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EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA

JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION AND

JUNIOR SECONDARY EXTERNAL EXAMINATION

English Language

SPECIMEN PAPERS FOR EXAMINATIONS STARTING FROM 2020 FOR INTERNAL

CANDIDATES AND FROM 2021 FOR EXTERNAL CANDIDATES
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English Language (101)  Preamble

English Language is part of the Junior Secondary School Leaving Examination taken at the end of the
junior secondary school level. The Junior Secondary School Leaving Examination is based on the two-year
course covering Grades 8 and 9.

In 2019, the Examinations Council of Zambia undertook examination reforms which saw an introduction of
School Based Assessments (SBA) for all practical papers and changes in some theory papers.

During the examination reforms process, the English Language examination question papers were
analysed. As a result, English Language Paper 1 has been reformed in terms of content, mark and time
allocation. A new component – Summary – has been introduced in Paper 1. Consequently, the time has
been increased. Paper 2 has had no reforms made. Therefore, a revised Examination Syllabus has been
developed with an accompanying Specimen in English Language Paper 1.

Assessment Objectives (AO)

AO1 Knowledge and Application of Communication Skills

AO2 Reading and Comprehension of Texts

AO3 Knowledge and Application of Language Structure

AO4 Analysis and Synthesis of Information (Composition)

AO5 Evaluation and Synthesis of Information (Summary)

Test Design
The English Language Examination will comprise Papers 1 and 2. Paper 1 will have two questions which
will consist of Section A – Composition which will carry 20 marks and Section B – Summary with 20
marks.
Paper 2 will still have the same format; Section A will be based on Contextual Communication, Grammar
and Vocabulary. Section B will comprise Reading Comprehension. All the questions in both papers will be
compulsory. The papers in English language for Grade 9 internal and external candidates have been
summarised in the table below:

Paper/Paper Code Duration Marks Allocated Percentage

Paper 1: 101/1 1 hour 20 minutes 40 40%

Paper 2: 101/2 1 hour 30 minutes 60 60%

Total 100% 100%

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(INTERNAL & EXTERNAL CANDIDATES)

Time: 1 Hour 20 Minutes Marks: 40

Candidate’s Name: ........................................................................................................

Examination Number: ...................................................................................................
School/Centre:...............................................................................................................

Instructions to Candidates
1 Write your name, examination number and school/centre name in the spaces
provided on this page.
2 This paper has two compulsory questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided below each question.
3 Section A is a composition question and you should write between 200 and 250
words.
4 Section B is a summary question and you should write according to the
instructions given.
5 When you have finished writing, you should read through your work and make
corrections neatly.
Information for Candidates
1 Dictionaries and textbooks are not allowed in the examination.
2 Cell phones are not allowed in the examination room.

FOR MARKER’S USE ONLY

SECTION A
(Composition)
SECTION B
(Summary)

Total
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SECTION A: COMPOSITION [20 marks]

You are advised to spend 50 minutes on this section.

Question

Write a story with the following ending:

 Finally, the holiday came to an end and I concluded that it had been my
most exciting one ever.

Your story should be between 200 and 250 words.

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SECTION B: SUMMARY [20 MARKS]

You are advised not to spend more than 30 minutes on this section.

Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

1 I had been seeing groups of young people standing aimlessly near the
shopping mall close to my house. When I asked what they were doing,
one of them said that they were ‘chilling’. I later understood that the term
was used to refer to a new pastime activity among young people.
However, it was only after I had heard the story of Misozi that it became
clear to me as to the unacceptable behaviour the youth engaged in and
the negative effects they suffered in the name of chilling.

2 Misozi woke up for the third time that night. Her lack of sleep was a result
of what she had gone through that afternoon. She was disturbed. There
she was in the hospital bed and everything seemed like a bad dream. It
was only by sheer luck that she was not in the mortuary like her friend
Beauty who had suffered a premature death.

3 Beauty’s stories of how she enjoyed her weekends had made Misozi very
curious. She had looked forward to the day when she would have a chance
to chill with her peers. Her mother had always warned her against bad
company and going out without her permission. However, that afternoon
she had failed to resist peer pressure and agreed to go chilling with a
group of other Grade Nines.

4 Misozi’s mother was not at home and Misozi saw an opportunity in her
mother’s absence. She decided to disobey her instructions. After searching
her mother’s bedroom, Misozi stole the only hundred kwacha note that
was there. After a quick lunch, Misozi hurried to join Beauty at a spot they
had agreed to meet. There were six other girls there who teased Misozi
because of her kind of dressing. One of them opened her backpack and
took out a pair of skinny jeans. She gave them to Misozi to wear. Misozi
quickly changed into an attire that exposed part of her body against her
mother’s counsel on indecent dressing. Soon they were joined by a group
of boys.

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5 They first went to a shopping mall where one seemingly rich boy bought
drinks for them. Everyone was in a jovial mood. They decided that it would
be more interesting at a nearby play park.

6 At the park, Misozi started seeing strange behaviour in her friends. There
were more and more drinks, even alcoholic ones. One boy had a strange
powder that they were sniffing. Some were even smoking. Beauty
disappeared for a while and then reappeared looking more excited than
before. She asked Misozi to escort her to the bathroom. Instead of going
inside, she led her behind the building. Some boys and girls were busy
having unprotected sex there. Misozi was pulled by a strong hand and her
mouth was covered. She felt someone undressing her. She tried to
struggle but was overpowered. She fainted. When she awoke, she was in
a hospital bed.

7 She was told that she had been brought in from the park. Some boys had
started a fight. There was a lot of swearing and insulting. One boy was
badly injured. Trying to stop the fight, Beauty had hit her head against a
sharp rod and she bled to death. The police had been informed. They
picked up Misozi. The rich boy and four others were arrested because they
had drugs. He was a member of a drug pushing group and was
introducing other young people to drugs as a way of promoting the
business. It was obvious that they would be taken to court and would be
imprisoned for many years. That would be the end of schooling for them.
Beauty’s body was taken to the mortuary. One boy who had escaped and
knew that the police would be looking for him, committed suicide.

8 Misozi’s medical examination revealed that she had been raped by more
than one boy. She risked contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
and HIV and AIDS. Her story was all over the papers, on television and
radio. How was she going to face her mother? Would her mother trust her
anymore? Their relationship would be ruined. What about school?
Everyone would frown at her. The stigma would be too much. She decided
that she would not go back to school anymore. She could not believe how
the events of a single afternoon could turn her whole life upside down. If
only she had listened to her mother, she would still have been a happy
child.

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Now answer the following question.

With close reference to the passage, list down twenty unacceptable behaviour
that youth engage in and the negative effects they suffer because of chilling.
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End of Examination!

Check your work carefully.

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