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‘Nervous Conditions’ & Language Recap

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tambu’s brother’s name

(a)  

2.

Nyasha’s brother’s name

(a)  

3.

Tambu’s unmarried aunt’s name

(a)  

4.

Tambu’s father’s name

(a)  

5.

Tambu’s youngest sister’s name

(a)  

6.

The patriarchal figure in the novel is …

(a)  

7.

The colonial name of the country in which the novel is set.

(a)  

8.

The current name of the country in which the novel is set.

(a)  

9.

In what decade is the novel set?

a)

1950s

b)

1960s

c)

1970s

d)

1980s

10.

Tambu’ leaves the homestead to go live at the …

(a)  

11.

For Nhamo to go to school his mom sells …

(a)  

12.

For Tambu to go to school she sells …

(a)  

13.

The woman who insulted Mr Matimba and then gave Tambu money for school.

a)

Elizabeth

b)

Dottie

c)

Doris

d)

Netsai

14.

The book Nyasha’s parents disapproved of.

(a)  

15.

The item of clothing Nyasha wore that Tambu disapproved of.

(a)  

16.

The name of the boy Babamukuru disapproved of Nyasha dancing with.

(a)  

17.

The father of Lucia’s baby.

(a)  

18.

The name of the only woman invited to the family meeting.

(a)  

19.

Babamukuru’s solution to the family’s problem

(a)  

20.

The surname of the author of the novel.

(a)  

21.

What punctuation mark forms a compound word?

(a)  

22.

What are the 2 functions of an apostrophe?

(a)  

23.

A cartoon that uses humour to look at a serious issue is an example of …

(a)  

24.

Dunk and dribble are examples of basketball ….

(a)  

25.

The name of this restaurant is an example of a …

(a)  

26.

Rewrite in the passive voice: I downloaded the game.

(a)  

27.

Correct the concord error in the following sentence.

The class are wrapping up the term.

(a)  

28.

An a prefix to ‘satisfied’ to form an antonym.

(a)  

29.

Provide the adjectival form of ‘beauty’.

(a)  

30.

During the upcoming holiday I should…

a)

Stay up really late every night so that I am exhausted when I get back to school.

b)

Revise my Grade 10 notes on ‘Romeo and Juliet’.

c)

Send Mrs Nightingale 3 emails a day to let her know what I am up to.

d)

Rest so that I come back refreshed for Term 4.