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Grade 12 English national exam, 2005 E.C. (2013 G.C.)
87 questions · 120 minutes. The first 5 answers are shown with explanations; sit the whole paper timed in the app to get your score and the textbook page behind every question.
- 1.She in do the what you evenings know does.
- A. What she does do you know in the evenings?
- B. In the evenings do you know what she does?
- C. Do you in the evenings know what she does?
- D. Do you know what she does in the evenings?
Answer: D. The key idea is forming a question with the word order “Do you know” followed by an indirect question. D correctly asks, “Do you know what she does in the evenings?” A is wrong because “does do you know” has the wrong word order; B is wrong because the question begins with an awkwardly placed time phrase; C is wrong because “Do you” is not followed by the main verb “know” in the usual order. Textbook: Grade 11, unit 7 · section 7E. - 2.Get to at tea six up we o?clock drink.
- A. To drink at six o'clock tea we get up.
- B. We get up at six o'clock to drink tea.
- C. We drink up tea to get at six o'clock.
- D. We get up to drink tea at sis o'clock.
Answer: B. The key idea is arranging words to make a clear sentence. B says we get up at six o’clock and gives the reason: to drink tea. A has an unnatural word order; C uses “get at” instead of “get up”; D is unclear because “at six o’clock” could refer to getting up or drinking tea. Textbook: Grade 11, unit 7 · section 7E. - 3.World I the sail to around want.
- A. _To sail around the world I want.
- B. I want around the world to sail.
- C. I want to sail around the world.
- D. Around the world I want to sail.
Answer: C. The key idea is putting words in the usual order for an English statement. In C, the subject comes first, followed by the verb and infinitive phrase: “I want to sail around the world.” A is wrong because it uses an unnatural word order; B is wrong because “around the world” comes before the verb “to sail”; D is wrong because it places “around the world” at the start instead of using the usual order. Textbook: Grade 11, unit 7 · section 7E. - 4.
- A. e b a d c
- B. c a d b e
- C. e a c d e
- D. d e c b a
Answer: C. A paragraph like this moves from the whole thing to its parts. Sentence b names the house, a says it has one room, c divides that room, d names the three sections, and e goes inside one of them, so the order is b a c d e. The printed option C is damaged in this capture, but it is the alternative meant to carry that order. A is tempting because it also ends with the small detail, but it opens with e, and a paragraph cannot start inside the bedroom before we have been told there is a house. Textbook: Grade 10, unit 10 · section 10.6. - 5.A. The first thing I do is work out. b. My morning ritual is the same every day. c. After that I put on my make up and leave home. d. When I have school, I have to do a lot of things. e. When I finish working out, I take a shower, fix my hair and get dressed.
- A. a d c e b
- B. d e b c a
- C. e a b d c
- D. b d a e c
Answer: D. The key idea is putting events in a clear time order. In D, the daily routine comes first, then the school-day tasks, workout, shower and dressing, and finally putting on make-up and leaving. A puts the workout before the routine is introduced; B puts the shower and dressing before the workout; C puts the shower and dressing before the workout and starts without introducing the routine. Textbook: Grade 11, unit 7 · section 7E. - 6.a. One of my favourite things to do is wash my car. b. People say they can tell about a person by their shoes. c. Here is the thoughtful process I follow to wash my car. d. A clean car says I?m proud and I feel good about my self. e. I say that you can tell about a person by how clean his car is.
- A. b e d a c
- B. c a b d e
- C. e b c d a
- D. a d b e c
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 7.A. But unfortunately, it got so furious. b. Unlike we thought, it was a wild cat. c. I was playing hide and seek with friends. d. We were happy thinking we could take it home. e. Then my cousin and I discovered an abandoned cat.
- A. e a b d c
- B. e d a b c
- C. c e a b d
- D. c e d a b
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1. When I was in junior high school, my parents gave me a typewriter. My friends Amy Neff and Carol stein often walked with me to my house after school. We closed my bedroom and spent the afternoon giggling-or rolling on the carpet, howling with lunatic laughter as we tapped out silly limericks and satirical stories on my typewriter. Once we even wrote a play. 2. Our after-school typing was not homework. We rambled wherever our teenage imaginations took us; we explored words widely for the pure fun of it, with no exam or report cards in mind. We practiced literacy risk taking and problem solving, honed our language skills and learning perseverance, all with no fear of failure-because we were playing. Few children today have time for this kind of after _school play. There is too much homework. Parent?s concerns about overload have become a familiar story as schools all over the country pile on homework in a mis-aimed response to criticism that they were teaching too little. Some elementary teachers routinely assign time- consuming work in a each of three or four academic subjects every night. 3. Amy Neff, one of the friends who helped me enjoy my typewriter in junior high, learned at school meeting in May that in fifth grade her 10 year-old daughter would have an hour and a half to two hours of homework seven days a week, plus special projects. "The idea is that, under avalanche of work, children should learn to organize their time efficiently," she wrote me in an e _mail message. "Nobody has mentioned creativity; ideas and content of what is learned. Just doing LOTS,FAST!" 4. The parents and grandparents of today's children had time "playing around" with stamp collections or model airplanes, writing a fairy-tale, selling lemonade or not realize is that these kinds of interests and hobbies are just as important as academic learning. 5. Many successful adult have a childhood history of freewheel play. Louis Ignarro, a Nobel Prize winning pharmacologist, had six successively complex chemistry sets and played with model rockets. When Letty cottin Pogerbin, president of the authors Guid, an association of published writers, was 9, she spent afternoon writing and drawing for a monthly magazine she printed on a primitive press called hectograph. She charged friends and family 3 cents a copy and then mailed each copy with a 3 cent stamp. She recalls now, " I never understood why the magazine did not make a profit." But that is just the point: when kids play, they are fee to experiment and learn from experiences, without worrying about how well they are performing. 6. Though homework has a clear benefit in high school, there is on research showing that any amount of it advances the education of elementary school kids. They may be stuffing a great deal of information in to their heads, but after an hour or two, children lose any eagerness or joy they have in learning. Theat is important because research has show that when children enjoy it, their learning is deeper, richer, and longer- lasting. 7. Parents do have some recourse. They can meet with principals and teachers, organize other parents, and protests. Parents in several communities have prevailed upon school districts to enact homework limits. For their children, at least, there may still be time to indulge in the ancient and powerful medium for learning known as play.
- 8.In paragraph 2, the author maintains that children lean best when:
- A. ___ They are given a lot of homework.
- B. They have time for play after school.
- C. School do not give them homework.
- D. They do homework with a typewriter.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 9.As implied in paragraph 2, what is the criticism directed to elementary teachers?
- A. They are teaching too little.
- B. They are not giving enough homework.
- C. They teach children a familiar story.
- D. They do not assign interesting work to children.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 10.One major issue the author mentioned about the parents and grandparents of today's children is that they:
- A. Had no fear or failure at school.
- B. Were not given home work to do after school
- C. Had time for out of school interest and hobbies
- D. Did not realize that after school play enhanced learning.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 11.The author her childhood experience to:
- A. Show that she had good friends to play with.
- B. Describe how she spent her after school hours.
- C. Show how, through play, they were learning.
- D. Tell us that she used a type writer to do her homework.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 12.The tone of the author can best be describe as:
- A. Dismissive
- B. Argumentative
- C. emphatic
- D. compassionate
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 13.The author looks at the issue of homework and after-school play from:
- A. Teachers' and parents' perspectives.
- B. Her own and her friends' perspectives.
- C. School principals' and parents' perspectives.
- D. Her friends', teachers', and parents' perspectives.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 14.Elementary teachers responded to the criticism directed at them by:
- A. Giving special projects
- B. Telling kids familiar stories.
- C. Giving too much homework
- D. Teaching kids to organize their time efficiently
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 15.Several students are _________ at the prospect of joining university next year.
- A. incited
- B. relaxed
- C. surprised
- D. excited
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 16.The _______ placed a sticker on each piece of cake she checked for quality.
- A. Spectator
- B. supervisor
- C. inspector
- D. director
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 17.The hotel _______ brought our luggage to our rooms.
- A. Reporter
- B. porter
- C. supporter
- D. importer
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 18.Linda ______ her request for a vacation to her boss.
- A. Emitted
- B. permitted
- C. submitted
- D. omitted
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 19.Lensa, who is always worried about her weight, eats like a/an ______
- A. Bird
- B. ant
- C. pig
- D. elephant
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 20.Many people have a/an ______ about flying and won?t travel by plane.
- A. Hysteria
- B. nostalgia
- C. phobia
- D. accident
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 21.Laptop computer are ______ they allow work to be done in many different locations.
- A. Potable
- B. durable
- C. portable
- D. sizable
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 22.These people seem to be________ . They need additional protein and vitamins.
- A. Hungry
- B. malnourished
- C. Starving
- D. impoverished
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 23.I appreciate you for the enormous_________. I felt so moved and encouraged.
- A. completion
- B. supplement
- C. complement
- D. compliment
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 24.There have been sporadic_________ in all comers of the city almost the whole year.
- A. ritots
- B. stalks
- C. revellions
- D. revolutions
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 25.Olantu was________to go to her new school. She did not know any of the students in there.
- A. resilent
- B. reluctant
- C. restless
- D. repellent
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 26.He__________in bed the whole day. He had a terrible headache.
- A. lie
- B. lay
- C. lied
- D. laid
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 27.As a child, I sometimes lied to my mother. This led her to____________me even today.
- A. mistreat
- B. mistake
- C. mistrust
- D. mishandle
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 28.This year?s beauty is very stiff. It is difficult to predict the winner.
- A. rivalry
- B. contention
- C. contest
- D. competition
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 29.Ato Lema spent almost three years in prison for a crime he did not .
- A. commit
- B. commute
- C. conduct
- D. condemn
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 30.Have you ever a situation or formed a wrong first impression?
- A. misjudged
- B. disrespected
- C. mislaid
- D. disrupted
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 31.This one here is faulty. If you need it badly, we can give you at a discount.
- A. for less money
- B. without counting
- C. as it is
- D. for free
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 32.It was just a shot in the dark. No wonder he got it all wrong.
- A. a blind money
- B. a bad proposal
- C. a silly mistake
- D. a deliberate attack
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 33.She had a hard time concealing her emotions.
- A. hiding
- B. conceiving
- C. sharing
- D. correcting
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 34.When the thief saw the police officers. It is face went as white as a sheet.
- A. terrified
- B. excited
- C. motivated
- D. annoyed
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 35.Stop shouting! I am trying to get a grasp of what is happening.
- A. observe
- B. absorb
- C. report
- D. understand
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 36.He is leaving. I think he has a bigger fish to fry.
- A. Something bigger to eat.
- B. Additional cooking to do.
- C. Some more money to collect.
- D. Something more important to do.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 37.That was a concert where Teddy Afro stole the show but to many it wasn?t surprising.
- A. Sang others? songs.
- B. Cheated the audience.
- C. Got attention and praise.
- D. Took advantage undeservedly.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 38.He is sure of himself that he can finish it in time.
- A. confidant
- B. confident
- C. confidante
- D. confidential
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 39.I couldn't still make up my mind about what to study at university.
- A. limit
- B. judge
- C. plan
- D. decide
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 40.I will see you when I____________back.
- A. get
- B. will got
- C. got
- D. would get
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 41.Jobs that call for strength and muscle no longer exist in the numbers that they once____________.
- A. do
- B. were
- C. did
- D. exist
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 42.Rains cause soil erosion,_______________away millions of tones of precious top soil every year.
- A. carrying
- B. have carried
- C. carried
- D. are carrying
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 43.Talent is like a plant that needs__________. Watered, and pruned.
- A. feeding
- B. to feed
- C. food
- D. to be fed
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 44.The rich aren't____________ the poor.
- A. happier than
- B. as happier than
- C. as happier as
- D. so happier than
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 45.Last night, I __________sleep well because I had been drinking too much coffee.
- A. wouldn?t
- B. couldn?t
- C. can?t
- D. shouldn?t
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 46.If I saw anyone cheating on this exam, I certainly _______________report the case to the invigilator.
- A. will
- B. would
- C. could
- D. shall
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 47.When I heard the news, I ________________.
- A. delighted
- B. was delighted
- C. was delighting
- D. have been delighted
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 48.Either of them____________to blame. They know the only key we have is with them.
- A. is
- B. has
- C. are
- D. have
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 49.Should the machine fail, everybody_______________to evacuate and report to the operator.
- A. is
- B. will
- C. has
- D. have
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 50.He fell of his horse a month ago and now he is on a_______________ stick.
- A. catching
- B. supporting
- C. walking
- D. leaning
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 51.It is sad but ________________seems to care about the prisoners. Please make sure they have lunch.
- A. nobody
- B. everybody
- C. anybody
- D. somebody
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 52.Sorry. You can't speak to Mahlet. She____________ a bath.
- A. have
- B. is having
- C. does
- D. has
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 53.I feel that______________ loves me from the group, so I have to join another one.
- A. everyone
- B. someone
- C. anyone
- D. no one
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 54.Her husband abuses her a lot and now she has decided to run any. She says there cannot be any_______________life.
- A. cheaper
- B. happier
- C. poorer
- D. tougher
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 55.If you see any unattended bag, you_______________immediately report to us.
- A. may
- B. must
- C. will
- D. ought to
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 56.They started early ______________ get there before noon.
- A. so as to
- B. because to
- C. so that
- D. so that to
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 58.Caffeine ____________ to cause withdrawal symptoms such as headache and irritability.
- A. is known
- B. has known
- C. knows
- D. know
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 59.I was with her for dinner. She _______________ the car which they claim disappeared around 7 pm.
- A. won't have stolen
- B. would have stolen
- C. couldn't steal
- D. can probably steal
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 60.In my life, I ______________ had money counted in four digits. Poor me!
- A. have never
- B. haven't never
- C. am never
- D. am not have
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 61.Our departure is only a week away, but we haven?t got our tickets_________________. Isn't that something to worry about?
- A. yet
- B. still
- C. now
- D. still now
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 62.Tola: Let's go out for a drink. Bereket: _____________.
- A. who else is coming?
- B. Why do you like drinks?
- C. Drinks are means of socializing.
- D. I would rather like going to the theatre.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 63.Secretary: May I help you? Visitor: ________________.
- A. why do you ask?
- B. What kind of help?
- C. What do you mean?
- D. Can I see the boss, please?
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 64.Brother: life is getting more and more expensive here. Shall we leave for another place? Sister:____________________.
- A. how much do you earn now?
- B. I guess it is the same everywhere.
- C. How much do you need for your food?
- D. True! Everybody is complaining these days.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 65.Nana: Dad is getting us a new TV set. I am excited. Chala: _____________.
- A. I can't believe that!
- B. Is your dad rich enough?
- C. How much is he going to pay?
- D. Many people around do not have a TV set.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 66.Belay: everybody should contribute. This is for the good of the community. Kiros: ________________.
- A. I can't agree more.
- B. Can everybody offer it?
- C. Health centres are important.
- D. Each of us is to pay birr 5,000
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 67.Alem:_______________. Thomas: No way! I'll need it tomorrow.
- A. Do you need your money back soon?
- B. When should I pay you back the money?
- C. Can I pay you back the money next week?
- D. Do you need your money back tomorrow?
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 68.Teacher: what are your favourite things to do at weekends? Student: ________________.
- A. I like sight _ seeing.
- B. I don't quite like shopping.
- C. I'm going swimming this weekend.
- D. I'm not doing anything this weekend.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 69.Teacher: What was the weather like here yesterday? Student: ____________.
- A. It rains everyday.
- B. I think it is a lovely day.
- C. It was sunny and warm.
- D. I did not out yesterday.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 70.Abebe: Why did you go to Gambella? Kibret:_____________.
- A. It is very hot there.
- B. To visit my birth place.
- C. It is a rapidly growing town.
- D. The people are very friendly.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 71.Lilu: Hi Beza. It?s me. Beza: Hello, Lilu! Where __________________all day?
- A. were you
- B. are you
- C. have you been
- D. had you been
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 72.Bontu: Did you know she took your camera? Chaltu: ________________
- A. I know she is very bad.
- B. Cameras need care to handle.
- C. This is not just ordinary camera.
- D. How dare she? She didn?t ask me for it.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 73.Tamrat: well, let's go to the cinema. Hailu: ________________.
- A. Do we have time to study?
- B. When did we go there last?
- C. Ok. Which film do you want to see?
- D. Sylvester Stallone is a very good actor.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 74.Abera: Excuse me. Can you tell me the time, please? Bekele: ______________.
- A. It's after breakfast.
- B. There is no time around here.
- C. I'm sorry. I don't have a watch.
- D. Never mind. I don't have a watch.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 75.Passenger 1: Excuse me; I think those seats facing the front are ours. Passenger 2:________________.
- A. Oh, I'm sorry. We know they were reserved.
- B. Oh, what a shame! I like seats facing the front.
- C. I'm afraid the seats are not comfortable enough.
- D. Oh, I'm sorry. We did not know they were reserved.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 76.Father: I think you'll pass this examination with very good grades. You have been studying hard over the last months. Son:______________________________.
- A. I haven't decided yet my field of study.
- B. I can't tell you about my excitement, Dad.
- C. I think I won't pass the exam. I did not study hard, actually.
- D. I don't think I'll pass the exam. I did not study hard enough.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 77.Teacher: ________________. Student: I get out of bed.
- A. What time do you get up?
- B. Do you ever get up before six?
- C. Who gets up first in your family?
- D. What do you do first in the morning?
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 78.You: Good morning.______________. Guest: No, thanks.
- A. Can I help?
- B. What is the matter?
- C. How do you do?
- D. Can I have coffee please?
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 79.Once up on a time there was an emperor who loved to spend his money on expensive things. This is most likely an introductory part of a writing that is:
- A. narrative
- B. Descriptive
- C. expository
- D. argumentative
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 80.Walk along the road in front of the post office until you come to the football field. Behind the football field there is a street with a vegetable market. There is a cafe opposite the vegetable market. I'm living in the villa located just next to the market. This is most likely taken from a piece of writing that is:
- A. descriptive
- B. expository
- C. narrative
- D. argumentative
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 81.Love to you all! Which part of a letter does this line go in?
- A. body
- B. closing
- C. salutation
- D. introduction
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 82.Which one of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
- A. "What is the population of Ethiopia?", the teacher asked.
- B. "What is the population of Ethiopia, the teacher asked?
- C. "What is the population of Ethiopia"? The teacher asked.
- D. "What is the population of Ethiopia," the teacher asked.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 83.Which one of the following sentences has correct punctuations?
- A. Mamo said, "Every dog has its day;" however, I didn't understand what it meant.
- B. Mamo said, " every dog has its day"; however, I didn't understand what it meant.
- C. Mamo said, "Every dog has its day"; however, I didn't understand what it meant.
- D. Mamo said, "every dog has its day;" however, I didn't understand what it meant.
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 84.Not suitable for children under 18! This is most likely a warning:
- A. in a movie
- B. on a box of whisky
- C. in an X-ray room
- D. on a pack of cigarettes.
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Section Three: Word Spelling Instructions : Questions 89 and 90 are on word spelling. From the alternatives A-D, choose the one which is correctly spelt and blacken the letter of your choice on the separate answer sheet provided.
- 85.Which one of the following words is correctly spelt?
- A. restaurant
- B. extention
- C. cafteria
- D. vollyball
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 86.Which one of the following words is correctly spelt?
- A. scent
- B. conscent
- C. omniscient
- D. reminiscent
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 87.The most appropriate closing to a memo you send to a colleague working in the same office with you would be:
- A. Bye,
- B. Faithfully,
- C. Good bye,
- D. Truly yours,
Answer, explanation and textbook page: open in the app. - 88.We regret having to report delays in dispatching our order of .... This is a typical example of a line taken from a letter of
- A. dispatch
- B. delivery
- C. collection
- D. complaint
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