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ST KIZITO MINOR SEMINARY
2025 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
MOCK EXAMINATION
ENGLISH
PAPER I
(70 marks)
Subject No. SKS/M052/I
Monday, 5 May Time allowed: 1 h 45 min
11:00-12:45 pm
Instructions
1. This paper contains 7 pages, Question Tick if Do not
please check number answered write here
2. Write down your name and 1-30
registration number as indicated
3. There are three sections 31
4. Answer all questions in Sections A, B
and one question in Section C 32
5. In the table provided on this page,
tick against the question number
you have answered
6. Hand in your answer to the invigilator
when the time is called to stop writing
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NAME: _____________________________________________ Reg. No. _____________
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Section A (30 marks)
Answer all questions in this section by circling the letter representing the right answer to each
question.
In questions 1- 18, choose the answer (A, 6. The family entirely banked ______
B, C or D) that best completes their unquestionable unity.
the sentence. A. over
B. upon
1. Citizens are pushing ______ the
C. with
enactment of this piece of
D. behind
legislation.
A. in
7. The umpire seriously thought
B. from
______ it prior to his final verdict.
C. against
A. about
D. for
B. on
C. over
2. Chinze heard the noise and looked
D. through
_______ but saw nobody.
A. at
8. Those athletes ran very fast and
B. around
they closed _____ on each other.
C. up
A. over
D. on
B. by
C. against
3. The decision was arrived at in
D. in
consultation _______ the other
members.
9. It is a must that all and sundry
A. with
abide ______ the rules and
B. on
regulations.
C. at
A. by
D. after
B. at
C. for
4. Dandauli had been suffering
D. on
_______ anaemia-related maladies
for a long time.
10. The Dean of Academics handed
A. from
him his ______ of results.
B. with
A. testimonial
C. till
B. extract
D. upon
C. transcript
D. excerpt
5. Her speech was replete _______
hate undertones.
11. The suspect’s _______ was due to
A. with
the unavailability of evidence.
B. among
A. sentence
C. of
B. charge
D. on
C. acquittal
D. imprisonment
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12. The warring parties settled for a D. finds fault
________ in order to let
themselves enjoy the Eid Ufitiri 18. Most contractors in Malawi
celebrations. _________ when implement
A. truce different projects.
B. ceasefire A. cut across
C. cancellation B. cut back
D. abstract C. cut bait
D. cut corners
13. Prices of commodities __________
as long as authorities fail to put in In questions 19 – 22 choose the
place plausible fiscal policies. answer (A, B, C or D) that best
A. will rise describes the part of speech of the
B. rise underlined word.
C. will continue to rise
D. will continue rising 19. Leave the door ajar.
A. adjective
14. If the students had started running B. conjunction
after the warning bell, they C. verb
______________ punctual. D. adverb
A. will be
B. would have been 20. I will pay you a visit when I return
C. would be from this trip.
D. will have been A. preposition
B. adverb
15. By the end of two hours, C. conjunction
everybody __________ their D. pronoun
money.
A. will have received 21. What else could it be apart from
B. will receive the allure of this world?
C. would receive A. verb
D. would have received B. pronoun
C. conjunction
16. There is very little food, hence, we D. noun
have to ___________ with what is
there. 22. People power can hardly be
A. make amends vanquished.
B. make do A. verb
C. make away B. noun
D. make for C. adjective
D. pronoun
17. Every time her boss ___________
with her work.
A. finds out
B. find out
C. finds away
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NAME: _____________________________________________ Reg. No. _____________
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In questions 23-26 choose the order 27. Looking at that fence wall I
of adjectives (A, B, C or D) that cannot but appreciate the builder’s
best completes the sentences. skill.
A. adverb phrase, modifying
23. A lot of youth are fond of wearing
‘cannot appreciate’
_______ jeans apparel.
B. adverb clause, modifying
A. bleached black American
‘cannot appreciate’
casual
C. noun phrase, subject of ‘cannot
B. casual bleached American
appreciate’
black
D. noun clause, subject of ‘cannot
C. casual
appreciate’
D. black bleached casual
American
28. This noticeboard you see before
you looks very beautiful.
24. Her gown is of _______ material.
A. noun clause, in apposition to
A. remarkably light coloured
‘noticeboard’
B. light remarkably coloured
B. noun phrase, in apposition to
C. coloured remarkably light
‘noticeboard’
D. remarkably coloured light
C. adjective phrase, qualifying
‘noticeboard’
25. Rosemary lost her _______ ring.
D. adjective clause, qualifying
A. very gorgeous diamond
‘noticeboard’
wedding
B. diamond very gorgeous
29. The air we breathe is gratuitously
wedding
proffered by the Almighty LORD.
C. very gorgeous wedding
A. adjective clause, qualifying
diamond
‘air’
D. diamond wedding very
B. adjective phrase, qualifying
gorgeous
‘air’
C. noun phrase, in apposition to
26. His parents bought him ______
‘air’
shoes.
D. noun clause, in apposition to
A. green leather novel Bata
‘air’
B. green novel leather Bata
C. novel green leather Bata
30. That is all she could fathom from
D. novel leather green Bata
that lecture.
In questions 27-30 choose the A. noun clause, object of ‘is’
option (A, B, C or D) that best B. noun clause, complement of
describes ‘is’
C. noun clause, in apposition to
and gives the function of the ‘That’
underlined clause or phrase. D. adverb clause, modifying ‘is’
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Section B (40 marks)
Answer one question only. Spend the first 10 minutes reading the questions and
planning your answer to the question you have chosen. Planning may include writing
rough notes. Cross out your rough notes before you hand in your answer book.
Marks will be awarded for layout, language, content and creativity. Candidates will be
penalised for mechanical errors and writing answers that are short and/or off-point.
You are expected to write between 350 and 500 words for the question you have
chosen in the spaces provided below.
EITHER
31. Imagine students at your school have vandalised school property.
Write a report the District Education Manager deliberating this scenario.
OR
32. Write an original story entitled ‘No soul can be trusted’
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Yesu, ndikhulupirira Inu
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