i) Learning to write was only one of Mary’s achievement.
ii) Mary like other people learnt to write
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- Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the most appropriate prepositions.(Solved)
Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the most appropriate prepositions.
i) This year's candidates are very good ............................................ languages.
ii) Give us information ................................................ your company.
iii) The police wanted proof ......................................... their explanation
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given.
i) If you come to the arena, you will meet the great Isukuti dancers. (Rewrite using . . . . .unless . . . .)
ii) Korean women are very short; very few of them are above five feet tell.
(Rewrite as one sentence using the word 'hardly')
iii) He had never know that it meant go to without a meal. He was unsympathetic towards the street boy.
(Begin: Never . . . .)
iv) My family owns a holiday flat and that is why we always go to the same place. (Begin: If . . . . )
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the poem below and then answer the questions after it.(Solved)
Read the poem below and then answer the questions after it.
THE SMILING ORPHAN
And when she passed away, They came,
Kinsmen came,
Friends came.
Everybody came to mourn her.
Hospitalized for five months The Ward was her world Fellow patients her compatriots
The meagre hospital supply-her diet
When she was dying
Her son was on Official Duty The State demanded his Services. Her only daughter, uneducated, Sat by her
Crying, praying, waiting for an answer From God far above
Wishing, she spoke the language Figures in white-coats do understand. They matched, the figures did
Stiff, numb and deaf, to the cries and wishes Of her dying mother.
As she was dying
Friends and kinsmen TALKED of her
How good, how helpful: a very practical woman.
None reached her: they were too busy, there was no money, Who would look after their homes?
Was it so crucial their presence?
But when she passed away, they came, Kinsmen came, friends hired cars to come, Neighbours gathered to mourn her,
They ought to be there for the funeral
So they swore.
The mourners shrieked out cries
As they arrived in the busy compound of the dead. Memories of loved ones no more
Stimulated tears of many.
They cried dutiful tears for the deceased Now stretching their hands all over to help. The daughter looked at them
With dry eyes, quiet, blank.
The mourners pinched each other Shocked by the stone-heartedness Of the orphaned.
She sat: watching the tears soak their garments Or in the soil around them; wasted.
That night, she went to her love,
In the freshly made emergency grass hut,
And let loose all ties of the Conventional Dress she wore Submitting to the Great Power, she whispered
Now .....
You and I must know Now .... Tomorrow you might never understand
Unable to lick my tears ..... ·
And there was light
In the darkness of the hut While outside
The mourners cried Louder than the Orphan.
By Grace Birabwa Isharaza
a) Who is the persona in the poem?
b) Explain what the poem is about?
d) Comment on the effectiveness of the title of the poem.
e) Identify one character trait of the orphan.
f) Identify and illustrate any two stylistic devices used in the poem.
g) Describe the mood of the poem.
h) Explain the following lines and used in the poem
They cried dutiful tears for the deceased .................................................................................................
And there was Light in the darkness of the hut
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
The statements, events and reactions of the past couple of weeks surrounding the perennially vexed subject of corruption makes me wonder. Are we on the cusp of the challenge to and confrontation against corruption?
Certainly we have come a long way In identifying and isolating it. Let me give a small example. Twenty one years ago, I wrote a piece for the Sunday Nation which was entitled "Why Kenya's looting brigade now has its eyes on public land"
The main thrust of the article was that after the monetary excesses of 1992 and 1993, there was a growing penchant for Kenya's looting brigade to next move their focus and activities to public land. The process was as simple and as was crude. A handful of politically connected private individuals or entities would get allocated a prime piece of public land for a nominal sum. A title would be processed and then it would be sold, in part or whole, at a much higher price to a public institution that had the cash resources. It became known as "land grabbing" and most Kenyans can give countless examples of where this has taken place. It was double plunder because not only was the land grabbed; it was often paid out of public resources or savings that were meant for other things.
Today, we talk about this activity and make reference to it with alacrity and in most cases without fear. Not so in 1994.When I first wrote the piece and offered it to the Sunday Nation, it passed the relevant tests of being well researched and factually correct, but publishing it was another matter. There was a culture of fear that shrouded the whole country and putting one's head above the parapet was regarded as dangerous and reckless. The piece was pushed around a couple of editorial desks and the decision to publish was deferred for a while I recall I was requested to "soften" the piece. When it did eventually get printed, I was very much aware that I might get a backlash and braced myself accordingly. Today, there is much less remaining of that culture of fear but as we have been reminded several times recently, corruption at many levels continues unabated. The Dossier compiled by the Ethics and Anti-corruption Authority (EACC) is evidence enough. The stance made by the president on Thursday is also encouraging.
So where to now? There is no doubt that the public outrage the majority of the population, who are mere victims, as opposed to beneficiaries, is gathering the momentum of landslide proportions. We should not underestimate that growing anger. This is both unsurprising and gratifying. For most of us, corruption just makes our lives much tougher, more fatiguing and even expensive.
The big question is: how seriously will those who have been named take it? The norm in many countries which aspire to high integrity standards is that when a person is named by such a body as the EACC, then that person should step aside. The onus is on the relevant bodies to complete investigations and prosecute as and when necessary and for the person named to defend him or herself.
That is where we should be heading. The president should make it clear that all the people named in the scandal should step aside. If we move down that road, then we are indeed heading in the right direction. If we do not then this will just be another bout of public gesturing of the bread and circuses variety.
Lastly, the EACC and in turn the Director of Public Prosecution, need to do some serious ground work to fully support and, where applicable, prosecute what is being alleged. We are watching and in a number of cases, rather sceptically.
a) According to the passage, what statements shows that corruption has taken a long time to be addressed?
b) From the writer's perspective, what is land grabbing?
c) Why is it easier today to talk about land grabbing with alacrity than before?
d) Why does the writer refer to land grabbing as 'double plunder'?
e) How does corruption affect the wider society?
f) What steps should be taken when suspects involved in corruption step aside? Give your answer in note form
g) We should not underestimate that growing anger. (Rewrite in the passive)
h) In which way can the EACC help in the fight against corruption?
i) What is the meaning of the following words as used in the passage?
i) Thrust
ii) Deferred
iii) Dossier
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Study the conversation below and give three instances of shortcomings in it.(Solved)
Study the conversation below and give three instances of shortcomings in it.
Peter: (Dial a number) Hello, hello, hello! (almost shouting)
Grace: Hello. This is Dr. Kameno's office. . . .
Peter: (Shouting) Who is that ? Eee, who . . .?
Grace : Dr. Kameno's office, can I help you?
Peter: I want to talk to the doctor. Is he in?
Grace: Sorry, he is not in. Can I take a . . .
Peter: Tell him to call me back, okay?
Grace: Yes, but whom am I speaking to?
Peter: I will call back later. (Hangs up on her)
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- For each of the words below, give the silent letter.(Solved)
For each of the words below, give the silent letter.
i) Soften
ii) Subtle
iii) Comb
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- For each of the words below, provide another that is pronounced the same.(Solved)
For each of the words below, provide another that is pronounced the same.
i) Aisle
ii) please
iii) peak
iv) rest
v) aren't
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- Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the most appropriate word,(Solved)
Fill in the blanks in the passage below with the most appropriate word.
I did not know whether to take him 1 ...................................................... his word. It is true that Daniel was 2 ...................................................... honorable man and many people 3 ......................................................up to him. This time round 4 ...................................................... , I chose to take his story with a 5 ...................................................... of salt. The man claimed that it was about to be announced 6 ...................................................... radio that his 7 .................................................. the ambassador had died of a short illness bravely 8 .................................................... . Many people in our small town of Hampshire found 9 ......................................................particular news unbelievable. The good ambassador had been in town weeks earlier looking 10 ...................................................... and hearty
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Longhorn (Ed): when the sun goes down and other stories from African and Beyond .By Emilia Iliera and Wareney Olembo.
'Alcohol abuse often and always leads...(Solved)
Longhorn (Ed): when the sun goes down and other stories from African and Beyond .By Emilia Iliera and Wareney Olembo.
'Alcohol abuse often and always leads not only to self-ruin, but also affects those that come into contact with the alcoholic.' Basing your illustrations on Stanely Onjezani Kehani’s story.
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- From the preparations that were going on in the compound that morning, it was very clear that our family was going to experience one of...(Solved)
From the preparations that were going on in the compound that morning, it was very clear that our family was going to experience one of the most colorful events of our lifetime.’
Write an imaginative composition on this event, detailing what you saw and experienced.
OR
b) Write a composition on the measures that the government can take to curb the problem of insecurity that is currently a thorny issue in the country
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the conversation below and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the conversation below and answer the questions that follow.
The patient is entering the office, where the doctor is writing something.
Doctor : (Stop writing) Good morning Eunice, sit down.
Patient : Good morning doctor, thank you.
Doctor : What is your problem?
Patient : I get very upset sometimes, (doctor putting the book and pen aside) lately by the
Doctor : What, what is there about the children that upsets you?
Patient : Uh, before I moved in where I stay now, I used to …… they used to listen to me and all
that. Now, they ……….
Doctor : Go on, they …………
Patient : They disobey and disrespect me and upsets me.
Doctor : Why do you think they disobey you?
Patient : I think it is because their father is away most of the time.
Doctor : (Smiling) That is a simple problem. Once your husband comes, bring him along. We will
sort it out.
Patient : Thank you Doctor, I believe you will assist me.
(i) Identify features of turn-taking in the conversation above.
(ii) Identify two features of etiquette used in the conversation
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- Study the following song and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Study the following song and answer the questions that follow.
Soloist : Greetings to you comrade warriors.
Others : Greetings!
Soloist : Do you know or you do not know me?
Others : We do not know you?
Soloist : I know you know me not?
For I am he who is known as Ole Pare who wears a loose ring
And who owns stout steers and a healthy herd.
That bears in the months of plenty.
That are over-weight by fat.
Others : Yes it is him indeed!
Soloist : He that owns heifers with large stomachs.
For whom the meadow is insufficient but who gets stuffed at the valleys.
Where cow bells are removed1
As they are grazed together with those of the king’s
Others : It is him!
Soloist : I have the blue one with the horn.
Whose beauty resists branding.
Who leads the large herd of Kilapa2
Whose numbers pose difficulty when moving homes.
From Naom Kipury, Oral literature of the Maasai
Notes: 1. To prevent them from being discovered.
2. Name of a cow.
(i) In which category would you place this song?
(ii) Identify two features characteristics of an oral song.
(iii) Mention three ways in which you would expect the audience to react during the presentation of
this song.
(iv) How would say the following line to make it interesting?
‘He that owns heifers with large stomachs’.
(v) What has the artist done to involve the audience in the performance of this song
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- Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.(Solved)
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.
What is good governance? This is a (1)……………… discussed very often. It refers to the (2)……….. management of affairs of a village, town or country. Where there is (3) …………………. governance, people live (4) …………… harmony, ways of reducing poverty are sought and people (5) ………… ownership of the process of developing their communities. (5)………………… ownership of the process of developing their communities. Although the government is expected to create a (6) ……….. political and legal environment, it cannot succeed if ordinary citizens do not co-operate and play their role. Everyone craves for the maintenance of the (7)……………. of law, but if we do not obey that same law, we will know no peace. We accuse certain sectors of corruption but give (8) …………. in order to induce others to give us preferential (9) …………. If we really desire to have positive changes in our society, we must change our attitudes and join hands in building a society we can be (10)……….
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Explain the difference in meaning between the following sentences.(Solved)
Explain the difference in meaning between the following sentences.
i) The guest who have badges will park at the yard
ii) The guests, who have badges, will park at the yard.
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- 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) The jet circled the town. It scared the residents. (Combine into one sentence using a participle)
ii) ‘I must sign the cheques now’ the manager said. (Rewrite in reported speech)
iii) I passed well in KCSE. It was because of my mother’s support.(combine into one sentence beginning: But..
iv) If you have not talked to the principal, he will send the students home. (Rewrite in passive)
v) Parliament passed the marriage bill it requires couples to declare whatever they own jointly. (punctuate correctly)
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the story below and then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the story below and then answer the questions that follow.
love with him. Eight girls at least, were known to want to marry the young warrior, for they had composed many songs ion his praise.
Now this warrior was one time getting ready to go a long raid in a far away country. Before he set off for the raid, he called the youngest of his eight lovers and told her to put fresh milk in a small gourd. He also instructed her to keep checking on the color of the milk every day.”Should the milk turn red, the warrior told the girl.’ it would mean that I have been killed or am seriously wounded’. The young girl was so touched by the departure of her lover that she composed the following song for him.
My warrior whom I love
For whom I open the sweet curdled
Milk of my father’s herd,
And to whom I give fat ram
Of my father to slaughter
To whom I give my slender
Thighs to lie on
With whom are you going on a raid next?
It happened that many days after the departure of the warrior, the girl ‘noticed the milk was turning red she wept bitterly for she knew that her lover was either dead or dying in a far away country. Without telling anyone the girl set off to look her dying lover.
For many days she traveled and as she walked through plains and forests she sang the song she had composed for her lost warrior she traveled on and as she traveled she checked the color of the milk in the gourd. Each day that she saw the milk turn a little more red., she traveled faster and each day she hoped that she hoped that she would find her love alive.
On the ninth day the girl sang louder and louder as she traveled. Each time she sang she would listen to hear if there was any reply. And as she listened at one time she heard a faint voice. There was no mistake about it. It was her lover’s voice she ran and ran and after a while she found her lover. He was extremely weak and badly wounded. When the dying warrior saw her, he told her, 'When I am finished, you take war attire and weapons home. When you get a son give them to him'. And with that the warrior seemed to be dying. But the girl did not listen to him, she quickly looked for water and washed his wounds. And after that she began to look for food for him. It did not take long before she saw a deer passing by. With her lover’s pear she killed it, and roasted the meat for her lover. For many months the young woman washed the wounds of her lover and fed him until he was well again. Back at home everybody thought that the young woman and her lover were dead, and they insisted that their death rites be performed
However, the father of the warrior kept postponing the death rites. But at the last the old man agreed to perform the rites because his youngest son was to be circumcised, and could not be circumcised before the rites were performed.
So, preparations for the death rites for the lost warrior were made. But on the morning of the day that rites were performed and as people were gathering, one of the people in the gathering heard a war song coming from the other side of the valley. He asked other people to listen. The father of the warrior could not mistake his son’s soul. He was almost crying as he gazed on the other side of the valley. The singing voice becomes clearer and before long the warrior and his lover emerged, driving a large herd of cattle. The bells that were tied around the necks of the oxen played to the tune of the war song.
There was great rejoicing as people ran to meet the lost warrior and his young lover. On their arrival back home a big bull was slaughtered and there was a great feast. People ate and drank. And the warrior and his lover were married. They become man and wife and lived happily. And my story ends.
Adapted from Oral literature: A junior course by A: Bukenya and M. Gachanja, Longhorn.
a) Explain features of oral narratives in the above genre.
b) How has the youngest lover changed the plot of the story?.
c) State and explain three social activities of the communities depicted in the story.
d) Describe the prevailing mood of the last paragraph.
e) Explain two character traits of the warrior as depicted in the narrative.
f) A class collected the above item from a community in Rusinga Island.
1. Which means of transport do you think they used and why?
2. State the items they lost during the transcription of the above story.
g) Provide a proverb that summarizes the above story.
h) State the main function of the song used in this narrative
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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.
A new system modeled on Continous Assessment Tests [CATs] will soon replace ranking of teachers, learners, schools and regions in both KCPE and KCSE according to the Cabinet Secretary for Education Science and Technology Prof Jacob Kaimenyi.
In the meantime, the ministry has constituted a team of experts to work out on an elaborate, credible and all-inclusive standard system that the management of schools would use in conducting the tests from the moment learners join school to the time they complete studies. This will include collaboration with the Education Ministry, the Examinations Council, Parents Association and Teachers Unions.
According to the Ministry’s plan, the accumulated marks awarded over a period of time in all areas of learning, including co-curriculum activities would count towards the final results when one leaves school either after KCPE or KCSE examinations. To achieve the best possible grading and desired results, those charged with implementing the new program would have to consider all the important aspects of administering CATs at various levels of learning and teaching. The new system which would be implemented any time soon will serve as an alternative after the recent banning of ranking on performance of schools and candidates in national examinations, though there have been calls from a section of parents, Kenya National Union of Teachers and The private Schools Association to have the Minister rescind his decision on ranking.
It is worth noting that in the CATs program, learners are examined continuously during their education and results considered after leaving school. It is an evaluation conducted over time; in other words, you are examined right through your learning process and not after the learning process [summative evaluation].By doing this assessment, you can track the improvement of the learner; you will be able top give more support and guidance and the learner will have more opportunities to improve.
It has also been established that CATs can provide early indicators of likely performance of learners, something that can be of great help to the students themselves. It can also provide details of what has been learned at a particular stage of the course.
The CS said that after working out the new grading system for KCSE and KCPE candidates to be used by schools, the system would become a policy where KNEC will be left with no other choice but to make it operational to end the public outcry on scrapping franking of schools teachers, candidates and regions. However, we are waiting to see if the teachers, some of whom have been accused of perpetuating examinations’ vices, will uphold the integrity that is in doubt.
[Adapted from Education News:Jan 10-22, 2015]
(a) State what are normally compared after KCPE and KCSE have been announced.
(b) How is the new system going to ensure inclusivity before its inception?
(c) In note form, state four would be advantages of the new system.
(d) In what way are two mentioned systems different?
(e) It is worth noting that in the CAT program, learners are examined continuously during their education and results considered after leaving school.(Re-write adding a question tag
(f) Show that the banning of ranking is not approved by all.
(g) Describe the writer’s attitude in the last paragraph.
(h) What procedure will be followed before the proposed systems begins?
(i) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage
Rescind
Integrity
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- In the telephone conservation below, Mercy calls Toyota Kenya Limited Company to book an appointment with the managing director. Complete their conversation.(Solved)
In the telephone conservation below, Mercy calls Toyota Kenya Limited Company to book an appointment with the managing director. Complete their conversation.
Mercy: __________________________________________________________________________
Telephone operator: Yes,it is .How can I help you ?
Mercy: __________________________________________________________________________
Telephone: Please hold on as I put you through the managing director’s secretary.
Secretary: ________________________________________________________________________
Mercy: I am Mercy Mapendo.I would like to book an appointment with managing Director on Wednesday at 2pm.
Secretary:
Mercy: Friday, 12:45 p.m. is fine with me.
Secretary: That’s fine thank you for calling and keep time.
Mercy:
Secretary: You’re welcome.
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)
- Identify the odd one out of the following.(Solved)
Identify the odd one out of the following.
i) One walk work
ii) Send ten weak
iii) Debt Debut prompt
iv) Rock mock cost
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- Read the passage below and fill in each of the blank spaces with an appropriate word.(Solved)
Read the passage below and fill in each of the blank spaces with an appropriate word.
Corruption (1)_______________one of the country's(2) _____________serious governance issues. In November 2014,through one of its quarterly survey,IPSOS polled Kenyans(3)_____________various socio-economic, cultural and political issues.(4)____________________them was an evaluation of the Jubilee government on 13 policy areas compared to be(5)____________________coalition government’s performance. It (6)_____________that whereas more than half of Kenyans(7)____________that the current government is doing better in (8)______________of health services and education 59 per cent thought it is(9)________________in(10)______________________.
Date posted: June 12, 2019. Answers (1)