Beginner Grammar Review (basic greetings, introductions, personal pronouns, verbs, tenses, family, days/months, numbers, and around the house)

A. Greetings & Introduction

1. Write two Swahili greetings.

2. How do you say “My name is…” in Swahili?

3. Translate: How are you?

4. Respond politely in Swahili: I am fine.

5. Translate: See you tomorrow.

B. Personal Pronouns – Fill in the blanks

(mimi, wewe, yeye, sisi, ninyi, wao)

1. _______ ni mwanafunzi.

2. _______ unatoka wapi?

3. _______ ana miaka 10.

4. _______ tunaishi Kenya.

5. _______ mnasoma Kiswahili.

6. _______ wanacheza mpira.

C. Verb Tenses Review

Complete with the correct verb form

1. Mimi ___ (kula) wali sasa.

2. Jana yeye ___ (soma) shuleni.

3. Kesho sisi ___ (cheza) mpira.

4. Wao ___ (fika) tayari?

5. Wewe ___ (kunywa) maziwa kila asubuhi.

6. Mama ___ (pika) chakula jana jioni.

7. Mimi ___ (enda) sokoni kesho.

8. Mtoto ___ (maliza) kazi yake?

9. Sisi ___ (ishi) Nairobi kwa sasa.

10. Walimu ___ (fundisha) jana?

11. Ninyi ___ (nunua) vitu tayari?

12. Yeye ___ (cheza) leo mchana.

13. Mimi ___ (ona) filamu kesho usiku.

14. Wao ___ (soma) vitabu vingi tayari.

15. Wewe ___ (fanya) mtihani jana?

D. Family Vocabulary – Translate

1. father

2. mother

3. brother

4. sister

5. babu

6. shangazi

7. mtoto

8. mzazi

E. Days & Months – Translate

1. Monday

2. Friday

3. January

4. June

F. Numbers

Write in Kiswahili

1. 4

2. 9

3. 12

4. 20

G. Around the House – Translate

1. table

2. door

3. window

4. kitchen

5. chumba

6. sebule

7. bafu

8. nyumba

SHAIRI [POEM] 1: Mgomba

https://www.poetrytranslation.org/poem/the-banana-plant/

A. What is the general mood of the poem? Chagua jibu: Furaha / Huzuni / Hofu / Hasira

        Eleza jibu lako

B. Match the words/phrases with their meanings:

1. Bustani

2. Magomvi

3. Kusita

4. Vidonda vya ukoma

5. Wafanyakazi wa bustani

a. Ugomvi, kutokuelewana
b. Watu wanaofanya kazi ya kupanda na kutunza mimea
c. Mahali pa kupanda mimea
d. Kuwa na mashaka, kutosonga mara moja
e. Maumivu yasiyotibiwa, matatizo makubwa

Use two of the words above to make your own sentences:
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C. Answer in complete sentences:

1. Mgomba unaashiria nini katika shairi hili?

2. Watoto wanahisi nini, na kwa nini?

3. Ni matatizo gani yanajificha ndani ya familia?

D. Jibu maswali haya

A) Je, matatizo ya familia yangedhibitiwa mapema? Eleza.
B) Ni nani anawajibika zaidi kwa "kuanguka kwa milki ya Lexanda"? Kwa nini?

Jibu kwa aya fupi (3–5 sentensi):