STANDARD FOUR ENGLISH TEST 16

SECTION A: DICTATION

• 1. _______________________________
• 2. _______________________________
• 3. _____________________________
• 4. ______________________________
• 5. ______________________________

SECTIONB:VOCABULARY:

Choose the most correct answer and write its letter in the space provided. 

• 6. How many days are in the week? a. Thirty days b . Twelve days c. Seven days d. Six days 
• 7. Who arrests people who steal and do bad things? a. A soldier b. A policeman c. A teacher d. A tailor 
• 8. Where are vegetables grown? a. In school b. In a shop c. At the market d. In a garden 
• 9. Where does a doctor work? a. At the court b. At school c. At the hospital d. In a farm 
• 10. What do you call your mother’s brother? a. My father b. My brother c. My aunt d. My uncle 
• 11. If a watch reads 2:00, therefore it is: a. Two o'clock b. Eight o'clock c. Half past two d. Half past eight 
• 12. I want to buy a pair of shoes, but I don’t know its: a. Sell b. Money c. Price d. Shillings 
• 13. Musa repairs and makes cars, so he is: a. Manager b. A mechanic c. A technician d. Engineer 
• 14. She grows maize, beans, cassava and coconut in her farm. She is a: a. Potter b. Worker c. Gardener d. Farmer 
• 15.  A list of food in a hotel is called: a. Diary b. Menu c. Timetable d. Register 

SECTION B GRAMMAR 

Fill in the blanks by choosing the correct word in the box.

Bigg     May     Bigger    Many    Much    Mine    Smaller    Slowly

• 16. ________ I please have some milk.
• 17. How __________ pens do you have?
• 18. She is a friend of _________
• 19. The sick boy went to the hospital _________ bus
• 20. A cow is ________ than a goat 

A few    Cooked    Is    Much    Cook    Was    Many    Some

• 21. . He ate too _________ meat last night.
• 22. Juma invited ___________ friends for lunch.
• 23. My mother put _________ milk in the glass.
• 24. Our teacher ____________ here two hours ago.

25. Mrs. Tamaambele ________ a lot of food yesterday 

Attract    Anopheles    Eat     Disease     Evening     Mosquito    Drinks

Malaria is one of the dangerous (26)__________in Africa. It can cause death. It can cause death. It is transmitted by a female mosquito called (27)_____________. This mosquito bites at night.The signs of malaria include fever and chills. In order to prevent malaria, we have to wear long –sleeve shirts and light coloured clothes in the (28)______________. This is because black colours (29)____________ mosquitoes. Therefore, white coloured clothes are better than black coloured ones. We also have to sleep under (30)____________ nets

SECTION C TENSES 

Use the correct tense of the word in the brackets and fill in the blank spaces.

• 31. Anna ___________________ (like) to watch cartoons on television
• 32. She _________________ (visit) her uncle yesterday
• 33. When the teacher __________ (enter) the classroom, we all stand up.
• 34. The pupils ____________ (see) many animals at the park
• 35. The children are _______________ (sing) outside the house now. 
• 36. Mwajuma and Pili are _____________ (come) today
• 37. Did you _______________ (make) this cake yesterday?
• 38. Sometimes Ashura ___________________ (cray) during the the night.
• 39. ________ (be) Asha watching television now?
• 40. Last day our English teasher _______ (teach) us.

QUESTION D COMPREHENSION 

Read the following passage and then answer questions 41- 45. 

Mdundiko and his wife, Mazoea are armers. They have a big farm. They have three children. One of their children is a girl and two are boys. All children study at Mwendapole Primary school.

From Monday to Thursday, Mdundiko works with his wife on the farm. After work on the farm, they clean their house together. Their children help them with some of the house works every evening.

On Friday, Mdundiko and his wife go to the market. He sells oranges and pears from their farm. Mazoea sells cabbages and spinach. Sometimes, they visit their family friends on saturdays. On Sundays, the family rests at home.

Questions

• 41. What three things does Mdundiko do during the week?______________
• 42. What does the family do on Sunday? _________________________
• 43. At what school do the children study? ___________________________
• 44. How does the family get the money? ______________________________
• 45. What do they do on Saturday? ________________________________

COMPREHENSION 2:

Read the following passage and then answer questions 46 - 50

My name is Ally. I am ten years old. I am in standard four. My brothers are Juma and Abdallah. They teach at Mwongozo secondary school. My sisters are Aisha and Amina. Aisha is eleven years old. She is in standard seven. We study together at Mbuyuni primary school. Amina is nine years older than Aisha. She has a shop. She sells rice, sugar, maize flour, beans and bread. She is very hard working. Many people like to buy things from her shop because she uses polite language. We all live in Babati town. 

QUESTIONS

• 46. . How many children are there in Ally’s family?
• 47. Who is the youngest in Ally’s family_____________________
• 48. How old is Amina?
• 49. Why do many people like to _______things at Amina’s shop?

50. Where does Juma live? 

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