WISDOM WOOD SCHOOL

FORM 1 HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT -

2025
ENGLISH LANGUAGE

MARKS: 100
NAME:
DUE DATE: RETURN DATE
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATE;
1. Write your name on the space provided above.

2. This paper consists of two sections. Answer both sections from the spaces
provided as instructed.

3. Cell phones and dictionaries are not allowed in the examination room.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

English Language.
SECTION A: CONTEXTUAL COMMUNICATION AND STRUCTURE [10 MARKS]

Part 1:

Read the following questions and write the letter of the best answer.

[Link] want to use your friend’sbicycle. What would you say?

A. Can I lend your bicycle, please?

B. May you lend me your bicycle, please?
C. Will you borrow me your bicycle, please?
D. Will you lend me your bicycle, please?

2. Your sister falls down and hurts herself. What would you say?

A. Are you alright?

B. Are you injury free?
C. Be careful my sister.
D. I am sorry for that.

3. Your teacher asks you whether you have already seen the Victoria Falls. What would you
say? I have never ... to the Victoria Falls.

A. Been
B. Being
C. Was
D. Went

4. You escort your mother to the airport. On the way, you want to know when the plane will
leave the airport. What would you say? When will the plane take...?

A. Away?
B. Off?
C. Out
D. Up?

5. As you cross the Kafue River, you see a lot of hippos. You call your younger brother on
phone. What would you say? I am looking at a ... of hippos in the Kafue river.

A. Herd
B. Pride
 C. School
D. Troop

6. You are walking with your mother’s brother and meet a friend. What would you say?
Please meet my...

A. Aunt.
B. Cousin.
C. Grandfather.
D. Uncle.

[Link] friend wants to know what happened to Isaac and Joseph after they assaulted you.
What would you say? ...Have been arrested.

A. All
B. Both
C. Some
D. Two

8. Your Headteacher is entering the school hall to address you. As the prefect on duty, what
would you say to all the learners seated? Let’s all...

A. Be upstanding!
B. Keep standing!
C. Stand!
D. Stand up!

9. Your mother is annoyed with you because she thinks you are just playing with water. What
would you say? I am repairing the...

A. Dripping tap.
B. Leaking tap.
C. Running water tap.
D. Water from the tap to stop.

10. You have a new learner in your class. What would you say?

A. 8c is our class.
B. 8c is your new class.
C. This is 8c.
 D. Welcome to 8c.

Part 2: Rewrites (5 marks)

Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not
change the meaning of the sentences.

[Link] dress is more beautiful than mine.

Begin: My dress...........................

2. She likes oranges than mangoes.

Begin: She likes...........................

[Link] is sick. He cannot walk home.

Begin: John is too.......................

[Link] is very tired...? (Add a question tag)

[Link] was arrested... (Add a question tag)

Part 3 Cloze passage (5 marks)

Complete the following passage with one word only on each space by changing the
words in the bracket to correct tenses.

When I....... (1. Is) a child, I used to sing every morning with my grandmother. This ... (2.
make) me grow in love with her so much and learn a lot. However, the companionship ... (3.
do) not last forever as she was ... (4. hit) with stroke. Life was never the same with me after
the incident and I actually had to ... (5. seek) words of encouragement from my elder
brothers.

SECTION B: Reading Comprehension (20 marks)

Read the passage and then answer the questions that follow.
1. Each one of us owes it to our spouse, children and friends to be as happy as we can
be. Anyone can be as happy; it takes no courage or effort. True achievement lies in
struggling to be happy.
2. The concept that we have to work at happiness comes as news to many people. We
assume it is a feeling that comes as a result of good things that just happen to us;
things over which we have little or no control. But the opposite is true;happiness is
largely under our control. It is a battle to be waged and not a feeling to be waited.
3. To achieve a happier life, it is necessary to overcome some obstacles, three of which
are: images of perfection, “Missing Tile” Syndrome and comparison with others.
4. Almost all of us have images of how life should be. The problem, of course, is that
only rarely do people’s jobs, spouses and children live up to these imagined ideals. In
my family, for example, no one had ever divorced. So when my wife and I divorced
after five years of marriage and three years after the birth of our son, I considered
myself a failure. I later remarried but confided to my wife, Fran that I couldn’t shake
the feeling that my family life had failed. After I had got rid of the image of the
‘perfect’ family, I became happy.
5. One effective way of damaging happiness is to look at something and concentrate on
the smallest flaw. It is like looking up at a tiled ceiling and concentrate on the space
where one tile is missing. A bald man told me that whenever he entered a room, all he
saw was hair. Once you have determined what your missing tile is explore whether
acquiring it will really make you happy. Then do one of three things: get it, replace it
with a different tile or forget about it and focus on the tiles in your life that are not
missing.
6. Most of us compare ourselves with someone we think is happier than us. I once met a
young man who struck me as particularly successful and happy. I considered him one
of those lucky few for whom everything else went effortlessly right. Later on, he told
me that there was a terrible disease that was torturing his wife. I felt like a fool for
assuming nothing unhappy existed in his life.
7. I have spent years studying happiness and one of the most significant conclusions I
have draw is this: there is little correlation between circumstances of people’s lives
and how people they are. A moment’s reflection should make this obvious. We all
know people who have had a relatively easy life yet are essentially unhappy. And we
know people who have suffered a great deal but generally remain happy. The first
secret is gratitude. All happy people are grateful. We tend to think that being unhappy
 leads people to complaining but it is truer to say that complaining leads to people
becoming unhappy. The second secret is realising that happiness is a by-product of
something else. The most obvious sources are those pursuits that gives our lives
purpose like anything from studying insects to playing football. The more passions we
have, the more happiness we are likely to experience.
8. Whatever your philosophy, it should include this truism: if you choose to find the
positive in almost every situation you will be blessed and if you choose to find the
awful, you will be cursed. As with happiness itself, this is largely your decision to
make.

Now, answer the following questions.

1 According to paragraph 1, our spouse, children and friends can...

A. Be true achievement.
B. Make us happy.
C. Owe us to be happy.
D. Take courage or effort.

2 (Paragraph 1) “anyone can be unhappy; it takes no courage or effort.” In this sentence, the
word “it” refers to...

A. Anyone.
B. Courage or effort.
C. Happiness.
D. Unhappiness.

3 (Paragraph 2) Complete the following sentence by filling in ONE WORD in each blank
space. The words must come from paragraph 2 and not elsewhere.

To (i) ............ people, the (ii) ............. that (iii).............. Has to be worked for comes
as (IV).................

4 According to paragraph 3, comparing oneself to someone is...

A. A solution to happiness.
B. An achievement in happiness.
C. An obstacle to happiness.
D. An obstacle to success.
5 (Paragraph 4) “the problem, of course, is that only rarely do people’s jobs, spouses and
children live up to these imagined ideals.” The word ‘rarely’ can be replaced by all of the
following words except...

A. Barely.
B. Frequently.
C. Hardly.
D. Seldom.

6 (Paragraph 4) the author and his wife had their son in the ... year of their marriage.

A. Fifth
B. Fourth
C. Second
D. Third

7 (Paragraph 4) Fran was the author’s...

A. Son.
B. Second wife.
C. First wife.
D. Daughter.

8 (Paragraph 5) what can be said about the bald man mentioned in the passage?

A. He focused on what he didn’t have.

B. He liked to see other people’s hair.
C. He was jealous of other people’s hair.
D. There was something wrong with his eyes.

9 (Paragraph 7) what is the relationship betweencomplaining and being unhappy?

A. Being unhappy leads to complaining.

B. Complaining and being unhappy are unrelated.
C. Complaining and being unhappy lead to happiness.
D. Complaining leads to being unhappy.

10 We can deduce from paragraph 8 that for one to be happy, one should be ... in life.

A. Assertive
 B. Indifferent
C. Negative
D. Pessimistic

11 According to the passage, which THREE statements are true? Write the letters of the
THREE TRUE STATEMENTS.

A. Happiness is largely out of our control.

B. Many people compare themselves with people they think are happier than them.
C. Many people know that we need to work for Happiness.
D. The author’s unhappiness was due to an image of perfection.
E. There are more than three obstacles to achieving a happier life.
F. Only our spouse, children and friends can make us happy.

12 Find words in the passage that have the same or nearly the same meaning as the
following.

A. A person one is married to (Paragraph 1)

B. Barriers to something (Paragraph 3)
C. Things one strongly likes (Paragraph 7)
D. Extremely bad or unpleasant (Paragraph 8)

END OF EXAMINATION!

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