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SOUTH SUDAN CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (S.S.C.S.E).

ENGLISH LANGUAGE

3 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Write your name clearly in capital letters.

2. All questions are compulsory in this paper.
3. Answer all question in the spaces provided.
4. Paper consist of four sections:
Section one: composition (15 marks).
Section two: Grammar (50 marks).
Section Three: summary (15 marks).
Section Four: comprehension (20 marks).
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Section Question marks Marked by Checked by
Section one A
Section two B
C
D
Section three

Section four
Total

Section one: Composition (15 marks).

Choose one of the following topics and write a composition of 200-250words.

1. You are taking part as a first prosper in a school debate .the topics for discussion
is “The liberation of women has been hindered by men”.

Below are some of the points you would like to talk about.

- Women over worked yet men get all the financial benefits.
- Women less educated compared to men.
- Small representation of women in government.
- Write out the speech you are going to present, you may include other
points of your own.

2. Write about the most unforgettable day you have had in your life

3. Describe an incident when a wedding ceremony ended in a sorrowful way

4. You have just sat for South Sudan school certificate. Your former head
teacher has advertised for the following positions:

Watchman and office messenger. Write an application addressed to the head

teacher of your former school applying for only one position.
5. What is the nickname of someone you know explain what it means, how the
person got it and why you like or do not like it?

Section Two: Grammar ( 50 marks).

Part“ A”(10 marks)

Choose the most appropriate words or group of words and circle the correct
one.

1. John come here……………. An aim ………………..seeing her.

a- with , of
b- on, of
c- about, of
d- for, of
2. The piece mediators ……………. With the rebels now.
a- would meet
b- are meet
c- met
d- meet
3. Have you…………………….again?
a- drink
b- drank
c- drunk
d- drinking
4. Mary………. On bed the whole day yesterday.
a- lain
b- laid
c- lay
d- lied
5. Monday has been the ……………. day this week.
a- colder
b- cold
c- coldest
d- more colder
 6. He…………….. bequeathed his estate to his daughter.
a- willingly
b- willing
c- wills
d- willingly
7. He slept ……………… verandah after his brother failed to open the door
a- on the
b- at the
c- before
d- in the
8. We sheltered …………………….the tree when it started to rain.
a- at
b- in
c- on
d- under
9. A buffalo uses……………………horns for self-defense.
a- it’s
b- its
c- it
d- it is
10. Dolfine did her best ………….. of the fact that she got below average score
in her English paper.
a- in spite
b- in spite of
c- despite
d- although

Part “B” (20marks)

Rewrite each sentence as instructed in the brackets without changing the meaning.

1. Winnie is beautiful. Suzan is not so beautiful.

(Rewrite as one sentence beginning: Suzan)
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2. Here is the man. He can help you (Rewrite the sentence using: who).
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3. Mr. Christo will arrive this evening (Rewrite using: Arriving)
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4. Emmanuel asked me to go and see the head teacher.(turn the sentence in to
passive beginning: I………………………….)
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5. His sister is a star of that film. You once met in Kampala. (Write out the
sentence as one single sentence using the appropriate relative Pronoun).
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6. I like watching video better than going on a week end picnic
(Begin: I prefer…………………….)
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7. The electrician was very careful when he handled the live wire (Begin: The
electrician and end with carefully)
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8. Sarah was a bright student. She was also a humble one (Join into one
sentence beginning: Not only………….)
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9. If we don’t practice regularly in basketball, Fulla secondary school will beat
us.(Rewrite the sentence using: Unless……………)
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10. The mother was not given medicine. The child was not given medicine.(Join
the two sentence using: Neither ……………………. nor…………………)
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Part“C” (10 marks)

Fill in the blank spaces with a correct word or words.

1. She is accustomed to ……………….her holiday at home.
2. The boy denied having …………………….the watch.
3. Nobody is allowed …………………… swim in this lake.
4. He deserves …………………. a good job.
5. They missed ……….. the film.
6. The bus was held …………………………. in a traffic jam for two hours.
7. Please remember to ……………………off the lamp when going to sleep.
8. The teacher told him that the student……………….. a written
examination yesterday instead of an oral one .
9. The chairman was away, so the secretary………………. from him.
10. Mogga is always looking ……………… white collar jobs despite his
poor education.

Part “D” (10 marks).

Fill in the blank spaces with a correct word given in bracket at the end of
each sentences
1. The king divided his property ………………his two sons.
(between, among).
2. I have been living here…………… June, 1989. (for, since)
3. There was ………….safari ants crossing the road. (a line, a pair of).
4. He said, “Bravo! we have ……………… the match” (win, won)
5. Deng was not only a great administrator,……………… (but also, and
also) a great soldier.
6. Hello … (who, whom) am I speaking to please?
7. Pita said, she saw Maria going ………........ (to the, towards) town.
8. …………………….teachers take interest in their students’ work, they
will not pass. (Since, unless).
 9. She …………………… , she would phone in the morning.(said, told)
10. As I have had a lot of expenses lately ,I have had to …………………
some money.(lend , borrow)

Section Three: Summary (15 marks)

Read the following passage carefully then answer the question after it.

The thought of examinations creates a fear in most of us, particularly

students. Students have to undergo the torture of
Preparing for examination and waiting in suspense for the results. But
students are not alone in their dislike for examinations .Examiners and
invigilators also share students distaste for examinations. Students view
exams with hatred, examiners with distrust and invigilators with a boredom.
But there is no escaping the fact that examinations are part and parcel of our
educational system and in some form or another are likely to be there for
every long time to come. How else can you find out whether a pupil is good
enough to go higher class or whether a man is fit for a particular job/. How
can you select a suitable application to fill a vacancy when many have
applied? How can one be sure that a candidate had reached a certain
standard of education?

Examinations are very much a reality and they have the disgusting quality of
appearing with disconcerting frequency. Consequently, the sooner we accept
the fact, the better. How then should one prepare for it? Good result in an
examinations do not depend so much on last minute revision as on constant
revision done throughout the year. Loosely, there are three period of revision
first ,as soon as new topic had been done, second about mid-way between
the first revision and the examination , and third two to three weeks before
the examination with hope and confidence.

Most examinees walk into the examination room in a hopeless mood and
when they sit at their tables, their mind go blank. This operation is not only
boring, but it also makes a set standard of making difficult to maintain.
Hence, through no fault of the examiner an examinee might get a few marks
more than he deserves or another examinee a few marks less. Having read
the question paper carefully and understood exactly what each question
requires for an answer, the examinee should choose the question which is
easiest for him. Continue to answer the question that can be tackled best.
Revise the answer carefully before you go on to the next question .you will
be shocked at the number of care less mistakes one can make. Answer all the
question if you have some time before you .make a quick revision of the
answer paper.

In the examination room while the examinee are busy thinking and writing ,
the invigilator is not the liveliest of men .He faces the tedious prospect of
pacing the floor for perhaps two hours or even more. His concentration, like
the examiners is likely to suffer and a sharp examinee might take advantage
of the situation.

Choose only one question out of the two questions and indicate the question
number, summarize according to the instructions:

Question one: in not more than 40 words, summarize the purposes

examinations serve.

Question two:
In not more than 80 words, summarize the hints the write gives an examinee
to follow in preparing for examination in the examination room.

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Section four: comprehension (20 marks)

Read the following passage carefully then answer all the question that follows.

Robin Van Persie spent endless hours as young boy in Holland watching classic
world cup finals on video. On the wall of his London home are two prints, one
shows his idol Diego Maradona lifting the world cup in 1986 and the other
Zinedine Zidan doing likewise in 1998.
Today, the Arsenal striker has the opportunity to join the Pantheon of great
forwards who have won the ultimate prize and he could barely put in to words
what it would mean. “Being in the final is a strange feeling and does not seem
real”, he said “it has not sunk in, I am used to watching other games with other
teams in the final, But now, we are right in it, right in the middle and it’s a
fantastic feeling. I have a really big picture with Maradona on the wall at home in
my game room.it is an unbelievable picture of him holding the World cup. He is
on his team mates’ shoulders and he is holding it with passion. If we win, I want
that picture with me holding the world cup. “Van Persie has endured a difficult
tournament from a personal point of view. Having only recovered from an elbow
injury in time for Holland’s opener, he has just scored one goal. It is believed he
finds it difficult playing a alongside Holland’s star players Arjen Robben and
Wesley sneijder, but he spoke of the team spirit that has carried the Dutch to their
world cup.

Finally since the losses in 1974 and 1978. He added, I don’t know about previous
sides but what I know in this team is that it is unbelievable if you put a camera
inside our hotel, you would see us playing table tennis, we are making jokes,
everybody is talking to each other, when you have a group of players where half of
the team is not talking to each other, you are not going anywhere.

In a wonderful side story, the top two scoring players will meet in this world cup
final, both David Villa of Spain and Wesley Sneijder of the Netherland lead the
tournament with five goals apiece. Villa and sneijder are in contention for the
golden boot award given to players who scores the most goals. Both players will
also be contenders of the Golden Bell award given to players of the tournament.
Casillas has kept a clean sheet in three straight games and four out of six games in
the world cup. The amazing thing about Spain is the fact that besides Villa, Only
two others players have scored, the games –winner against Chile and Charles
Puyol scored the goal against Germany to send Spain into the finals.

(Adapted from Sunday paper sports July 11, 2010 (p 31-32).

Circle the correct answer from the alternative given a, b, c, or d.

1. He said “it has not sunk in. I am used to watching games with other teams in
the final, but now we are right in it. This was said by
a- Zinedine Zidan.
b- Diego Maradona
c- Robin Van Persie
d- Robben
2. Diego Maradona lifts up the world cup according to the passage. In which
year?
a- 2010
b- 1986
c- 1998
d- 1986 and 1998
3. Van Persie has endowed a difficult tournament. This is the part of view of..
a- The writer
b- Personal point of view
c- Robin van Persie
d- Robben
4. The pictures in Robin Van Persie’s London home describe Maradona with
a- Unbelievable picture
b- His team mates
c- On his team mates shoulders and he is holding it with a passion
d- On his shoulders’ his team mates
5. The passage disclosed friendly relationship among the players by:
a- Making jokes
b- Everybody talking to each other
c- Idol of Diego Maradona in Robin’s home game room
d- Half of the team players talk.
6. Robin and Wesley Sneijder have been star players for
a- Dutch
b- Holland
c- 2010 world cup
d- Netherlands
7. Unlike the other teams, there is something amazing with Spain. This is the
fact that:
a- They made to the final
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c- Alongside Villa only two other players lead in this team
d- Two players led in this team.
8. For which club does the player who had recovered from elbow injury belong
a- Man united
b- Netherland
c- Spain
d- Arsenal
9. “………………. Chile and Charles Puyol scored the only goal against
Germany to send Spain to the finals’ the statement means…………..
a- Spain lost the match.
b- Germany won the match
c- Spain lost against Germany
d- Germany lost to Spain
10. What could be the possible title for the passage
a- World cup
b- Robin Van Persie and Wesley
c- Watching classic world cup
d- Robin Van Persie joyful time on world cup tournament