Your class is visiting a cultural center for field work. State how you would prepare to ensure that you collect objective information during the visit.

List two effects of using courteous language. (Solved)

List two effects of using courteous language.

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Your teacher of English has asked you to discuss a question on ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’. Three minutes into the discussion, most of the students... (Solved)

Your teacher of English has asked you to discuss a question on ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’. Three minutes into the discussion, most of the students lose concentration .Give the possible reasons why this happened.

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Indicate the intonation in the following sentences. (Solved)

Indicate the intonation in the following sentences.

i. How often do you visit your mother? ..................................................
ii. Have you lost your way? ........................................
iii. Andrew, come here at once! ...............................................................

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Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. (Solved)

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You never know dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take
My sunshine away
i) Describe the rhyme scheme of the above poem.

ii) Which word would you stress in line two and why?

iii) State two ways you will make the performance of the above poem interesting

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Below is a dialogue between Muthomi and James who are candidates. Read it and answer the questions that follow. (Solved)

Below is a dialogue between Muthomi and James who are candidates. Read it and answer the questions that follow.

Muthomi: James, I’m worried about my performance in English. It’s not encouraging.
James: Ah! I’m happy with mine in Biology. I got an A in the last exam.
Muthomi: I really don’t know what to do about English, maybe…
James: I don’t like History and P.E teacher. He thinks he is the only one who can a pick-up truck. My mum told me she would be buying one soon.
Muthomi: (Trying to bring him back to the topic) Tell me James, how do you revise English?
James: Oh! Is that Betty? She promised to bring me a movie. (Calling out) Betty! Betty! (The runs after her)

a) Identify the shortcomings in the dialogue above

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The underlining indicates the stressed word in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each sentence mean (Solved)

The underlining indicates the stressed word in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each sentence mean

i) The lady in a red dress lost her purse
ii) The lady in a red dress lost her purses
iii) The lady in a red dress lost her purse.

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Provide a homophone for each of the following words. (Solved)

Provide a homophone for each of the following words.
i) Bury …………………………………..
ii) Claws ………………………………..
iii) Guest …………………………………
iv) Male ………………………………….

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Underline the silent letters in the following words. (Solved)

Underline the silent letters in the following words.
i) Corps
ii) Parliament
iii) Leopard
iv) Fracas

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Read the conversation below between a student and a teacher and then answer that follow. (Solved)

Read the conversation below between a student and a teacher and then answer that follow.

Student: (knocking the door loudly and getting in) I am told you called me.
Teacher: (motioning him to seat) please have a seat Rono and don’t be anxious.
Student: (still standing). Don’t tell me you have sum…
Teacher: (interrupting). Please relax. It is not an indiscipline issue again. No cause for alarm.
Student: So then, why do you want to see me?
Teacher: Calm down Rono. On the contrary, it is a positive note.
Student: (looking a bit controlled and sliding into a seat). Sorry sir, May I know what it is about.
Teacher: (Smiling broadly). That’s better. I called you to discuss your progress in academics lately.
Student: (With a lightened up face and more reassured).Yes sir.
Teacher: Looking at your trend of performance especially in languages and mathematics, I am very impressed. (Pointing at Maths and English columns) See, from D+ to B in Maths and D to C+ in English is commendable!
Student: (Rubbing his hands and slightly smiling) Thanks sir. I am grateful for your kind guidance.
Teacher: (In affirmative note) Yes. This is the result of change of attitude, obedience and determination.
Student: (Sighs) Thank you once more for your concern. I will be able to face my dad courageously now.
Teacher: Yes, that’s how it should be. Always work to impress your parents. Never look back again. Forward ever.
Student: Thanks Sir. I promise never to let you and my parents down ever again.
Teacher: Good. You can now go back to class.
Student: (Stands up and shakes hands with the teacher). Thanks once more and good day sir.

Questions

i) How does the teacher establish good rapport with the student?
ii) What good conversational skills are displayed by:
a) The teacher?
b) The student?
iii) Identify two shortcomings in the student’s speech

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State the four points to consider when giving instructions to a person about how to get from one point to the other. (Solved)

State the four points to consider when giving instructions to a person about how to get from
one point to the other.

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Give a homophone for each of the following words. (Solved)

Give a homophone for each of the following words.

i) Gate ………………………………………………………………..
ii) Forward …………………………………………………………………
iii) Medal …………………………………………………………………
iv) Sweet …………………………………………………………………

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Fill in each blank space in the passage with the most appropriate word. (Solved)

Fill in each blank space in the passage with the most appropriate word.

The issue of birth certificates as a (1) ………………………………..for registration of candidates has ignited a lot of concern for parents with students sitting for this year’s examinations. Whereas we are concerned about the issue of foreigners in this country, this directive has (2) ………………………….. many parents and students alike unprepared (3) ………………………………… instance, most students sitting this year’s K.C.S.E. were born in the late 90s and if they happen not to have even birth certificates, which is (4) …………………………… likely, it also means that they don’t have even their birth notification cards. (5) …………………………………… birth certificates under these circumstances, and within the given time frame, is (6) …………………………………………….. . The authorities (7) …………………………….. with the issuance of these documents (8) ………………………………….. process them urgently. (9) ……………………..is a serious matter. Candidates have been given a very short time to (10) …………………………… these documents.

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Read the following telephone conversation and answer the questions that follow. (Solved)

Read the following telephone conversation and answer the questions that follow.

Secretary: (Phone rings) Hello, Purpose Drive Secondary school, may I help you?

Caller: I want to speak to the principal.

Secretary: May I know who is calling please?

Caller: (Impatient and irritated) I have said I want to speak to the principal, period

Secretary: Excuse me I am sorry He is in a meeting with the board of management, could you please call later, Sir?

Caller: (Shouting) are you stopping me from talking to your boss, do you know who I am? Had you even heard of the supplier of your stationery?

Secretary: (Politely) Oh, Mr. Erickson? I am sorry you cannot talk to him now call after an hour or may I take a message to him please?

Caller: (Bangs the receiver)

i) Identify two instances that show the caller lack of telephone etiquette.

ii) How can you tell that the secretary observes professional conversational skills in the above telephone conversation

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Identify the odd one out based on the pronunciation of the underlined letter(s). (Solved)

Identify the odd one out based on the pronunciation of the underlined letter(s).

i) Quay, quaint, quack, quality .................................................................................................
ii) Chain, Character, Flinch, Champion .....................................................................................
iii) Sachet, Packet, Ticket, Thicket .............................................................................................

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Assign intonation to the following sentences. (Solved)

Assign intonation to the following sentences.

i) I think we are completely lost …………………………………………
ii) We will be able to go, won’t we? ……………………………………..
iii) She bought a house ……………………………………………………

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Provide homophones for the following words. (Solved)

Provide homophones for the following words.

i) Coup ………………………………………………………...
ii) Brooch ………………………………………………………
iii) Muscle ...................

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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 . . . . )

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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

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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)

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