Zambia Primary School Leaving Examination — Chitonga (5/4)

In Grade 7 Chitonga, a noun such as muntu is built from

• Aan English article plus a silent letter
• Ba prefix plus a stem
• Ca question mark plus a greeting
• Da tense marker only, with no stem

Which word is the regular plural of muntu (person)?

• Acintu
• Bmunzi
• Cbantu
• Dmaanzi

Which word is the regular plural of cintu (thing)?

• Azintu
• Bbantu
• Cbana
• Dcikolo

What is the regular plural of mwana (child)?

• Amuntu
• Bzintu
• Ccikolo
• Dbana

The ku- at the start of kulya and kubona shows that the word is

• Aa morning greeting
• Ban infinitive meaning 'to …'
• Cthe plural of muntu
• Da place name such as Monze

In Ndilalanga ('I am looking'), the opening ndi- tells us the subject is

• AI
• Bthey
• Cthe village
• Dwater

Which punctuation mark should close the question Muli buti?

• AA comma only
• BA full stop only, because it is never a question
• CA question mark
• DNo mark at all

Sunu is best labelled as

• Athe plural of cikolo
• Ba locative prefix meaning 'inside'
• Ca first-person subject marker
• Dan adverb meaning today

Which noun is treated as mass (you do not count it as one/two in ordinary school use)?

• Amwana
• Bmaanzi
• Ccikolo
• Dmuntu

Which pair correctly sorts a proper noun and a common noun?

• AMonze (proper) and munzi (common)
• Bmunzi (proper) and Monze (common)
• Csunu (proper) and pepe (common)
• Dndi- (proper) and ku- (common)

What is the main meaning contrast between mu cikolo and ku cikolo?

• APast tense versus future tense
• BSingular versus plural of cikolo
• C'In/inside the school' versus 'at/to school'
• DYes versus no

In Ndilalanga, the middle piece -la- is the school marker for

• Athe infinitive 'to look' only
• Ba village name
• Cthe plural of mwana
• Dpresent continuous or habitual action

Which form is the infinitive 'to see'?

• Abantu
• Bkubona
• Cpepe
• DMonze

In the sentence 'Sunu ndilalanga mu cikolo', the word sunu functions as

• Aan adverb of time
• Ba plural noun meaning children
• Ca question mark
• Dthe infinitive of eat

Which pair is the best Grade 7 example of a countable noun versus a mass noun?

• Akulya and kubona
• Biyii and pepe
• Cmwana and maanzi
• DMwabuka buti and Twalumba

Busongo (wisdom) is the best Grade 7 example of

• Aa locative prefix
• Ban abstract noun
• Ca morning greeting
• Dthe number two

Cikolo (school) belongs with which noun-class prefix pattern?

• Athe mu-/ba- person pair of muntu / bantu
• Bthe ku- infinitive of kulya
• Cthe time adverb sunu
• Dthe ci- class, the same family as cintu

Which sentence uses the present continuous / habitual pattern with -la-?

• ANdilalanga.
• BKulya.
• CMonze.
• DPepe.

Which opening marks the subject 'I' on a Chitonga verb?

• Azi- as in zintu
• Bmu- as in mu cikolo
• Cndi- as in Ndilalanga
• Dku- as in ku cikolo

Which option is a complete Chitonga sentence, not a fragment?

• AMu cikolo
• BNdilalanga mu cikolo.
• CSunu?
• DZintu,

Which word is a verb (an infinitive) in this list?

• Amunzi
• Bmaanzi
• Cbusongo
• Dkulya

Which word is a noun naming a place where learners work?

• Acikolo
• Bndi-
• Cpepe
• Dkulya

A learner is going to school. Which locative phrase is the best match?

• Amu maanzi
• Bku cikolo
• Cbusongo komwe
• Dpepe munzi

Which sentence uses a capital letter on the proper noun?

• ASunu ndilaya ku munze.
• BSunu ndilaya ku monze.
• CSunu ndilaya ku Monze.
• Dsunu Ndilaya Ku monze.

Ndilalanga is best taken apart as

• Aa greeting plus a village name
• Bku- (infinitive) plus pepe (no)
• Cci- (thing class) plus munzi (village)
• Dndi- (I) + -la- (present) + langa (look)

Why is the pair mwana / bana not placed with cintu / zintu?

• AMwana / bana is the human mu-/ba- pair; cintu / zintu is the thing ci-/zi- pair
• BBoth pairs mean water, so they must stay together
• CBana is the infinitive of see
• DCintu is a morning greeting

Which sorting of noun types is accurate?

• Acikolo = abstract idea; busongo = town name; maanzi = person
• Bbusongo = abstract idea; maanzi = mass; cikolo = countable place
• Cmaanzi = greeting; busongo = locative; cikolo = yes
• DAll three words are infinitive verbs

Changing muntu to bantu mainly changes

• Atoday into yesterday
• Ba question into a greeting
• Cnumber (one person to people) by swapping the noun prefix
• Dan infinitive into a locative

In the phrase mu cikolo, the mu- is doing which job?

• AIt is the person-class prefix of muntu
• BIt is the subject marker meaning 'I'
• CIt is the infinitive prefix of kulya
• DIt is a locative prefix meaning 'in/inside'

Which word is not a noun?

• Asunu
• Bmuntu
• Ccikolo
• Dmunzi

Cikolo in school Chitonga means

• Awater
• Bwisdom
• Cschool
• Dtoday

Twalumba is the everyday way to say

• Ano
• Bthank you
• Ctwo
• Dvillage

Which word means no?

• Apepe
• Biyii
• Ckomwe
• Dcikolo

Which word means yes?

• Amunzi
• Btobilo
• Ckulya
• Diyii (or iyi)

Komwe in Chitonga counting means

• Atwo
• Bone
• Cschool
• Dthank you

Mwabonwa is best understood as

• Athe number two
• Ba mass noun meaning water
• Ca welcome or greeting ('you have been seen')
• Dthe infinitive to eat

Tobilo in Chitonga counting is

• Atwo
• Bone
• Cyes
• Dwisdom

Maanzi names

• Aa town in Southern Province
• Bthe morning greeting
• Cchildren
• Dwater

Busongo most nearly means

• Avillage
• Bwisdom
• Cto see
• Dno

Munzi is the common noun for

• Atoday
• Bthank you
• Cvillage
• Done

Mwabuka buti? is the greeting used

• Ain the morning (How did you wake?)
• Bonly as the word for school
• Conly as the number two
• Das the infinitive to eat

Muli buti? asks

• Awhere the cattle kraal is
• Bwhether Monze is a verb
• Chow many things are on the desk
• Dhow you are

What does kulya mean?

• Ato see
• Bto eat
• Cpeople
• Dinside the school

Iyii and pepe stand in which word relationship?

• AThey are the same greeting said twice
• BThey are the numbers one and two
• CThey are antonyms (yes and no)
• DThey are both names of towns

Which word names an idea you cannot pick up, rather than a place or a person?

• Abusongo
• Bcikolo
• Cmuntu
• Dmunzi

Read the passage and answer the question. Sunu mwana Mutinta ulaya ku cikolo mu Monze. Mu cikolo ulalanga. Muntu umwi wati, "Mwabonwa." Mutinta wati, "Twalumba." Where is Mutinta going today?

• ATo the river only, with no school named
• BTo school in Monze
• CTo Choma market to sell water
• DTo a Lozi barge ceremony

Read the passage and answer the question. Sunu mwana Mutinta ulaya ku cikolo mu Monze. Mu cikolo ulalanga. Muntu umwi wati, "Mwabonwa." Mutinta wati, "Twalumba." What does Mutinta say to the person who welcomed her?

• APepe
• BKomwe
• CMaanzi
• DTwalumba

Read the passage and answer the question. Sunu mwana Mutinta ulaya ku cikolo mu Monze. Mu cikolo ulalanga. Muntu umwi wati, "Mwabonwa." Mutinta wati, "Twalumba." What does ulalanga tell us Mutinta is doing in school?

• AShe is looking (present -la- on langa)
• BShe is the town of Monze
• CShe is refusing the welcome
• DShe is counting to tobilo only