FORM THREE ENGLISH PAPER FOR PREPARATION

FORM THREE ENGLISH PAPER FOR PREPARATION

1.            Read the following passage and summarize in five (5) clear sentences

Weeds are unwanted plants, or plants or plants growing in a place where they are in competition with another plant that is needed. Although unwanted, they can have importance to human life as to provide organic matter and mineral nutrients.

Some weeds are used as vegetables. Example pig weeds and black nightshade. The leaves of these plants are boiled and eaten as spinach. Weeds provide a good surface cover and there by minimize water evaporation and control soil erosion.

Some weeds are a source of food for wild game. This is particularly important in the regions where national parks are good sources of fore in exchange

Patterns and vocabulary

2.You are writing a letter to a friend. In the letter, you give news about yourself and the other people. Use the words given to make sentences. Use the present perfect tense.

Dear Kitunguu Maji,

Lots of things have happened since I last wrote to you.

i)           I / buy/ a new car

ii)         My father / start/ a new job

iii)       I /give up/ smoking

iv)       Madagaa and Kimbelembele/ go /to Ibun Jazar

v)         Minywele Mibaya/ have/ a baby 

3.            Put the verb into the correct form

i)     A lot of people would be out of work, if the factory ----------- (close down).

ii)   If I was offered the job, I think --------------- it ( take)

iii) Hashuo gave me this ring. She -------------------very upset if I lost it (be)

iv) I’m sure Army will lend you the money ‘I ‘d be very surprised if she …….(Refuse)

v)   If you took more exercise, you --------- better ( feel)

4.            Rewriting the following sentences. Instead of using “somebody / they / people” etc write a passive sentence.

i)        Somebody cleans the room every day.

ii)      People don’t use this road very often.

iii)    How do people learn Languages?

iv)    They cancelled all flights because of a fog

v)      People advised us not to go out alone.

5.            Re-arrange the following sentences in logical order to make a meaningful paragraph.

(a)    I rushed upstairs and pushed her bedroom door open.

(b)   I dropped my story book and jumped to my feet

(c)    It was warm Saturday evening

(d)   Suddenly, I heard my younger sister cry out.

(e)    I was reading a story book in the sitting room.

Questions	a	b	c	d	e
Answers

6.            Re arrange the following five sentences into a logical sequence to make a meaningful paragraph.

(a)    Several years earlier a man had build a locomotive but it was meant to travel on the road, not on rails.

(b)   James John realized that a railway track was necessary

(c)    Hundreds of people went to watch the train on its first journey

(d)   James John was the real father of the railway engine and the railway

(e)    He built his first line in the North of England, and if was opened in 1825

7.            Complete the following sentences using one of these verbs; Get change, rise, fall, increase. You can use a verb more than one.

i)        The population of the word.-------------- very fast

ii)      Ken is still ill but he ---------- better slowly.

iii)    The world ---------------. Things never stay the same.

iv)    The economic situation is already very bad and it ------------- worse.

v)      The cost of living -----------every year, things are more expensive.

8.            Match the items in LIST A with responses in LIST B to make meaningful sentences by writing answers.

List A

List B

i)     She has to wake up early in the morning. ii)   Although I am tired iii) The film was made in India iv) It wasn’t raining yesterday. v)   I am happy to meet my sister vi) Your room is smelling vii)           I’m going out wont be long viii)         Dear, the door is looked from outside ix) My new baby  is called Monica x)   At the end of the party we said goodbye to everybody

A. One second and it should not be here ok? B.  Was it C.  I have to complete my task D. So as to gain a lot of money E.  In order to do her work effectively F.   But I have to complete my task G. Wasn’t it H. But the story had  been written by a Frenchman I.    Someone must be playing tricks out there J.    He cried shortly after he was born K. They all thanked us for food and the music L.  But the story was written by a Frenchman M.It is actually making me sick N. The journey was not only long but also tiresome. O. I used to hear about her from my grandmother. P.   She cried shortly after she was born

9.            Re write the following sentences due to the given instructions

(i)                 The girl asked the old man if she could use his telephone for a minute

Rewrite in direct speech

(ii)               The leader told his followers that two wrong statement do not make one right one

Rewrite into direct speech

(iii)             I hope that I shall pass the examination.

 Change into passive voice

(iv)             He sent you this note. Change into passive voice

(v)               We started clanking. The bride entered the wedding hall

Re write using hard ----------------------Than when

10.        Answer the following question according to the given instruction

(i)                 As soon as the train arrived all passengers rushed towards it.

Begin No sooner ------------------

(ii)               He was a poor man, yet he agreed to help me with money

Begin In spite

(iii)             He took his meals and threw away the crumbs  to the sparrows

Begin having

(iv)             This news is too good to be true

Use so ---------------that

(v)               This fact is too evident to require any proof

Use so ----------------that

11.  Provide the plural and singular form of the following nouns

Singular                                                          Plural

(i)                 _____________                            Carps

(ii)               Bureau                                           __________________

(iii)             Thesis                                            __________________

(iv)             Apex                                             __________________

(v)               _______________                                    Mayoress 

12.  Write a speech titled, VIOLENCE TO WOMEN

13.           Write a letter to the Editor of Matapishi news paper expressing your views on the Killings of Albino in Tanzania. The Editors Address

P.O BOX 45 Dar es Salaam

14.  Write the story with the title “A hard working famer” in less than 300 words

SECTION (D) RESPONSE TO READING

Answer all the two questions from this section

15.           Literary artist always writes when they have something to revel to the society. Vitrify this statement by using two novels.

16.           By considering source, for a change to take place conflicts are inevitable. Justify this statement making reference to any two books ie Novel or Play you have read.

17.           Read the following poem and answer the question that follows.

Be hold

The Sun has rises

And with sons of the land have risen too

Forward they go

Well armed

Singing praises to the beauty of the sun rise

With the determination of long form warriors challenging the enemy

With the vigour of a clean purpose

Sit and went brethren

Wait and see what glory they bring at set

How they pay homage to land and their people

QUESTIONS

(i)                 What is the poem about?

(ii)               For whom does the poem tell us that the san has risen?

(iii)             Explain three themes from the poem

(iv)             What do you think the “Sunrise” and sun set symbolizes?

(v)               The poet talks about “ challenging the enemy “ who do you think the enemy might be  “VALUE HAS A VALUE ONLY IF IT`S VALUE IS VALUED”