Examination No ________________________
SUZA ZONE EXAMINATION BOARD
2023 PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
ZONAL MOCK EXAMINATIONS
ENGLISH
(100 MARKS)
Wednesday 19th April 2023
Time allowed: 08 : 00 - 10 : 15am
(21/4 hours)
NAME: ___________________________________________________________________________________
SCHOOL: ________________________________________________________________________________
INSTRUCTIONS: Question Tick Do not write in
Number questions these columns
1. This paper contains 6 printed pages 1 – 13
please check! if answered
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2. Write your full name and name of your
school in the spaces provided above 2
3. This paper has four sections: A, B, C and
D 3
4. You are expected to answer one question
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only from section A. Your composition
should be written between 100 and 150 5
words. You should answer all questions in
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Section B, C and D
5. The first 10 minutes are for reading the 7
questions and choose questions to answer
from section A 8
6. In the table provided on this page, tick 9
against the question number you have
answered. 10
7. Hand in your question to the invigilator 11
when time is called to stop writing.
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SECTION A (30 MARKS)
EITHER OR
1. Write a composition on the topic “my 2. Imagine that you saw man removing a
holiday plans”. In your composition road sign. Write a report to the police
include the following station in charge. Inform him about the
Paragraph 1 incident. You may use the following points;
When are you going on holiday? Paragraph 1
Where are you going to spend your The name of the person
holiday? The day and time you saw him
Whom are you going with? What you were doing near the
scene
Paragraph 2
Why do you want to go there? Paragraph 2
Explain two thing you want to do The names of the other people you
there. were with
What type of transport are you What you saw
going to use? Where did he took the road sign
Paragraph 3 Paragraph 3
Give any two benefits of the holiday Explain what you did when you saw
to you him.
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SECTION B: 20 MARKS
3. Read the following passage and answer the question that follows
Food is essential for life because it provides us with nutrients for energy, body building and protection from
illness.
Water is even more important than food. Water makes about 60 percent of total weight of the body. The
body loses about three litres of water by passing urine, sweating and by breathing out moist from the lungs.
In order to maintain good health, this water must be replaced. However, this does not mean that we must
drink three litres of liquid every day because most food that we eat contain much fluids. For example,
mangoes contain a sweet fluid.
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As soon as the fluid is reduced, our health is affected. When the body loses of fluid a person normally dies
unless some way is found to quickly replace the lost fluid. That is why a person can live for only a few hours
in a desert without water. Diseases such as Cholera or continuous vomiting particularly in babies ar
dangerous because the body loses a lot of water to replace the lost fluid.
When patients suffering from loss of body fluid are brought to hospital, they are given a salt solution. This
is a mixture of salt and water. This solution is allowed to drip into a vein and it is only stepped when the
patient is able to obtain the necessary fluid by more normal means. This way of providing the body with
the necessary fluid can continue for days.
Questions
a. What does the body require for growth?
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b. How does the body lose water? Give two ways
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c. Why is it important to quickly replace water which the body has lost?
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d. Why would a person who has no water to drink live for few hours in a desert?
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e. Cholera is a dangerous disease. Give one reason
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f. Explain how salt solution is prepared.
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g. Write down two ways the body obtain fluids
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h. What sign can the hospital personnel observe to stop giving salt solution to a patient?
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i. find a word from the passage that has similar meaning as
i. Minimise (paragraph 3) _______________________________________________________
ii. Get in (paragraph 4) ______________________________________________________ (2 mark
j. Provide a suitable title for the story
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SECTION C (10 MARKS)
Making sentences. Question 4 to 8 make sentences using the following words to show that you know
their meanings.
4. Coming___________________________________________________________________________
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5. Nicely____________________________________________________________________________
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6. Bumper__________________________________________________________________________
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7. Excited___________________________________________________________________________
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8. Seat_____________________________________________________________________________
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Change the following sentences from direct to indirect speech
9. Direct: Where do you live? He asked
Indirect: ________________________________________________________________________
10. Direct: “Please come to my house,” Mavuto said
Indirect: ________________________________________________________________________
Change following sentences from active to passive voice
11. Active: Supporters cheered for their teams
Passive: _________________________________________________________________________
12. Active: Our team won the trophy
Passive _________________________________________________________________________
13. Active: The hunter hid the dead antelope in the bush
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SECTION D (40 MARKS)
Question 14 to 23. Choose the word that a. For c. With
best complete the sentences b. On d. Against
23. Everyone is aware ______ the dangers of
14. The ______ of cholera was reported to the
smoking
District commissioner
a. About c. Of
a. Outbreak c. sick
b. On d. To
b. Epidemic d. plague
15. All the learners are asked to abide ____ Questions 24 – 30. Choose the correct parts
school rules and regulations of speech for the underlined words
a. With c. By
24. I received a school bag as a present.
b. Into d. for
a. Noun c. Adjective
16. Don’t look ____ on him
b. Adverb d. Conjunction
a. Down c. Up
25. Some have been left out for the interviews
b. On d. After
a. Preposition c. Adjective
17. You always seem to be _____ a hurry
b. Adverb d. pronoun
a. In c. With
26. Do not respond to phone calls while in church
b. By d. of
a. Adjective c. preposition
18. Our teacher died ____ stress and depression
b. Verb d. Adjective
a. Of c. On
27. Only three of them were punished.
b. In d. By
a. Pronoun c. Article
19. My father will retire from service ____ a year
b. Adjective d. Preposition
a. Of c. On
28. Never argue with fools
b. In d. by
a. Adverb c. Pronoun
20. If he __________ married this year, he will
b. Verb d. preposition
need a higher salary
29. Unless you work hard, you will fail the
a. Is getting c. Get
examination
b. Got d. Gets
a. Conjunction c. Pronoun
21. The head teacher did not turn ____ for the
b. Preposition d. Adverb
meeting
30. The chief was tired of losing his crops
a. On c. Out
a. Pronoun c. Noun
b. Up d. In
b. Adverb d. Verb
22. The government imposed a new tax _______
31. Alas! I will never see you again.
luxuries
a. Pronoun c. interjection
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b. Preposition d. Noun b. Milk d. Fanta
Question 32 – 37 chose the correct Questions 46 – 48. Choose the correct word
question tag for the statement. that have the opposite meaning with the
underlined word
32. Mary goes to school every day, __________?
a. Don’t she c. Does she 46. Our house was just a stone’s throw away from
b. Didn’t she d. Doesn’t she the hospital.
33. The child knows his name, ________? a. Near c. behind
a. Don’t he c. Does he b. Far d. stones
b. Doesn’t he d. Did he 47. Every year, John realised a lot of money from
34. Mrs Phiri came yesterday, ___________? his tobacco
a. Don’t she c. Didn’t she a. Spent c. Saw
b. Doesn’t she d. Did she b. Bought d. got
35. They rarely go to town, ___________? 48. I will start my talk with a brief explanation of
a. Doesn’t they c. Don’t they what poisons are
b. Does they d. Do they a. Short c. long
36. None of the leaners got it right, _______? b. Beef quick
a. Are they c. Didn’t they
Question 49 – 53 choose the correct
b. Did they d. Aren`t they
type of clause and its function.
Question 37 – 40 choose the best word
that completes the similes 49. This is the house I bought
37. As mean as ______________ a. noun clause object of “is”
a. A pastor c. A dog b. adverb clause, modifies “is”
b. A miser d. A child c. noun clause complement of “is”
38. As a fast as ___________ d. adjective clause qualifies” house”
a. Leopard c. A dog 50. What she says does not convince me
b. Lion d. Cheetah a. noun clause complement of “doesn’t
39. As huge as ___________ convince”
a. An elephant c. Mansion b. noun clause, subject of “doesn’t convince”
b. Hippo d Lion c. adverb clause, modifies “doesn’t convince”
40. As beautiful as _____________ d. adjective clause, qualifies “me”
a. Rainbow c. Flowers 51. This is what I want you to do for me
b. Queen d. Trees a. Noun clause subject of “is”
Questions 41 – 45 choose the best word b. Noun clause object of “is”
that completes the proverb c. Noun clause complement of “is”
41. A friend to all is _______ to none d. Adverb clause modifies “is”
a. A. indeed c. in need 52. Many learners were wearing jerseys today
b. A friend d. Good because it is cold
42. Make _____ while the sun shines a. Adjective clause qualifies “jerseys”
a. Hay c. Food b. Adverb clause modifies “are wearing”
b. Bread d. Money c. Noun clause object of “are wearing”
43. The rolling stones gathers no __________ d. Noun clause complement of “are wearing”
a. Courage c. weight 53. We told them what you said
b. Moss d. stone a. Adjective clause qualifies “them”
44. Send a thief to a catch a _____________ b. Adverb clause modifies “told”
a. Police officer c. Shelf c. Noun clause object of “told”
b. Chief d. Thief d. Noun clause in apposition to them
45. Blood is thicker than ________
a. Liquid c. Water End of question paper
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