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--Taking turns to allow one to make a point
-Interrupting and disagreeing politely
-Presenting facts and opinions precisely
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- The county Education secretary has been invited into your school to give a speech. As he speaks, you find it necessary to interrupt him before...(Solved)
The county Education secretary has been invited into your school to give a speech. As he speaks, you find it necessary to interrupt him before he is done with his speech.
i) Give three circumstances that may force you to interrupt him.
ii) State two expressions of polite interruption.
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Identify the silent letters in the following words. (a) Climb (b) Marijuana(Solved)
Identify the silent letters in the following words.
a) Climb __________________________________
b) Marijuana _______________________________
c) Bough __________________________________
d) Lesson _________________________________
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the passage below and fill in the blank spaces with an appropriate word. Every year, the government of Kenya....(Solved)
Read the passage below and fill in the blank spaces with an appropriate word.
Every year, the government of Kenya (1) ____________________ hundreds of billions of shillings in tax revenue (2) ________________________ smuggling. Dumping of sub standard goods(3) _____________________ counterfeit products poses another (4)
__________________threat(5)________________ the stability of the economy. Local traders say smuggling (6) _____________further fuelled by economic growth registered in the last two years. They attribute this (7)_________ to rising demand for imported goods, especially electronic (8) ____________________, cars and petroleum products. And while import volumes (9) ____________________ increased substantially
in the past two years, facilities and equipment (10)____________________ the Kilindini harbour, Mombasa and Kenyatta International Airport (J.K.I.A) are overstretched.
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Juma was asked to read an article to the class by English language teacher. The teacher concluded that Juma was not a good (Solved)
Juma was asked to read an article to the class by English language teacher. The teacher concluded that Juma was not a good reader. What could have the teacher noticed about Juma’s reading skills.
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Imagine you are the class secretary and you intend to talk to the members of your class on how to improve the class performance(Solved)
Imagine you are the class secretary and you intend to talk to the members of your class on how to improve the class performance
How can you engage your colleagues to keep them listening?
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Indicate the intonation pattern in the following text. (i) One, two, three, four and five....(Solved)
Indicate the intonation pattern in the following text.
i) One, two, three, four and five.
ii) The teacher called the students, “Jane, John, and Mary,” stand up.
iii) Who is the owner of the book?
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill the blank spaces using the most appropriate word. Fill the blank spaces using the most appropriate word. Regular drinkers and.....(Solved)
Fill the blank spaces using the most appropriate word.
Regular drinkers and (1) ………………… pay severe penalties for (2) …………..drinking. It has been (3) ………………… that alcoholics are (4) ………………….to die ten or twelve years sooner than (5) …………………. And half die (6) …………….age of fifty, which is one (7) ………………….. there are (8) ……………few elderly alcoholics. The mortality (9) ………………….. among alcoholics is(10 )………………………. than two and a half times higher than that of the general population.1. alcoholics
2
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- Provide a word where each of these letters is silent in pronunciation. (3mks)
(i) p-
(ii) o-
(iii) n-(Solved)
Provide a word where each of these letters is silent in pronunciation. (3mks)
(i) p-
(ii) o-
(iii) n-
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Pick out the words with long vowel sounds. Coat, Card, More, Look, Should...(Solved)
Pick out the words with long vowel sounds.
Coat
Card
More
Look
Should
Still
Further
Steal
Moan
Showed
Fool
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill in the blank spaces.(Solved)
Fill in the blank spaces.
____________ (1) in the public secondary schools who get pregnant will not benefit from the free medical cover. NHIF chief executive, Geoffrey Mwangi said the cover for students had not ______________________ (2) in early pregnancies. “If any of the secondary school girls gets, ________________, (3) they will not be covered by the NHIF. Those who will want to be assisted may opt ______________ (4) look for other sources of funding or register _____________(5) the ‘Linda Mama’ initiative,” Mr Mwangi advised. The Linda Mama initiative is an expanded free maternal care programme for expectant _______________.(6) Mr. Mwangi said the secondary school medical cover recently ____________(7) out by the government was only designed to take care of in-patient and outpatient illnesses. Many teenage girls drop out of school ______________ (8) of early pregnancies. A United Nations Population Fund report ____________ (9) last December showed that 378,000 teenage girls _____________ (10) between 10 and 19 became pregnant between July 2016 and June last year
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following telephone conversation and then answer the questions that follow. Secretary: (phone rings) Hello, Masomo secondary school....(Solved)
Read the following telephone conversation and then answer the questions that follow.
Secretary: (phone rings) Hello, Masomo secondary school How may I help you?
Caller: I want to speak to my mother
Secretary: May I know who your mother is please?
Caller: (Impatient and irritated) I have said I want to speak to my mother.
Secretary: Excuse me. I’m sorry I don’t know who your mother is. Could you please tell me her name?
Caller: (shouting) You have been working in that institution for the last ten years and you don’t know Mrs.Marita?
Secretary: (Politely) Oh! Mrs. Marita? She has just stepped out shortly. May I take a message for her please?
Caller: (Bangs the receiver)
(i) Identify any three instances that show the caller’s lack of telephone etiquette.
(ii) How can you tell that the secretary observes professional conversational skill in the above telephone conversation?
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- You have been asked to prepare and present an oral report on the consequences of drug abuse(Solved)
You have been asked to prepare and present an oral report on the consequences of drug abuse.
(i) How would you prepare for the presentation
(ii) Explain how you would make use of verbal skills to make your presentation effective
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Give a word that is pronounced in the same way as the words below. (i) Colonel…… (ii) Guest... (iii) Male....(Solved)
Give a word that is pronounced in the same way as the words below.
(i) Colonel………………
(ii) Guest...
(iii) Male....
(iv) Oral
(v) Click...
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the story below and then answer the questions that follow. Long time ago I was told a story about a tall, very muscular man.....(Solved)
Read the story below and then answer the questions that follow.
Long time ago I was told a story about a tall, very muscular man. He used to walk only at night and he used to carry a collection of all kinds of metals “Sufulia, ruyungu, bikhule nu rundirundu tsa rwa khaboolakhu.’ With these he made a lot of noise Ngalia-ngalia-ngalia when walking. His direction was always towards the moon. His mission nobody knew. In this metal he carried all the diseases of the earth. The noise made by his collection warned people to be out of the way, for anybody who saw him was infected by the diseases he carried and thus became blind.
i) If you are performing this story to children how would you make it interesting? (2 marks)
ii) Identify the sound device used in the story? What is its effectiveness (2mks)
iii) Mention one way in which you would know that the audience in this story is fully participating? (1 mark)
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the passage below and fill in each space with an appropriate word.(Solved)
Read the passage below and fill in each space with an appropriate word.
We are on the verge 1………….an economic renewal if we consider the recent 2...... ……of
mineral resources in several parts of the country. There have been discoveries of titanium in
Kwale, oil and water in Turkana,3................coal in Kitui. Kenya has joined the 4 of other countries in Africa endowed with natural resources.
These discoveries should provoke 5..... to consider 6..... questions: How well are the
resources 7.... to be managed? What mechanisms are we putting in place to
promote accountability and transparency in the 8...... of these resources? Given ourtrack 9.... in managing public funds, how 10... we assure the citizens of
accountability by properly managing the natural resources?
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Provide another word which is pronounced the same as the following.(Solved)
Provide another word which is pronounced the same as the following.
i) Prophet –
ii) Sell –
iii) Made –
iv) You –
v) Know
Date posted: August 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
Sunset
The sun spin like
A tossed coin.
It whirled on the azure sky,
It clattered into the horizon,
It clicked in the slot,
And neon light, popped
And blinked ‘time expired.’
As on a parking meter.
(Oswald mbuyiseni mtshali)
Questions
i. Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem.
ii. How would you say the last line of this poem?
iii. State any two onomatopoeic words in the poem.
iv. Identify any other sound pattern used in the poem.
Date posted: August 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- 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 food we eat seems to have profound i]…………………………………….on our health. Although
science has made enormous ii] ………………………………………..in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made mercy foods unfit to eat. Somme research had shown that perhaps 80% of all human illness are related to diet and 40% of cancer is related to the diet as iii] ……………………………………..especially cancer of the colon. Different culture are more prone to iv]……………………………………certain illness because of the food that is characteristic in these cultures v]………………………………….. food related to illness not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites, commonly used to preserve colour cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food and it becomes more difficult all the times to know which things on the packaging label of processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat, are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin to beef or poultry. And because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are vi]………………………………………to animals not for medicinal vii] ………………………………………… but for financial viii] …………………………………… the farmers are simply trying to father the animal in order to ix]………………………………. a higher price on the market. Although the food and drug administration (FDA) tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the x]……………………continue.
Date posted: August 7, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the passage below then fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word. (Solved)
Read the passage below then fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.
Stress, intonation and pronunciation are invaluable aspects of 1._______________ for any fluent 2.______________ of the English language. Any handicap 3.______________ these three areas adversely affects the 4._______________ of one’s speech. One 5._______________ hope to achieve competence in both spoken and 6.________________ English if one has not mastered stress, intonation 7._______________ pronunciation. In this book, the 8._________________ have endeavored to guide the reader to see the possibilities of working 9.______________ their effective use of the English language.
With the rising popularity and usage, the correct use of the English language has been 10.__________________ compromised
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- Read the following conversation between a tourist and yourself. The former tries to get direction to the local tourists’ attraction site. Complete it...(Solved)
Read the following conversation between a tourist and yourself. The former tries to get direction to the local tourists’ attraction site. Complete it with a suitable response
Tourist: Hello, how are you? Could you please help me?
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
Tourist: I am James Anden from England and this is my son Joe
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
Tourist: We would like to visit any park nearby to see wildlife.
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
Tourist: How much does a taxi charge?
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
Tourist: Alright. That’s okay. Is there any hotel nearby that is not expensive?
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
Tourist: Thank you so much. That is very kind of you.
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
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