1.The photographs will either be taken at the venue of the wedding or in a reputable
studio.
2.I had an exciting adventure.
3.There is hardly any boy in our class. (common)
There are hardly any boys in our class.
4. Karendi is the prettier of the twins.
5.Lilian Gilbreth whose children wrote about her life invented the step-on garbage can.
6. Aren't there any other blue cars in your yard?
7. Omondi is such a weak student that he can hardly write meaningfully.
marto answered the question on September 6, 2019 at 09:01
- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.
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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.
1. Peter does not have any money. (Change into affirmative form)
2.Canadian goose are creating crisis south of their usual range. (replace the underlined words with their plurals)
3. Is there life after death? This is a question which man has been asking himself for a very long time. (Rewrite beginning: The question of.......... Do not use the word question twice).
4.I don’t think you should go out this afternoon. (Rewrite beginning: I’d rather...........)
5.After a new principal was appointed, results began to improve. (Rewrite beginning: Subsequent.............)
6.You should not walk out of the house at night under any circumstances. (Begin: Under no circumstances....)
7.My examination results were released only after I had cleared the fee balance. (Begin: Not until......)
8.Apart from those two, everyone else is disciplined. (Rewrite beginning: Save:................ )
9. Wambui is a Kenyan student who is 16 years old. (Rewrite to end in .................Student.
10.My certificate was released only after I had cleared the balance. (Begin: Not until................)
Date posted: September 6, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.
1. If he calls me, I will attend the wedding ceremony. (Begin: Unless...........)
2.In spite of the bad weather they decided to go for a walk as planned. (Rewrite using although)
3.The snake did not bite the boy. (Begin: The boy ...)
4.They were so happy that they forgot to lock the door. (Begin: So happy ...)
5.Shakespeare is one of the greatest play writers of all time. He lived in England. (Use an appositive)
6.Muli could have passed the examination. Muli was regularly absent from school. (Join into one sentence beginning: Were it not......)
7.The teachers agreed to teach after signing an agreement with the government. (Begin: Only....)
8.Neither Peter nor Michael prefers coffee to tea. (Rewrite to begin with Peter and end with Michael)
9.He was the Chairman of the society, and therefore he couldn’t tolerate anybody’s impudence. (Begin As.......)
10.Moses made several attempts to reconcile the friends but failed. (Begin: Several.........)
11. Risper did not know that the dog was behind her. (Begin: Little............)
12.Joseph and his sister came out of the bus accident unhurt. (Begin: Neither Joseph and end with ‘hurt in the bus accident’)
13. When the guests arrived, the function begun. (Begin No sooner...........)
Date posted: September 5, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.
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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.
1.But for my father’s prompt action, I would be dead by now.(Begin: Had it..................)
2.I am sorry you missed lunch.(Begin: I regret.......................)
3.As soon as the meeting ended, the impatient members walked away. (Use : Hardly.................)
4.Goods once sold will not be returned under any circumstances. Begin: Under.............)
5.The fire destroyed the whole building. (Rewrite ending ...the fire)
6.You will not take this book under any circumstances. (Begin: Under................)
7.The teacher found out how intelligent Naserian was when he started the discussion. (Begin: It was not......)
8.George does not smoke. He does not drink. (Join the sentences using: .............neither.n.........or.......)
9.It’s rare for tourists to visit North Eastern province. (Begin seldom..............)
10.How high do you think the tallest building in New York is? (Begin: what.................)
11.We can save time by getting to class before the bell goes. (Begin: Time..............)
12.It is not surprising that Africa’s representative in the world cup performed dismally.(Begin: it is little.............)
Date posted: September 5, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.
1.Some doctors think both rest and medicine are equally effective in sorting depression.(Rewrite using . . . . as . . . . as medicine)
2.I am sure it was an exciting experience for her (Rewrite the sentence using ‘must’)
3..He is too stupid to handle such a difficult situation. (Use so instead of too)
4.No sooner had I solved one problem than another cropped up. (Begin : Hardly..........)
5.If you come to the arena, you will meet the great Isukuti dancers. (Rewrite using...........unless ....)
6.Korean women are very short; very few of them are above five feet tall.(Rewrite as one sentence using the word 'hardly')
7..He had never known what it meant go without a meal. He was unsympathetic towards the street boy. (Begin: Never . . . .)
8.My family owns a holiday flat and that is why we always go to the same place. (Begin: If...)
9. Chinua Achebe one of Africa’s greatest writers passed on three months ago. (Rewrite using parenthesis)
10.The heavy downpour brought their picnic to an abrupt end. (Rewrite using ‘cut’)
11.If he calls me, I will attend the wedding ceremony. (Begin: Unless ----)
Date posted: September 5, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the
meaning.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the
meaning.
1. They were so exhausted that they could not stay awake. (rewrite using 'too')
2. Mutua would have won the race if he had done enough practice. (Begin: Had….)
3. The mourner wailed uncontrollably as she rolled on the ground.
(Begin: Wailing ........)
4. Peter is a weak student. He can hardly write meaningfully. (Rewrite as one
sentence using 'such'.)
5. One of my brothers has gone to South Africa. (Begin: A brother ...)
6. Otieno is a rich man. He is not happy. (Join the two sentences with a suitable
conjunction.)
7. That was a cowardly act. (Rewrite the sentence by changing the adjective 'cowardly'
into a noun)
8. Situma is not as handsome as Wycliffe. (Rewrite using ‘than’)
9. He is quite handsome (Begin: How...............)
10. Agnes accepted to marry Abdalla. She did not know he had two other wives already.
(Rewrite as one sentence beginning: Oblivious of ................)
11. But for my daughter's prompt action, I would be dead by now. (Begin: Had it . . . . . )
Date posted: September 5, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the underlined phrasal verbs with appropriate verbs in each sentence.(Solved)
Rewrite the underlined phrasal verbs with appropriate verbs in each sentence.
i) Juma’s performance did not measure upto the expected standards.
ii) Mary walked out on her family
Date posted: September 3, 2019. Answers (1)
- Choose the correct alternative from the words given in brackets after each sentence.(Solved)
Choose the correct alternative from the words given in brackets after each sentence.
i) The boys left........................................................ (their, there) books in the field.
ii) All matatus have hiked the............................................... (fair, fare)
Date posted: September 3, 2019. Answers (1)
- Identify the silent letters in the following words .(Solved)
Identify the silent letters in the following words .
i. Debut ...................
ii. Chassis ....................
iii. Crochet ..............
v Rendezvous .............
iv. Poignant.........................
Date posted: September 3, 2019. Answers (1)
- For each of the following words provide a word pronounced in the same way.(Solved)
For each of the following words provide a word pronounced in the same way.
i. bury ........................
ii. gate ........................
iii. cruise ..........................
iv. taught ...............
Date posted: September 3, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the passage bellow and answer the questions that follow. (Solved)
Read the passage bellow and answer the questions that follow.
Problem drinkers and alcoholics pay severe penalties for their drinking. It has been estimated that alcoholics are likely to die ten to twelve years sooner than non-alcoholics half die before the age of fifty, which is one reason there are so few elderly alcoholics. The mortality rate (that is, the number of persons per 100,000 who die each year) among alcoholics is more than two and a half times higher than that of the general population. Alcoholics often die violent circumstances; serious accidents, homicide, and suicide are not uncommon. This, together with the physical deterioration accompanying alcoholism, helps explain the limits on life expectancy. No one really knows how many deaths are directly attributed to drinking, and all such statistics are estimates. One reason for our limited knowledge is that many physicians do not report alcoholism as the main cause of death out of concern for the feelings of the family of the deceased. Research on the physiological effects of alcoholism has increased in the last few years. Heavy drinking is known to be associated with various types of cancer, particularly among persons who also use tobacco. Alcohol abuse also increases the probability of hypertension, stroke and coronary heart disease. Alcoholics frequently suffer illness and death from cirrhosis of the liver, a disease in which the liver becomes fatty, scarred, and incapable of functioning normally. In large urban areas, cirrhosis is the fourth most common cause of death among men aged twenty-five to forty-five. Alcohol affects the brain, often permanently damaging the mental functioning of alcoholics. Drinking may reduce the number of living cells in the brain. Since brain cells do not grow back, alcoholics may suffer from organic psychosis (a mental illness traceable to brain damages), loss of
memory, and poor physical and mental co-ordination. One out of four persons who are admitted to mental hospitals are diagnosed as alcoholics and 40 percent of all admissions are alcohol related. Many of the alcoholic inmates are unlikely to recover.
The unborn children of female alcoholics are subject to harm from drinking in what is called foetal alcohol syndrome. Because alcohol tends to be a substitute for a balanced diet, alcoholics are often malnourished. Consequently, the infants of alcoholic women are likely to be less healthy and less well developed than other babies. Moreover, when a pregnant woman drinks, so, in effect, does her foetus. The new born children of alcoholic women may die shortly after birth unless they are medically treated
from the shock to their systems for suddenly being cut off from alcohol. Furthermore, the impact of alcohol on the woman and her foetus is a major cause of birth defects and originally based mental eficiency among the newborn. The effects of foetal alcohol syndrome on the children of female alcoholics are usually chronic and may be permanently disabling. Clearly, it is not too much of an exaggeration to say that alcohol kills and maims people. When abused, alcohol is a highly dangerous drug
Questions
(i) What are the major causes of death among alcoholics?
(ii) Which reason does the writer give as to why physicians do not report alcoholic related deaths?
(iii) One out of four persons who are admitted to mental hospitals are diagnosed as alcoholics.
(Rewrite using a few.......)
(iv) Alcoholics often die under violent circumstances…. (Add a question tag)
(v) What is the attitude of the writer towards people who abuse alcohol
(vi) Explain what the following sentence means. Alcohol tends to be a substrate for a balanced diet
(vii) Make notes on the effects of alcohol to expectant mothers and their children
(viii) Supply a suitable title for the passage
(ix) Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as used in the passage
a) Attributable
b) Scarred
c) Statistics
Date posted: September 3, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill in the blank spaces below.(Solved)
Fill in the blank spaces below.
It is important that the Judiciary (1)................Up the war on land grabbing even as we focus on
the fight (2).................... corruption. Corruption in the lands sector is deeply (3)......................
since as a nation we are focused on (4)......................corruption in the management and distribution
of funds in the public domain while taking a back (5)......................on land grabbing issues. Despite the
fact that efforts have been put in place to (6)...................land grabbing, cases of land (7)
.....................through illegal means have increased. Our cities and towns are the most (8)...........................
......... affected by this challenge. The National Land Commission (NLC) and county
governments should come up with measures and tougher (9)........................that will deal with
this vice once and for all. One of the biggest challenges facing the justice system is the slow court
(10) ..............................
Date posted: September 3, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
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Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
i) Money cannot.................(buy) friends.
ii) The painting................. (steal) from the museum.
iii) We are.................(dine) with you tonight.
Date posted: August 20, 2019. Answers (1)
- Combine each pair of sentences using appropriate relative pronouns. (Solved)
Combine each pair of sentences using appropriate relative pronouns.
i)Here is the man. He stole my blanket.
ii)She bought the books at a fair. They were all by the same author.
Date posted: August 20, 2019. Answers (1)
- Give the plurals of the following words.(Solved)
Give the plurals of the following words.
i) folio
ii) hero
iii) postman
Date posted: August 20, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following narrative and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following narrative and answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, Warthog and Hare were best friends and they lived together. They shared duties according to each one’s abilities. Hare had speed, therefore, duties involving fetching or delivering items fast were left to him, while Warthog, who was gifted in cooking, handled kitchen duties. However, Warthog had his shortcomings. He lost his temper easily and was ready to fight at the slightest provocation. Hare tolerated him all the same.
Things were not always good in the kitchen. The two always quarrelled over missing food. Warthog was always on the defence, denying any wrong doing. One day, Hare bought five tilapia fish but warthog only served two. When he was asked what happened to the other three fish, as usual, Warthog insisted that he knew nothing about the missing fish. Hare was aware that arguing or fighting would not bring back the lost fish. He also knew that he was smaller and could never win a physical fight against warthog.
Not long after the missing fish incident, Hare and Warthog went hunting. They chanced upon a young gazelle too weak to run. They took the gazelle home and slaughtered it. Warthog as usual was the chef. Hare left him and went for a stroll as he waited for the meat to cook. When he returned, warthog, was sleeping under a shady tree, pretending to be very tired, after cooking. Hare opened the lid and Lo! There were only few pieces of meat left.
Hare was really angry and he threatened to beat Warthog up if he failed to account for the missing pieces. Under faked annoyance, Warthog pounced on hare mid-sentence and beat him up thoroughly. Hare promised to get even. That evening, hare went to see Mr. Squirrel who was the best known magician in the whole region. Squirrel gave him a pot of honey to take to Warthog. When he went back home, Hare feigned forgiveness and invited warthog to taste the honey.
Warthog approached him cautiously, he knew that Hare was quite tricky at times. He thought the pot might contain a snake.
So he started apologizing to Hare from a distance for beating him but Hare laughed it off, reminding him that the differences between them were history and they should both start anew. Warthog, who loved honey, approached hare and scooped some which he ate greedily. However, what he did not know was that it had passed through the hands of Squirrel who had laced it with poisonous herbs that would affect Warthog and his descendants.
After eating half the pot’s contents, Warthog felt dizzy and sleepy. When he woke up, he could not remember anything, his brain had been affected by the poisonous herbs. He forgot about his friendship and quarrel with Hare. He did not even remember eating the honey. He was so confused that he ran off into the bush. Warthog’s brain has never recovered. Till now he is always confused and forgetful.
a) Classify the above narrative
b) Identify and illustrate three features of style in the narrative.
c) What makes Warthog and Hare best friends?
d) What are the economic activities in the community where the story is taken from?
e) How has Hare been portrayed in the story?
f) What moral lesson do we learn from the above story?
Date posted: August 20, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the excerpt below then answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the excerpt below then answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: I think I have the right to be. I too have
Nora: I think so, too. But now, listen to this: something to be proud and glad of.
Mrs. Linde: I have no doubt you have. But what do you refer
Nora: Speak low. Suppose Torvald were to hear! He mustn't on any account — no one in the world must know, Christine, except you.
Mrs. Linde: But what is it?
Nora: Come here. (pulls her down on the sofa beside her.)
Now I will show you that I too have something to be proud of. It was I who saved Torvald's life.
Mrs. Linde: 'Saved'? How?
Nora: I told you about our trip to Italy. Torvald would never have recovered if he had not gone there —
Mrs. Linde: Yes, but your father gave you the necessary funds.
Nora: (smiling) Yes, that is what Torvald and all the others think, but—
Mrs. Linde: But—
Nora: Papa didn't give us a shilling. It was I who procured the
Mrs. Linde: You? All that large sum?
Nora: Two hundred and fifty pounds. What do you think of that?
Mrs. Linde: But, Nora, how could you possibly do it? Did you win a prize in the lottery?
Nora: (contemptuously) In the lottery? There would have been no credit in that.
Mrs. Linde: But where did you get it from, then?
Nora: (humming and smiling with an air of mystery) Hm, hm! Aha!
Mrs. Linde: Because you couldn't have borrowed it.
Nora: Couldn't l? Why not?
Mrs. Linde: No a wife cannot borrow without her husband consent.
Nora: (tossing her head) Oh, if it is a wife who has any head for business — a wife who has the wit to be a little bit clever
Mrs. Linde: I don't understand it at all, Nora.
Nora: There is no need you should. I never said I had borrowed the money. I may have got it some other way. (lies back on the sofa) Perhaps I got it from some other admirer. When anyone is as attractive as I am -
Mrs. Linde: You are a made creature.
Nora: Now, you know you're full of curiosity, Christine.
Mrs. Linde: Listen to me, Nora dear. Haven't you been a little bit imprudent?
Nora: (sits up straight) It is important to save your husband's life.
Mrs. Linde: It seems to me imprudent, without his knowledge, to -
Questions:
a) Place the excerpt in its immediate context.
b) What major theme comes out in the excerpt?
c) Give two-character traits of Nora brought out in the excerpt.
d) Compare what Mrs Line has been through to what Nora has gone through and say what it reveals about women.
e) Explain dramatic irony as brought our through Nora's revelation.
f) I think I have the right to bee (Add a question tag)
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
With every passing day, technology is overtaking our daily lives. Regardless of age, gender, career or economic status, smartphones are fast becoming ubiquitous.
More than two million Kenyans now own smartphones. Add the computer, tablet and other high tech devices and your life is surrounded by a myriad gadgets which, to some, have become best friends.
Many of us rely on the phone to do everything, from saying “ I love you” to “I’m quitting”, from checking bank balances to selling stuff on OLX, from sharing photos and videos to streaming content on the web. We can carry out a plethora of daily tasks, right from the palms of our hands.
At the dinner table, it’s the norm to constantly check for texts, e-mails, tweets, WhatsApp and Face book updates. In a darkened movie hall, people are always multi task on their phones while watching a movie. Some people even walk with the phone to the toilet and text and take calls from there.
Over dinner, in church, at a funeral service and even when carrying on face-to-face conversation, the smartphone is guaranteed to keep you in tune and in touch. It is common to see careless people texting while driving despite the fact that it is six times more dangerous to text and drive than to drink and drive.
Because of this over-dependence on the smartphone, many people suffer from the fear of losing it, even if only for a few minutes.
The “I must- have-my-phone-with-me-at-all-times” mindset has become such a real problem. There’s now a name coined for the fear of being without phone: nomophobia -no-mo(bile) phone-phobia. Nomophobia is the fear of not being able to connect to the digital world by the means of mobile phone.
Although there is no ICD-10 code (the required classification for any medical condition) yet for this specific affliction, researchers into the phenomenon describe nomophobic people as individuals who suffer from the anxiety of not having their mobile phone.
The anxiety commonly manifests itself when the person notices their smartphones has a low battery, no internet connection or if it is missing and one is therefore out of the loop with friends, family, work and the world. We are ever so busy with gadgets that we intrude into other people’s space.
As our culture becomes ever more tech savvy and tech hungry, phone-free zones will become more and more common. Just like we have smoke-free zones in public places, we are starting to see quiet corners, where phone calls are restricted. It’s because common courtesy is often thrown out the window when we’re on the phone.
Some airports are now offering lounges that are cell phone free. Just like cigarettes, the mobile phone pendulum is beginning to swing as more and more people acquire monophonic tendencies.
Considering the Smartphone’s new abilities and capabilities, they are now being used like digital ‘Swiss Army Knives’, replacing possessions like watches, cameras, books and even laptops. Today the Smartphone is capable of being an alarm clock, digital camera, and even television, which causes users to become heavily dependent on it.
Psychologists advise that, while monophobia could possibly never receive a diagnosis, it is certainly a rising trend. If you constantly find yourself using your Smartphone at odd times, such as dinner table, while driving, or even in washroom, try your best to refrain from it and use it only when it is safe and not considered rude.
Setting limits for yourself and engaging with family and friends face-to-face can help calm the anxiety of continuously checking your phone.
(Adapted from Sunday Nation May 25, 2014)
Questions
a) Why is technology said to be overtaking our daily lives?
b) In point form, state the uses of a phone.
c) What are the bad habits that result from over-dependency on the phone as seen in the passage and how can they be managed?
d) When does anxiety manifest itself more with the use of a phone?
e) According to the passage, why is there need for free zones in public places.
f)Some airports are now offering lounges that are cellphone free.’ Rewrite using a question tag.
g) What is the author’s attitude towards smartphones?
h) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage:
a) Myriad......................................
b) Ubiquitous............................
c) Plethora................................
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Choose the correct word to fill in the blank spaces. (Solved)
Choose the correct word to fill in the blank spaces.
i) I came here with Don and .....................(she ,her)
ii) Between you and ................... (I, me) who is more generous?
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill in each of the blank spaces with an appropriate word. (Solved)
Fill in each of the blank spaces with an appropriate word.
i) The burglar was accused ................. being an accomplice in the theft.
ii) The banana was shared .............. the three girls.
iii) The book is hidden ..................the view of passers – by.
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)
- Complete each of the following sentences using the correct phrasal verb formed from the word given in brackets.
(Solved)
Complete each of the following sentences using the correct phrasal verb formed from the word given in brackets .
i) It was so dark that I could hardly.................. the person lurking in the darkness. (make)
ii) The nurse was so..................that she threw the file onto the doctor’s desk (work)
iii) The number of AIDS patients in Kenya is ................. (come)
Date posted: August 19, 2019. Answers (1)