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i) Once cooked, the dish can be enjoyed.
ii) Running as hard as possible, I found it hard to catch my breath
iii) The potatoes which we ate were in a paper bag
iv) I enjoy reading, acting and farming
v) thinking clearly at all times was her goal.
To think clearly at all times was her goal.
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- For each of the following words provide another word that has an identical pronunciation.(Solved)
For each of the following words provide another word that has an identical pronunciation.
(i) Breathe __________
(ii) Flour ____________
(iii) Queue ___________
(iv) Heir _____________
(v) Won _____________
Date posted: April 2, 2019. Answers (1)
- Complete each blank space in the sentences below with the best alternative from the following:(Solved)
Complete each blank space in the sentences below with the best alternative from the following: (5 marks)
some, a few, little, any, few
(i) Although the fire was very fierce ______ items were salvaged from the burning shop.
(ii) Since the politician is very unpopular ______ people listen to him.
(iii) If there are _____ presents for me, I would like to open them now.
(iv) Have______ tea, please
(v) As the droughts worsened, our cow produced ______ milk.
Date posted: April 2, 2019. Answers (1)
- Complete each of the following sentences by filling in the blank space with the correct preposition(Solved)
Complete each of the following sentences by filling in the blank space with the correct preposition.
i) The application letter should be accompanied ______ the relevant documents.
ii) The brave little girl was compared ______ a lioness.
iii) Even in this age of computers, many people still correspond _____ letters.
iv) Nafula mistook Wambui _______ her sister.
Date posted: April 2, 2019. Answers (1)
- Complete each of the following sentences using the correct form of the word in brackets.(Solved)
Complete each of the following sentences using the correct form of the word in brackets.
i) All the students were ______ sorry. (real)
ii) Aren't hyenas known for their ______? (coward)
iii) The doctor is ______ people about AIDS (sensitive)
iv) People who treat others kindly are said to be ______ (grace)
v) Who among you was ______? (choose)
Date posted: April 2, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change the meaning.(Solved)
Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change the meaning.
i) All the students of Bidii secondary school passed the examination. (Begin: Not a ...........)
ii) The teacher was not surprised that Mwende wrote the winning poem. (Begin: That Mwende ...........)
iii) The man was very hungry. He swallowed the food without chewing it. (Join into one sentence that begins; so ...)
iv) The board is interviewing the applicant.
(Rewrite ending with ......... by the board).
v) Her daughters were not very clever. They worked hard and passed the examination.
(Join into one sentence using the words: "in spite of")
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- Each of the following sentences has two possible meanings. Rewrite the sentences showing the different meanings for each(Solved)
Each of the following sentences has two possible meanings. Rewrite the sentences showing the different meanings for each
(4 marks)
i) Juma likes reading more than Pamela.
ii) Visiting friends can be annoying
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- Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each of the following sentences(Solved)
Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each of the following sentences.
i) Owino did not know that a tree had ______ (strike) his house.
ii) Nobody expected the company to make ______ (lose)
iii) The three ______ (passer-by) were arrested.
iv) She has spent a lot of time ______ (beautiful) her compound).
v) People liked him because he was so gentle and _____ (child)
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- Each of the following sentences is repetitive. Rewrite the sentences removing the repetitions.(Solved)
Each of the following sentences is repetitive. Rewrite the sentences removing the repetitions.
i) Kaka cannot be able to complete this exercise.
ii) Please repeat again what you have said
iii) He hit a tree as he reversed back the car.
iv) How many people ascended up the mountain?
v) Women can run more faster than Johnston
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- Fill in the blank space in each of the following sentences with the most appropriate word(Solved)
Fill in the blank space in each of the following sentences with the most appropriate word. (5 Marks)
i) The nurse refused to _____ the results of the medical examination.
ii) Ruth enjoyed a warm relationship _____ her neighbours.
iii) He _______ at the stranger in amazement.
iv) They left the room _____ because they did not want to wake the boy.
v) We did not know ______ to blame for our problems
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- Construct two sentences using each of the following word in the first sentence use the word as a verb, and in the second, as a...(Solved)
Construct two sentences using each of the following word in the first sentence use the word as a verb, and in the second, as a noun. (6 marks)
Example: bottle:-They want to bottle the (juice (verb) He broke the red bottle (Noun)
i) Man ................................
ii) Drive ..............................
iii) Mistake ..........................
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- Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the
instruction given. Do not change the meaning(Solved)
(i) I will go only if he asks me to.
(Rewrite using the word unless .................)
(ii) The fans were disappointed by the players
(Begin: The players ..........)
(iii) The students were advised to consider the consequences of their behaviour by the visitor.
(Rewrite in direct speech)
(iv) The head teacher spoke for over one hour. She did not address important issues.
(Combine into one sentence using the word however.)
(v) I do not want any more tea, thank you.
(Begin: I would rather ........)
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- Join each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using the word given in brackets.(Solved)
Join each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using the word given in brackets.
i) a) The young boy watched.
b) The huge beat her. (as)
ii) a) The woman read a newspaper.
b) The man prepared a meal. (while)
iii) a) Musa met the woman.
b) Musa wanted to marry the woman’s daughter. (whose)
Date posted: April 2, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences using the words provided(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences using the words provided.
i) The only thing can do is admit that you were wrong. (option)
ii) You can have tea and you can have coffee (either…. or)
iii) The only thing I can do in this situation is laugh about it (but)
Date posted: April 2, 2019. Answers (1)
- Choose the correct option from those given in brackets.(Solved)
Choose the correct option from those given in brackets.
i) I'm sure he wouldn't mind if we ___________ early.
(arrive/arrived)
ii) If she ______ (comes/came) late again, she'll lose her job.
iii) ______ (we will/we would) call you if we had time.
iv) If I had seen the thief, I ______ (will tell/would told/would) have told the police
Date posted: April 2, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences as instructed(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
i) Someone is following us. (Rewrite in the passive voice)
ii) The victim and the neighbors did not speak to the reporters. (Being; Neither ..........)
iii) We light fire in the kitchen (Rewrite in past tense)
iv) Okoyo will not win the elections if he does not clear himself of the corruption charges. (Begin: unless ..........)
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- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change the meaning.(Solved)
i) The choir entertained the visitors. begin: The visitors _______
ii) If we do not keep the environment clean, the health officer will close our cafe (Rewrite using 'unless')
iii) The patient could not stand without support. She also could not sit straight. (Rewrite as one sentence using: 'neither ___ nor').
iv) The school team would not have won the game if it had not been for the captain's quick action. (Begin: Had __________)
v) Jomo Kenyatta the first president of Kenya was a great orator.
(Punctuate the sentence)
vi) We learn from the legend that Me Katilili was a powerful leader.
(Begin: The legend ________)
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- Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative from the choices given(Solved)
i) Who ________ a fire outside the house?
(Light / Lighted / Lit)
ii) Since the introduction of community policing in our estates______ of theft have reduced. (Incidence / incident / incidents)
iii) An elephant looks after _______ calf. (it's / its)
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- Rewrite the following sentences to remove gender bias. (3 marks)(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences to remove gender bias. (3 marks)
i) A professor should give his students opportunities to develop their skills.
ii) My sister was appointed chairman of the water project committee.
iii) The firemen took a long time to arrive at the scene of the accident
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- Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences with the
most appropriate word(s) (3 marks)(Solved)
Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences with the
most appropriate word(s) (3 marks)
i) If we had gone to bed early night, we _________ rested enough.
ii) If I ______ the recruiting officer, I would not take bribes,
iii) Every one of the students now ______ a role to play in keeping the
school compound clean.
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- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: (20 marks)(Solved)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: (20 marks)
It is a great fortune to belong to that generation that grew up feeding on tales of Kaka Sungura na wenzake instead of the cartoon network fare. I am sure, in many ways we are better people for it.
But the thing that used to get to me about Kaka Sungura was this; although he was brighter, spiffier, humorous and certainly more interesting than all the other animals he pitted himself against in all his food' hardy acts, he always lost the race, the woman, the maize con or even his life!
The great African moral of the story was that it didn't pay to be too smart for your boots, so while the tortoise won the race through perseverance and some measure of deceit, the cocksure rabbit slept against a tree and got to finish the line only to realize the joke was on him.
Yet we loved those stones even though we had heard them a million times before, even though we knew the outcome. For you Sere, in great tradition of oral folklore, the story teller always varied his rendition for each different audience. He or she also knew when to throw a song, dance or mime.
Their expressions animated, the story although with predictable endings (the rabbit always lost, duh!) never failed to come alive with new twists and turns each time. But the really interesting part came when we retold the Kaka Sungura stories to our peers. We added in characters - like superman and wonder-woman- you see that was way before the time of Batman.
Sometimes we even gave kaka Sungura Superpowers himself. And when we told the story out of the ear shot of the grownups, we occasionally allowed Kaka Sungura to win! So what if he was trickster and too cocksure, we liked the guy! If only we could conjure up that childlike imagination to change our real life situations as easily as that.
Too often we grow up believing that our dreams and desires will unfold for us. When that fails to happen, we may get bitter at worst or resign ourselves to the present drams as it unfolds at best. We may even rationalize that we are too old, too female, too poor and whatever else to significantly steer our lives in another direction.
But then again, why can't we? Why can't we add some drama every now and them to a story that is getting boring? Heck, while we are at it, why can't we just change the ending of the story? Today, during a conversation with a friend, we began to reminisce about our lives and the paths we had chosen at critical moments in life which had led us to our present situations. These included choice of a partner, friends an whether or not to have children. This also in part included choice of a partner, friends and whether or not the have children. This also in part includes choice of-type of education and whether to pursue it further. This even included choice of career and jobs.
The tragedy is that some of us then choose to stay in unpleasant situations because the naysayers insist that one must never change the ending. No matter what happens in between, the rabbit is always supposed to lose
Yet, as Oprah would say, I now know for sure that we can retell our life story. As a matter of fact, if we are very unhappy with our current state of affairs; we can rewrite the script. The courageous in our midst do it every day. It is the woman who at mid life opts for a career change that makes her wake up with a zing. It is the man who unhappy with his health decides to prepare for a marathon, climbs a mountain or changes his lifestyle. It is the woman who walks out of an abusive and demanding relationship. It is the man who changes his outlook and takes a kinder perspective toward life. Yet in all these scenarios, the critical question hinges on whether or not one is committed to remaining where they are and their old story or to moving to where they want to be and rewriting that story. It is certainly much easier than it sounds, and I am sure each of the courageous souls above will tell us that it took some gut, blood and tears. But the good new is that it is possible. Now that is what I call a happy ending to a hare story!
(Adopted from Daily Nation Sunday August 21, 2005)
a) Which aspects made Africa folklore a great narration? (2 marks)
b) Sometimes we even gave Kaka Sungura super powers himself, (write the above statement in the passive (1 mark)
c) What remedies does the writer suggest to reduce boredom of story telling?
(2 marks).
d) Identify parenthesis in the paragraph beginning; Their expression....
(1 mark)
e) Which factors in the passage made Kaka Sungura likeable? (3 marks)
f) State any four factors that can facilitate the destiny of a person in life
(4 marks)
g) Give another word with similar pronunciation as the following words.
(2 marks)
i) Won ________
ii) Too ________
h) Explain the meanings of the following words and expressions as used in the passage. (5 marks)
i) Pitted himself against
ii) We can rewrite the script
- Demeaning relationship
iv) Reminisce
v) Animated
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