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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE,

VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EARLY EDUCATION
TUBALANGE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Grade 9 End of term 1 Test, 2015

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 1

Time: 5MINUTES FOR READING

45 MINUTES FOR WRITING

MARKS 40 MARKS

CANDIDATE NAME:

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your Name on the spaces provided
2. You should write between 200-250 words
3. When you have finished writing, you should read through your work and
make corrections

QUESTION

Imagine you have just passed your Grade 9 Examinations. Your new school is
Mwembeshi secondary School, a boarding School.

The school requirements are:

- Boarding fees K900.00

- School shoes
- Two blankets
- A pair of bed sheets
- Two pairs of school uniforms

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- Physical education pair of short and a T-shirt

- Transport money K300.00
You will be going to a boarding school for the first time and the school will be
opening in 2 weeks time. Your father is unable to take of all your school
requirements. Write a letter to your uncle, asking for some money to
buy some of the school requirements write 200-250 words.

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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE,

VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND EARLY EDUCATION
TUBALANGE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Grade 9 End of term 1 Test, 2015

ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 2

Time: 1 hour 25minutes for writing Marks 60

CANDIDATE NAME:

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your Name on the spaces provided
2. You must answer all the questions

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Section A
PAPER ONE (10marks) CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION & STRUCTURE
Read the following questions and circle the letter of your choice
1. You are walking along the road to hospital. You meet a friend he/she
asks where you are going what would you say?

a) “I am going to seasick patient”

b) “I am going to see a patient”
c) “Iam going to see hospital”
d) “Iam to the hospital”
2. Victor wants to know if Gibson wrote back to you. What would say?
a) Gibson has answered to my letter
b) Gibson has replied to my letter
c) Gibson has answered in my letter
d) Gibson has replied back my letter
3. You would like to ask a friend of yours to help you extinguish the fire.
What would you say?
a) ‘’Help me put off the fire’’
b) ‘’Help me put out the fire’’
c) ‘’Help me put away the fire”
d) Help me put through the fire’’
4. ‘’No, it’s not my niece, ‘which of these questions was likely asked
a) That isn’t your niece, is it?
b) That isn’t your niece, isn’t it?
c) That isn’t your niece, isn’t she?
d) That isn’t your niece, is she?
5. Joseph is__________than Martha.
a) The tallest
b) Taller
c) The Tall
d) Tallest
6. You are on a bus seated next to the window. Someone approaches
you and ask you, do you mind if I sat next to the window? What
would you say?
a) Yes, I do
b) No I don’t
c) No there is me.
d) Yes there is no one.
7. You like honey in your tea better than sugar. What would you say?
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a) I honey than sugar in my tea

b) I prefer sugar in my tea than honey
c) I would rather have honey in my tea than sugar
d) I prefer honey in my tea than sugar
8. You enjoy most doing Mathematics. What would you say?
a) Mathematics is my best subject
b) Mathematics is my favorite subject
c) Mathematics is what I like
d) I like enjoying Mathematics
9. You are about to go to the party and your friend is impatiently waiting.
What would you say?
a) Wait, Iam about to finish wearing my dress
b) Wait, I am about to finish put on my dress
c) Wait, I am about to finish my dress
d) Wait, I am about to finish putting my dress
10. Your friend tells you that she has failed her Grade 9 examinations
what would you say/
a) Is it so?
b) It is very sad news.
c) Sure? It is bad news.
d) I ‘m very sorry to hear that.

PART 2 (10 MARKS) GRAMMAR

Choose the letter of the correct answer and circle it.

1. Mrs. Phiri ________ when the rain began.

a) Is walking
b) Walks
c) Is going to walk
d) Was walking
2. Mutinta is ________at Mathematics than Clement
a) More good
b) The better
c) More better
d) Better
3. Chowe said_________
a) “My father is very ill”
b) ‘’My father is very ill’’
c) My father is very ill”
d) ‘’My father is very ill’’
4. Mary is _________than Nelly
a) Prettier

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b) Prettier
c) Prettiest
d) Prettest
5. Both Mulenga _____Nchimunya are absent.
a) with
b) and
c) together
d) but
6. Gift is too short ________ to reach the top of the board
a) too
b) to
c) so as
d) two
7. Mukumba was _______handsome that all the girls in class admired
him.
a) too
b) very
c) such
d) so
8. Neither Namakau nor Liswaniso _________ related to the headteacher.
a) are
b) they are
c) he is
d) is
9. Kazeya and Lwizi got married last Saturday and _____of them are
doctors.
a) All
b) None
c) One
d) Both
10. Eventually the baby stopped crying after it was given________milk.
a) little
b) a few
c) a little
d) few

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PART 3 (5 marks) Re-writes

Re-write each of the following sentences according to instructions given.

1. If he apologizes will forgive him.

Begin: Unless………………………………………….
2. She was so tired that she could not study.
Begin: She was too…………………………………..
3. He was forced by a perfect to sweep.
Begin: A perfect made………………………………
4. He will get better only if he sees the doctor.
Begin: Unless……………………………………………
5. Expeditor is not as tall as Anthony.
……………………than…………………………………….

PART 4 (10 marks) CLOSE PASSGE

Read the following passage and in each blank space write the correct form of words
in the brackets’. You must write only one word.

At the end of the last school term Edina (example decided) to visit his brother in
Lusaka. He (1. think) that he would meet a lot of friends there. Edina (2.do) wants
to travel by bus.He (3.realised) that a lot of people would be travelling at that time.
He (4.decide) to go to the rail way station where he (5.hope) to catch a train. He
carried a suit case which (6.contain) his clothes and some books.

When Mubita arrived at the station he (7.find) a long queue of people. They
were all trying to buy tickets. He (8.speak) to a boy in the queue whom he
(9.recognise).The boy whose name was Nasitwitwi (10.buy) a ticket for Edina. Then
Edina (11.remember) to phone his brother, Moses to tell him to meet her at Lusaka
railway station. Soon afterwards Edina (12.hear) the sound of the train, which was
just arriving at the station. The two hurried to the platform. After a struggle they
(13.manage) to board the train.

Once she was inside the coach Edina (14.wish) she was wearing her Jersey
because it was quite cold. However, she soon (15.forget) about the cold (16. Fall)
asleep. When she was (17. awake) she (notice) that it was already getting light.
Edina and Mubita (18.know) that the next stop was Lusaka. Edina (19.feel) happy
after a few minutes the train pulled into Lusaka station. Edina (20.see) her brother,

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Moses waiting on the platform. He was waving to her; some of her friends were
waiting for her too. Edina (21.know) she was going to have a pleasant holiday.

SECTION B

COMPREHENSIONAND SUMMARY

Read this passage and answer the question that follows.

SHOPPING WISELY

1. Supermarkets are there to provide a service, as well as to make a profit.

Therefore they always want to make sure that their customers buy as much
as possible. Whether you really need something or just want it, the
supermarket owner tries to make sure that you buy it. How do supermarkets
persuade people to buy more?
2. Most supermarkets try to provide pleasant shopping environments. The shop
itself will usually be attractively painted and decorated, and the goods
arranged to catch the customer’s eye.
3. It is a fact that most shoppers do not really make up their minds what to buy
until they are in the supermarket. After all, how many of us take the trouble
to prepare an elaborate shopping list before we go shopping? Very few ,I am
sure. Even if we do prepare a shopping list, do we stick to it? Researchers
claim that up to 60% of all shoppers only decide what to buy at the spot.
Supermarkets know this fact very well and they take advantage of it in many
ways. They can offer discount or special prices, give out ‘’free’’ items to
customers who make special purchases and so on. When you see a shop
offering, say, three items for the price of two, look out! The shop may not be
Generous, but looking for a way to make you buy more than what you need.
Another common trick is to let customers earn tickets which will make them
qualify to win prizes. Somebody has to pay for the cost of all those
advertisement, tickets and prizes and it is the customer!
4. Supermarkets also like to present “fresh food to make their customers believe
they are buying health food. Many supermarkets sell foods either tinned,
bottled ,packed in plastic or frozen and it is always pleasant to find something
fresh out of a garden, or a farm, such as cabbages, tomatoes, or eggs, fresh
brad which also does the trick. A bakery in a supermarket does not only
provide health food but fill the price with a homely, delicious aroma that will
put customers into happy moods. And happy customer is generous with his or
her purse.
5. Music is another thing supermarket use to attract customers and to keep
them in for as long as possible. Most supermarkets have music bars which

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serve two purposes to sell records to customers and to provide a form of

entertainment to customers as they do their shopping. Different types of
music have different effect on different people.
6. Packaging is yet another way in which supermarkets encourage customers to
buy more. Thanks to flexible materials such as plastics, goods can be packed
into all sorts of shapes and sizes. Add attractive colours,labels and lettering
and the customer is hooked
7. Watch out offers. you may not always get best goods at the best prices at a
sale, next time you see labels like “extra”-large” three in one pack” Jumbo-
size and so on. Stop a little and ask yourself.”Do I really need this? And watch
the size of the trolley. That large smooth moving trolley which never seems to
get full may just be the thing to empty your purse. Remember in these hard
times that Supermarkets are out to get your money!

Now answer the following questions

1. What is the writers’ main purpose in writing this article? (2)

A. To advise people on how to find cheap sales
B. To show that all supermarkets owners are crooks.
C. To encourage shoppers to shop wisely
D. To discuss the joys of shopping.
2. According to paragraph 3…………………………………………..(2)
A. Most shoppers stick to their list
B. About 60% of shoppers already decide what to buy.
C. Most shoppers decide what to buy in the Supermarket
D. Very few shoppers decide what to buy in a Supermarket
3. Mention three ways in which Supermarkets attract customers(3)
i. …………………………………………………………………………………………..
ii. …………………………………………………………………………………………..
iii. …………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. According to the passage, which THREE of the following statements
are TRUE? Write the letters of the THREE True statements in the box
provided in any order (3)
A. Supermarkets give free goods to their customers.
B. Music”bar”in supermarkets provide entertainment to
customers as they shop.
C. Supermarkets do not sell healthy and fresh food.
D. Most supermarkets advise their customer to shop wisely.
E. Customers pay for the advertising tickets and prizes won
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F. It is healthy to buy tinned bottle foods

5. Fill in the blank spaces of the following passages to summarize
paragraph 6 .Use one word only for each blank space. The word
should come from paragraph 6 only.( 3 marks).

Packaging…………………………….is………………………another………………………
…way…………….in………………………which

i. …………………………..encourage (i) ………………………………..to buy

more flexible materials such as
(iii)…………………………………….enable goods to be
(iv)……………………………………..
6. According to paragraph 7………………………………………………………………
A. You can buy the best goods at the Supermarket
B. You can always buy the best goods at best prices
C. You cannot buy best goods at supermarket
D. You may not always buy best goods at best prices
7. Find words that have the same or nearly same meaning as the
following
MEANING WORD (one word only)
A. To cause interest (para 5)……………………………………………….
B. Full of details (para 3)…………………………………………………….
C. Enjoyable (para 4)………………………………………………………….
D. Strong smell (para 4)……………………………………………………..
E. Willing to give help (para 3)……………………………………………
F. To deceive (para4)………………………………………………………….
G. A great liking for (para 6)……………………………………………….

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