THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
FORM TWO JOINT EXAMINATIONS PRIVATE AND GOVERMENTS SCHOOLS
(JEPGOS): MOCK JULY 2024
(For both School and Private Candidates)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
022
Time 2 :30 hours July 2024
Instructions.
1. This paper consists of sections A, B, C and D with a total of ten (10) questions.
2. Answer all questions in sections in spaces provided.
3. All writing must be in black or blue ink.
4. All communication devices and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination
room.
5. Write your Examination Number at the top right-hand corner of every page.
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SECTION A (15 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 box of answers provided below.
(i) Which sentence is grammatically correct?
A. Neither of them liked the idea.
B. Both of them did not like the idea.
C. Both of them didn’t like the idea.
D. Both of them do not like the idea.
E. Both of them don’t like the idea.
(ii) Many children have formed the habit of reading, but notes
meanwhile.
A. not take
B. not to take
C. take no
D. not taking
E. to not take
(iii) Francis, what is the time now? It is 04:20 pm; this means
that
A. it is twenty minutes to four in the evening.
B. it is twenty minutes past four in the evening.
C. it is four to twenty minutes in the evening.
D. it is four to twenty minutes in the morning.
E. it is twenty minutes past four in the morning.
(iv) Mr. Omari makes and repairs shoes. So, Mr. Omari is
A. a plumber
B. a tailor
C. a mason
D. an optician
E. a cobbler
(v) Which of the following sentences expresses a future plan?
A. I am attending a party tonight.
B. The teacher is teaching.
C. We swam in the lake.
D. I have had enough.
E. She has been crying since morning.
(vi) If he went to Musoma, he some lake fish.
A. would have eaten
B. have been eating
C. was eating
D. would eat
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E. is eating
(vii) ‘While we are in Kenya shall we go and see Elizabeth?’
‘But it’s been nearly 20 years since we last saw him. she
remember us.’
A. can’t
B. might not
C. couldn’t
D. may not
E. will not
(viii) That boy never does any
work for some reason, he always
passes his examination.
A. no D. not with studying
sooner E. in spite of
B. despit
e
C. howeve
r
(ix) Asha is tall, Jabir is
taller but Suleiman is .
A. taller C. more than E. the tallest of all
than all all
B. the D. tallest
tallest than all
(x) ‘It wants to eat.’ Which is the correct negative statement
for this sentence?
A. It is not want to eat D. It doesn’t want to eat
B. It doesn’t want to it E. It wants not to eat
C. It did not want to eat it
Answers
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Number (i) (ii) (iii (iv) (v) (vi) (vii (vii (ix) (x)
) ) i)
Letter
2. Match each phrase in List A with the relevant definitions in List
B by writing its letter beside the corresponding item number in
the answer booklet provided. Phrase number (vi) has been done as
an example.
List List
A B
(i) To cancel a meeting A. To change the time or date of
a meeting
(ii) To confirm a meeting
B. To have a meeting at a later
(iii) To postpone a meeting time or date
(iv) To bring a meeting forward C. To have a meeting at an
(v) To move a meeting earlier time or date
(vi) To accept an invitation to a D. To say that a meeting will
meeting take place
E. To say that you will go to a
meeting
F. To decide that a meeting
will not take place.
Answers
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi)
E
SECTION B (70 Marks)
Answer all questions from this section.
3. Imagine that you witnessed a football match between Tanzania and
Senegal in the African Cup of Nations. Use the following words to
construct one sentence for each word explaining what you saw.
(a) kicked off
(b) goalkeeper
(c) referee
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(d) scored
(e) coach
4. (a) For each of the sentences (i) - (v) below, fill in the blanks
with the correct alternative provided in the brackets to complete
the sentence.
(i) ........................................ My (cite/site/sight) is perfect.
(ii) As a student, you have to ………………………… (adapt/adopt) new
techniques of answering English questions.
(iii) .............................................................................. Don’t worry; everything
will be ............................... (all right/alright).
(iv) ...................................................................... I have been talking to the
(principle/principal).
(v) ................................................. (Lay/Lie) your coat on the table.
(b) Martin’s bicycle has been stolen. He’s reporting to the
police. Complete the policeman’s
questions by putting in a question word or phrase.
Policeman Martin
(i) ……….’s your name? Martin Kazi Iendelee.
(ii) ………. do you live? Block 41, Mikocheni.
(iii) And……….is the bicycle? It is mine.
(iv) ………. was it stolen? This morning.
(v) ………. did you leave it? Outside the town hall.
5. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions
given.
(a) “When will you visit Zimbabwe”? Mr. Omondi asked me. (Write in
Reported Speech)
(b) This book is too big to go on the shelf. (Write using: …….so…….
that…….)
(c) He listens to the teacher attentively. He answers all questions
correctly. (Join the sentences
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starting with: Not only ………)
(d) I like football more than volleyball. (Begin: I prefer ………)
(e) The teacher punished form four students. (Begin: Form four
students ………)
6. Your sister Cecilia is graduating from University of Dar es
Salaam on 25th November 2022, there will be a party at Mlimani
City Hall from 06:00 p.m. till 11:55 p.m. Design an invitation
card that you will send out to the invited guest.
7. Read the paragraph below carefully then answer the questions that
follow.
This is Doctor Rose. She works at Afyanjema Hospital. When she
arrives at the hospital in the morning, she signs the attendance
book. Then she goes round the wards to see the admitted patients
(in-patients). Then she goes to the consultation room in the Out-
Patients Department (OPD) where she attends the out-patients who are
waiting to see the doctor. This takes the rest of the day as there
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are many out-patients. She only leaves the room for a tea break at
10:30 and a lunch break at 1:00 in the hospital canteen. At 4:30
she goes back home.
Questions
(a) What does Doctor Rose do when she arrives at the hospital?
Doctor Rose
(b) When does she go round the wards?
Doctor Rose
(c) What does she do after the rounds?
Doctor Rose
(d) When does she attend the OPD patients?
Doctor Rose
(e) When does she go for tea?
Doctor Rose
8. Choose one class reader you have read in form one or two, then
answer the following questions:
The Magic Garden - K.R. Cripwell (1977), William Collins Sons
and Company
Ltd., Great Britain.
Kalulu the Hare - F. Worthington (1937), Longman, England.
Hawa the Bus Driver - R.S. Mabala (1988), Ben & Company, Dar
es Salaam
Fast Money - K.R. Cripwell (1978_, William Collins Sons
and Company
Ltd., Great Britain.
Mabala the Farmer - R.S. Mabala (1988), Ben & Company, Dar es
Salaam.
(a) (i) Write the title of the book
(ii) Who wrote the book?
(b) Which character did you like most? Why?
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(c) Which character did you dislike? Why?
(d) Did the story end happily or unhappily? Explain.
(e) Would you advise your friends to read the book? Why?
9. Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow.
Hollow heads torture me with ignorance, Blind eyes harass me with
darkness, Deaf ears tire me with silence,
Dumb voices deafen me with gibberish, Blank minds confuse me with
emptiness, And, above all,
There is power and command.
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With wits and ears and eyes,
I have speech and a strong mind, But I remain weak and powerless.
They oppress me, they torture me They fight me, they kill me.
It’s a fight to bring me down to silence, To darkness and
gibberish, to ignorance, And through brainwashing to emptiness.
All right, my friends,
It’s a battle and I’ll fight it.
Ears and wits and eyes and speech, And a strong conscience:
These are my weapons,
And I will fight to the last cell.
Questions
(a) What is the general mood of the poem?
(b) Suggest any four themes from the poem.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(c) In the second stanza, what does the persona say to imply that he
is an educated person?
(d) Does the persona fear his enemy? Explain.
(e) Is this poem relevant to your society? Give a reason.
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SECTION C (15 Marks)
10. The government is concerned that charcoal production is leading to
the destruction of Tanzania’s environment. Support the government
by describing effects of charcoal production to the environment and
provide solutions to the problem. Use six points.
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