Zambia School Certificate / GCE — Silozi (3160)

In standard school Silozi, what does mutu mean?

• APerson
• BHouse
• CWater
• DRiver

What is the regular class-2 plural of mutu?

• ABatu
• BMitu
• CLitu
• DTutu

The 2024 Zambian Languages syllabus asks learners to segment a noun into its constituent parts. What are those two parts?

• APrefix and stem
• BArticle and adjective
• CSubject and object only
• DTone mark and capital letter

Which Silozi word is the ordinary noun for school?

• ASikolo
• BNdu
• CNaha
• DNama

In Ni ya kwa sikolo, what does the locative kwa express?

• AMotion to, or location at, a place
• BPossession of the school
• CThe past tense of ya
• DA diminutive of sikolo

Which locative prefix is the ordinary Silozi way to say 'in / inside' a container or building?

• AMwa- (class 18), as in mwa ndu
• BFa- only, as in fa ndu
• CBo- , as in bo ndu
• DSi- , as in si ndu

The 2024 syllabus lists locatives as a word class of their own. Which set is the standard Silozi locative trio?

• AFa- (on/at), kwa- (to/at), mwa- (in)
• BMu-, ba-, li- only
• CNi-, u-, lu- only
• DKe-, o-, re- (Sesotho subject markers used unchanged)

Fortune places ndate (father) and mme (mother) in class 1a. What is special about that class?

• AThe singular has a zero (no overt) noun prefix; the plural is often bo-
• BThe singular must take mu- and the plural must take mi-
• CThese nouns cannot be possessed
• DThese nouns are always locative

Which subject concord correctly completes ___ ya kwa Mongu for 'we go to Mongu'?

• ALu (Lu ya kwa Mongu)
• BNi (as the only grammatical choice)
• CBa (as the only grammatical choice)
• DSi (as the only grammatical choice)

In mutu yo, what does the demonstrative yo do?

• AIt points to a nearby class-1 noun: 'this person'
• BIt makes the noun plural
• CIt marks future tense
• DIt turns the noun into a locative

What is the function of ki- in Ki mutu yomuhulu?

• ACopulative / identificational 'it is' — 'It is an adult person'
• BNegative 'not'
• CFuture tense
• DDiminutive 'small'

Fortune's class 15 prefix ku- with terminal -a forms which construction?

• AThe infinitive, as in ku-bon-a batu (to see people)
• BThe class-2 plural of persons
• CThe locative 'on top of'
• DThe past-tense suffix

Which sentence is a straightforward present/habitual 'I go to school'?

• ANi ya kwa sikolo
• BNi lekile nama
• CNi ta leka nama
• DA ni lati

In Fortune's outline, Ni-lek-ile nama is best glossed as which tense/aspect?

• APerfect / recent past: 'I have bought meat'
• BSimple present: 'I buy meat every day' only
• CNegative future: 'I will not buy meat'
• DImperative: 'Buy meat!'

Fortune writes the affirmative principal future as Ni-ta-lek-a nama. What does that sentence mean?

• AI shall buy meat
• BI have already bought meat
• CI never buy meat
• DThey are buying meat now

Fortune analyses a-ni-lat-i as which kind of verb phrase?

• ANegative: 'I don't want'
• BPositive future: 'I will want'
• CImperative plural: 'Want it, all of you'
• DRelative: 'the one who wants'

The syllabus contrasts countable and uncountable nouns. Which Silozi noun is typically treated as uncountable / mass?

• AMezi (water)
• BMutu (person)
• CNja (dog)
• DSikolo (school) when you mean one building

Which pair correctly contrasts a proper noun with a common noun in Silozi?

• AMongu (a named town) versus naha (country/land)
• BMezi versus mezi (they are both proper names)
• CYa versus kwa (those are both proper names)
• DNi versus lu (those are both town names)

Bulozi and butali share the class-14 prefix bu-. What kind of noun does that prefix typically build?

• AAbstracts and 'land/quality' nouns (Lozi-land; cleverness)
• BOnly diminutive people
• COnly locatives meaning 'on'
• DOnly infinitives

Fortune notes that class 12 ka- and class 13 tu- are a singular/plural pair. What meaning do they usually add?

• ADiminutive (small X / small Xs)
• BHonorific (great X)
• CLocative (in X)
• DFuture tense

The Form 4 syllabus asks learners to change a verb with a given verbal extension. Adding causative -isa to kuleka (to buy) most nearly produces which meaning?

• AKulekisa — to sell / cause to be bought
• BKulekela — only 'to buy for someone' (applicative)
• CKulekana — only 'to buy each other'
• DKulekiwa — only the passive 'to be bought'

What does an applicative verbal extension typically add to a Silozi verb?

• AAn extra beneficiary, place or reason role ('do X for/at/to')
• BOnly a negative meaning
• COnly future time
• DOnly a diminutive noun class

A reciprocal extension such as -ana on a verb like kulata (to love/like) is used when the action is:

• AMutual — they like/love each other (latana)
• BDone by one person to a thing only
• CTurned into a class-14 abstract noun
• DAlways past tense

The syllabus requires transforming active voice into passive and vice versa. Which change is the passive idea in Silozi?

• AThe former object becomes the subject and the verb takes a passive extension (often -iwa…
• BYou only add kwa and leave the verb unchanged
• CYou only capitalise the first letter
• DYou replace every noun with a class-14 bu- abstract

In Fortune's example batu baba-to-lek-a nama ('people who will buy meat'), baba- is doing what?

• AIt is a class-2 relative concord agreeing with batu
• BIt is a locative meaning 'in the meat'
• CIt is the first-person plural subject 'we'
• DIt is a class-14 abstract prefix

When you change Silozi direct speech into indirect speech, which adjustments does the syllabus expect you to discuss?

• APerson, tense/time words, and the loss of quotation marks
• BNoun class of every word in the sentence
• CReplacing Silozi with English automatically
• DDeleting the original speaker

The Form 1 syllabus lists punctuation marks learners must apply. Which mark correctly ends U ya kai?

• AA question mark, because kai makes it an interrogative: U ya kai?
• BOnly a full stop, because all Silozi sentences must end with a full stop
• COnly an exclamation mark, because kai is always a shout
• DNo end mark, because Silozi does not use punctuation

The 2024 language-structure topic on vowels asks learners to distinguish word meaning according to what feature?

• AVowel length (long versus short vowels)
• BWhether the word is borrowed from English
• CWhether the word is written in capital letters
• DWhether the word appears in Paper 1 or Paper 2

What does mezi mean?

• AWater
• BFire
• CMeat
• DSchool

Lizazi in everyday Silozi most commonly means:

• ASun / day
• BNight only
• CMoney
• DA royal barge

What does nja mean, and what is its common plural?

• ADog; linja
• BCow; batu
• CPerson; mezi
• DHouse; sikolo

In Ni ka kubona kamuso, what does kamuso mean?

• ATomorrow
• BYesterday
• CAlways
• DInside the house

What does kacenu mean?

• AToday
• BTomorrow
• CA chief
• DA riddle

Which Silozi question word means 'who'?

• AMañi
• BKai
• CLili
• DCwañi

U ya kai? asks which question?

• AWhere are you going?
• BWho are you?
• CWhen will you go?
• DWhy are you eating?

Ucwani? / Mucwani? in everyday Silozi is primarily:

• AA 'how are you?' greeting
• BA way to say 'buy meat'
• CThe name of the royal barge
• DThe class-14 word for Lozi-land

Which question word set is used to ask 'why' in school Silozi?

• AKabakalañi / kiñi (in a reason question)
• BKai only
• CKamuso only
• DBatu only

What does the infinitive kubona mean?

• ATo see
• BTo buy
• CTo sleep
• DTo write

The radical -lat- in Fortune's a-ni-lat-i belongs to a verb meaning:

• AWant / like / love
• BRun away
• CCook porridge
• DBeat a royal drum

A classmate greets you with Ucwani? Which reply is a standard 'I am fine'?

• ANi iketile / Nazuha hande
• BNi ta leka nama (as the greeting reply)
• CKi Nalikwanda (as the greeting reply)
• DA ni lati (as the greeting reply)

The Form 4 syllabus asks learners to use synonyms and antonyms. Which pair is the best antonym contrast?

• ALizazi (day/sun) and busihu (night)
• BMutu and batu (those are synonyms)
• CKwa and kwa (those are antonyms of each other)
• DNi and ni (those are antonyms of each other)

What does busihu mean?

• ANight
• BMorning greeting
• CPrime minister
• DA class-1 person prefix

In the 2024 listening-and-speaking syllabus, a riddle is primarily which kind of oral form?

• AA short puzzle said and answered in a set exchange
• BA two-hour written composition
• CA government statute
• DA class-15 infinitive

The 2012 Zambian Languages glossary defines a proverb as:

• AA popular saying memorably expressed
• BAny long novel chapter
• CA punctuation mark
• DA future-tense prefix

Praises and poems in the Zambian Languages listening syllabus are mainly for learners to:

• ARecite them with rhythm, enunciation and emphasis
• BTranslate them into algebra
• CUse them only as Paper 2 multiple-choice stems
• DReplace all proverbs

According to the senior syllabus, discussing the functions of riddles and traditional songs should include which idea?

• AThey entertain and also teach — wit, memory, values and social commentary
• BThey exist only to replace reading
• CThey are illegal in Western Province
• DThey are the same thing as a business invoice

The Grade 10 syllabus lists 'teaching patience, hard-work, respect, courage' under proverbs and sayings. What does that imply for exam answers?

• AYou should be able to match a proverb to the value or situation it teaches
• BProverbs have no meaning beyond decoration
• CEvery proverb is only about cattle prices
• DProverbs may be used only in English

Grade 10 story-telling lists legends, dilemma stories and anecdotes. What is distinctive about a dilemma story?

• AIt poses a hard choice and invites the audience to judge
• BIt is always a government report
• CIt cannot contain characters
• DIt must be written only in future tense