2021
MCQ: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
This assignment is based on the following: Study Guide SPE1507, Introduction and
Learning Units 1 to 4.
ASSIGNMENT 01
Question 1
The African languages of South Africa are divided into four main groups, namely:
1. Sotho, Xitsonga, Sepedi and Tshivenḓa.
2. Nguni, Sotho, Xitsonga and Tshivenda.
3. Nguni, Sesotho, Xitsonga and isiXhosa.
4. Zulu, Sotho, Xitsonga and Tshivenda.
Question 2
The Sesotho group of languages includes:
1. isiZulu, isiXhosa, isiNdebele and Siswati.
2. Sesotho, Xitsonga and Tshivenḓa.
3. Tshivenḓa, isiZulu and isiXhosa.
4. Sesotho sa Leboa, Sesotho and Setswana.
Question 3
The standardised Sesotho sa Leboa of today is mainly based on …..
1. the Nguni language group
2. the Sepedi dialect
3. the Bible
4. the Bantu language family
,Question 4
What does the noun class system refer to in the description of the structure of the
Bantu languages?
1. The allocation of nouns to noun classes in accordance with prefixes.
2. The grouping together of nouns according to male and female gender.
3. The ability of nouns to convey singular or plural meaning.
4. The fact that nouns form a word category on their own.
Question 5
Nouns in Sepedi are grouped into various classes according to their …
1. prefixes
2. meanings
3. suffixes
4. subject concords
Question 6
You would direct the polite request Ke kgopêla gore le homolê to a group of people,
when you want them to ……
1. Come closer.
2. Leave the room.
3. Keep quiet.
4. Sit down.
Question 7
When would you use the expression Ke sa phela gabotse ?
1. When you introduce yourself.
2. When you wish to indicate that you are well.
3. When you greet an older person.
4. When you address a person who departs.
, Question 8
Choose the correct way of greeting an elderly man, in a polite manner:
1. Go bjang?
2. O sa phela na, rakgolo?
3. Thôbêla, rakgolo!
4. O tsogilê, malome?
Question 9
Select the most accurate translation of Le kae? Aowa, ke sa phela.
1. How are you? I am still there.
2. How are you? I am doing fine.
3. How are you? I am not well.
4. How are you? No, I am still alive.
Question 10
The following expression is used to say ‘I am hungry’:
1. Ke swêrwe ke lenyôra.
2. Ke swêrwe ke tlala.
3. Ke ôpša ke hlôgô.
4. Ke lapilê.
Read the following paragraph and then select appropriate answers to questions 11 to
20:
Ba dira’ng matšatšing a beke?
Batho ba bantši ba thôma go šoma ka Mošupologo go fihla ka Labohlano. Ka tlwaêlô Jone o
ya paesekôpông mafêlêlông a beke.
Ka Mokibêlô Tatê o šoma serapaneng. Mathapama o beša nama. BoThabo ba sêga bjang.
Mmê o nošêtša matšoba.
Masogana a raloka kgwele ya maoto goba thênêse. Dikgarebe di lebêlêla dipapadi
thêlêbišênêng. Batho ba bangwê ba bala kuranta. Ka LaMorêna bana ba ya kêrêkêng.
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