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English Grade 10 Unit 10: Digital vs Satellite Television

national exam questions have come from this unit. It runs 43 pages; one careful study pass takes about 3.2 hours, and its difficulty is easier among English units. Each section below lists the questions set from it, with the year, and opens the page that teaches it.

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10.1 Listening · read p. 274

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10.2 Speaking · read p. 276

2017 E.C., Q77 – Nuru: Well done, Daniel! You got an A grade on your Maths. Daniel: Really? ______________
2015 E.C., Q60 – Shashe: I wanted to buy a TV but I couldn't decide the brand, Melat: _____________________
2008 E.C., Q55 – Alambo: he is really handsome. Awando: __________________
2007 E.C., Q7 – a) Unfortunately, space is being polluted by debris from these space filghts. b) On 4 October 1957 the first satellite, Spuntnik, was launched. c) More than 70,000 object have been left in space. d) Since then, thousands
2006 E.C., Q79 – Benti: This is the Toyota car we bought last week. Isn't it beautiful? Nani: _______________
2005 E.C., Q23 – I appreciate you for the enormous_________. I felt so moved and encouraged.

10.3 Reading · read p. 276

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10.4 Vocabulary · read p. 282

2013 E.C., Q42 – It rained all of a sudden and brought the game to an unexpected ___________. The good thing, however, was that it stopped in fifteen minutes and the match continued.
2011 E.C., Q20 – Apparently there are lots of buildings in Addis Ababa that should be, _________ because of their inferior quality. If left alone, they could be risky to the occupants.

10.5 Grammar · read p. 285

2018 E.C., Q7 – Mohammed: My daughter is short-sighted; she cannot see at a distance in the class. Lata: ______.
2018 E.C., Q42 – The behavior of the teachers deters students __________ in the class discussion.
2017 E.C., Q39 – Some students did well on the last week's English test, ________others scored unsatisfactory marks. I am designing an action research to study the case.
2015 E.C., Q32 – ____________ it has drastically changed the cultures of many nations and created undisciplined citizens.
2015 E.C., Q21 – We don't have to _______ them make off with such an irreplaceable heritage of the nation. They should be accountable for what they did.
2011 E.C., Q83 – Friend: _______________________________ Ergicho: Alright, but only for five minutes.
2010 E.C., Q2 – In got has house all money new the her she.
2008 E.C., Q64 – Aberash: she has a bad backache. _________________ Nigist: of course, you should. Give it no time.
2007 E.C., Q39 – Please ask if they haven't mailed the document . It should be here by Monday.
2006 E.C., Q5 – For and join come us celebration the?
2006 E.C., Q70 – She spends hours in her room_____________to music.
2006 E.C., Q46 – It was agreed that the football match ______________.
2006 E.C., Q53 – My holiday was never_______________. I could use every minute for something enjoyable.
2005 E.C., Q25 – Olantu was________to go to her new school. She did not know any of the students in there.
2005 E.C., Q49 – Should the machine fail, everybody_______________to evacuate and report to the operator.

10.6 Writing · read p. 295

2018 E.C., Q65 – We have run out of stationery materials in our school. So, we need to make new purchase.
2018 E.C., Q68 – There is a need to assign an expert to wipe up unnecessary data from computer.
2016 E.C., Q65 – The AU meeting to be held next month is expected to pass resolutions pertaining to the relationship between the two warring parties. We are looking forward to it.
2016 E.C., Q25 – These are all _________________ people. They don't even know what is good and what is not for them. First, give them a thorough explanation and then call me.
2016 E.C., Q33 – His suit is ______________ mine but the color is boring. I wouldn't take it even for free.
2015 E.C., Q98 – We will need to _______ what they are doing and how they are doing it so as to give our testimonies.
2015 E.C., Q78 – Why did Juliet Margolin eventually decide to evacuate her dorm?
2015 E.C., Q1 – a. However, communal living can be a choice to reduce your rent. b. You can do that in two different ways: communally order or individually. c. If you don't have financial worries, you can opt for the individual one. d.
2015 E.C., Q90 – There is a huge increase in the number of newly set up educational institutions during the last thirty years but we need to work on quality as well.
2015 E.C., Q56 – Christian: Sir! ______________________________ Mr.Sharma: That is my field of studies, but basically it is ...
2014 E.C., Q66 – There is no point in complaining about his immature behavior; he is always.
2013 E.C., Q94 – The crowd kept rallying every day and the scene gradually started turning violent ___________ the people thought the government didn't take them seriously. Now things reached a point where they are completely out of cont
2013 E.C., Q116 – We ________________ in the same office since 2010 but she has never acted like that before. She must have got out of bed on the wrong si1de.
2013 E.C., Q46 – Despite our resistance, he decided to quit his studies and take up music. He has now been doing it for two months and I don't even want to know the progress he is making in this regard.
2011 E.C., Q16 – Previously, he was a fulltime manager at the Sheraton Hotel, but now he earns a living working as a _________ giving training to managers in various companies.
2011 E.C., Q88 – Hamza: I'm sorry. I've broken your glasses. Mother: _______________________
2011 E.C., Q63 – Demeku: How is the weather? Azalech: ________________________________
2011 E.C., Q94 – Early morning, I went for a walk and came back to the hotel to have breakfast with her and go out. Our plan for 17th the day was to visit an old castle from the century. As we finished breakfast, we packed our stuff and
2011 E.C., Q24 – If we carefully listen to the advice of our medical personnel, I am sure we can easily prevent some of the infectious diseases in Ethiopia. But people don't seem to be serious about them.
2010 E.C., Q28 – We were not happy with the hotel room we stayed in. contrary to their advertisement, it was noisy and the views were not nice. We have ________ a claim to be at least partially refunded.
2009 E.C., Q32 – I didn't ring off until he said he didn't love me. Once i heard that, i forced myself to completely erase him out of my mind.
2009 E.C., Q28 – For reasons unknown to us it is now the third month he stopped paying his contributions. So, we can now ______________________ his name from the membership list.
2008 E.C., Q23 – We ________________ all our complains to the person in charge, but he doesnt seem to care. We dont understand what good governance means.
2008 E.C., Q54 – Shuru: he stole his friend's bag. How come that we have this kind of student? Helen: _________________
2007 E.C., Q81 – Alemu: she has a bad headache. She always suffers. Densamo: ____________________
2007 E.C., Q30 – Have you visited Billi? She is just ___________________ an illness.
2006 E.C., Q54 – Has the plane landed _________? people are waiting outside to welcome him.
2005 E.C., Q39 – I couldn't still make up my mind about what to study at university.
2005 E.C., Q22 – These people seem to be________ . They need additional protein and vitamins.
2005 E.C., Q33 – She had a hard time concealing her emotions.
2005 E.C., Q19 – Lensa, who is always worried about her weight, eats like a/an ______
2005 E.C., Q15 – Several students are _________ at the prospect of joining university next year.
2005 E.C., Q20 – Many people have a/an ______ about flying and won?t travel by plane.
2005 E.C., Q12 – The tone of the author can best be describe as:
2005 E.C., Q45 – Last night, I __________sleep well because I had been drinking too much coffee.
2005 E.C., Q17 – The hotel _______ brought our luggage to our rooms.
2005 E.C., Q36 – He is leaving. I think he has a bigger fish to fry.
2005 E.C., Q4 –
2005 E.C., Q50 – He fell of his horse a month ago and now he is on a_______________ stick.