- Give two possible meanings of the following sentence.
a. John rode a bicycle by the bank.(Solved)
Give two possible meanings of the following sentence.
a. John rode a bicycle by the bank.
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Use the words in brackets to form a suitable word to fill in the blank spaces.
(Solved)
Use the words in brackets to form a suitable word to fill in the blank spaces.
a. The inmates took advantage of the ……………………….to escape from custody. (confuse)
b. The matter should be handled…………………………………………….. (caution)
c. Soil………………………………………………is an interesting topic to study. (compose)
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- Combine the following pairs of sentences into one using correlative conjunctions.(Solved)
Combine the following pairs of sentences into one using correlative conjunctions.
a. Mwanzia did not attend the ceremony. Lucy did not attend it.
b. The school captain ushered in the guests. He served them with refreshments.
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- Join the following sentences into one using the participle.(Solved)
Join the following sentences into one using the participle.
a. The President cheered the team. He was excited.
b. The soldiers left the war-torn region. Peace had been restored
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- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions after each. (Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions after each.
a. Moses made several attempts to reconcile the friends but failed. (Begin: Several……..)
b. Risper did not know that the dog was behind her. (Begin: Little……..)
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- Rewrite and provide a question tag for the following sentences. (Solved)
Rewrite and provide a question tag for the following sentences.
a. The school bus has left.
b. Mary did not attend the lesson.
c. Come in
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- Read the following narrative then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following narrative then answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time Hare and Hyena were very good friends. They visited each other every day and herded their cows
together.
There came a time when the cows started dying one after the other. The two friends wanted to find out why the cows
were dying. Hare said, ‘Let us go and kill our mothers and take out their livers. We shall then cook and taste these
livers. The bitter liver will show whose mother was making the cows die.
At once Hyena went and killed his mother. He took out the liver and cooked it. Hare went and hid his mother in the
garden in bushy banana plants. He then went and killed an antelope, took out its liver and cooked it.
The two friends met to eat their livers. “My liver is very bitter”, said the Hyena. “Mine is very sweet,” said Hare, “So
it was your mother who was making the cows die.” Hyena kept quiet and went home feeling sad. He moved from the
old house to a smaller one because now he had no mother. Hare did the same.
After a short time, there was great famine in the land. The two friends decided that each of them was to look for food
on alternate days sharing on an equal basis what was available. When it was Hyena’s turn, he went and found only
honeycombs without any honey. When Hyena brought these, Hare refused this because he had secretly gone to his
mother who had given him some bananas. This went on for many days, and Hyena grew thinner and thinner. Then he
started wondering “How does my friend remain fat and he doesn’t eat anything. I will find out.”
One day he followed Hare. Hare went to his mother as usual. ‘Mother, mother, I have come’ and the mother dropped
some bananas which Hare ate quickly. He then looked for some honeycombs and took them to the friend. “This is all I
could find my friend.” The Hyena kept quiet. The next day he went to the banana plant and called. His voice however
was very deep and no bananas were dropped for him.
There was an old hyena who was staying at the end of the forest and used to give advice to people. So Hare’s friend
went to her and told her his problem. “Go and put your tongue on the path of black ants,” He was told, “Let them bite
your tongue until it hurts. That’s how your voice will be soft.”
Hyena went and did as he was told. When he went to Hare’s mother his voice was as soft as Hare’s. “Mother, mother I
have come.” And Hare’s mother dropped bananas for his him. Then he told her to come and greet him. When she
came down and saw it was Hyena she screamed but there was nobody near to help. Hyena killed her immediately.
Hyena went and met Hare as usual saying nothing about Hare’s mother. The following day it was Hare’s turn. He
went to his usual place. “Mother” he called again. He climbed up. There was nobody. Having seen some blood on the
ground, Hare knew what had happened to his mother.
When Hare got back to Hyena’s house, he said nothing. At night, Hare took all cows including Hyena’s and went
away to live in another part of the country. That ended the Hare and Hyena’s friendship. And that is the end of my
story to you.
1. Classify the above narrative.
2. Identify three features in this story that are characteristics of oral narratives.
3. Briefly explain the character traits of the following.
a. Hare ………………………………………………………………………………………………....
b. Hyena………………………………………………………………………………………………..
4. What moral lesson do you learn from this story?
5. Identify two socioeconomic activities from the community in which the narrative is taken from.
6. You have been selected for a field work research to collect the above item.
a. Briefly explain two ways in which you will collect the information on the item.
b. Identify two problems and their solutions that you might encounter during the field work.
7. Then he started wondering 'How does my friend remain fat and he doesn’t eat anything. I will find out.'
(Rewrite into indirect speech.)
8. Describe the irony in the fifth paragraph
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- Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
When Google hosted a boot camp in California this month for its Android operating system, there were some
new faces in the room: auto manufacturers. They made the trip to learn about Android Auto, a new dashboard
system meant to let a smartphone power a car’s center screen. Tasks as varied as navigation, communication and
music apps, all constantly talking to the cloud. And to the driver. A similar scene is playing out just a few miles
down the road at Apple, where a rival system, CarPlay, has been developed for iPhone users.
After years of being treated as an interesting side business, autos have become the latest obsession for Silicon
Valley, with Apple assigning about 200 engineers to work on electric vehicle technology and Google saying it
envisions the public using driverless cars within five years. But nowhere is that obsession playing out more
immediately than in the battle to develop the next generation of cars’ dashboard systems.
In the coming weeks and months, dealerships around the country will begin selling vehicles capable of
running Android Auto, Apple CarPlay, or both. The systems go far beyond currently available Bluetooth pairing
for playing music or making a hands-free call, and allow for Google’s or Apple’s operating system to essentially
take over the center screen and certain buttons within the car. “Consumers have spoken,” said John Maddox,
assistant director of the University of Michigan’s Mobility Transformation Center.
“They expect to have coordination between their phone and their vehicle.” Here at Google’s headquarters,
Android Auto is about to make its debut in Americans’ cars after two years in development. Plug in a smartphone
with a USB cord and the system powers up on a car’s screen. The phone’s screen, meanwhile, goes dark, not to be
touched while driving. Apple’s CarPlay works similarly, with bubbly icons for phone calls, music, maps,
messaging and other apps appearing on the car’s center screen. (Apple declined to comment for this article.)
While the idea of constantly connected drivers zipping along roads raises concerns about distracted driving,
both companies say their systems are designed with the opposite goal: to make cellphone-toting drivers safer.“We
looked at what people do with their phones in the car, and it was scary,” said Andrew Brenner, who heads
Google’s Android Auto team. “You want to say to them, ‘Yikes, no, don’t do that.’”
Brenner said his team tried to figure out how to minimize distraction during tasks people frequently do while
driving, while also deciding what should be prevented in the car altogether. Google even built its own driverdistraction lab, to test different variations Android Auto, for example, has no “back” button like the smartphone version. No “recents” button either. Google
Maps has been adjusted to make fonts bigger and streets less detailed, for easier reading while driving. No action
should take more than two seconds — consistent with the Transportation Department’s voluntary guidelines.
“Things that we don’t show are just as important as what we do show,” Brenner said. Music is most definitely in.
Streaming video? Most definitely not.
Most social media will also be blocked, and texts can be sent only with voice commands. Apps on the screen
are optimized for speed: glance, touch and eyes back to the road. “It’s these little glances at the screen that people
do in a car,” he said.
“We want something that’s very glanceable, that can be seen and done quickly.” When the Android Auto
project began, it included a core group of automakers like General Motors, Audi, Honda and Hyundai. Now, as it
prepares for its debut, roughly two dozen car brands have signed on to offer it soon. Apple has teamed up with
roughly the same number of brands, many of which will offer both systems. Most automakers are staying mum on
their exact start dates, but Hyundai is expected to act shortly, and Volkswagen has indicated availability for its
next Golf. GM has said the same about its Spark subcompact. One of the most widespread adopters will be Ford,
which this year will begin offering both Android Auto and CarPlay in conjunction with the revamping of the
automaker’s much-criticized Sync system.
By the end of 2016, they will be available on all Fords sold in the United States. “We don’t want people to
have to make a vehicle choice based on which mobile phone they have,” said Don Butler, Ford’s executive
director for connected vehicles and services. “We want to accommodate all customers and their devices.”
Fiat-Chrysler, considered to have one of the better infotainment platforms on the market, has signed on to
support Google’s and Apple’s systems. But a bit of lament is evident. “We’re confident that our systems deliver a
good experience for our customers,” said Eric Mayne, a spokesman at Chrysler. “But we’re not standing still
either.'
Adapted from DAILY NATION Wednesday March 25, 2015
1. Why did Auto manufacturing companies make the trip to California?
2. What according to the passage shows the seriousness that companies have autos have attached to autos?
3. What does the expression 'Consumers have spoken,' imply?
4. Briefly explain how the system works?
5. Why in your opinion do social media have to be blocked?
6. In point form, summarize how developers have tried to minimize distractions that may arise out of the new
developments.
7. Rewrite the following in reported speech. 'We’re confident that our systems deliver a good experience for our customers,” said Eric Mayne, a spokesman at Chrysler..
8. What do the following words mean as used in the passage?
i) Debut ……………………………………………………………………………………….....
ii) Mum ……………………………………………………………………………………….....
iii) Infotainment
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- Read the telephone conversation below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the telephone conversation below and answer the questions that follow.
Francis: Hello, is that Chileka International Airport?
Edith: (Picking the phone) The mushrooms are 500 kwacha per kilogram.
Hello, is anybody on this line?
Francis: Hello, is that Chileka International airport?
Edith: What do you want?
Francis: Please confirm for me whether I called the right place, Chileka International Airport?
Edith: (Frowning) Which other airport shares a similar phone number as this?
Francis: May I then speak to the Managing Director?
Edith: I don’t mind a baby….(on phone), what did you say ?Oh, the Managing Director can’t talk to you.
Francis: Can I then leave a message which you can pass to him?
Edith: Why can’t you call him on his personal line…(away from the receiver) serve me a cup, tea tastes
better when hot.
Francis: (Surprised) Hello, excuse me madam, I am Francis Chumachamara and am requesting to talk to the
Managing Director over an important matter concerning one of your employees…
Edith: I told you the Managing Director is not in (hangs up).
i). Explain four things that make Edith an ineffective communicator.
ii). Explain three things that one should observe if they are to communicate effectively over the phone.
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- Unfortunately, you fail to secure the job. What could you have done wrong during the interview that led
to this failure?(Solved)
Unfortunately, you fail to secure the job. What could you have done wrong during the interview that led
to this failure?
Date posted: May 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- For each of the following words, write another that is pronounced the same as the one given(Solved)
For each of the following words, write another that is pronounced the same as the one given.
i). Miner ……………………………
ii). Suite ……………………………
iii). Throws ……………………………
iv). Flew ……………………………
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- Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word.(Solved)
Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word.
The country (1)……………benefited greatly from reduced fuel prices in the past year (2)………………………
from favorable international market dynamics. (3)…………………. is a major production cost and when the
prices go (4)..……………………, commodity prices stabilize, which is good for the
economy.(5)……………………………, something untoward has been happening lately. Fuel
(6)…………………………has become erratic, causing distress to motorists. According (7)…………… the
Petroleum Institute of East Africa, which is the industry lobby, the intermittent supply is artificial. Some industry
players are (8)………………………oil for speculation, hoping to (9)………………………………shortage and,
in turn, influence the regulator, the Energy Regulatory Commission, to raise the (10)……………………………
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- Rewrite the following sentences correcting the errors.
(i) There are situations of which you need to act with speed or else the consequences will catch up...(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences correcting the errors.
(i) There are situations of which you need to act with speed or else the consequences will catch up with you.
(ii) She likes football as it is more superior than hockey
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences as instructed(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
(i) (a) The photographs will be taken at the venue of the wedding. The photographs will
be taken in a reputable studio. (Combine into once sentence using ‘either …..or,,,,’)
(b) Neither the children nor the peasant ………allowed to go to the hall yesterday.
(Rewrite filling the blank with an appropriate auxiliary verb).
(ii) (a) The principal noticed serious laxity among the students. He warned them against such
behaviour. (Combine the sentence using present participle. )
(b) The farmer’s cow gives twenty-five kilos of milk everyday. He feeds and waters it very well. (Combine using
the present participle).
(iii) Underline the gerund in the following sentence.
Kibet is studying but swimming is his hobby.
(iv) Replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb.
(a) It is not good to despise other people.
(b) I am currently living with my brother in Karen
(c) The principal was annoyed with the three boys.
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- Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow.
Unscrupulous as he was, Kwame Asante had a qualm as he looked at the woman sitting on the
African stool near the bed. He had called her and yet when she came he did not quite know how to begin the
conversation.
“Akosua, how would you like fifty pounds to start a small business of your own – selling cloths or
perfume and powder?” The woman smiled nervously. Ten years of married life had made her wary of her
husband’s fits of generosity.
She was as black as ebony, with the fine features peculiar to the girls of the Akwapim hills; graceful
in her brown and red design cloth and the lovely silk head-tie wrapped round her head. Her feet were shod in
‘spitfire’ sandals and on her tiny ears she had the popular golden ear-rings named ‘Abongo’.
The slender woman on the stool was the mother of three children though she still looked a girl.
Married under the native customary law, she had served her lord and master with zeal and zest. It is a law
which as some other law in the Gold Coast, needs disinfecting for though it aids the man to gain his desire
when it is at its fiercest, it in no way safeguards the position of the woman when the man’s passion abates.
“Would you like fifty pounds?” asked Kwame again. “Could make it a hundred. You have been a
very good wife to me, Akosua.” Did the truth begin to dawn on the woman’s consciousness? No. She thrust
the thought away from her. ‘He could not do it’.
Kwame cleared his throat – after all he might as well get it off his chest: hadn’t she noticed that the
whole relationship had become impossible? A cloth woman was all right when one was young and struggling.
She could be so useful – a general servant, and yet a wife. Akosua was so gentle, and even quite refined, but a
man needs a change. He had just completed his two-storied building and he had been made a committee
member of an important club. The other day his academy had conferred on him an associateship and his
university had given him a coveted degree. He had at last achieved his ambition and had become an important
man in the community. He was thinking seriously of entering the town council.
Fancy being addressed councilor Kwame Asante, O.B.A…. A.S.S. He smiled inanely to himself.
Akosua looked at him in wonder.
“Er….. er…. Akosua…., I want to tell you I am going to marry a lady; you will be paid off with a hundred
pounds. A…. frock….. lady….um…..er …. of course you can read and write Ga and Twi but my friends will
call you an illiterate woman.”
“Did you consult your friends before you married me ten years ago?” The voice was cold and calm,
yet the words cut like a whip.
“If you are going to be impertinent, I shall not discuss the matter further.” He got up and walked up
and down the room. “How many men in the Gold Coast will pay a woman off with one hundred pounds? You
are only entitled to twenty-five pounds and here I am out of kindness offering you a hundred. Show some
gratitude, Akosua.” Akosua looked at him. Stark misery was in her eyes.
“I shall send the children to Achimota College.” There was a whining note in his voice. “I am only
doing this because of my position in society. You see I may be called to Government House and other
important places……. say something Akosua.
“I say you can keep your twenty five pounds, fifty pounds or a hundred pounds. I will have nothing to
do with it. I will not be paid off.
“What! What! Come! Come! Don’t do anything rush!”
“If you dare touch me I shall strike your face.”
“Strike your master, your husband! Are you mad?”
“I shall leave this house.”
“If you dare to disgrace me by leaving the house before I am ready for you to go, there will be trouble.
I do not intend to put up with a willful woman. What is my sin after all? I only want to become a decent and
respectable member of society. If you leave this house without my knowledge and permission, I shall claim
every penny I have spent on you since I married and lived with you these ten years; and not only that but I
shall claim all the presents I have given to your parents and other relatives. You know our native customary
law.”
“Yes, I know your native customary law. It is a grave to bury women alive whilst you men dance to
the tom-tom on top of the mound of earth.'
Questions
i) Why does Akosua smile nervously when Kwame offers her fifty pounds to start a small business of her own?
ii) Explain the effect of Akosua’s silence on Kwame?
iii) In not more than 60 words, summarize the reasons for Kwame’s intention to marry another wife.
v) Identify a statement from the passage which proves that Kwame was ashamed of the action he was about to
take.
vi) What is Kwame Asante’s burning ambition?
vii) Rewrite the following sentence in reported speech
‘Did you consult your friends before you married me ten years ago?’ Akosua asked Kwame.
viii) Give an instance of irony in the passage.
ix) ‘It is a grave to bury women alive whilst you men dance to the tom-tom on top of the grave.’
Explain the meaning of this statement.
x) What is Kwame’s attitude towards women?
xi) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.
a) Disinfecting …………………………………………………………………………………..
b) The words cut like a whip ………………………………………………................................
c) Impertinent ………………………………………………………………………………….
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- For each below, provide another that is identical in pronunciation.(Solved)
For each below, provide another that is identical in pronunciation.
i) clue iii) board
ii) sole iv) tear
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- One of the features in listening skills is maintaining a meaningful eye-contact with the speaker. Why do you think
it is important to do so? (Solved)
One of the features in listening skills is maintaining a meaningful eye-contact with the speaker. Why do you think
it is important to do so?
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- Fill in the blank spaces .(Solved)
Fill in the blank spaces .
The broadened freedom of speech bestowed upon people --------------------------- the rise of social media
platforms does have its merits, as many now --------------------------a platform where they can ---------------------
their concerns about injustices within the society. -----------, everything has its good things and bad things as ------
----------------. The freedom on social media has also rendered these avenues ------------------------grounds for hate
--------------------. Many use it to promote their bigoted ideology. They encourage hatred ------------------------
warring individuals or parties simply because they are ----------------------- to the views, beliefs, or behavior that
differ from ---------------------------
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-
Short Stories, When the sun Goes Down and other stories.
The reason that makes people want to leave home and go abroad is that their...(Solved)
Short Stories, When the sun Goes Down and other stories.
The reason that makes people want to leave home and go abroad is that their mother country pushes them away. Using illustrations from leaving by Moyez G, Vassanji, show the validity of this statement.
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow: (25mks)
INKEEPER: Your worship, it’s a question of the family honour. I wish to bring an action on behalf of
my son, who’s away on business on the other side of the mountain. This is the offending
stable man, and here is my daughter in law.
(Enter the Daughter in law, a voluptuous wench. She is veiled)
AZDAK: (Sitting down): I accept (sighing, the Inkeeper hands him some money). Good. Now the
formalities are disposed of. This is a case of rape?
INKEEPER: Your honour, I caught the fellow in the act. Ludovica was in the straw on the stable
floor.
AZDAK: Quite right, the stable. Lovely horses! I especially liked the little roan.
INKEEPER: The first thing I did, of course, was to question Ludovica. On my son’s behalf.
AZDAK: (Seriously) I said I specially liked the little roan.
INKEEPER: (Coldly): Really? Ludovica confessed the stableman took her against her will.
AZDAK: Take your veil off: Ludovica (she does) Ludovica, you please tell the court. Tell us what
happened.
LUDOVICA: (Well schooled). When I entered the stable to see the new foal the stableman said to
me on his own accord, “It’s hot today!” and laid his hand on my left breast. I said to him,
“Don’t do that!” But he continued to handle me indecently, which provoked my anger.
Before I realized his sinful intentions, he got much closer. It was all over when my father-inlaw entered and accidentally trod on me.
INKEEPER: (explaining) On my son’s behalf.
AZDAK: (to the stableman). You admit you started it?
STABLEMAN: Yes
AZDAK: Ludovica, you like to eat sweet things?
LUDOVICA: Yes, sunflower seeds.
AZDAK: You like to lie a long time in the bathtub?
LUDOVICA: Half an hour or so.
Questions
(a) Explain what happens before this excerpt.
(b) 'I accept.' Explain what is implied by this statement.
(c) 'Your honour, I caught the fellow in the act.' Identify and explain one theme that can be deduced from the
statement.
(d) '(Sighing, the innkeeper hands him some money.) Good now the formalities are disposed of.' What turns out to
be ironic about this statement?
(e) Who is the public prosecutor in this case?
(f) Why do you think Azdak asks Ludovica to remove her veil?
(g) Describe any other three cases adjudicated by Azdak.
(h) Basing your answer on the excerpt, identify and illustrate any two character traits of Ludovica.
(i) Identify an instance of humour used in the except.
(j) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt.
(i) Roan:…………………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) Stable:…………………………………………………………………………………………
Date posted: May 24, 2019. Answers (1)