DIAGNOSTIC TEST 1 (Lessons 1-5)

1. Write the Swahili word for each picture, both in singular and plural

papai (cl. 5)
mapapai (cl. 6)

siku (cl. 9 )
siku (cl. 10)

kitabu (cl. 7)
vitabu (cl. 8)

mkate (cl. 3)
mikate (cl. 4)

daktari (cl. 5)
madaktari (cl. 6)

chakula (cl. 7)
vyakula (cl. 8)

2. How would you greet someone:

a. in the morning HABARI ZA ASUBUHI?
b. when you have not met since many days HABARI ZA SIKU NYINGI?
c. who is older than you SHIKAMOO
d. who has just come back from a trip HABARI ZA SAFARI?

3. Write Questions to the following answers.

1. HAMJAMBO? Hatujambo
2. HABARI GANI? HABARI ZA ASUBUHI/LEO/MCHANA.....? Nzuri
3. JINA LAKO (NI) NANI? Jina langua ni Pendo.
4. JE, WEWE NI MWINGEREZA? Ndiyo, mimi ni Mwingereza.
5. JE, WEWE NI MJERUMANI? Hapana, mimi si Mjerumani.
6. UMETOKA WAPI? / UMETOKA NCHI GANI? Nimetoka Ufaransa.
7. JE, KUNA MAPAPAI LEO? Hapana, hakuna mapapai leo.
8. WASEMA LUGHA GANI? Nasema Kijerumani na Kiingereza.
9. (MTU HUYU) AFANYA KAZI GANI? Yeye ni daktari. Afanya kazi ya udaktari.

4.

Read the sentences and mark ndiyo if the statement is true and hapana if the statement is
false:
1. Tanzania ni nchi ndogo
NDIYO
HAPANA
2. Kazi ya mwanafunzi ni kujifunza
3. Mtanzania ametoka Zambia
4. Daktari afanya kazi katika hospitali
5. Kahawa si chakula
6. Mkate na mayai ni chakula

5.

Write the adjective in the empty space with the proper agreement for each noun.

kizuri

kidogo

kikubwa

dogo

kubwa

jingine/lingine

jema

ndogo

kubwa

nyingine

njema

mzuri

mdogo

mkubwa

mwingine

mwema

mazuri

madogo

makubwa

mengine

mema

mzuri

mdogo

mkubwa

mwingine

mwema

zuri
nzuri

6.

chema

kingine

Add the appropriate self-standing pronoun (mimi, wewe, yeye, sisi, ninyi, wao)

MIMI

najifunza Kiswahili.

2.

WAO

wametoka Ujerumani.

3.

YEYE

amefanya kazi kubwa.

4.

WEWE

hujambo?

5.

NINYI

Hamjambo?

6.

WEWE/WAO waitwa nani?

7.

SISI

Twanunua zawadi kwa Rehema.

chema

7.

Rewrite the following sentences making the underlined parts plural and changing all prefixes that are
affected by this change:

Sisi tumepata mikate

Wageni wamekuja leo

Walimu wapenda vitabu vizuri

Tumekula mayai na mikate leo

Rafiki wameona nyumba ndogo

Wao wapenda matunda mazuri

Madaktari wamekwenda Kenya

8.

Change the following sentences in -ME- tense

1. Naomba mkate NIMEOMBA

2. Afanya bidi AMEFANYA
3. Ala nyama ya kuku AMEKULA
4. Twaona nyumba kubwa TUMEONA
5. Wapata chakula gani? UMEPATA/WAMEPATA

9.

Change the following sentences in -A- tense

1. Mgeni amekuja AJA

2. Tumekula matunda yote TWALA
3. Mmefanya mazoezi MWAFANYA MAZOEZI
4. Wamekunywa soda WANYWA
5. Nimesoma gazeti la leo NASOMA GAZETI LA LEO

10.

Give both singular and plural simple imperative forms of the verbs below:
KUSOMA
SOMA! SOMENI!
KUINGIA
INGIA! INGIENI!
KUJA
NJOO! NJOONI!
KWENDA
NENDA! NENDENI!
KUJIBU
JIBU! JIBUNI!

11.

Translate the following senteces:

1) You (pl.) are our guests. NINYI NI WAGENI WETU
2) You are his/her teacher. WEWE NI MWALIMU WAKE
3) My news are good. HABARI ZANGU NI NZURI
4) My grandmother stays in Nurnberg. BIBI YANGU AKAA NURNBERG
5) Our sister is a doctor. DADA YETU NI DAKTARI
6) Does their mother come from the U.K.? JE, MAMA YAO AMETOKA UINGEREZA?
7) Our guest is learning French. MGENI WETU AJIFUNZA KIFARANSA
8) I like his/her name. NAPENDA JINA LAKE
9) My brothers are called Said and Salehe NDUGU ZANGU WAITWA SAID NA SALEHE
10) My friend has arrived right now. RAFIKI YANGU AMEFIKA SASA HIVI

12.

Read the text and answer the following questions:

Huyu ni mwalimu wangu. Jina lake John. Ametoka Uingereza. Sasa akaa Bagamoyo, mji mkubwa karibu
na Dar es Salaam. Afundisha katika shule ya sekondari. Afundisha
Kiingereza na Historia (history). Mwalimu John asema Kiingereza,
Kifaranza na sasa hivi ajifunza Kiswahili. Kwa hiyo (therefore) kwa
sasa asema Kiswahili kidogo tu.
Mwalimu John amekuja Tanzania pamoja na mke wake. Yye aitwa
Rose na afanya kazi kama nesi katika hospitali ya mji. John na mke
wake ni watu wema sana, wanapenda nchi yetu, watu wake na
vyakula vya Waswahili.
a. Huyu ni nani?

HUYU NI MWALIMU

b. Jina lake nani?

JINA LAKE JOHN

c. Je, John ni Mfaransa?

HAPANA, JOHN SI MFARANSA, YEYE NI MWINGEREZA

d. Kwa sasa akaa wapi?

KWA SASA AKAA BAGAMOYO

e. Afanya kazi gani?

JOHN NI MWALIMU WA KIINGEREZA NA HISTORIA

f. Je, mwalimu John asema Kiswahili?

JOHN ASEMA KISWAHILI KIDOGO TU

g. Mke wake aitwa nani?

MKE WAKE AITWA ROSE

h. John na Rose wapenda nini?

WAO WAPENDA NCHI YA TANZANIA, WATU

WAKE NA VYAKULA VYA WASWAHILI