Form 4 English national exam 2021 with answers
The 2021 Form 4 national exam paper for Form 4 English, question by question. Take it timed like the real exam, then see the answer and explanation to every question.
- 46 questions, 100 marks
- 120 minutes
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120 minutes, 100 marks. Multiple choice is marked for you; you mark your written answers against the marking points.
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Instructions to candidates
Answer all questions in the ANSWER BOOKLET. Time: 2 hours.
PART 1: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow (20 marks)
Answer the following questions from the passage; then the multiple choice questions.
- 1.12 marks
Read the passage "Cultural Shock" and answer: What is the main idea of the story?
- 1.22 marks
Read the passage "Cultural Shock" and answer: Why was travelling to the city exciting for Mariam?
- 1.32 marks
Read the passage "Cultural Shock" and answer: What is the meaning of cultural shock?
- 1.42 marks
Read the passage "Cultural Shock" and answer: What does the writer mean when he says, "turned stressful and full of discomfort"?
- 1.52 marks
Read the passage "Cultural Shock" and answer: What are the minor difficulties experienced in the cultural shock?
- 1.62 marks
Read the passage "Cultural Shock" and answer: In a note form, describe the difficulties experienced in the third stage of culture shock.
- MC12 marks
Cultural shock is: _____
- A.Having problems with your culture
- B.Having problems with a new culture
- C.having problems with the traffic
- D.having problems with friends
- MC22 marks
Isolated means: _____
- A.To be with your friends.
- B.To be with your neighbour.
- C.To be with your family.
- D.To be alone.
- MC32 marks
Reject means _____
- A.To say no.
- B.To say yes.
- C.To agree.
- D.To allow.
- MC42 marks
Negotiate means _____
- A.Talk
- B.Take
- C.Teach
- D.Tight
PART 2: Vocabulary in Use (20 marks)
Complete the sentences with words from the box (each word should be used once). Put the following words in sentences of your own.
- 2.12 marks
Complete the sentence with a word from the box (Tremendous, Artefacts, Essentially, Vast, Retained, Occurring, Global; each word used once): The museum contained some pre-historic _____.
- 2.22 marks
Complete the sentence with a word from the box (Tremendous, Artefacts, Essentially, Vast, Retained, Occurring, Global; each word used once): The Somali People have continually _____ the old customs.
- 2.32 marks
Complete the sentence with a word from the box (Tremendous, Artefacts, Essentially, Vast, Retained, Occurring, Global; each word used once): English is becoming a _____ language.
- 2.42 marks
Complete the sentence with a word from the box (Tremendous, Artefacts, Essentially, Vast, Retained, Occurring, Global; each word used once): He is _____ teacher.
- 2.52 marks
Complete the sentence with a word from the box (Tremendous, Artefacts, Essentially, Vast, Retained, Occurring, Global; each word used once): None was happy about what was _____.
- 2.62 marks
Complete the sentence with a word from the box (Tremendous, Artefacts, Essentially, Vast, Retained, Occurring, Global; each word used once): The policy was supported by a _____ majority of citizens.
- 2.7a2 marks
Put the following word in a sentence of your own: Sympathetic
- 2.7b2 marks
Put the following word in a sentence of your own: Relieve
- 2.7c2 marks
Put the following word in a sentence of your own: Transfer
- 2.7d2 marks
Put the following word in a sentence of your own: Campaign
PART 3: GRAMMAR IN USE (30 marks)
Fill the blank space with the correct words from the words given.
- 3.13 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: I apologize for the _____, I really do she said, politely.
- A.Loss
- B.Loose
- C.Loosing
- D.Lose
- 3.23 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: Why did the child _____ to eat raw mangoes while he had ripe ones?
- A.Choose
- B.Chose
- C.Chosen
- D.Choosing
- 3.33 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: Mother _____ for us each time she gets an opportunity.
- A.Pray
- B.Prayed
- C.Prays
- D.Prayer
- 3.43 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: Will Ahmed _____ the bell tomorrow morning?
- A.Rang
- B.rung
- C.Ringing
- D.Ring
- 3.53 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: Mrs Fatuma _____ cooked the food.
- A.Myself
- B.Yourself
- C.Herself
- D.Oneself
- 3.63 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: Honestly, you do not need four _____.
- A.Radios
- B.Radio
- C.Radioes
- D.Radioss
- 3.73 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: Please, do not forget to buy some _____ for grandmother.
- A.Potato
- B.Potatos
- C.Potatoes
- D.Potatoss
- 3.83 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: All the _____ disappeared into the bush.
- A.Deers
- B.Deeres
- C.Deer
- D.Dear
- 3.93 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: _____ does your father do? Is he a doctor or a teacher?
- A.Where
- B.Why
- C.When
- D.What
- 3.103 marks
Fill the blank space with the correct word from the words given: _____ did you find at the mall? Ali or Aisha?
- A.Whose
- B.Who
- C.What
- D.When
PART 4: Direct Questions (10 marks)
- 4.12 marks
Direct question: What is Oral Poetry?
- 4.22 marks
Direct question: What is a preposition
- 4.32 marks
Direct question: What is a recipe?
- 4.42 marks
Direct question: Define adjective?
- 4.52 marks
Direct question: What is a simile?
PART 5: Complete the proverbs below (10 marks)
- 5.11 mark
Complete the proverb: Look before _____
- 5.21 mark
Complete the proverb: People who live in glass houses _____
- 5.31 mark
Complete the proverb: Let sleeping dog, _____
- 5.41 mark
Complete the proverb: You can lead your horse to the water, _____
- 5.51 mark
Complete the proverb: Many hands _____
- 5.61 mark
Complete the proverb: Don't charge a book _____
- 5.71 mark
Complete the proverb: There is no smoke _____
- 5.81 mark
Complete the proverb: When the cut is away _____
- 5.91 mark
Complete the proverb: Too many cooks _____
- 5.101 mark
Complete the proverb: Where is a will _____
PART 6: Composition writing (10 marks)
Select and write a composition from one of the following topics in not more than 200 words.
- 6.110 marks
Composition writing: Select and write a composition from one of the following topics in not more than 200 words (10 marks): a. Write a composition about the positive effect technology has on your study. b. Write a composition describing an interesting place in your town. c. Write a composition entitled my Dreamhouse.
Paper set by the Federal Ministry of Education, Culture and Higher Education (MoECHE), Somalia. Shared free of charge to help students prepare. The answers and explanations are written by Sheerxirfad teachers.
