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2023-2024 MID TERM EXAMINATIONS FOR STD 8

ENGLISH (100 MARKS)
Date:
Time Allowed:
Name of Candidate:
Surname First
Name of School :

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your Name and Name of your School on top of each page.
2. In section B you need to show all your work.
3. This paper contain 6 pages please check.

SECTION A (30 MARKS)

Answer one question only from this section. Write between 100 and 150 words.
1. Imagine that you bought a pair of shoue which you like most. Write a letter to your uncle who is
working outside the district telling him about the pair of shoes. In your letter you may include
the following information.

Paragraph 1
 What the colour of your pair of shoes is
 When you bought your pair of shoes
 What the size of your pair of shoes is

Paragraph 2
 How much you bought your pair of shoes for
 Where you bought your pair of shoes

Paragraph 3
 How you care for your pair of shoes
 Why you like your pair of shoes

OR

2. Imagine that you have an interesting job you want to do when you finished school. Write a
composition entitled “ MR FUTURE JOB,” You should include the following.

Paragraph 1
 The type of job you want to do
 Why do you want that type of job
 What does the job involve

Paragraph 2
 Describe the type of clothes people in that job wear
 Name any two people in your area who are doing that kind of job.

Paragraph 3
 How you will feel when you get the job.
 Advise learners who would like to do that job.
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 SECTION B (20 MARKS)
3. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Limbika Tebulo smiled as he walked to school. He was happy to be in standard eight. Limbika thought “ Now I
will learn more. I will write and read more also. This is a good day.”

Limbika loved school. He wanted to go all the way to college. After college, Limbika wanted to a businessman
or a famous singer or even a president.

Tupo Tebulo was Limbika’s Twin sister. She walked to school with him. But she was not happy. She thought , “
I like to read and learn. But I love football. I love to kick and run and I wanted to play football but the school
does not allow me to play football. I am not happy..”

Tupo had a big dream. She wanted a girl’s football team. She wanted to be captain of the team. Tupo wanted to
show that girls were intelligent and strong. Most of all, Tupo wanted to play football.

Chisomo phiri also walked to school. Last year, he did not pass. He thought, “ I do not like school. I do not like
to read or write.”

QUESTION.
a. In which class was Chisomo in last school year?
(2 Marks)
b. Mention two things that Limbika wanted to do after college .

(2 Marks)
c. Explain why Limbika Tebulo was happy with his new class? Give one reason

(2 Marks)
d. Who was Tupo Tebulo to Limbika?
(2 Marks)
e. Mention two things Tupo liked
(2 Marks)
f. Find words from the passage (paragraph 1) which have the similar meanings with the words
i. Glad: (1 Mark)
ii. Suggest: (1 Mark)
g. Give one reason why Tupo was not happy with her school ?

( 3 Marks)
h. Is it possible for girls to play football? Give one reason for your answer.

(3 Marks)
i. Suggest the tittle of the story.
(2 Marks)

SECTION C (10 MARKS)

Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech.
 4. “Please come to my home John,” Tsala pleaded.

5. “What are you doing, Mary?” Patricia asked.

6. “ I will visit you tomorrow,” he said to me.

7. “This book is mine,” Thoko said.

8. “ I have been studying this book for three days now,” she said.

Make a sentence with each of the following words to show that you understand their meanings

9. Among:
10. Absent:
11. Oh:
12. Or:
13. Unhappy:

SECTION D (40 MARKS)

Question 14 to 26 choose a letter (A,B,C, or D) 20. Mayamiko switched the radio early
that best completes the statements in the morning.
14. He will tell him when from his A. On C. About
work. B. Of D. For
A. Come C. Came
B. Comes D. Had come 21. She is engaged a rich man.
A. From C. By
15. Chisomo runs than her brother. B. To D. In
A. Faster C. Fastest
B. Very fast D. Fast 22. You can not enter the stadium you
have a ticket.
16. His father died cholera. A. Because C. Unless
A. From C. Of B. While D. When
B. For D. With
23. The house is at the moment.
17. I a bag from Chimwemwe. A. Built C. Building
A. Borrowed C. Lend B. Being Built D. Build
B. Lent D. Borrows
24. If I have a good grade in English, I
18. They found a drunk man lying the to National Secondary School.
road. A. Selected
A. Over C. At B. Will be selected
B. In D. On C. Would have been selected
D. Would be selected
19. He failed because his laziness.
A. About C. Off 25. He was unable to separate goats
B. For D. Of sheep.
A. On C. And
B. With D. From
 A. Adjective C. Noun
26. They could not see me because, I B. Adverb D. Verb
was standing my sister.
A. Near C. Behind 38. Please do me a favour.
B. Beside D. With A. Verb C. Adjective
Questions 27 to 39, choose the letter (A,B,C or D) B. Noun D. Adverb
that gives the correct part of speech of the
underlined word(s) 39. Three of them were punished.
27. Takondwa bought a new dress A. Preposition C. Adjective
A. Noun C. Verb B. Pronoun D. Adverb
B. Adjective D. Adverb
Questions 40 to 44, choose the letter (A,B,C or D)
28. Chisomo is a brave boy. That give correct question tag for the statement;
A. Noun C. Adjective 40. Lets talk about AIDS, ?
B. Verb D. Pronoun A. Shall you C. Shall we
B. Don’t you D. Don’t we
29. The snake runs a cross, the road.
A. Adverb C. Conjunction 41. Mercutio never went to the
B. Preposition D. Pronoun university, ?
A. Doesn’t he C. Did he
30. John is my brother. B. Does he D. Will you
A. Verb C. Pronoun
B. Noun D. Adverb 42. Switch off the light, ?
A. Doesn’t it C. Shall we
31. She is one of the best teachers at our school. B. Won’t it D. Will you
A. Adjective C. Adverb
B. Preposition D. Pronoun 43. I am sending all my love to you, ?
A. Aren’t I C. Don’t I
32. She is beautiful B. Amn’t I D. Didn’t I
A. Verb C. Pronoun
B. Noun D. Adverb 44. He mustn’t come with us, ?
A. Must he C. Is he
33. Both Chikond and Tadala went to church. B. Does he D. Did he
A. Preposition C. Adverb Questions 45 to 47, choose the letter (A,B,C or D)
B. Conjunction D. Adjective that best completes the proverb.
45. You can not an old dog new
34. She lives happily with her grand parents trick.
A. Noun C. Pronoun A. Play C. Teach
B. Preposition D. Adjective B. See D. Learn

35. Keneth went to school although he was sick. 46. Too many cooks the soup.
A. Noun C. Pronoun A. Damage C. Destroy
B. Verb D. Conjunction B. Spoil D. Cover

36. An elephant is kept in a cage. 47. All that glitters is not

A. Noun C. Verb A. Diamond C. Silver
B. Article D. Preposition B. Yellow D. Gold

37. He wants to water the seedlings.

Questions 48 to 49, choose the letter (A,B,C or D)
That best completes the simile.
48. Her hands were as cold as
A. Ice C. Rain
B. Hail D. Water
49. Tsala is as meaning as cold as
A. Hyena C. Miser
B. Baby D. Dog.
In each of the following questions choose (A,B,C
or D) that gives the correct type of clause and its
functions. The clause has been underlined.
50. The learners looked attentively at what the
teacher was doing.
A. Noun clause object of “was”
B. Adjective clause, qualifying “learners”
C. Noun clause, object of “at”
D. Adverb clause, modifying “looked”
END OF QUESTIONS
51. Though she started school late she
was selected to secondary school.
A. Adverb clause, modifying “was”
B. Noun clause, subject of “was selected”
C. Adjective clause, qualifying “school”
D. Adverb clause, modifying
“was selected”
52. This is the boat, which sailed down the river
A. Noun clause, object of “is”
B. Adverb clause, modifying “is”
C. Adjective clause, qualifying “boat”
D. Noun clause, in apposition to “boat”
53. Put the book where you can read it properly.
A. Adjective clause, qualifying “book”
B. Noun clause, in apposition to “book”
C. Adverb clause, modifying “put”
D. Noun clause, object of “put”