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- Read the story below and answer the questions that follow: - There lived two men who were good friends......(Solved)
Read the story below and answer the questions that follow: -
There lived two men who were good friends. One of them was very wise and the other very foolish. One day, they argued between themselves and one said, “ I am the wise man in this country.” The other said, “No! I am the wisest.” As there was no way of measuring wisdom, the two men did not know who was wiser than the other. One day they were discussing the ill-behavior of their wives and one of them said, “If we want them to behave well we must beat them up. Women are like children, beat them up and they will behave well.” The other said, “No! If you beat your wife, she will become worse.” After arguing for a long time, they kept quiet and went home. On reaching his house, the man who was in favour of beating wives began to beat an ox-skin vigorously. When the other heard this, he thought the sound came from his friend beating his wife and he took a stick and beat his wife severely until she fell sick and later died. When the two men met later, it was now clear who between them was wiser than the other.
(i) Suppose you were narrating this story, what would you do first before narration to capture the attention of the audience?
(ii) How would you deliver the speech by the 2nd speaker? 'No, I am the wisest.'
(iii) If you are listening to this story, what would you expect the story teller to do so as to make the story interesting?
(iv) During the performance of this narrative, you notice that the audience is very attentive. What are the indicators that will show you that they are attentive?
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill in the blank spaces below. Addiction is an escape.....reality, and different people will find....(Solved)
Addiction is an escape ........................... ...................reality, and different people will find ...............................ways to escape from the real world. They can be addicted to food, money, power, work, gambling, sex, love ............................................. even to destructive relationships. Do these belong in the same category as alcohol or drugs? And if so, does recovery from those “people addictions’’ work the same way as with alcohol and drugs?
Addicts look for substitutes, and the reason ..................................this is always the same: to escape, to close one eye and not to .................................. the facts. By becoming fat, the overeater insulates ................................................from the world around. It is better to be rejected for the way they look, than for who they are as a ............................................ Thus, being fat becomes a way to avoid the risk of intimacy. There are people who are addicted to work. They will go home.........................., just to avoid interaction with the family.
Workaholism is a dysfunctional attempt to earn self-esteem by being productive. The................................................ may fear intimacy, and take refuge in work as a way of avoiding meaningful interaction with others. Addiction, in every form is a means of survival. Alcoholism is not a slow form of suicide –at least, not as......................................as the alcoholic is concerned. Alcoholics think of drinks as their best-perhaps their only-means of survival.
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- You have read the text “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” and really enjoyed it in preparation for K.C.S.E. You overheard some of your friends in form...(Solved)
You have read the text “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” and really enjoyed it in preparation for K.C.S.E. You overheard some of your friends in form three discussing the suitability of the text for K.C.S.E. Write a book review on it that will enlighten them about it.
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- Mudzo was part of an audience listening to a talk on the right of children. After the talk, the teacher asked him to discuss in...(Solved)
Mudzo was part of an audience listening to a talk on the right of children. After the talk, the teacher asked him to discuss in class what he had learnt. He couldn’t remember anything. Mention three things that he failed to do during the talk.
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- When you are in a group discussion, how would you know that it is your turn to speak.(Solved)
When you are in a group discussion, how would you know that it is your turn to speak.
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the oral material below then answer the questions that follow. A chick that will grow into a cock is known at the time of hatching...(Solved)
Read the oral material below then answer the questions that follow.
A chick that will grow into a cock is known at the time of hatching.
i) identify the oral material above.
ii) Describe a situation in which this oral material would apply.
iii) Give two characteristics of the oral material identified in 1 above.
iv) Which target group is appropriate for the above oral material?
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- A teacher of English was in class during a reading session. She realized that the students had poor reading habits. Mention three...(Solved)
A teacher of English was in class during a reading session. She realized that the students had poor reading habits. Mention three of these habits she might have observed.
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- You are one of the three students chosen to negotiate in a dispute involving members of your class and another class. What negotiation skills will...(Solved)
You are one of the three students chosen to negotiate in a dispute involving members of your class and another class. What negotiation skills will you employ to ensure an amicable resolution is reached.
Date posted: August 8, 2019. Answers (1)
- 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 _________________________________
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- 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.
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- 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?
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- 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?
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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?
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- 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
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