
whi
ch
t
hatyoul
ost,
thatyoulost)
14.A widow i
sawoman_
_mani
sdead(
whoher,
whose,
who’
s)
15.__
goat
’smil
ki sgoodf
oryouf
ewpeopl
etodr
ink(
alt
hough
,
owi
ngto,i
nspit
eof)
16.We_ _somegiraf
fes,butwe_
__anyzebr
as(
see-
--saw ,
saw-
--
-see,
see-
--see,
saw–saw)
17.Whatisaf ri
dgeusedfor
.It
’sused _
_thi
ngscol
d(f
or
keepi
ng,
tokeepi
ng,
fort
okeep)
18.We_ _grow car
rot
sbecausewe’vegotcl
aysoi
l(cannot
beabl
e,won’
tbeable,
wil
lnotcan)
19.Mybr ot
herswal
lowedsomepar
ti
cles,butt
hehospi
tal_
__
savehi
sli
fe(
wasableto,
coul
dto,managedto)
20.Thegi
rl___washur
tint
heacci
denti
scal
ledAnna(
whi
ch
,
whoshe,who)
21.Susani
ssuf
fer
ing_
_mal
ari
a(i
n,at,
fr
om of)
22.Iam notf
ami
li
ar_
_thi
ssong(
at,
i
n,wi
th,
at)
23.Yest
erdayi
twast
oohot_
__pl
ayf
oot
bal
l(t
oo,
to,
for,
in)
24.Susanhasbeen_
_thewhol
eday(
sleep,
slept,
sleepi
ng)
25.Hei
sknownf
or_
_ol
dcl
othes,
(buy,
buyi
ng,
bought,
buys)

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1.Youar
eto_
_tot
hehead’
sof
fi
ce(
went,
go,
gonegoi
ng)
2.Youwoul
drat
hert
ravelbycar_
_bybus(
then,
,t
han,
thi
n)
3.Idon’
tli
keSar
ah_
_(t
oomuch,
atnowatal
l)
4.Ifyou__pest
ici
des,youwi
llgetver
ysi
ck(
wil
lswal
lows,
swall
ow,swal
lowing)
5.Youwil
lgethol
esinyourteet
h__youbr
usht
hem t
wicea
day(
unless,
i
f,whenever)
6.Davi
dcat
chesacol
d__
heget
’swel
l(unl
ess,
til
l,
whenever)
7.Thepol
ice_
_aski
ngf
orhi
ghersal
ari
es(
is,
are,
aret
o)
8.__ your hands i
st he tr
adit
ional way t
o say t
hank
you(
clappi
ng,youcl
ap,whenyouclap)
9.Ther
eisnowat
er_
_lef
tint
hewel
l(t
il
l,
near
ly,
what
ever)
10. Nel son can’
t came and pl
ay ,because _
_the
supper
(shemakes,shei
smaki
ng,
shemaki
ng)

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 11. Mut ar
eis_
__ofZi
mbabwe(
tot
heeast,
fort
heeast,
i
ntheeast)
12. Mozambi queis_
_ofZi
mbabwe(
int
heeast,
tot
he
east,
fort
heeast)
13. Useby,
on:
::
:Shewentt
oUSAby,
onai
r.
14. Theboywentt
ohi
svi
ll
ageby,
onf
oot.
15. Thecl
ini
cis2km _
_on(f
ar,
fur
ther,
far
er)
16. What_ _aft
erschoolt
oday?
(wi
llyou do ,
are you
doi
ng,
doyoudo)
17. Idon’ tknowhowtodothissun.
It
’seasy,
__you(
Iwi
ll
,
Iam goi
ngtoshowI’
m showi
ng)
18. AssoonasI_ _home,
Iwi
lldomyhomewor
k(when
get
ti
ng,
wil
lget,
get)
19. Whenwemovet o Kar
oi,
we_
_inabr
ickhouse(
are
l
ivi
ng,
aregoi
ngt
oli
ve,
li
ve)
Whenwemovet
oVumba,
I__
toyou(
am wr
it
ingwi
llwr
it
e,wr
it
e)

1.I
t--
--
-wett
opl
ayi
nthesoccerpi
tch.(
to\
so\
too\
ver
y)
1.Thedr
esswast
ooshor
t--
--
Rut
endo.(
to\
or\
wit
h\f
rom)

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2.Angolapr
oducesnotonl
ydi
amond,
---
-cr
udeoi
l.(
and\
as
well
\but\
also\
suchas)
3.Noani
mal
runsasf
ast-
--
-acheet
ah(
as\
li
ke\
to\
agai
nst
)
4.Myfat
her--
--
readinganewspapert
owat
chi
ng
(
li
kes\
needs\pref
ers\
can)
5.Congr
atul
ati
ons-
--
--
yourt
hir
teent
hbi
rt
hday(
to\
for
\wi
th\
on)
6.Thatshi
rti
snotbi
g--
--
forme(
enough\t
oo\
as)
7.Wouldyoumi nd--
--
cleani
ngt
heut
ensi
ls?
(
clean\
cleans\cl
eaned)
8.Therainsweresoheavy-
--
-t
hebr
idgewassweptaway
(and\
that\
than\wi
th)
9.Youhadbet
ter-
--
har
datschool(
study\
studi
ed\
studyi
ng)
10. Idon’tknowwher etogoand-
--
-mysi
ster
does(
also\
so\ ei
ther
\neit
her)
11. Shehasneverseenherpar
ent
s--
-fi
veyear
s
now(
for\
sinceabout
\unti
l)
12. Thedoctort
reat
edJoeby- -
-
hi
m(operat
e\oper
ates\oper
ated\
oper
ati
ng)
13. -
--
youl
endmeyourpenci
l(must
\coul
d\mi
ght
\shoul
d)
14. Wecomet oschool–l
earn(
owi
ngt
o\i
n
or
der
\to\
because\i
nspiteof
)
15. Ei
therWil
li
am orChar
les-
--i
nthenet
bal
lteam
(
is\
are\
has\does)

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16. Mar
y’sdr
essi
sver
ysi
mil
ar-
--
mine(
wit
h\t
o\f
rom\
by)
17. I
tis-
--
togr
eetel
der
s(pol
it
e\pat
ri
oti
c\ourdut
y)
18. Ieatnei
therpor
k--
-chi
cken(
or\
nor
\and\
to)
19. Televi
sionsar
e---
--
-thanr
adi
os(
expensi
ve\
mor
e
expensive\mostexpensive)
20. Whoisthe--
--
girli
nyourcl
ass?
(
clever\
clever
er\
cleverest
)
21. Peopl
earedying-
--
--
tot
hef
ami
ne(
owi
ng
t
o\despi
te\
because)
22. Jamesplayedver
ywel
l--
hewasi
njur
ed(
but
\
\
despit
e\al
though)
23. Everyonecanr eadandwr
it
e--
-
Char
les(
and\ except
\but)
24. Thesci
ssor
s–i
nthedr
awer(
is\
are)

1.I
tiscl
oudytoday.Therai
n--
-f
allt
oni
ght
(
must\might\
will
\shoul
d)
2.-
--
JamesandJohnar
eingr
ade1(
all
\bot
h\ever
y\some)
3.Youwon’
tvi
situst
omor
row-
--you(
wil
l\
won’
t\
are\
aren’
t)
4.Nei
theroft
het
woboys-
--
toschool
(go\
gone\
goes\
goi
ng)

153
5.Ourancest
orsworeani
malski
ns,
---?
(di
dthey\
didn’
t
t
hey\werethey)
6.Noonei
sgoi
ngout-
--t
hebel
lri
ngs

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CETEST

1._
__Fr
anknorWi
ll
iepl
aysf
oot
bal
l(Ei
ther
,Nei
ther
,Bot
h).
2.Thest
orehad_
___oi
lnorj
am(
nei
ther
,ei
ther
,if
).
3.Myf
athernei
therdr
inks_
___
smokes(
nor
,or
,but
,for
).
4.Sher
eadt
he_
___
_int
erest
ingst
ory(
mor
e,mostmuch)
5.Ourschoolwas_
__1934(
bui
lt
,bui
ld,
bui
lt
)
6.Or
angesar
e__
_inMazowe(
grown,
grows,
grew)
7.ThePresi
dent__thenewcl
ini
cnextSat
urday.(
wast
oopen
,i
stoopen,aretoopen)
8._heresi
nce2004(
Ihavebeenwor
king,
Ihavewor
ked,Iwas
worki
ng)
9.Taf
adzwaran_
___f
astt
hathewonal
lther
aces.(so,
ver
y,
much,t
oo)
10.Marysai
dshe_
__acake(
isgoi
ngt
omake,
wasgoi
ngt
o
make,
makes)
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11.Shesai
dshe_
___
toBul
awayo.
(hasneverbeen,
neverbeen
,
isgoi
ng)
12.Theteachersai
dwe_
__homeear
ly(
cant
ogo,
cango
,
coul
dgo)
13.No-onetol
dthepupil
s_ _
(whentheyst
opwr
it
ing,
whent
o
st
opwrit
ing,
whenstoppingtowri
te)
14.Iwentswi
mmi ng___myhomewor
k(i
nst
eadofdoi
ng
,
inst
eaddoi
ng,
insteadtodo)
15.Il
ikeal
lmysubj
ect
sexcept_
__Engl
ish.(
at,
for
,in,
)
16.Jenni
fersai
dthatshe_
___
togohome(want
s,want,
want
ed)
17.Wel
ivedi
nMkwasi
ne_
__f
iveyear
s.(
since,
for,
ago)
18.Mist
erNyandorothoughtt
her
e__
_beagoodr
ainyseason
(
woul
d, wi
llshal
l,
isto)
19.Chinesefamil
iesarenotal
lowedtohaveal
otofchi
ldr
en
(
aret
hey?,werethey?,ar
en’
tthey?
)
20.Chinahasgotal
otofbi
gpor
ts,
(hasn’
tit
?,i
sn’
tit
?,wasn’
t
i
t?hasi
t?)
21.Di dyou_
__t
hel
ett
ert
oyourmot
her
?(gave,
give,
given,
gi
ving)
22.Sarahwas__
_api
ctur
ewhenIgothome(
draw,
drawi
ng,
dr
awn,dr
ew)
23.Thechi
ldr
enput
___booksont
het
abl
e(t
hey,
them,
they’
re,
t
hei
r)

156
24.Idon’
twantt
ohearany_
__noi
se(
mor
e,most
,of
,some)
25.Walk___
ther
oadunt
ilyougett
othecl
ini
c(by,
above,
down,
over
)
26.Thebusbrokedownsot
heyf
ini
shedt
hej
our
ney_f
oot
(by,
on,
wit
h,t
hrough)
27.Heor
der
edmet
o__upt
hel
ett
er(
tear
,tear
ing,
tor
e,t
orn)
28.Iwil
lal
waysremembert
het
ime_Ibr
okemyar
m(when
,
whichwas,
them)
29.Hepassedt heexam _hehadn’
twor
kedhar
d(however
,
despi
te,
alt
hough,so)
30.Wewi l
lbel
ateunl
esswe_
__(
don’
thur
ry,
hur
ry,
wil
lhur
ry
,
arehur
ryi
ng)
31.That’
sthegir
l_mot
herwont
hesewi
ngpr
ize(
whose,
who
her
,ofwho,t
hat)
32.Zambiais_
__Zi
mbabwe(
nor
ther
n,t
henor
thof,
i
nthe
nor
th,
tot
hewest)
33.AskMarthawhether_
_tot
hepart
y.(shecancome,
wil
l
shecome,
ofshecancome,canshecancome)
34.Idon’tknow_
__aboutt
hesnakes(
plent
y,anybody,
not
hing,
anyt
hing)
35.Howmuch_
__mustwewai
t?(
mor
elong,
l
onger
,oft
ime
,
minut
es)
36.Myfat
herwasn’
tabl
e__
ourcar(
ther
epai
r,ofr
epai
r,of
t
ime,
coul
drepai
r)

157
37.Martinsaidhi
ssi
ster
___t
othest
ore(
isgoi
ng,
hadgone,
goes,
willgo)
38.I
fyout
akef
ishoutofwat
eri
t__di
e.(
might
;wi
ll
)
39.Ifyourot
ateyourcr
ops,
yoursoi
l__
_bemor
epr
oduct
ive.
(
might;wi
ll
)
40.Lookatt
hosecl
uds,
i
t__
_rai
ntoday.(
might
;wi
ll
)
41.I
fcat
tl
ear
enotdi
pped,
they_
_gett
ick–f
ever
.(mi
ght
;wi
ll
)
42.Ifyouwaterpl
ant
satmid-day,
thewat
er_
__evapor
ate
ver
yquickl
y.(mi
ght
;wil
l)
43.Whil
eIwasdo,
doi
ng,
didmyhomewor
k,mypenbr
oke.
(
might
;wi
ll
)
44.Iremembertheyear_
__dr
oughtcausedadi
sast
er(
whi
ch,
when,
what,
that)
45.__youdon’
tbot
hert
hebeest
heywi
llnotat
tackyou(
unl
ess
,
if,
unti
l,
when)
46.Beesuset
hei
rlegs_
___
_col
lect
ingpol
len(
in,
at,
for,
to)
47.Myf at
her__goi
ngt
oplantt
reesi
nthepl
ant
ati
ont
his
af
ter
noon(ar
e,is,
wer
e,was)
48.Thati
sthepen_
_whi
cht
heywer
efi
ght
ing(
over
,,of,
to
,
wit
h)
49.Chi
podi
ed_
_snakebi
te(
from ,
of,
at,
wit
h)
50.Ihaveneverseenamer
mai
d__Iwasbor
n.(
for,
when
,
since,
whil
e)

158
51.Chi mugot
ihasescapedhasn’
the?(
Yes,
hehas;No,
he
has;Yes,hehasn’
t;Nohehasn’
t)
52.And,Thandiwasacr
uelwoman(
wasn’
tshe,
wasshe
,
didn’
tshe,
didshe)
53.Thechi
ldr
enwer
esi
tt
ingundert
het
ree_
_theshade(
at,
on
,
in,
under
)
54.Tawandai
s__
goodt
ermswi
thMunashe(
in,
at,
on,
by)
55.Themonkeypr
efer
sgr
apes_
_bananas.
(wi
th,
and,
to,
or)
56.Ideci
dedt
oput_
__war
m cl
othes(
in,
at,
on,
wit
h)
57.I
fitr
ains,
wewi
ll_
_ourpl
ans(
alt
er,
alt
ar,
alt
o,al
ight
)
58.Af
tert
hepi
cni
c,ever
yone_
_onbl
anket
s(l
ied,
l
aid,
l
ied,
l
ay)
59.Theser
ockshave_
_her
eforcent
uri
es(
lai
n,l
aid,
l
ied,
l
ay)
60.Theydi
d__
bestt
ohel
p(t
hei
r,t
hey’
re,
they,
ther
e)
61.Shewasnotonl
ypoor_
__f
ool
ish(
butal
so,
sot
hat,
i
ncase
of,
asi
f)
62.Thewel
lis20met
ers_
_(dept
h,deep,
tal
l,l
ong)
63.Wewereallt
oldtokeep_
_int
hecl
assr
oom byourt
eacher
(
qui
et,
qui
te,
quit,
queu)
64.Noneoft
het
eacher
sis/
arehappy.
65.Noneoft
hei
rcount
ri
esi
shas\
haveoi
l
66.Nei
theroft
hechi
ldr
en_
__happy(
is,
are)
67.Susandi
dnotonl
ybuysweet
sbysweet
s_books(
andal
so

159
 ,
butal
so,
also,
but
)
68.Thecat
tl
ewer
e__
_theshade(
in,
under,
on,
at)
69.WhenIwasyoung,
Idi
dn’
t__school
(l
ikes,
l
ike,
li
ked)
70.Taur
aidi
dn’
t__
anyt
hing(
did,
doi
ng,
do)
71.Di
dyou_
__t
hebookt
oAl
ice(
give,
given,
give,
gave)
72.Whydi
dChar
it
y__homeear
ly(
go,
went,
gone,
goi
ng)
73._ _ofPaul
’
sst
rengt
hhecan’
tmovet
het
ruck{
Inspi
te,
Despit
e}
74.___Pauli
sst r
ong,hecan’
tmovet
het
ruck(
but,
,i
nspi
teof
,
despi
te,al
though)
75.Itwasver
yhot_
__wewor
kedver
yhar
d(al
though,
but
,
despi
te)
76._
__t
heheatwewor
kedver
yhar
d(i
nspi
teof,
despi
te)
77.Ther
eistheboy__mot
herwont
heAgr
icul
tur
epr
ize(
who
,
whose,whi
ch,when)
78.Canyour
emembert
heti
me_
_whenShupi
kaicamet
ovi
sit
(
who,
when,whi
ch,
was)
79.That’
stheshop_
__t
het
hiefwascaught(
whi
ch,
when
,
where)
80.Ther
eason__wewenttot
owni
stobuyawheelbar
row
(
whi
ch,why,whenwho)
81.Haveyoufoundthekeyst
hat_
__.
(youl
ostt
hem ,
whi
ch
t
hatyoul
ost,
thatyoul
ost)

160
82.A widow i
sawoman_
_mani
sdead(
whoher,
whose,
who’
s)
83.__
goat
’smil
ki sgoodf
oryouf
ewpeopl
etodr
ink(
alt
hough
,
owi
ngto,i
nspit
eof)
84.We_ _somegiraf
fes,butwe_
__anyzebr
as(
see-
--saw ,
saw-
--
-see,
see-
--see,
saw–saw)
85.Whatisaf ri
dgeusedfor
.It
’sused _
_thi
ngscol
d(f
or
keepi
ng,
tokeepi
ng,
fort
okeep)
86.We_ _grow car
rot
sbecausewe’vegotcl
aysoi
l(cannot
beabl
e,won’
tbeable,
wil
lnotcan)
87.Mybr ot
herswal
lowedsomepar
ti
cles,butthehospi
tal_
__
savehi
sli
fe(
wasableto,
coul
dto,
managedt o)
88.Thegi
rl___washur
tint
heacci
denti
scal
ledAnna(
whi
ch
,
whoshe,who)
89.Susani
ssuf
fer
ing_
_mal
ari
a(i
n,at,
fr
om of)
90.Iam notf
ami
li
ar_
_thi
ssong(
at,
i
n,wi
th,
at)
91.Yest
erdayi
twast
oohot_
__pl
ayf
oot
bal
l(t
oo,
to,
for,
in)
92.Susanhasbeen_
_thewhol
eday(
sleep,
slept,
sleepi
ng)
93.Hei
sknownf
or_
_ol
dcl
othes,
(buy,
buyi
ng,
bought,
buys)
94.Youar
eto_
_tot
hehead’
sof
fi
ce(
went,
go,
gonegoi
ng)
95.Youwoul
drat
hert
ravelbycar_
_bybus(
then,
,t
han,
thi
n)
96.Idon’
tli
keSar
ah_
_(t
oomuch,
atnowatal
l)
97.I
fyou_
_pest
ici
des,
youwi
llgetver
ysi
ck(
wil
lswal
lows,
161
 swal
low,
swal
lowi
ng)
98.Youwillgethol
esinyourt
eet
h__youbr
usht
hem t
wicea
day(
unl
ess,if,
whenever)
99.Davi
dcat
chesacol
d__
heget
’swel
l(unl
ess,
til
l,
whenever
)
100.Thepol
ice_
_aski
ngf
orhi
ghersal
ari
es(
is,
are,
aret
o)
101.__yourhandsist
het
radi
ti
onalwayt
osayt
hank
you(cl
appi
ng,youcl
ap,
whenyouclap)
102.Ther
eisnowat
er_
_lef
tint
hewel
l(t
il
l,
near
ly,
what
ever)
103.Nel
soncan’tcameandpl
ay,because_
_thesupper
(she
makes,shei
smaki ng,
shemaki
ng)
104.Mutar
eis_
__ofZi
mbabwe(
tot
heeast,
fort
heeast,
int
he
east
)
105.Mozambiquei
s__ofZi
mbabwe(
int
heeast,
tot
heeast,
for
theeast)
106.Shewentt
oUSAby,
onai
r.
107.Theboywentt
ohi
svi
ll
ageby,
onf
oot.
108.Thecl
ini
cisaki
lomet
re_
_on(f
ar,
fur
ther,
far
ther)
109.What_
_af
terschoolt
oday?
(wi
llyoudo,
areyoudoi
ng,
do
youdo)
110.AssoonasI__
home,
Iwi
lldomyhomewor
k(whenget
ti
ng
,wil
lget,
get)
111.Whenwemovet
oKar
oi,
we_
_inabr
ickhouse(
arel
ivi
ng

162
 ,
aregoi
ngt
oli
ve,
l
ive)
112.Whenwemovet
oVumba,
I__
toyou(
am wr
it
ingwi
llwr
it
e
,wri
te)
113.Heis……………….hi
sfat
hert
hanhi
smot
her
.a)mor
eli
keb)
l
iker
114.Hei
s………………….
.thanst
upi
d.a)mor
elazyb)l
azi
er
115.Thati
s……………….
.ofyou.a)ki
ndestb)mostki
nd
116.Coul
dyout
alk………………….
.?a)qui
etl
ierb)mor
equi
etl
y
117.Can’
tyoudr
iveany………………….
?a)f
astb)f
ast
erc)mor
e
fast
118.Susi
eis……………….
.thanhersi
ster
s.a)t
all
erb)t
all
est
119.Susi
eist
he…………………….oft
hef
ourgi
rl
s.a)t
all
erb)t
all
est
120.Heworks…………………t hananybodyel
sei
nthet
eam.a)
hardb)har
derc)har
dest
121.Weoff
er………………….
.expensi
vecl
othesf
ort
hef
ull
erf
igur
e.
a)l
essb)l
esser
122.Iwoul
dn’
ttel
lheri
fI……….
.you.Shecan’
tkeepasecr
et.
a.
-wi
llbeb.
-wer
ec.
-am d.
-hadbeen
123.Paulwoul
dbeagoodar
ti
sti
fhe…….
..
.mor
epat
ience.
a.
-hadb.
-hasc.
-wi
llhaved.
-have
124.Iftheyinvi
tedmet
othei
rpar
ty.I…………absol
utel
y
del
ighted.

163
 a.
-am b.
-wi
llbec.
-woul
dbed.
-was
125.He……….
.somanyacci
dent
sifhedr
ovemor
ecar
eful
ly.
a.
-hadn’
tb.
-woul
dn’
thavec.
-hasn’
td.
-won’
thave
126.Iwoul
dhel
pthem i
fthey……….
.tome.
a.
-hadl
ist
enedb.
-li
stenedc.
-wi
lll
ist
end.
-woul
dli
sten
127.I
ftheweat
her……….war
mer
,wewoul
dgoout
.
a.
-wi
llbeb.
-hadbeenc.
-wer
ed.
-is
128.Unl
essyou……….
.,youwon’
tfi
ndoutt
het
rut
h.
a.
-wi
llaskb.
-won’
taskc.
-askd.
-don’
task
129.I
fyou……….
.me,
Iwi
llbr
ingyout
hebook.
a.
-remi
ndedb.
-wi
llr
emi
ndc.
-woul
dremi
ndd.
-remi
nd
130.IfI……….
.aboutyourbi
rt
hday,
Iwoul
dhaveyouboughta
pr
esent.
a.
-knewb.
-woul
dknowc.
-knowd.
-hadknown
131.I
fAnna………….
.al
it
tl
etal
ler
,shecoul
dbecomeamodel
.
a.
-wi
llbeb.
-isc.
-hadbeend.
-wer
e
132.I
fIsmokedaci
gar
ett
e,…………you?
a.-woul
ditbot
herb.
-wi
lli
tbot
herc.
-doesi
tbot
herd.
-it
bot
hers
133.Ifhe………..swi
mmi
ngi
nsuchar
oughsea,
hewoul
dn’
t
havedrowned.

164
 a.
-woul
dn’
thavegoneb.
-di
dn’
tgoc.
-won’
td.
-hadn’
t
gone
134.I
fI……………Paul
’
snumberIwoul
dinvi
tehi
mtot
hepar
ty
a.
-haveb.
-hadc.
-am havi
ngd.
-hadhad
135.I
fI………….John,
I’
daskMar
yforadat
e.
a.
-wi
llbeb.
-am c.
-wer
ed.
-woul
dbe
136.I
fIsatont
hear
mchai
r,I….
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.mor
ecomf
ort
abl
e.
a.
-woul
dhavebeenb.
-hadbeenc.
-wer
ed.
-wi
llhave
been
137.I
fiti
swaswar
m,we……………….t
othepar
k.
a.
-wi
llgob.
-wentc.
-woul
dgod.
-ar
egoi
ng
138.Ifthey……………..somuchti
mesurf
ingt
hei
nter
net
,they
wouldgetbet
termarksi
nthei
rexams
a.
.-don’
tspendb.
-hadn’
tspentc.
-di
dn’
tspendd.
-di
dn’
t
spend
139.We………………outi
nthegar
deni
fithadn’
tbeensocol
d.
a.-woul
dhadsatb.
-woul
dsi
tc.
-hadsatc.
-woul
dhave
sat
140.I
fIhadboughtmor
emi
lk,
I……………….
.enoughf
orbr
eakf
ast
.
a.
-wouldhaveb.
-hadhadc.
-woul
dhavehadc.
-woul
d
hadhave
141.I
fwewal
ksosl
owl
y,we……………….l
ate.

165
 a.
-wi
llbei
ngb.
-wi
llbec.
-bed.
-woul
dbe
142.Mycounsel
lorandmyEngl
ishinst
ruct
or(has,
have)
agr
eedtowrit
erecommendat
ionsforme.
143.Businessesar
oundthecount
ry(cont
inue,
cont
inues)t
o
exper
imentwitht
elecommuti
ngasan
opt
ionf
ort
hei
rempl
oyees.
144.Thequest
ionsont
hist
est(seem ,
seems)unf
airt
ome.
145.Eachofus(st
udy,
studi
es)har
d,butIt
hinkt
hatIwor
k
thehar
dest.
146.Thi
sbli
zzar
d(has,
have)t
obet
hewor
stt
hatIcan
remember
.
147.I(am ,
is,ar
e)pr
ett
ysur
eschoolwi
llbecancel
led
tomorr
ow,too.
148.Genderdi
scri
minat
ioni
nhi
ri
ngpr
act
ices(i
s,ar
e)of
ten
har
dtoprove.
149.Nei
theroft
hosemat
tresses(f
eel,
feel
s)comf
ort
abl
e.
150.Her
e(is,are)thefi
rstt
wopagesoft
heessayt
hatyou
promi
sedtolookoverforme.
151.Sunf
lowerseedsandpeanut
s(is,
are)t
hemai
n
i
ngredi
entsi
nthisbi
rd-
foodmix.
152.Thej
okesi
nthatmovi
e(i
s,ar
e)notatal
lfunny.
153.Col
laborat
ionandfeedback(happen,happens)
el
ectr
onicall
ythr
oughempl oyeee-
mailaccount
s

166
 andnet
wor
kingt
echnol
ogy.
154.Thecatandt
hedog(sl
eep,
sleeps)cur
ledupt
oget
her
.
155.GwenStef
ani
,whoistheleadsi
ngeroft
hebandNoDoubt
,
(wear,
wears)ast
ick-
onbindi.
156.School
s(is,
are)cl
osedever
ywher
ebecauseoft
hesnow
i
ntheroads.
157.Myf
ami
ly(has,
have)al
otofshovel
li
ngt
odo.
158.EitherMondayorFr
iday(seem ,
seems)l
ikeagoodday
fort
hemeet i
ng.
159.Ever
ybodyatmynewschool(i
s,ar
e)f
ri
endl
y.
160.(Has,Have)youhel
pedot
herst
udent
swi
tht
hei
rpaper
s
befor
e?
161.Acolour
fulassor
tmentoftoys(att
ract,
att
ract
s)
shopperst
othestore’
sdi
splaywindow.
162.Rubyandhermot
her(bake,
bakes)cakesandcooki
es
foral
ocalr
est
aur
ant
.
163.Inyouropi
nion,
what(i
s,ar
e)mypaper
’sbi
ggest
pr
oblems?
164.Thei
cecubesi
nthepunchbowl(have,
has)mel
ted.
165.Tradi
ti
onall
y,thereddott
hatI
ndianwomenwearont
hei
r
for
eheads(indicat
e, i
ndi
cat
es)that
t
heyar
emar
ri
edHi
ndus.
166.Al
lmynei
ghbour
s(i
s,ar
e)out
sideshovel
li
ngorpl
ayi
ng

167
 i
nthesnow.
167.Thesol
dier
swer
emar
chi
ng…f
il
eA.wi
thB.byC.onD.i
n
168.Mybr otheri
sthebr
avestsol
dierIhave….seen.A.neverB.
everC.alwaysD.li
kel
y
169.Nosooner…t
hedri
vercl
imbi
ntohi
sseatt
hant
heengi
ne
spr
angint
oacti
on.A.i
sB.wasC.di
dD.would
170.….i
tiswi
nter
,theshi
pswi
llst
ayi
ndock.A.Al
thoughB.I
f
C.Whil
eD.Even
171.Thefar
merhad…alotofcr
opsonhi
spl
ot.A.gr
owsB.
growi
ngC.gr
ewD.grown
172.Thepoorpeasant…from hi
sseatwhenhesawhi
sson.A.
roseB.r
isi
ngC.risenD.ri
ses
173.Nei
theroft
het
women….
dishonest
.A.wer
eB.i
sC.ar
eD.
have
174.Thecanal
sar
eof
tenf
loodedwheni
tA.r
aini
ngB.r
ainedC.
rai
nsD.rai
n
175.Theteacherpoi
ntedatJohnandA.meB.IC.mi
neD.
myself
176.Thesun….r
isesint
heeast
.A.neverB.al
waysC.
someti
mesD.often
177.Nooneelsei
sal
lowedt
ostay…nearhi
ghvol
tagecabl
es.
A.anywher
eB.nowher
eC.somewher
eD.ever
ywhere
178.Wehadbett
ert
akeourr
aincoat
s….itshoul
drai
n.A.so
thatB.i
ncaseC.nomatt
erD.asthough
179.Iwonder….wewillhavegoodrai
nst
hisseason.A.wi
ther
B.weatherC.whet
herD.whither

168
180.…t
imepassed,Ibecameaccust
omedt
othedar
kness.A.
WhenB.AsC.LikeD.If
181.The….
.iscol
d.A.mostt
hingwehateB.thi
ngwehat
emost
C.mostwehatethi
ngD.wehat emostt
hing
182.…thi
sbooktot
heteachershoul
dyoupassbyhi
shouse.A.
TakenB.Taki
ngC.TookD.Take
183.Theai
rthathumanbeings….i
soxygen.A.br
eadt
hB.
breat
hC.breat
herD.br
eathe
184.Theant
swer
emovi
ng-
--
--
--
--
--
-si
ngl
efi
le.A.overB.wi
thC.
i
nD. on
185.Thegrasshopperi
sal
azyi
nsect
,A.doesn’
tit
?B.i
sn’
tit
?C.
doesit
?D.isit?
186.Thecor
nhadbeen-
--
--
--
-byt
hef
armer
.A.gr
owi
ngB.gr
ew
C.growsD.gr
own.
187.Whent
heantar
ri
vedt
hegr
asshopperhadal
ready.
A.gone B.goi
ng C.goes D.went
188.--
---thegr asshopperhadl istenedtot heant
’sadvi
ce,i
t
wouldnothavedi edofhunger .
A. Unl ess B.Although C.If D.
Since.
189.Thegr asshopperdied- -
---
--
--
-hunger.
A.wi t
h B.by C.fr
om D.of.
190.IfI----
---
-Ronal doIwi l
lgivehimt hemessage.
A.anseei ng B.see C.saw
D.hadseen
191.Ronal dopl ayssoccer.So- -
---
-I.
A.wi ll B.an C.does D.
do
192.--
---
--
---oft hepeoplebelievedhi sst
ory.
169
 A.None B.Noone C.No D.
Nobody
193.NeitherRonal do-----
-hisf atherhasseent hedog.
A.or B.non C.and
D.but
194.Thedogcoul dnotgo- -
---
-further.
A.mor e B.some C.no D.any
195.Awor dopposi t
ei nmeani ngtot hewor d‘sour ’
is--
--
--
---
--
--
A.ni ce B.dr y C.sweet D.
hungry
196.Thewor ds‘ allwasi nvai n’suggestt hatthef oxtri
edhar d
withoutany- --
--
---
-
A.st rengt h B.hope C.fail
ure D.
success
197.Thef oxsawt hegr apesand- --
---
-hehadeat enthem.
A.wi shed B.dr eamt C.r emember ed
D.forgot
198.Thef oxwas- -
---
--
--lazyt owor kf orit
sfami ly.
A.ver y B.t oo C.much D.
so
199.Isawt hef ox---i
ntot hevineyar d
A.wal ked B.wi llwalk C.walking D.is
walki
ng
200.Thef oxt ri
edt ogethol doft hegr apes---
---
-----
-i
tcouldnot.
A.yet B.already C.al though
D.so.
201.Ifhehadgoodeyesi ght,thef ox----
--
haveseent hehunter
nearby.
A.can B.may C.woul d D.
wil
l
202.Thel ostf ox- --
-wher etogoyest erday.
A.wasnotknowi ng Bdi dnotknowC.di dnotknowD.
doesnotknow.
203.Theankl es,,t
heel bowandt heshoul derarepar tsofthe---
--

170
 -
---
--
-
A.body B.ar
m C.head D.l
eg.
204.Hewi l
ldoitforyou---
--youaskhim poli
tel
y.
A.because B.unless C.when D.i
f
205.Everyone--
--
--eagertoknowwhowi llf
eedthestomach.
A.ar e B.is C.have D.has
206.Please,donotadd----
--saltt
omysoup.
A.any B.some C.few D.
no

207.WHI
CHSENTENCEISCORRECTLYPUNCTUATED?
A. Themout
h,t
hel
eg,andhandswer
ecomplai
ning.
B. Themout
hthel
eg,
andthehandswer
ecomplaini
ng.
C. Themout
h,t
hel
egandthehands,
werecomplai
ning.
D. Themout
h,t
hel
egandthehandswer
ecomplaini
ng.

208.WHICHWORDWOULDCOMELASTI FTHEWORDSWERE
ARRANGEDI NALPHABETI
CALORDER?
A.suppor
t B.st
op C.stomach D.
surr
ender

209.CHOOSETHESENTENCEWI THTHECORRECTWORD
ORDER.
A.Thestomachi spassivebutwor
ksforthegoodoft
he
body.
B.Forthest
omachi spassivebutworksfort
hebodygood.
C.Worksforthegoodoft hebodyt
hestomachbutis
passi
ve.
D.Thebodywor ksforthegoodofthestomachbut
passi
veis.

210.Thedogbel
ongst
oMot
her
.Iti
s
A.our
s B.mi
ne C.hi
s D.her
s

171
211.Thedog_
___
_af
tert
hecatwheni
tsawt
hecat
A.r
uns B.r
unni
ng C.r
un D.r
an
212.I
fI_
___
_Mot
herIwoul
dhavebeat
enBul
ldozer
A.was B.an C.wer
e D.be
213.Thedoghadal
eashar
oundi
ts
A.neck B.l
eg C.mout
h D.body
214.Thel
ockt
othedoorwas
A.l
ose B.l
oose C.l
ouse D.l
oss
215.Ever
ygr
andmot
her_
___
_agoodpet
A.desi
re B.desi
ri
ng C.desi
res D.desi
red
216.Wehad_
___
_ourbr
eakf
astwhenMot
herar
ri
ved
A.at
e B.eat C.eat
ing D.eat
en
217.Mot
hermi
ssedt
hef
ir
stbus_
___
__shecaughtt
hesecond
one
A.anywher
e B.anyway C.somewher
e
D.someway
218.Fat
heri
sver
ygood_
___
_far
ming
A.i
n B.at C.f
or D.about
219.Iwoul
drat
herwor
kint
hegar
den_
___
_int
hef
act
ory.
A.and B.but C.t
han D.t
o
220._
___
_mor
ningmot
herhasbeenwor
kingi
nthegar
den.

172
 A.Dur
ing B.Si
nce C.I
n D.When
221.Fat
herhasadogf
orapethasn’
the?
A.Yes,
hehas B.No,
hehasn’
t C.No,
hehas
D.Yeshehasn’
t
222.Taur
ai_
___
__hi
sbi
cycl
etowar
dst
heshop
A.r
idi
ng B.r
idden C.r
ode D.r
ide
223.I
twasl
ate_
___
_wedeci
dedt
ori
dehome
A.and B.so C.unt
il D.because
224.Thi
sbi
cycl
eis_
___
_ol
dthatIcannotr
idei
t
A.so B.t
oo C.ver
y D.much
225._
___
__f
atheri
sar
ound,
mybr
otherbehaveshi
msel
f
A.Whatever B.Whi
chever C.Whenever
D.Wher
ever
226.Thati
stheman_
___
_bi
cycl
ewasst
olenyest
erday
A.whom B.whose C.who D.why
227.Myf
athermendedt
hebi
cycl
eal
lby
A.mysel
f B.hi
msel
f C.our
sel
ves D.t
hemsel
ves
228.]
Theboyl
aymot
ionl
ess_
___t
heshadeoft
het
ree

A.under B.i
n C.on D.bet
ween
229._
___
__hewasi
npai
n,t
heboyr
emai
nedcal
m

173
 A.And B.When C.Al
though D.Si
nce
230.Nei
therofhi
spar
ent
s__
___
_seenahyena
A.i
s B.ar
e C.have D.has
231.I
fIhadseenPat
ai,
I__
___
__gi
venhert
hemessage

A.wil
lhave B.wi
ll C.woul
dhave D.
woul
d
232.Pat
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237.………hehadbeenhomeIwoul
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men………r
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shore.
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246.Gluewasusedto………t hepict
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ended C.thought D.deci
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268.Thebaby_ ____
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269.Thedr unkar dman_ _____downt hestreet.
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ingwood.
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272.Al ar ms_ ______bui l
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om bur glars.
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conduct
273.Aper sonwhol ooksaf teranimal sinagamer eserveisa
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274.Aper sonwhomendsl eakingdi shesandmakest i
npots
andbucket sisa_ _ ___
_ _
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deofa_ ______
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276.Apl acewher eyoubuyspeci almedi cineprescri
bedbyt he
doct ori sa_ _
__ ___
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l
abor ator y
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toseei sa_ ______
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museum
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D.mot her -
in-law
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ed D.
l
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wer ebr oken
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y______ _manydi seasest ohumanbei ngs.
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ed D.has
carrying
282.Bees_ ___ __nectarf rom f l
owers.
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ng
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er s______typedatt hismoment .
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wer ebei ng
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t t
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lbewr i
tt
en
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suspect edt hief.
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steali
ng
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helping
287.Sar udzai_ _______yourexer ci
sebook.
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ng B.mustbet ake C.couldbe
taking D.shoul dhavet aken
288.We_ __ ____al otofnoi sewhent heteachercamei ntothe
classr oom.
A.make B.hadmaki ng C.wer emaki ng
D.havebeenmaki ng

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289.Whyar eyou_ _______thoser awf ruits.Theyar enotedi ble.
A.chose B.choose C.chosen D.
choosi ng
290.Todaymyf ather___ _
_____meupbef oredawn.
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woken
291.Joe_ ___ ___thecat t
letot hedi ptankwhenhef elland
brokehi sar m.
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ven C.hadbeendr i
ving
D.hadbeendr i
ven
292.Iar ri
vedatt hebankatt hesamet imeasi t_
_ _
_ ___
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D.wasbei ngopened
293.Maur eenhadal ready_ ________acr osst heriverwhena
crocodi leattackedher .
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294.Haveyouf i
nished_ __________thenovelIgaveyoul ast
week?
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rode
295.Mygr andmot herwasusedt o______ __ussomei nter
esting
folkt
al es.
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s D.
tell
296.Thet eacher-----t hechi l
drent obever ycar efulwhen
crossingt her oads.
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ed C.advi sed D.
adapt ed
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A.bear B.bor e C.bor n D.bear d
298.Thei njuredpassenger s-----t ohospi tal.
A.ar et aking B.wer etaken C.t aken D.took
299.Adeci duoust ree----of fitsleavesi nwi nter.
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- 3.Apfuta Bbaka Cbvi
ra Dpfupa
- 4.Ayamur a Bchingura Ct ambir
a Dchi ngamidza
- 5.Arumbidza Btondedza Ckudza Dt unhi
dza
- 6.Achengedza Byambi r
a Cnyeur i
ra Dnyemwer era
- 7.Apfuma BtsvenyamaCnot a Dkupuka
- 8.Ashushikana Byaura Ctambura Dr unzir
a
- 9.Akwer et
a Bboreka Cbvuta Dposha
- 10.Apakana BkakavadzaCpi ki
sa Dnyeruka
- 11.ri
nda Bsvora Crara Dvota
- 12.dakadza Brangari
ra Ct onder
a Dyeuka
-
- Manzwianowi
ri
rana
-
- 13.Dzimwenguvakuf a( dziri,kuri,zvir
i)nanepanekur arama.
- 14.Honabhazir i
zerenevanhu( ir
o, avo,izvo)
- 15.Mukondomber ai denda( ri
singar apike,usingarapi
ke,
r i
singar
api
ke)*
- 16.Vamwevanot ikare( zvaive, kwai va,kuri)nane
- 17.Zvaunoonakuber eka(i zvi,uku, imi)kunor wadza.
- 18.Basa(i ri,i
chi,apa)akar iwanaat ambur a
- 19.(Aka,umu, idzi)mumwoyor wendor wembwa
- 20.Huni(iyi,ur
wu, idzi)inyor o.
- 21.Mumagut a(mune, r
ine, kune)dzi mbadzakanaka
- 22.Akangaakaber ekakamwana( wake, kake,zvake)
- 23.Handizivikuti(nei,chii
, sei)asingandi fari
ri.
- 24.Anovenger waut sinye( hwake, rwake, t
wake)
- 25.Rumbo(i yi
,ichi,urwu)r wakai mbwapamuchat o
- 26.Pamusha(uyu, apa,umu)pachai t
adambudzi ko
- 27.Usikukunoi t
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- 29.Ndiyesahwir
a(yangu, rangu,wangu)
- 30.Mur i
dziwembatya(izvi,i
dzi,i
chi
)ndi
ani
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Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
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- CHI
NANGWA :
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- Manzwianor
evazvakapesana
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- 1.Anozivi
kanwasemunhuakachenj era AakangwaraBakatsungaCakapfava
Dakapusa
- 2.Amaivakasaidziramwanawavo Avakabat aBvakaber
ekaCvakadhonzaD
vakatari
sa
- 3.Babavakaonekavaenzivavonomuf aroAakavhunzaBvakachi ngur
aC
vakafari
saDvakat ari
sa
- 4.Anet si
kayekupotaachisvi
pamat eake AachimedzaBachi t
sengaC
achinanzvaDachirasa
- 5.Kumesokwakekunor at
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- 6.Musi kanaakapet ahembeyake.Aakaput ir
aBakayani kaCakapet enuraD
akarongedza
- 7.Vanavadi kihavagonikupf ekavogaAkunyadzi saBkuyar ukaCkusi mir
aD
kukurura
- 8.Vaviriavavanopi ndir
anaAvanobudaBvanovenganaCvanonyar aD
vanonzwanana
- 9.Kanaachi fambapanzei mbwaayakei nomutungami r
ir
a Ai nomut
everaB
i
nomuf ari
raCi nomumi rir
aDi nomutari
ra
- 10.Pakaonavanhuakanhongapf utiyakeAakat svekaBakapat aCakar i
dzaD
akaviga
- 11.Anogar aakat ar
isakuchamhembemuchi koro Aakasvi nuraBakatamar ar
a
Cakat sinzi
nyaDakaf urati
ra
- 12.Nezur otakasimamur i
womubi ndu At akadi
ridzaBt akatemaCt akasi
mur a
Dtakadyar a
-
- Manzwianor
evazvakaf
anana.Sar
udzapaneakapi
wa
-
- 13.A Bat a Bt sveta Cpindir
ana Dyot a
- 14.At odzana Bchenget wa Ct ambararaDsviba
- 15.Abor eka Bnener wa Cbokerera Dndandami ra
- 16.At utsira Bgamuchi r
a Cchingura Dsi mir
a
- 17.Awani kwa Bpunzoka Cwet sa Dpfuta
- 18.Kanakukat onhoravanhuvanodzi yamot o.
- 19.Mushakabvuakavi gwamazuvamavi r
imushur emekufakwake
- 20.Ndakat ambidzaamai bangakut ivachekenyama
- 21.Mur imiakakwer etamar ikut
iatengembeu
- 22.Aibikausaviachi pamhi dzi
ramaf utapashomanepashoma
- 23.Mukomawanguanoshandamugut areGweru
- 24.Kamwanakakachemamushur emekudonha
- 25.Mukomanauyaanot auraachikakami r
a
- 26.Nemuf aromukur u,akasi mukakundot ambiravaenzivake
- 27.Hunidzakaomadzi nobakanekukasi ka
- 28.Akagadzi kandiropasi
- 29.Kanaavemhandar aangar oorwazvake
- 30.Vanavazhi njivanof anananevaber ekivavo
- 31.Samer enaKudakwashevanonzwanana
- 32.Mwengaakangaakapf ekambat yachena
- 33.Mur umeakar ambamhosvayaai pomer wa
- 34.Mbavhayakawani kidzwai chidongoreranepahwi ndo
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- ONGORORO
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saTsumo
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- 1.Kanavanhuvachi yambiramunhukutiasavimbenechinhuchokukumbi r
akana
kuronzerwavanoti“
- 2.Kanavanhuvachi yambi r
amunhukutiasangotevedzeracherochinhu
chinoit
wanevamwevanot i“
- 3.Kanavanhuvachi yambi r
amunhukutikufarakwese–kwesekunof ani
ra
kugumi swazvisat
izvasvikapakai
pavanoti“
- 4.Kanavanhuvachi yambi r
amunhukutikanaakaonanj odziichi
uyaabve
–at i
zapachinenguvavanot i“
- 5.Kanavanhuvachi yambi r
amunhukutimunhuasamhanyi rekuit
achinhuasat
i
anyatsofunganezvachovanot i
- 6.Kanavanhuvachi yambi r
amunhukutizvinogar
otaurwanevanhundi zvo
zvinowanzoiti
kazvichizomubatakanaakasazvit
ereravanot i“
-
-
-
- Sarudzamanzwianowi
ri
rana
-
- 7.kukura sembeve
- Kutsvuka semasvosve
- Kuwanda sembudzi
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- 8.kureba semwanamucheche
- Kunyar ar
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- 9.kur
wara sematsi
to
- kusvi
ba senzou
- kumir
a seshi
ri
-
-
- 10.kuchenj
era seber
e
- kuchema sehwai
- kurut
a sengi
ri
zi
-
- 11.kui
tahutsi
nye setsur
o
- kukotsi
ra senyoka
- kubvunda sei
mbwa
-
- 12.kui
tahusi
mbe sedhongi
- Kuit
ahasha sengur
uve
- Kuit
amadyo sehuku
-
-
-
- 13.kushanda sambambai
ra
- kubatsi
ra sehwiza
- kufamba sedahwa
-
- 14.kunaka semvumba
- Kurwa senhoro
- Kufanana semiti
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- 15.kuj
air
ir
a sehuku
- Kutamba senzombe
- Kuneta segudo
-
-
-
-
-
- Mi
tsar
ayekududzi
ramadi
miki
ra
-
- Aneruoko,tsiyenyor
o,anebapu,anehana,anechinyapahuma,ane
pamuromo,aner uokorwegudo,
anemusor o,aneshanje,
aner
opa,anedzungu,
anenungo,
anemanyemwe, anemwoyoweshumba, anemadyo,anepamuromo
pasi
ngamhar winenhunzi
-
- 16.Munhuanonzi munhuaneusi mbekanaunyope.
- 17.Munhuanonzi anogar
aachi r
ovavamwe
- 18.Munhuanonzi anetsi
stsinevamwe
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- 21.Munhuanonzi munhuanongokur umi dzakutsamwa
- 22.Munhuanonzi munhuanogar aachidenhavamweachi vasvotesa
- 23.Munhuanonzi munhuasi ngachenget izvakavanzi
kaanongot aur
acher
o
chinhupakazaravanhu
- 24.Munhuanonzi munhuanemunyamapanezvaanoi ta
- 25.Munhuanonzi munhuasi nakudzi kamaanongopapar ika
- 26.Munhuanonzi munhuanokar akanakur uta
- 27.Munhuanonzi munhuanongor ati
dzakut izvi
nhuzvaanoita
zvakanyat
sofungwazvineungwaru.
- 28.Munhuanonzi munhuanet sikayekutaurauyevamwevachi t
eerera
- 29.Munhuanonzi munhuakat sigaasingavhundukirezvi
nhu
- 30.Munhuanonzi munhuanof ari
rakuoneker wamunezvaanoi ta
-
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- ONGORORO
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Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
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- CHI
NANGWA :
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evazvakaf
anana
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- 1.Chamhungwe unhutu
- 2.Hwiza chimumumu
- 3.Mhamba chigut
sa
- 4.Zai rukukwe
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- 8.Gwer e mbat ya
- 9.Tseketsa chipare
- 10.Mhuka jongwe
- 11.Ipwa hoka
- 12.bonde chitaka
- 13.uchapa vhiki
- 14.kit
i i
bwe
- 15.Imba bweni
-
-
- Mazi
taanot
sanangudzavanhu
-
- 16.Munhuasi ngaber ekianonzi (wanogm)
- 17.Mwanaachangor umur waanonzi( dawrumu)
- 18.Murumeakur aasiasinakurooraanonzi (sobrevi
tur
um)
- 19.Shamwar iyapamoyozvakanyanyaanonzi(hasi wara)
- 20.Musikanaakur akusvikapazerarekuroorwaanonzi(narhaar
md)
- 21.Mukadziar ikuchatianonzi ( agwemn)
- 22.Munhuanoi t
abasar ekubatsi
rapakuzvaraanonzi(mkyantauu)
- 23.Munhuasi nganzwianonzi( sit
am)
- 24.Munhuasi ngakwani sikutauraanonzi (evi
mebre)
- 25.Nyanzviyekugadzi razvinhuzvesimbiinonzi (huzmha)
- 26.Dindingwer i
nonakar ichakwevarimwe
- 27.Kugochakunodakwaamai
- 28.Kudadakwevar imugomo
- 29.Varumekut svakwendebvu
- 30.Chinonziregerachi r
imumaoko
- 31.Bofur i
kat
indi nokurova
- 32.Chinokanganwai badza
- 33.Kanashumbai kashayanyama
- 34.Mbudzikuzvar i
rapavanhu
- 35.Chawawana
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Nhamba
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- CHI
NANGWA :
-
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- Manzwianor
evazvakaf
anana
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- 1.Huniidzidzi nobakamwot onyorenyor e Agot aBdzi yaCpi saDbvi ra
- 2.Amaivakabar amwanasi kana Ar umuraBt ukuraCsunungukaDyamwi sa
- 3.Akanener wamhosvayeur oyiAt ongerwa Bpomedzer waCsungi r
waD
ramba
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tsamwi sa
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tirazvakandidakadza Af adzaBr wadzaCgumbur aDt samwisa
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a BdzedzerekaCkamhi na D
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a–mi ra
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kitaBdzika CsvikaDsvet uka
- 8.Babavakevakashaya ArwaraBhwandaCr asvi
kaDpar ara
- 9.Hwahwahunokor a AvavaBnaka CDhakaDvi r
a
- 10.Nyokai norumaanoi svosva Ar ovaBdenhaCt sikaDur aya
- 11.Zirumer i
yar inorut
akungeber e Adya BnhuwaCt yisaDkar a
- 12.Kanakuchi tonhoramaf utaanomandanaAgwambaBnanaukaCzor waD
dziya
- 13.Mut ambiwenhabvuakami nyukaAt yokaBningukaCdi mukaDzvi mba
- 14.Mvur ai nojengamubaniAnwi wa Bnaya Csvi nga Dyer era
- 15.Anof ari
r akuraraakatsi
vamaAf urat
ir
aBt ambararaCchonj omar aD
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gwevedzi nduna vahosi bari
ka
nyachide mukadzi nyina sadombo tsvi
mbor ume
gupuro chekaukama chimut samapf i
wa
chir
ikadzi j
eredzwa rusambo Danga
tsvi
ngu mwenga mvana
-
- 16.Munhuanot umwanemumwekundomupf imbiramusi kanaanonzi
- 17.Kanamusi kananemukomavadanana, vanopanananhumbidzi nonzi
sechiratidzocher udor wavo.
- 18. Tsikayekuwani kwakwevakadzivavi r
ikanavazhi nj
ipamur umeumwechet e
i
nonzi
- 19.Mukadzianonyanyodi wanemur umekupi ndavamwevesepabar i
kakana
kutipachi parianonzi
- 20.Mukadziwekut angakur oorwapabar ikaanonzi
- 21.Mukadzianozor oorwamushur emevamwevakadzianonzi
- 22. i mar ikanakanhukanobvi swanemur umekur at
idzakut ihaachadi
mukadziwake.
- 23. i mombekazhi nji
,chenai nobvi swanemur umeanengeachi dakur oora
musi kanawaaneukamanaye
- 24.Munhuanot umwakuf ambi samashokopakat ipemhur imbi r
idzinenge
dzichirooreranaanonzimunyayikana
- 25.Mukadziakaf irwanemur umewakeanonzi
- 26. Mukadzianopi hwamukuwashanavat ezvarakanamukadziwekut anga
afa,kanakut iatadzakuzvar avana.
- 27. kanakut irugabaimar izhinjiinobviswanemukwashapar oora.
- 28. i pfumayer oorainosar i
rasechi kwer etipayapanobhadhar wazvi mwe
nemukwasha
- 29.Mur umeakaf i
r wanemukadzikanamur umeakur azvekupf uurazerar ekut
i
arooreasii yeasi namukadzianonzi
- 30.Mukadziachangor oorwa, kanaar ikuchat aanonzi
- 31.Mukadzi aanodanananemumwemur umeasii year ipamur umewake
anonzit svingudzikanakut i
- 32. i mombedzi nobvisiswamukwashaser oora
- 33.Mukadziakambozvar a,asizvikuruasi ripamur umeanonzi
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- Tsumo
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- KubvamutsumoinaA,B,
C,D,sar
udzambi
ridzi
nowi
ri
rananezvi
rimumut
sar
a
ur
ipamusoroir
ipamusor
opadzo
-
- 1.Vimbanezvi rozvakopachakokwet enezvevamwe
- Achakondechawadyachi geremut orowamamboBchi mwangochokokumbi r
a
hachinandi maCmombeyekur onzerakamawakar inganziraDdaindakazi va
haitungami r
ir
i
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- Ambudzikudyamuf enjehuf anan’ i
naBmwnaasi ngachemianof i
ra
mumber eko
- Ckugochakunodakwaamai kwemwanakunodzi mamot oDgavir akabva
kumasvur iro
- 3.Mabasaanor emaanodavanhuvazhi nj
ivachibatsi
rana Akur ekwegava
ndokusi namut subvuBkut uri
kadengar embakubat ir
ana ChamamaokoD
kucher ambevahukomber ana
- 4.Panyayadzer udo, mumwenemumweanozvi sarudziramunhuwaanoda
kunyangevachi tiakashat aAchi damoyohambayakadamakwat iB
chinokwegur achi nokot amamusor owegudochavachi nokoroCmoyomut i
unomer apaunodaDr umer i
mwehar ikombichuru
- 5.Chi mwenechi mwechi nenguvayacho Aukama, igasvahunozadzi swa
nekudyaBndambakuudzwaakaonekwnembonj epahumaCchi nobhur uruka
chinomhar a Dchi singaper ichinoshur a
- 6.Unof ani rakuchenj eranekudzi viri
ratsaonapachi nenguvaAMvur a
yezambar at i
zaichi rikureBmot owesor atizauchir
ikur eCkumhanya
handikusvi kaDchi ngomachi rir
isindichochiparuki
- 7.Kuwanzopedzi si
rakui tachi nhuvamwevachi r
egakunopi nza
mumat ambudzi ko
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ramaponda DAnegandaanenyama
hazvi
enzanineasina
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rekudenhamunhuanyer er
ezvakenokut ianogonakuzokui t
ira
zvi
mwezvi nhuzvi si
nakukunakira Achi nokanganwai demochi t
siga
hachi
kanganwiBi mbwayakar arahai
mut sir
wisadzaCmhembwer udzi
i
nozvaramwanaanekazhumuDnyokayapi ndamumwenahai nyombwi
-
- Manzwianor evazvinopesana
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- 9.Hama Amuenzi Bmhandar aCmut orwa Dshamwar i
- 10.Ndonda Amut ano Bnyanzvi Cder a Dgamba
- 11.Muzvare Amwana Bmur ongo Cmukunda Dmuzvar wa
- 12.Mugota Ahozi Bnhanga Cdar a Dmusasa
- 13.Mutsa Ahasha Brushiye Cnyasha Dhut sinye
- 14.Rudo Ashanje Bgakava Cdaka Dmunyabvu
- 15.Mhindo Aguti Bmhepo Cmhut e Dchiedza
- 16.Nzara Azhizha Bmagut a Cnyot a Dsadza
- 17.Jambwa Arombo Bguhu Cbapu D
zano
- 18.Murumbwana Amwanasi kanaBmur oora Cmukwasha D
muzukuru
- 19.Pamateru Azambuko Bmudzi si
rwaCmakat a Dchi kom
- 20.Bongozozo Amami ri
ro Bhut ano Crunyarar
o Dut sanana
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sai
zvikuzadzi
sa
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e,miti
kit
ivha,
mhondi ,bunha,
gur
ukota,sai
mba, ndumur e,gor
oro,
mhi
zha,vhevhe,rombe,gweta,ngomwa,chapupu,nhubu,tsano,gamba,
mbozha,gwara,mubvakure
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- 1.Mupur
isawepachivandeanoferef
etanyayanemhosvadzinopar
wanevanhu
- 2.Munhuanoit
amabasaakai pamazvinj
iachoanokonzer
aruvengopakat
i
pevanhu
- 3.Mwanamudi kiachangor
egeswamukaka
- 4.Munhuanembi riuyeanoremekedzwanenyikayesepamusanapekushi
nga
kwakemukushandi r
aruzhi
njrwenyikaanonzi
- 5.Murumeakaroorahanzvadziyakoanokutichi
i?
- 6.Munhuasir
iwemunoakabvakunei mwenyi kair
ikur
eanonziaani
?
- 7.Munhuanomi r
iramunhupaanengeachi t
ongwamhosvamudar eanonzi

- 8.Munhuanonyenger avanhukut ivamupekanakumui t

ir
azvaanoda, asiiye
asi
ngazoitisezvaanengeavi mbi saanonzi
- 9.Nhengoyehur umendeyenyi kainotungamirirabazirehurumendeyenyi ka
anonzi
-
- Shandisaizvi
-
- Muzver e,
bunha, saimba, mhondi ,
gwar a,
mhi zha,gororo,r
ombe, ngomwa,
chapupu, mbozha
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- 10.Munhuanoumbahar inekugadzirazvinhuzvesimbianonzi
- 11.Munhuanosheedzwapadar ekundopaumbowopamhosvai r
ikutongwa
anonzi
- 12.Munhuakar ooraanemhur iyakenemushawake
- 13.Mwanasi kanaachangot angakumer amazamoanonzi
- 14.Munhuanot orer
avanhuzvi nhuzvavomuchi vandeanonzi
- 15.Munhuanot yazvikuruanonzi
- 16.Munhuasi ngaber ekianonzi
- 17.Munhuasi napf ungwadzakakwanaanoi t
azvi nhuzvisinaungwaruzvi noi
ta
kutiavemur ombo
- 18.Mukadziachangobvamukuzvar a
- 19.Munhuanour ayavamwevanhu
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ngwi
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- 1.Kutikovo- o Akusvuka Bkureba
- 2.Kut indo-o Akusviba Bkutonhora
- 3.Kut inyamwi Akunyunyut a Bkusi muka
- 4.Kut itana Akuramba Bkuti
za
- 5.Kut itekeshe Akutsamwa Bkuwanda
- 6.Kut irukutu Akuseka Bkuneta
- 7.Kut imwi ro Akunyar ara Bkuf a
- 8.Kut igunun’unu Akut aur a Bkuf unga
- 9.Kut idanangu Akur ara Bkutsanangura
- 10.Kut itende Akugar apasi B kubat
a
- 11.Kut indee Akutarisa Bkutenderedza
- 12.kut imbembe Akut setseka Bkuchena
- 13.Kut itsvai Akupedza Bkuchena
- 14.Kut ituzu Akuti
zasembwa Bkumi rasebenzi
- 15.Kut ipwat i Akuseka Bkutsamwa
- 16.Kut itucha Akusvi ka Bkuzara
- 17.Kut ingori Akupi nda Bkudongor
era
- 18.Kut ipfi
ku-pfi
kuAkusvi pa Bkuchema
- 19.Kut igodi-godi Akudimur a Bkukwi r
a
- 20.Kut ipiti
ri Akudonha Bkupusa

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- Sar
udzadudzi
rodzi
ripazasiuchi
isapanet
sumodzi
not
ever
a
-
- 21.Var umendevamwekut svakwendebvuvanodzi murana
- 22.Nhasichi nenimamnwanachi newewo
- 23.Chi nokanganwai demochi t
sigahachikanganwi
- 24.Di ndingwer i
nonakar i
chakwevar i
mwe, kanairorokwehwar ot
imavar aangu
azarai vhu.
- 25.Mwoyochenaunour ayisa
-
- Dudzi ro
- i
)Nguvazhi njimunhuanof arakanai yeachiit
ir
avamwevanhuzvakai pa,asi
kanai yeoiti
rwavozvakai panevamweanochema–chema.
- ii
)Ukaonamunwemunhuawi r
wanedambudzi ko,zi
vakutizvi
mwe
chetezvozvinogonakuzoi tikakwaur iner
imwezuva.
- i
ii
)Munhuwemur umehauf ani
rikusiyakana,kushayahanyakanai mwehamai r
i
munj odzisezvoachi zodawor ubat si
rorwevamwepaasangananenj odzi
.
- i
v)Munhuanowanzoi t
ir
avanhuzvakanakandi yeanowanzoiti
rwazvakaipa
nevayavakambomubat sira.
- v)Munhuanot adzi
ramumweanokur umidzakukanganwanezvazvoasiuya
nyakut adzir
wahaakanganwikut adzirwakwakaitwa.
-
-
-
- ONGORORO
-
-
Mibvunzo
Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
-
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-
- Manzwianor
evazvakaf
anana
-
- Dununu shungurudza musungo chi
ri
por
ipocho
- Demo mutsipa pf
ugama
- Sango kanganwa mashuku
-
- 1.I
ngweyakagwadamapasinemabvinemagokor a
- 2.Mitiyemizhanj
einoberekamazhanjeat
inodya
- 3.Ingweyakasunungurwapakarepondokusvetuka
- 4.Gavaaiit
akungedat anananekusanzwakwake
-
- I
samanzwimuuzhi
nji
-
- 6.Bere
- 7.Mutemo
- 8.Rundaza
- 9.Munhu
- 10.Munhu
- 11.Ruri
mi
- 12.Dondo
- 13.Demo
- 14.I
mba
- 15.Gwai
- 16.Dehwe
- 17.Mudzimai
- 18.Rushamhu
- 19.Danga
- 20.Mbudzi
- 21.Bveni
- 22.Musha
- 23.Rumbabvu
- 24.Murume
- 25.I
go
- 26.Gondo
-
- Manzwianor
evazvakaf
anana
-
- 27.Mhukayakangeyakasungwanemuhur o
- 28.Mhukahadzi uyemumi shamevanhukuzovatambudza
- 29.Shumba, gavanenzouimhukadzemudondo
- 30.Mut emounor ambidzavanhukubatamhukanemuteyo
- 31.Usakoshi wakutimwoyochenaunour ayi
sa
- 32.Chinokanganwai sanhochit
sigahachi
kanganwi
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- Zadzi
sazviripamusor onezviripazasi
-
- Shungurudza musungo demo
- Mutsi
pa kanganwa sango
-
- 33.Mukadzianoti kunaamai vemur umewake
- Ambuyawasha Bvahosi Ct ete Dvamwene
- 34.Murumeanot i kuhanzvadziyemukadziwake
- Amuzvar wa BmukuwashaCt sano Dmunyai
-
- Manzwianor evazvakafanana
-
- 35.nwiwa Amavi se Bmat api
ri CmbambairaDmapudzi
- 36.kuneta Akugut a Bkur wara Ckushanda Dkupfuma
- 37.gwir
ikwit
iAdzihwa Bmagwi ri
kwizha Cbir
ipi
ri Dmanyoka
- 38.Ndanwamut i
wemudumbumai r
uma- r
uma
- Ahwahwa Bmushonga Cmut o Dmanyoka
-
-
-
- ONGORORO
-
-
Mibvunzo
Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
-
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- Manzwianopi kisana
-
- 1.Ukaonapai t
at saonasweder a Asudur ukaBf urati
raCt si
vamaDhwanda
- 2.Nhasikunzekunemhi ndo AmushanaBmhepoCmvur a D
chiedza
- 3.Akadyi wamar izhinjiachitambanj ugaAt si
vaBmakasiCt soro D
mahachi
-
- Inzwir akanakakuzadzi sapakashama
-
- 4.Mbesa Aawa Bi zvi Ci dzi Dichi
- 5.Svosve Ai ri Bi svi Cutwu Duhwu
-
- Isamuuzhi nji
-
- 6.Rushamhu Amashamhu Bshamu Cmar ushamu
Ddzi shamhu
- 7.Ishe Amai she Bhushe Cvashe D
madzi she
- 8.Rwi zi Amar wi zi Bnzizi Cr wizi D
zvirwi
zi
-
- 9.Usabat emat opepasi nsmvur a
- 10.Mbi rayakashayamuswenokut umi r
a
- 11.Usashor ambodzanei nozvi mbir a
- 12.Kut ur i
kadengahubat irana
- 13.Kumhanyahandi kokusvi ka
- 14.Mot owesor at i
zauchi rikur e
- 15.Kugar ikatangenhamo
- 16.Shi riyemusar ir
ir
andi yoyemhi na
-
- Sarudzat sumoi nofambi rananedudzi r
oi noti:
-
- a)Ukaonanj odzii chiuyat i
zapachi nenguva
- b)Usashor achinhunekut aridzikakwachochet enokutichinogonakuve
chinokosha
- c)Ukawanzosar irir
auchi it
achi nhui chovamwevosevachi r
egaunopi ndanj
odzi
- d)Usangomhanyi rakui t
achi nhuusat iwanyat sof
unganokuongor or
akuti
chinozoper asei
- e)Zvirinanekut angamunhuachi tambudzi ka,achishandakut iagozowana
rugaremushur e
- f)Kunemamwemabasaasi ngagonikui t
wanemunhumumwechet eanoda
kubatsirana
- g)Zvinhuzvokut umi ravamwekut ivakui tirehazvinachivimbohazvi budir
ir
e
- h)Usai tezvaunoi tauchikur umi dzanokut iunogonakuzvi kanganisa
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- 17.Kubat
achigar
o
- 18.Kubat
amusorowenyaya
- 19.Kubat
amunhukumeso
- 20.Kubat
anekuserikwer
uoko
- 21.Kubat
apasi
- 22.Kubat
ajongwemur omo
-
-
- Sar
udzadi
miki
rapaneakapi
wapamusor
ori
noender
ana
-
- a)Kunyeperamunhuachi munyengetedza
- b)Kumukar ungwananingwananiuchi dakufambarwendo
- c)Kutadzakubudi ri
rapanezvangazvi chit
ari
sir
wa
- d)Kuvanechi nzvimbochokutungami ri
ra
- e)Kudadi r
anekusemamumwemunhu
- f)Kunzwisisazvinhuzvikur
uzvirikutaurwapamusoropazvo
-
- Nyoramitsar
azvakanaka,
uchi
isavar
ahombepar
inokodzer
anezvi
misozvese
pazvakaf
anir
a
-
- 23.gutagururenyi
kayezimbabwer inonziHarare
- 24.mukur undi
anipakatipachipo,tendainatanaka.
- 25.i
nindakazvarwamumwedziwagunyanamugut aremutare
- 26.vimbaianogonakutaurachi kar
anga, chi
ndeverenechi
rungu.
- 27.rwizi
rwazambezindi r
wor unoganhur anyikadzezambi
anezimbabwe
-
- Mazi
ta
-
- Tsvar
akadenga mbozha hur
udza hombar
ume gamba mbwende
-
- Tsanangur
amazi
ta
-
- 28.Murimimukuruanemukur umbirawekurimaanonzi
- 29.Munhuanembi rineunyanzvihwezvakanaka,
neushingi
- 30.Munhuasinakushingauyeanot yazvikur
u
- 31.Musikanamurefuakanakachaizvopamesonepachi mir
opake
- 32.Muvhimianembi r
ipakuvhimaachiurayamhukaanonzi
- 33.Munhumupf umianepf umanemar izhinj
i
- 34.Mukadziakaf
ir
wanemur umeanonzi AnhereraBmudzimaiC
chi
ri
kadziDhama
- 35.Zi
tarekut
i“mushakabvu”r i
noreva Amunhuakaf a Bmunhuakafi
rwa
- Chamayomuf i Dmushandi
-
-
-
-

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- Zadzi
sapakashama
-
- 36.Nyayai
yi hamadzemushakabvudzi
nomhanyi
ranakutorapfuma
yemufi.
- Ainorumbi
dza Binoshor
a Cinoyambira Dinokurudzi
ra
-
- ONGORORO
-
-
Mibvunzo
Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
-
-
-
-

-
-
- ZUVA :
-
- ONGORORO :
-
- Tsumo
-
- I
mbwa bveni i
ngwe gonzo shumba
- Nzou gava mbudzi nyoka hamba
-
- Shandi
samanzwiar
ipamusor
o
-
- 1.Kana ikashayanyamai nodyauswa
- 2. mhinigar
amumwenachemudzi muchikuwani
remo
- 3. kui pazvaroasiharidyechakaf
achoga
- 4.Kurera nemukakai nofumayokuruma
- 5.Chinonochine ber er akadyari
chi
famba
-
- Kubvapamusor
osar
udzat
sumoi
nof
ambi
rananei
mweyet
sanangur
o
dzi
notever
a.
-

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 - 6.Kunyangemunhuachi nziakai paanezvi mwezvaanogonazvakanaka
- 7.Kanamunhuawi rwanenhamoanongot ambi racherochaawana.
- 8.Munhungaai t
ezvaanof anirakui t
apachi nenguvanekut iakanonokaanogona
kusangananezvi ngamukangani sa.
- 9.Ukaiti
ramnhuzvakanakakazhi nj
ianodzokaokupanduki r
a
- 10.Munhuanof anirakuvanzaher emahwakekwet ekuzvishambadza.
-
-
-
- Ngandu r ukutut ekeshet ibvut svetet uzu shakut i
ba bher engendepanda
-
- Zadzisapakashamanenyaudzosi ngwi
-
- 11.Munguvayemat sutsokudyakunengekwakat i
- 12.Babavakangosvi koti kuvhuramusuwowemba
- 13.Vatambivengomavakangavachi t
i kunet a
- 14.Takaonamar imiemot okuti t i
chir
ikur e
- 15.Reger akuswer awakangot i kumi raposebenzi
-
- Manzwianopesana
-
- 16.Bvuma At enda Br amba Cturi
ka
- 17.Mut ano Amucheche Bpf ende Cmut enda
- 18.Utsinye Amut sa Bchokwadi Cuchenjeri
- 19.Mat er u Anyor e Bmapani Cmakat a
- 20.Nhet e Ar efu Bhobvu Cpfupi
-
- Zvinorevar akareruka
-
- 21.Mhur iyaVaShokoyai mbovamhur iyakabat anakusvikiramwanawavo
wedangwe abudamungwar u
- 22.Taur aiavejaya, sakamunhuweseanot arisir
akutiabudamugot a
- 23.Daipasi navamwevanhuvakazomubat sir
a, Tongaiakadaiasinabuda
mur ut
sva
- 24.Kunyangezvazvovasi nakuf ananapachi soSar udzainaMar ia buda
ndibudewo
- 25.Inindi nofar
iravanhuvanobudapachenakanaanezvaanonyunyut a
- 26.Kanauchi dakubudi r
iramuupenyuunof anirakuzvipir
akubudadi kit
a
-
-
-
- ONGORORO
-
-
Mibvunzo
Nhamba
209
yevakakundi
kana
Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
-
-
- ZI
TA :
-
- ONGORORO :
-
- Bakwa gombo denher
e bot
erekwa guvi
- Gura bi
ndu guva dongo gawa
-
- 1.Nzvi
mboinor i
mwazvakai t
asemuriwokananzungu
- 2.Nzvimboinemi t
imizhi
njineuswainonzi
- 3.Nzvimboinochengeter
wahunipambai nonzi
- 4.Mundamut svaunonzi
- 5.Nzir
ainopoterer
agomoi nonzi
- 6.Mushawakat amwausi ngachagar
wiunonzi
-
- a)Kanaukai tazvakai
pa, kunyangeukadakuzvivhari
dzi
r aseizvi
nozobat
wa.
- b)Dzimwenguvamat ambudzikoanoitaseanokokor
odzanaor amba
achingowiramunhumumwechet e.
- c)Zvirinanekutimunhuat auri
revamwezvi nomunetsakwet e
kungot ambudzikaeganechemumoyo.
- d)Kazhi nj
i,munhuegaegaanodakut izvi
nhuzvesezvake.
- e)Munhuanengeakupazanor akanakakanayambi roinovakaachibuda
-
- 7.Ngomai nori
raichi
tipangupangu
- 8.Nhamohai bvepanei mwe
- 9.Akur umanzevendewako
- 10.Rinemanyangahar i
puti
rwi
- 11.Mwanaasi ngachemianof i
ramumber eko
-
- Mudzonga svi nga mwanda mukonde mupet a mur azvu mukwende

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 muzi
nda
-
- 12. wedoro
- 13. wenyama
- 14. rehuni
- 15. wehuswa
- 16. wembatya
- 17. wemoto
- 18. wesadza
- 19. waMambo
-
- Nyaudzosi
ngwi
-
- A dhuma Bpi
tipi
tiCvhor
okosho Dnyangar
aEdanangu F mber
a-
mbera
-
- 20.Pasinanguva, makor eoseakabvaangot i kuperamudenga
- 21.Paakabvunzwanababavakemwanaakat ikutaurazvesezvangazvasar
a
zvi
chii
ti
kavasi po.
- 22.Marimwezur okunzekwaswer akwakat i nemhut e
- 23.Murwer eai it
i kuf ambaachi endamuchi pat
ara
- 24.Zi
nyokar akati kupindamumwena
- 25.Akangaanet anebasandokusvi kot
i kugarapasimumumvur i
- Akudyamot o
- Bkudyanhokodzezvi ronda
- Ckudyamanonoko
- Dkudyachezi ya
- Ekudyamaf utaenyi ka
- FKudyanyi kar uti
vi
-
- 26. kuwanazvanguzvi chiit
wazvatopfuura
- 27. kupenger amunhuuchi mupopoterazvikur
u
- 28. kunaki rwakwemunhuanengeachi pindamumaf aroakasi
yana
- 29. kuzowanachekuzvi raramisapashurepekumboshandanesi mba
- 30. kut ambur azvikurunenhamoachi semwanokusekwa
- 31. munhuachi wanazvesezvaanoda
-
-
-
-
- ONGORORO
-
-
Mibvunzo
Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
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Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
-
-
-
-

-
-
- ZUVA :
-
- ONGORORO :
-
-
- Vanavemhuka
-
- 1.
Huku nyana mubheme
- 2.
Dhongi handa tsvana
- 3.
Mbudzi ganyaamt
ope hukwana
- 4.
Imbwa mbudzana nzvenzvana
- 5.
Garwe hwyana mhur u
- 6.
Gwai
- 7.
Shir
i
- 8.
Mhembwe
- 9.
Nyoka
- 10.
Mombe
-
- Manzwi Muuzhi
nji
-
- 11.Gomo
- 12.imba
- 13.dehwe
- 14.rwiyo
- 15.rwizi
- 16.nzira
- 17.musha
- 18.rwendo
- 19.choto
- 20.ziso
- 21.rukuni
- 22.sadza
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- ONGORORO
-
-
Mibvunzo
Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
- ZI
TA :
-
- ONGORORO :
-
- Mazi
taevanhu
-
- 1.Mukadzianonyanyakudiwanemur umekupi ndavamwe
- 2.Muvhi mimukuru,anembi r
iyekuurayamhukaanonzi
- 3.Munhuanoi tabasarekubatsi
ravanhukadzipakuzvaraanonzi
- 4.Munhuanof ambisamashokoekur ooranaanonzisadombokanakut i
- 5.Nyanzviyekuumbahar ikanakugadzirazvi
nhuzvesimbianonzi
- 6.Munhuwemukadzianobat sir
an’anganekuturi
kir
azvainengeyat
aura
kuvarapwianonzi
- 7.Munhuanonyenger avanhukutivamupekanakumui ti
raiyezvaanovi
mbi
sa
anonzi
- 8.Munhukadziachangobvakusunungukamwanaanonzi
-
- Madi miki
ra
-
- Kubayadedenemumukanwa
- Kuf i
ramaf uf
usegonzo
- Ar over
amoyopadombo
- Kur ovaimbwawakavi gamupi ni
- Ami ranegumbor imwechet e
- Kubur amunhumumot o

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-
- Mi
tsar
a
-
- 9.Kanamunhuazvishingisakuit
azvaanengeachidaanonzi
- 10.Kanamunhuanonoker wapanezvaar ikudakui
taanonzi
- 11.Kanamunhuachitambur ir
azvinhuzvisi
namaturoanonziar
i
- 12.Kununuramunhumunhamokanakumubudi samumat ambudzi
kokunonzi
- 13.Kutaur
anemazvo,pasi nakupota-
pot
akunonzi
- 14.Kunyeyamunhuasi ngabudepachenaanonzi
-
- Tsumo
-
- 15.Magoanor uma
- 16.Chimwangochokukumbi r
a
- 17.Kurerai
mbwanemukaka
- 18.Mot owesora
- 19.Nhambetambei noregwa
- 20.Usaonaimbwakuchenama
- 21.Tsurohaipunyuki
- 22.Miromoyevenhu
-
-
-
-
-
- Mhedzi
sodzetsumo
- A ti
zauchirikur
e
- B mangwanai nofumayokur
uma
- C rut
svakaviri
- D mut okonyi
- E ukatii
nokusekerer
a
- F hachinandima
- G i
chanaka
- H haiwir
ipasi
-
- Zadzi
sat
sumoi
dzi
-
- 23.Daindakazi
va
- 24.Benzibvunza
- 25.Ndambakuudzwaakaonekwa
- 26.Mazanomar ai
ranwa,
zanondoga
- 27.Anokutiri
ma
-
- i
)nembanj epahuma
- i
i)akasiyaji
ramumasese
- i
ii
)haitungamiri
ri

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 - i
v)atiudye
- v)rakanaka
-
- 28.Kuti Atonho Btumni kumir
a
- 29.Kuti Apfi
ku-pf
iku Bkwavar
ara kuchema
- 30.Kuti Akatakat
a Bkur ingi
ndi kukura
-
-
-
-
-
- ONGORORO
-
-
Mibvunzo
Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
Nhambayevakagona
Vanavose
-
-
-
-

-
-
-
- ZUVA :
-
- CHI
NANGWA :
-
- 1.Kut
i kuramba Akunun’
unu Bt
ana
- 2.Kuti kuneta Ari
tari
ta Br
ukut
u
- 3.Kut
i kuchena Amburetet
e Bt
svet
e
-
- Mazi
taenzvi
mbo
-
- Dikwi
ndi gwi ndi
ngwi svingo denhere mwezha
nhonga
- 4.Sangogur uri
nemazimitimakuru,uyerinotyi
sari
nonzi
- 5.Chidzi
rochakavakwanamabwechet e,pasi
naDhakachi nonzi
- 6.Imbainoraravanasi
kanavasativaroor
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- 7.Mundaunei vhudemar akaor eraunonzi
- 8.Nzirayakapf umbi r
a, inofambanembevai nonzi
- 9.Nzvi mboi nemi t inehuswazvakabat anachaizvozvekut
izvinot
onet
sa
kupindamai riinonzi
-
- Fanani dzo
-
- Dahwa njanji bere huku nguruve nyoka
-
- 10.Haangambochai rimot ikarinekut ianehopesedze
- 11.Zirumer iyer i
nemadyose
- 12.Mut ambowet sivaunodavakasi mbakunge
- 13.Panevamwevanhuvanebwonise i norumanechaisingadyi
- 14.Uyamunhuanor utazvekur werar utese
-
- Tsumo
-
- Chikwat aA
-
- a)Aivamadzi vaavamazambuko
- b)Chimombechesur echi nosariramapanda
- c)Gumwer i
mwehar itswanyii nda
- d)Mwoyomut iunomer apaunoda
- e)Zanondogaakasi yaj iramumasese
-
- Chikwat aB
- a)Shiriyemusar i
ri
r andi yoyemhi na
- b)Ndambakuudzwaakaonekwanembonj epahuma
- c)Kar ehaagar iar ikar e
- d)Chi damoyohambayakadamakwat i
- e)Rumer imwehar i
kombichur u
-
- Madi mki ra
-
- 15.Kuber ekat sokakudi ni?
- Akur asiksBkugut sikanaCkumhanyaDkur wisana
- 16.Kur ebesamuswesegonzokudi ni?
- Akunyar ara Bkut ambur aCkukot sira Dkuf ar
isa
- 17.Mwanaanonzi“zair egondo”anengeakazvar waari
- Aegamumhur iBmut svukuCndonda Dr usvava
- 18.Munhuanonziar i“kufemer amudundundu”anenge
- Aachi rwar aBazar ir
wanehasha Canet a Danenzar a
- 19.Munhuanonzi“akabat ir
aur amumaoko”anenge
- Aanenyot a Bar ikut yazvi kuruCanemi mbaDar i
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- 20.Tsanga Adete Bnhete Ct
ete
- 21.Dovi Ahobvu Bkobvu Cgobvu
- 22.Hore Anhema Btema Cdema
- 23Bhasikor
oAi
tsva Bidzva Cchi
tsva
- 24.HarahwaAtatu Bvatat
u Cnhatu
- 25.Mombe Air o Bi
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oto
Dnyaunyau
- 2.Payakati kuonamapur isa,
mbavhayakadakut i
za
- Ande- e Bbamhamha Cnangananga Dtutur
uru
- 3.Pakavhuvhutamhepo,mazhanj eakati kudonher
apasi
- Ar akat
a Bdhege Cpf okocho Dtekeshe
- 4.Takangoerekanamusikanaat ikuseka Amokoto BpanguCbwaiDpwati
- 5.Nyayayakabvayanzi mudar eredzi
mhosva
- At ukumuku Bkwarakwashu Ct i
ri
ngindi Dbhebhenu
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- Mavambo
- a)Chi
nokanganwai demo
- b)Chinokwegurachinokot
ama
- c)Chinoudzwandechirimumushunj
e
- d)Dindingweri
nofarari
chi
kwevari
mwe
- e)Kudadakwevari mugomo
- f)Kutauri
rwahunyimwa
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- Mhedzi
so
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- A chirimusakasachinozvi
nzwira
- B zi
sor i
nokundaakabvisamombe
- C kukumbiravaripasimapfi
wa
- D chit
sigahachikanganwi
- E asikanair
or akwewharotimavaraanguazar
aivhu
- F musor owegudochavechi nokoro
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rat
sumo
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- a)Kanamunhuachi t
auranezvakeiyeari
poanengeachi zvi
nzwi ra
nekuzvipi
nduriraega
- b)Munhuanezvakawandaanengeachi kumbi r
azveanezvi shoma, kanavasina
- c)Munhuwese, kanachinhuchesechinenguvayachoyachi nengechakasimba
asichinozogumanekusakar a.
- d)Chinhuchosechi nodakutimunhuazvi onereega,nekutizvekuudzwa
nevamwevanogonakuwedzer akanakusiyir
ir
azvimwe.
- e)Munhuanot adziramumweanokur umidzakukanganwaasiuyaakat adzir
wa
haakanganwizvaakai ti
rwa.
- f)Nguvazhi nj
imunhuanof arakanaiyeachiit
iravamwezvakai pa,asikanaiye
ait
ir
wazvakai paochema-chema
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- 6.Kuwiri
rana Akusimuka Bkupokana C
kunzwanana
- 7.Bongozozo Arunyar
aro BbokoshindiCnyatwa
- 8.Mupfumi Amut ema Bmut enda Cmuchena
- 9.Tapudza At ut
sira Bpungur a Ct onhodza
- 10.Mutsa At si
tsi Butsi
nye Cmut svene
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itana Akunyarara Bkutar
isa Ckuramba
- 2.Kutihatu Akumhanyira B kubat
a Ckur ova
- 3.Kutikwanyanu Akusi
muka BkukwengaCkuchena
- 4.Kutinyakata Akunyorova Bkunyura Ckuseka
- 5.Kutipamu-pamuAkupera Bkuzara Ckupenga
- 6.Kutirukut
u Akusi
mba Bkuguta Ckunet a
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- Madi
miki
ra
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- 8.Akatangakumedzakutsengaachada
- 9.Vakari
mi r
anamiganhu
- 10.Akandibayapanyamanhete
- 11.Pekupotser
anamakobvunemat et
e
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miki
rar
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yeakandi i
tir
azvinhuzvakandi r
wadza
zvandisi
ngakanganwi
- 13.Zvii
tozvakezvakai pandizvozvichazopedzisir
azvamuunzi r
a
matambudzi komakur u
- 14.Pashurepekut ukanakukur unemashokoanor wadzavakadzivavi r
iava
vakatangakur wi
sana
- 15.Varumevavi riavavakakonanazvekut ihavakwani sikuregerer
ana
- 16.Mwanauyuakakur umidzakuitachinhuasat iafunga
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- Sarudzadimi ki
rarinopindi
rana
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ungakut imukomanawakeai mudanemoyowakei zvo
- Aaimuchekaner akagomar aBaimubat akumesochet e
- 18.Hapanawaangachemanayesezvozvi rikui
tikakwaar i
- Akurikurumwanechekucher a
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- ONGORORO
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Nhamba
yevakakundi
kana
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