(i) So hungry was the young man that he swallowed the food without chewing.
(ii) A petrol station has been established here by the oil company
(iii) The principal advised the student, “Consider the consequences of your behaviour.”
marto answered the question on August 16, 2019 at 12:28
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Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow. I AM TIRED OF TALKING IN METAPHORS.............
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Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
I AM TIRED OF TALKING IN METAPHORS
I will talk plainly
Because I am moved to abandon riddles
I will tell you of how
We held our heads in our hands
Because the owl hooted all night
And the dogs howled as if mourning
We awaited the bad news
We received it:
Our mother blinded in one eye
Crippled in the right leg
Because she did not vote
For her husband’s candidate
I will remind you
Of when the peeled plantains
Stood upright in the cooking pot:
We slaughtered a cock,
Anticipating an important visitor
We got her:
Our daughter – pieces of flesh in a sack
Our present from her husband.
No! I will not use metaphors
I will just talk to you:
I do not fight to take your place
Or to constantly wave my fist in your face
I refuse to argue about
Your “manly pact”
With my father
You’re buying me for a bag of potatoes
And pepper
All I want
Is for you to stop denying me
My presence needs no metaphors
I am here
Just as you are
I am not a machine
To dismantle whenever you whim
I demand my human dignity
Questions
(a) Who is the persona in this poem?
b)What is the message of this poem?
c) Explain the speaker’s attitude towards the subject matter
d)Give one character trait of the speaker.
e)Discuss two elements of tradition highlighted in the poem.
f)Identify two poetic features of style used in the poem.
g) I am not a machine. (Rewrite adding a question tag.)
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August 16, 2019
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Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer all the questions that follow. Nora: Should? He did sign them......
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Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer all the questions that follow.
Nora: Should? He did sign them.
Krogstad: I had left the date blank; that is to say, your father should himself have inserted the date on which he signed the paper. Do you remember that?
Nora: Yes, I think I remember—
Krogstad: Then I gave you the bond to send by post to your father. Is that not so?
Nora: Yes.
Krogstad: And you naturally did so at once, because five or six days afterwards you brought me the bond with your father's signature. And then I gave you the money.
Nora: Well, haven't I been paying it off regularly?
Krogstad: Fairly so, yes. But to come back to the matter in hand that must have been a very trying time for you, Mrs.
Nora: It was, indeed.
Krogstad: Your father was very ill, wasn't he?
Nora: He was very near his end.
Krogstad: And died soon afterwards?
Nora: Yes:
Krogstad: Tell me, Mrs Helmer, can you remember what day your father died? the month, I mean.
Nora: Papa died on the 29th of September. by any chance on what day of
Krostand: That is correct; I have ascertained it for myself. And, as that is so, there is discrepancy (taking a paper from his pocket) which I cannot account for.
Nora: What discrepancy? I don't know—
Krogstand: The discrepancy consists, Mrs. Helmer, in fact that your father signed this bond three days after his death.
Nora: What do you mean? I don't understand —
Krogstand: Your father died on the 29th of September. But, look here; your father has dated his signature the 2nd of October. It is a discrepancy, isn't it? (NORA is silent) Can you explain it to me?
(NORA is silent) It is a remarkable thing, too, that the words '2nd of October,' as well as the year, are not written in your father’s handwriting but in one that I think I know. Well, of course it can be explained; your father may have forgotten to date his signature, and someone else may have dated it haphazard before they knew of his death. There is no harm in that. It all depends on the signature of the name; and that is genuine. I suppose, Mrs. Helmer? It was your father himself who signed his name here?
Questions.
a) What is it that Nora claims to have signed? Explain.
b) What does this excerpt reveal about Krogstad's character?
c) Explain key theme brought out in the excerpt?
d) Why did Nora forge her father's signature?
e) What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt?
I. Ascertained
II. Discrepancy
III. Genuine
f) Papa died on the 29th of September (Add a question tag.)
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In the sentences below, underline the nouns that are used as adjectives.
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In the sentences below, underline the nouns that are used as adjectives.
i)Mr. Charo amused the children by reciting nursery rhyms.
(ii) When we camped in the Maasai Plains, we felt like strangers in the new environment
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August 16, 2019
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Correct the error in the following sentences. (i) Something is smelling awful.
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Correct the error in the following sentences.
(i) Something is smelling awful.
(ii) This brilliance is utter.
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August 16, 2019
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Use the correct preposition to fill the blanks. (i) I am indebted ______________ him for the help he gave me.
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Use the correct preposition to fill the blanks.
(i) I am indebted ______________ him for the help he gave me.
(ii) She has always confided ______ him.
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August 16, 2019
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Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blanks.
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Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blanks.
(i) His __________ (deceive) cost him his life.
(ii) The dog barked __________ to the stranger. (menace)
(iii) The ______ between Kameno and Makuyu is damaging. (enemy)
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August 16, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences according to instruction given in brackets
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Rewrite the following sentences according to instruction given in brackets.
i. John never reported late to work last year. (Not once....)
ii)His excuse was flimsy. He ended up in jail. (Combine the two sentences beginning: so....)
iii)If I had not missed the plane last night, I..............(give) my first lecture now. (Use the correct tense of the verb in brackets)
iv)As soon as the sun rose, they set out. (Begin: no sooner)
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August 15, 2019
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Add question tags to the following statements.
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Add question tags to the following statements.
(i) We need to buy a radio.
(ii) He dares to stroke the lion.
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August 15, 2019
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Correct the error in the following sentences.
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Correct the error in the following sentences.
(i) Something is smelling awful.
(ii) This brilliance is utter.
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August 15, 2019
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Fill the blank spaces using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
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Fill the blank spaces using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
(i) If I had money, I ______ (buy) a computer.
(ii) If he _______ (be) obedient, I would stay with him.
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August 15, 2019
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Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer the questions that follow.
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Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: Still I think the sick are those who most need taking care of.
Rank: (shrugging his shoulders) Yes, there you are. That is the sentiment that is turning Society into a sick-house. (NORA, who has been absorbed in her thoughts, breaks out into smothered laugher and claps her hands).
Rank: Why do you laugh at that? Have you any notion what Society really is?
Nora: 'What do I care about tiresome Society? I am laughing at something quite different, something extremely amusing. Tell
me, Doctor Rank, are all the people who are employed in the Bank dependent on Torvald now?
Rank: Is that what you find so extremely amusing?
Nora: (smiling and humming) That's my affair! (walking about the room) It's perfectly glorious to think that we have — that Torvald has so much power over so many people. (takes the packet in her pocket) Doctor Rank, what do you say to a macaroon?
Rank: What, macaroons? I thought they were forbidden here.
Nora: Yes, but these are some Christine gave me.
Mrs. Linde: What! I ?-
Nora: Oh, well, don't be ashamed! You couldn't know that Torvald had forbidden them. I must tell you that he is afraid they will spoil my teeth. But, bah! — once in a way —That's so, isn't it, Doctor Rank? By your leave! (Puts a macaroon into her mouth)
You must have one too, Christine. And I shall have one, just a little one — or at most two. (walking about) I am tremendously happy. There is just one thing in the world now that I should dearly love to do.
Rank: Well, what is that?
Nora: It's something I should dearly love to say. If Torvald could hear me.
Rank: Well, why can't you say it?
Nora: No, I daren't; it is so shocking.
Mrs. Linde: Shocking?
Rank: Well, I should not dvise you to say it. Still, with us you might. What is ti you would so much like to say if Torvald could hear you?
Nora: I should just love to say— Well, I'm dammed!
Rank: Are you mad?
Mrs. Linde: Nora, dear- !
Rank: Say it, here he is! Nora (hiding her packet) Hush! Hush! Hush! ) HELMER comes out of his room, with his coat over his arm and his hat in his hand.)
Nora: Well, Torvald dear, have you got rid of him?
Helmer: Yes, he has just gone.
Nora: Let me introduce you — this is Christine, who has come to town.
Helmer: Christine - ? Excuse me, but I don't know — Of course. School friends of my wife's I presume?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, we have known each other since then.
Nora: And just think, she has taken a long journey in order to see you.
Helmer: What do you mean? Mrs. Linde. No, really, I—
Nora: And when she heard you had been appointed manager of the Bank — she travelled here as quick as she could Torvald, I am sure you will be able to do something for Christine, for my sake, won't you?
Questions
a) Why does Mrs. Linde feel that those who are sick need taking care of?
b) Identify use of symbolism in the excerpt.
c) Give Nora's traits brought out in the excerpt.
d) What amuses Nora when she finds out that Helmer has so much power over many people? Explain
e) What is it that Nora would dearly love to say?
f) Hush! Hush! Hush! Identify the style used here.
g) What happens immediately after the excerpt?
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August 15, 2019
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Choosing a career
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Choosing a career
The career market is full of opportunities. Gone are the days when we had ‘either…. or’ career choices. The time when women, for example, choose between only nursing, teaching and secretarial work are long gone. The explosion in communication technology, and the liberalization and globalization of the world economy has ensured that there is no longer a dearth of career choice. Today,
colleges and universities offer a wide range of training opportunities to high school graduates. This has made choosing a care an involving process. It has also given rise to the need for career counseling.
When choosing a career, whether you have the help of a career counsellor or not, there are several factors that you should consider. These include your abilities or talents, your interests, your priorities, and the available opportunities in the job market.
The skills required in a particular career and the ability to gain them through education must be considered when choosing careers. Becoming a doctor, for instance, requires extensive education and training, and many years of educational commitment. In addition to the compulsory subjects, the academic background required for this career is good grades in Chemistry and Biology at secondary school level. If your ability in these subjects is just average, you would be overstretching your luck to enroll for a Bachelor of Medicine degree course. In the past, students have chosen to pursue training in engineering, even when their ability to handle Physics and Mathematics was low. This, in many cases, has made them drop out of the class mid-course. The waste of time and resources would have been avoided if they had considered a career that did not require the ability to handle Mathematics and Physics well.
There are times when people have been driven to choose a particular career because of the salary and prestige associated with jobs in that field. At times, the desire to take certain courses comes from within the individual, but most times, individuals feel pressured by peers or family to take certain courses. Joining a career in which you have no interest is a recipe for a dull life since you will spend most of your working hours doing something you do not like. Your career does not necessarily have to be your passion, but it should not bore you to death either. You can work out your interests by identifying the subjects you enjoy most at school, or the topics that are of interest to you and for which you take the initiative to read on your own.
It is true that many young people are attracted move by the social mobility that the job might provide than by their interest in the career. However, big role in job satisfaction as many people think. Of course we all have to make a living, but if you do not like your job, it does not matter how much you get paid to do it. What does matter is how well a career choice matches your values. If you value variety, collaboration, and creativity, for example, you would not find job satisfaction in a career where you are working alone and doing the same thing every day.
The availability of jobs in a particular field should also be a factor in choosing a career. This should be considered alongside the skills and education sought in a given field. Most times, highly competitive field require more education but may not pay well. When there are more applicants for a particular position, unique personality traits become an added benefit. However, in fields where there are fewer applicants than the positions available, the pay may be more and the job may require less education
Nevertheless, one should be discouraged by the scarcity of employment positions because institutions of higher learning now emphasize that they are not simply training people to get out and look for jobs. They are training people to get out and create jobs. Therefore, the availability of job opportunities is not necessarily limited to presence of employers. It also encompasses opportunities for self-employment which everyone is free to explore.
1. What has ensured that there is no longer a dearth of career choice
2. What has created the necessity for career counseling?
3. Why is one’s ability an important factor in career choice.
4. According to the passage, which career should a person who values variety choose?
5. Make notes on factors to consider when choosing a career?
6. What drives people to choose a particular career?
7. What evidence is given in the passage to support the statement ‘money does not play as a big role in job
satisfaction’?
8. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage? (4 marks)
(a) Dearth
(b) Social mobility
(c) Liberalization
(d) Collaboration
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August 15, 2019
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Add a question tag to the following statements.
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Add a question tag to the following statements.
a. Let us help the sick
b. You will wait for them here
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August 15, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
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Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
i. He understood why people had been laughing after he realized the ugliness of his headgear. (Rewrite using present participle)
ii. Malenge did not bother to campaign .he was convinced that he was the students’ favorite for the post of a school captain. (Rewrite using Past Participle)
iii. I have been studying in this school complained the student but I have never scored a hundred percent in any subject. (Punctuate correctly)
iv. The watchman spotted the student sneaking from school(Rewrite to remove the gender bias)
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August 15, 2019
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Add question tags to the following statements.
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Add question tags to the following statements.
(i) William is such a talented guitarist.________________________________________
(ii) Mwombe dared the mob to attack him. _____________________________________
(iii) Let’s respond to the distress call. __________________________________________
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August 15, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets.
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Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets.
(i) We will give the winner a prize. (whoever)
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(ii) “Goodness always conquers evil,” is my favourite life saying. (me)
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August 15, 2019
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Choose the correct form of words in brackets to complete each of the sentences below.
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Choose the correct form of words in brackets to complete each of the sentences below.
(i) Who broke the handle (off, of) this cup?
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(ii) Choose (among, between) these sick.
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August 15, 2019
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Join the following sentences into the passive voice . ...
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Join the following sentences into the passive voice .
i) The farmer breeds such many animals
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ii) The police are seeking the criminals .................................................
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Rewrite the following sentences supplying appropriate question tags . ...
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Rewrite the following sentences supplying appropriate question tags
i) Let us go away ...................................
ii) You can’t be serious about going to the party this late.........................
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August 15, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences following the instructions given without changing the meaning. ...
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Rewrite the following sentences following the instructions given without changing the meaning.
i) Joshua would not fail his exams under any circumstances. Begin: Under no.......
ii) The students had hardly got out of class when the rain started. Begin: Hardly .......
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August 15, 2019
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