Grade 7 Kiswahili End Term 3 Exam With Answers

The first five questions are free. Learners unlock the full exam, the timer and the complete review.

Junior school end-of-term exams are set by schools, zones and publishers, so formats differ. Most Kiswahili papers in Grade 7 have three parts: ufahamu (comprehension), sarufi na msamiati (grammar and vocabulary) and insha (composition). Our online paper covers the first two in multiple-choice form, in the same style as the Grade 9 KJSEA Kiswahili paper. Insha can’t be marked fairly by a computer, so it is not included. Ask your child to write one short insha a week, such as a letter, a story or a speech, and have a teacher or a confident Kiswahili speaker read it.

• Ufahamu (10 marks): a story about a girl who starts a school library, with questions on facts, reasons, vocabulary in context and the best title.
• Sarufi (about 12 marks): noun classes (ngeli) such as KI-VI and U-I, plurals, tenses with -li- and -ta-, adjective agreement, conjunctions, opposites and synonyms, negation, prepositions and greetings such as Shikamoo and Marahaba.
• Methali na nahau (about 4 marks): completing and explaining proverbs such as “Bandu bandu huisha gogo”, and the meanings of common idioms.
• Msamiati (about 4 marks): everyday vocabulary for people, places and tools.

Almost every Kiswahili grammar question depends on noun classes. Once your child knows that kitabu belongs to KI-VI, they know it is kitabu kirefu, vitabu virefu, kitabu kimeanguka and vitabu vimeanguka. Many wrong answers come from using the M-WA agreement (mrefu) with every noun. A simple chart on the wall listing each ngeli with three example nouns and their agreements pays off quickly.

Proverbs, idioms and similes are easy marks if learnt in context. Rather than memorising long lists, learn five a week and use them in conversation and insha. For each methali, know both the literal meaning and the lesson. “Haba na haba hujaza kibaba” is literally about filling a measure little by little, and its lesson is that small, steady efforts add up.

• Using the wrong agreement prefix for the noun class.
• Negating tenses wrongly, for example “sikupenda” (past) instead of “sipendi” (present).
• Answering comprehension questions from general knowledge instead of the passage.
• Confusing similar words, such as rubani (pilot) and nahodha (ship captain).

The passage and its first five questions are free for everyone. Learner members unlock all 30 questions, timed mode and an explanation in Kiswahili for every answer. Results are saved so you can see progress between attempts. Membership is free for 7 days, then KES 500 a month.

See the other exams on the Grade 7 revision papers page, and look ahead to the KJSEA Grade 9 Kiswahili practice paper. The Grade 7 guide explains the full curriculum.