PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

KIBAHA PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
(KIPSSA)

FORM FOUR PRE-KIPSSA EXAMINATION

022 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Time: 3 Hours Year 2023

Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.
2. Answer all questions in section A and B and two (2) questions from section C.
3. Section A carries sixteen (16) Marks, section B carries fifty four (54) Marks, and
section C carries thirty (30) marks.
4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your booklet(s).

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 SECTION A (16 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. For each of the items (i) –(x) choose the most correct answer from among the
given alternatives and write its letter beside the item number in the answer
booklet(s) provided.
(i) What is the correct simple present tense of "I have broken their door for
good reasons"
A. I has breaks their door for good reasons
B. I breaks their door for good reasons
C. I break their door for good reasons
D. I broke their door for good reasons
E. I broken their door for good reasons
(ii) The sentence "her room’s window is open" is not correct. Which among
the following is the linguistic possible reason of expressing possession;
A. The window cannot be owned
B. In animate objects usually use the "of" structure.
C. The possessive element was supposed to be "her rooms’ instead of
room’s"
D. Because the window is closed
E. Animate objects usually use the "of" structure
(iii) In the following sentences, pronouns have been used inappropriately
except in one sentence. Which one is the sentence that a pronoun is
properly used?
A. It is a secrete between you and I
B. It was him
C. My sister is taller than I
D. A friend of him told us the news
E. Michael and myself are here
(iv) Which of the following sentences expressing the possibility of a certain
situation to happen?
A. If you will work hard, you will pass the examinations
B. If you work hard you will pass the examination
C. If you had worked hard you would have passed the examinations
D. If you worked hard you would pass the examinations.
E. If you would work hard you would have passed the examinations.
(v) The possessive case (--’s) shows ownership with the addition of –‘s form.
Which of the following is incorrect about showing possession using
possessive case –‘s?
A. This is Marry and her dog. The dog is Marry’s pet
B. This is a men’s room.
C. This is a boys’ school and not girls’
D. This is boys’s school and not girls’s
E. The children’s section of the library.
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 (vi) The following sentence is not correct. Which is the most suitable reason for
its incorrectness? "The maid cleaned the hotel’s room"
A. It is because hotel is a building
B. Because the word with a possessive form is a compound word.
C. Because the word does not end with an "s" form
D. Because the possessive case is put to the word hotel and not room.
E. Because the maid does not own the room in the hotel.
(vii) Take an examination paper, put it down waiting for an invigilator to give
permission to start…………the above statements are examples of;
A. Asking for a request
B. Giving instructions
C. Expressing conditions
D. Expressing one’s ideas
E. Expressing likes and the likes
(viii) Among the given expressions, which one is the most suitable expression
used to ask for direction?
A. Excuse me please, I think I am lost. May you please, show me the way
to the police station?
B. Sorry, show me where the police station is
C. I want to go to the police station, show me the way.
D. Hey, show me the way to police station.
E. You! Show me the way to the police station.
(ix) They went to the cinema, didn’t they? What is the reason for the speaker to
use question tag?
A. The speaker knew that the listener did not hear well
B. The speaker wanted to confirm that what he spoke was well heard.
C. The tag is in negative because the statement is positive.
D. The speaker was angry toward the listener
E. The speaker wanted the listener to answer the question asked.
(x) All of the following are uses of dictionaries except one. Which one is not a
function of dictionaries?
A. Looking up the meaning of a new words
B. Finding the spelling of a word
C. Looking for grammatical information about a word
D. Looking for a word with opposite meaning
E. Preserving historical information.

2. Match descriptions of occupations in LIST A with the correct occupation in LIST B

by writing its letter beside the corresponding number in the boxes provided below.
LIST A LIST B
(i) A person or shop/store that sells equipment for ships A. Chef
(ii) A person whose job is to drive a car, especially for B. Chandler
somebody rich or important. C. Cartographer
(iii) A professional cook, especially the most senior cook in D. Chauffeur
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 a restaurant. Hotel etc E. Chemist
(iv) A person whose job is to prepare and sell medicines, F. Charwoman
and who works in a shop. G. Chiropractor
(v) A person whose job is to care and treatment of H. Chiropodist
people’s feet.
(vi) A person whose job involves treating diseases and
physical problems by pressing and moving the bones
in a person’s spine or joints.

SECTION B (54 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section
3. You are revising your form two notes and you come across with the types of
sentences. For each of the following sentences say whether the sentence is
simple, complex, compound or compound complex.
a) He married a beautiful wife and everybody was jealous of him but he was
still cheating on her.
b) I have accepted your offer, but I will come to your house when I finish
cooking the evening meal.
c) She has been ironing her clothes since morning.
d) The teacher finished the topic, but the students failed the test because they
did not understand the lesson.
e) Weisiko and Stella are getting married next week.
f) Although she had all the qualifications, she didn’t get the job.
g) We went for a trip but we did not enjoy.
h) They were eating when the power went off.
i) If you study hard, you will pass exams well, and I will buy you a laptop.

4. You are talking to your friend and he says these statements are in a likely
condition. Assuming that it is now impossible to be fulfilled because they are
purely hypothetical, how would you present these nine statements in conditional
type three in a single paragraph?
(1) If I met the president, I will tell him to work hard to stop corruption. (2) I believe
our problems will be solved if we address them. (3) if we keep quiet, the leaders
will not know our opinions. (4) I will not be discouraged if he does not take my
advice. (5) If we want a better Tanzania, we shall work hard to create it. (6)
Unless we stand together, we shall not live in the Tanzania of our dream. (7)
Again, unless we love our country, we‘ll not sacrifice our time and efforts to
develop it. (8) the last advice I will tell the president is the fact that, If he
accomplishes all the major projects, we will elect him again for the second term.
(9) Unless he does all these, our country will fall apart.

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5. Language can be used differently depending on the context and situations.
Construct one sentence in each of the following situations.
i. Congratulating
ii. Giving instructions
iii. Complaining
iv. Commanding
v. Advising
vi. Seeking advise

6. Write the verb in the brackets into the correct forms to the express past events.
i. When he (wake up)__________his mother (already prepare)_________
ii. We (go)________________Mtwara because our friend (invite)________us.
iii. She (hear)____________the news after she (receive)__________ a phone
call from her friend.
iv. When he (start)____________learning English she (already
learn)________Kiswahili.
v. Jane (already type)____________three pages when her computer
(crash)______________.
vi. By the time the doctor (arrive)________________the patients (die).
vii. Before that day, we never (think)_____________where to meet because
nobody (tell)_______________them.
viii. I _______(feel) nervous because the whole class_________ (turn) their
eyes on me.
ix. The teacher ________________(be) very happy to hear how I
_____________(introduce) myself.

7. Briefly describe six important elements that someone has to include when writing
curriculum vitae (CV).

8. In English, adjectives are arranged in a particular order. They follow

articles/determiners and numbers. Using the knowledge you learnt on descriptive
writing, put the words in the brackets in right order by rewriting the sentences in
your answer booklet provided.
i. We need __________(long/iron/rectangular/twenty/grey) sheets.
ii. She went and sat on ______________(comfortable/her/wooden/old) bed.
iii. What _______________(pretty/young/African/tall/thin/ a woman.
iv. Chinua Achebe was _____________(old/brilliant/Nigerian/a professor.
v. He brought _______________(a/black/Chinese/round/small/plastic/new)
dish.
vi. She has _______________________(grayish/long/beautiful/shinny) hair.

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 SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer two (2) questions from this section. Question number nine (9) is
compulsory.
LIST OF READINGS
NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES:
 A wreath for Fr. Mayer S.N Ndunguru (1977) Mkuki na Nyota
 Unanswered cries Osman Conteh, Macmillan
 Passed like a shadow B.M Mapalala (2006), DUP
 Spared S.N Ndunguru (2004), Mkuki na Nyota
 Weep Not Child Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1987); Heinemann
 The Interview P. Ngugi (2002), Macmillan
PLAYS:
 Three Suitors: One husband Oyono Mbia (1994), Eyre Methueen
 The Lion and the Jewel Wole Soyinka (1963), OUP
 This Time Tomorrow Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1972); Heinemann
 The black Hermit Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1968); Heinemann
POETRY:
 Songs of Lawino and O’col Okot P. Bitek (1979), EAPH
 Growing up with poetry David Rubadiri (ed) 1989, Heinemann
 Summons Richard Mabala (1960), TPH

9. Various societies have different perceptions concerning women’s role in the

society as some have positive while others have negative. With reference to two
plays you have done show the validity of this statement. (With at least three
points each).

10. Referring to two poems you have studied. Comment on the features which make
poetry different from other literary works. (Not less than six points).

11. Evils are the main thing that literary artists discuss in their literary works. Use two
novels or short stories to discuss the statement. (Six points; three points from
each reading).

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