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- Use the most appropriate form of the word in brackets to fill the blank space.(Solved)
Use the most appropriate form of the word in brackets to fill the blank space.
i. He is my .............. friend. (child)
ii. The teacher expected all of us to demonstrate .............. (kind)
iii. ...............will make you successful in life. (honest)
iv. What a provocative .................that was! (laugh)
Date posted: September 30, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change their meanings.(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change their meanings.
i. I go to church every week.
Replace the underlined words with one word.
ii. Not all the times I travel to Mombasa.
iii. I drank the porridge without sharing with anyone.
Replace the group of underlined words with a single word
iv. I gave he a mango?
Correct the mistake
Date posted: September 30, 2019. Answers (1)
- Give the silent letter in: i. Debtor ii. Asthma iii. Wren iv. Catalogue v. Guess(Solved)
Give the silent letter in:
i. Debtor
ii. Asthma
iii. Wren
iv. Catalogue
v. Guess
Date posted: September 30, 2019. Answers (1)
- Fill in the more suitable word in the space provided.(Solved)
Fill in the more suitable word in the space provided.
i. Eat that last green ............ in that plate. (been, bean)
ii. Are we ............ to go to the church? (aloud, allowed)
iii. Push me ......... on the swing. (higher, hire)
iv. My skirt is too big for my ............ (waist, waste)
v. I did not ...........that you were coming. (know, no)
Date posted: September 30, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the riddling convention below and then answer questions that follow(Solved)
Read the riddling convention below and then answer questions that follow.
Oguma: I have a riddle!
Tonny: Throw it.
Oguma:What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
Basil:Glass.
Tonny: Plate.
Oguma: You both are wrong. Give me a city.
Tonny: We have given you Kisumu.
Oguma: The answer is silence.
i. Name the:
I. Respondent
II. Challenger
ii. Identify the following parts of the convention.
I. Prize
II. Guess
III. Solution
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- Read the passage below and then fill in the blank spaces with the most suitable words. Use only ONE word in each space.(Solved)
Read the passage below and then fill in the blank spaces with the most suitable words. Use only ONE word in each space.
We are often advised to be confident; confidence comes when we feel passionately about what we perform, what we have achieved, and what we can offer.
Lack of 1....................can hinder a lot of things, ranging from how you get ahead in your career to the number of skills you are able to acquire. It is a determining factor in the way you direct 2............... career. Confidence is conveyed from inner to the 3..................through the words you speak and the posture you assume. Building confidence is 4.............. a one day affair. Neither does it take other people to build your confidence.
5.....................remember an interview I once conducted for secretaries, and the memory of one woman is intact. She stammered from the point she entered the office 6................. the moment she left. Thinking that it was interview jitters, we called 7..................again, based on her technical qualifications rather than her presentation. She presented 8................... same problem. We settled on a different candidate because confidence was a key qualification 9.............the job which involved dealing 10............... clients and colleagues.
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- 'Love all, trust none.' Show how this is portrayed using illustrations from the play, 'A Doll’s House.'(Solved)
'Love all, trust none.' Show how this is portrayed using illustrations from the play, 'A Doll’s House.'
Date posted: September 30, 2019. Answers (1)
- Rewrite the sentences below with the adjective in their correct order.(Solved)
Rewrite the sentences below with the adjective in their correct order.
1. .A designer is waiting to interview a dark Rwandese tall tailor.
2. We gave Kamau some heavy new sports grey shoes.
3. The company sold their black mahogany oval Turkish table
Date posted: September 30, 2019. Answers (1)
- Use the correct possessive pronouns from the choices given to complete the sentences below.(Solved)
Use the correct possessive pronouns from the choices given to complete the sentences below.
1. Do you prefer to send the information via your email or .......... (him/mine)
2. Our computer is not as big as ..........(theirs/ours)
3 ............ (Hers/She) was a case of mistaken identity
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- Fill in the blanks in the following sentences using the correct collective nouns(Solved)
Fill in the blanks in the following sentences using the correct collective nouns.
1. The ......... of onlookers was controlled by the police officers.
2.Many brides in African weddings throw the .............of flowers at their bridal party.
3. Some suitors believe in using a ...............of singers to persuade ladies to accept their love.
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- Join each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using the phrase given in brackets.(Solved)
Join each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using the phrase given in brackets.
1
a.James is more responsible than his brother.
b. James is the last born . (although)
2
a. Onyango met the woman.
b . Onyango wanted to marry the woman’s daughter. ( whose)
3
a. The woman read a newspaper
b. The man prepared a meal. (while)
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- Fill in the blank with the correct verbs from the brackets.(Solved)
Fill in the blank with the correct verbs from the brackets.
1. The tea ............. expected back tomorrow. (are/is)
2.You ............ stay at home if you are feeling sick.(would/should)
3 .Parliament ............ resolved to abolish school fees in all public schools.(has/have).
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- Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow(Solved)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Terrorism is a real and urgent threat to nations and their interests a threat that could become perilous if terrorists acquire nuclear or biological weapons. The policies pursued by the bush administration have too often been counterproductive and self-defeating. In the name of an ‘offensive’ strategy, they have undermined the values and principles that made the United States a model for the world, dismayed cooperative nations around the world and jeopardize their cooperation with us, and provided ammunition for terrorist recruitment in the Middle East and beyond. To achieve our long-term objective we must go beyond narrow counterterrorism policies to embed counterterrorism in an overarching national security strategy designed to restore American leadership and respect in the world. This leadership must be based on a strong commitment to our values and to building the structures of international cooperation that are needed to only fight terrorists, but also to meet key challenges of our time: proliferation; climate change and energy security; the danger of pandemic disease; and the need to sustain a vibrant global economy that lifts the lives of people everywhere.
We have to demonstrate that the model of liberty and tolerance embodied by the United States, are the enemy of these universal ambitions. We must pursue an integrated set of policies- on non-proliferation, energy and climate, global public health and economic development- which reflect recognition that in an independent world, the American people can be safe and prosperous only if others too share in these blessings. Our policies must demonstrate a respect for differences of history, culture and tradition, while remaining true to the principles of liberty embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This kind of enlightened self-interest led others to rally to American leadership in the Cold War and offers the best hope for sustaining our leadership in the future. The world is filled with terrorist organizations. While the State Departments list of designated groups includes almost four dozen, numerous well known ones are still omitted because of issues related to designation process. Yet to many organizations, only one subset currently poses a serious and sustained threat to the United States and its allies: the Sunni jihadist organization known by the shorthand ‘al Qaeda’The group merits this special status because it is the only terrorist organization with the ambition and the capability to inflict genuinely catastrophic damage, which can provisionally be defined as attacks that claim causalities in the four digits or higher. The group is also unique in that it may eventually be able to carry out a campaign of repeated attacks that would have a paralyzing effect on American life and its institutions. Its ability to foil fundamental U.S. strategic goals-as it did in Iraq and as it threatens to do together with the Taliban in Afghanistan-has been amply demonstrated. As the turmoil in Pakistan has demonstrated, its capacity for upsetting the geopolitics of major regions of the world today is also unrivalled among non-state actors. The evidence provided by September 11, 2001 is sufficient to demonstrate the groups’ capability and its determination. Unlike most terrorist, it eschews incremental gains and seeks no part of a negotiation process; it seeks to achieve its primary ends, including mobilization of a large number of Muslims, through violence.
The Bush administration has fundamentally misunderstood the nature of the jihadist movement and its actions have made the threat considerably worse. The administration has hyped the threat and subordinated foreign security policy into the ‘Global War on Terror.’ It has relied on the wrong tools –principally the military- and vastly overemphasized tactics at the expense of strategy. To the extent that it has a strategy for reducing the appeal of jihad, it is the ‘freedom agenda’ which has backfired. Counter terrorism requires a shift away from a foreign and security policy that makes counterterrorism the prism through which everything is evaluated and decided. It requires a policy that must go beyond uncompromising efforts to do away with those who seek to harm us today. International engagement is essential in meeting this threat since it will ensure that new terrorist recruits do not come to take the place of those that have been defeated.
(Adapted from ‘strategic Counterterrorism’ by Daniel Benjamin, Policy Paper Number 7, 2008)
Questions
a) .In what ways were the policies pursued by the Bush administration counterproductive and self-defeating?
b).What according to the author is the essence of American counterterrorism leadership?
c).Make notes on what ought to be done to uphold American leadership?
d).In the following sentence, replace the underlined expression with one word
It requires a policy that must go beyond uncompromising efforts to do away with those who seek to harm us today
e).Why is Al-Qaida a unique group?
f).What is needed in the fight against terrorism?
g).In your opinion, what is the most dangerous aspect of terror a threat?
h).Explain the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage
a) Embed
b) Designated
c) Foil
d) Prism
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- Identify the silent letters in the words below.(Solved)
Identify the silent letters in the words below.
History
Debt
Psychology
Yacht
Condemn
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- For each of the words given below, write down another word with a similar pronunciation.(Solved)
For each of the words given below, write down another word with a similar pronunciation.
a)Maid
b)One
c)Hire
d)Guest
e)Ewe
Date posted: September 30, 2019. Answers (1)
- Read the passage below and fill in each blank spaces with an appropriate word.(Solved)
Read the passage below and fill in each blank spaces with an appropriate word.
It is an indisputable fact that agriculture 1 ......the backbone of the economy. It is therefore 2 ..... that we stop over-relying on the rain-fed agriculture. Israel is a classic 3 ........ Of a country that has reclaimed its deserts and put them 4 .......use. Land which was 5 ............ ‘useless has been turned around and 6 .............. useful. Egypt which solely depends on 7 ............. River Nile is a leading exporter of fruits and cereals. For our country to 8 ........... self-sufficiency in food production and to get a 9 ............... for export, land should be utilized to the 10 ...............This is only possible with irrigation.
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- The compulsory set text: The River and The Source: By Margaret Ogola.
Using atleast three characters in the novel, write an essay to show how the...(Solved)
The compulsory set text: The River and The Source: By Margaret Ogola.
Using atleast three characters in the novel, write an essay to show how the writer portrays women as the driving force in society. Base your answer on the River and the Source by Margaret Ogolla for illustrations.
Date posted: September 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT: THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE BY BERTOLT BRETCH.
‘Anarchy in any society brings about misuse of power.’ Basing your argument on the...(Solved)
THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT: THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE BY BERTOLT BRETCH.
‘Anarchy in any society brings about misuse of power.’ Basing your argument on the play The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Bretch, write an essay in support of this statement.
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- Explain the difference in meaning between the following sentences
1.Has the donkey eaten Mary?
2.Has the donkey eaten, Mary?(Solved)
Explain the difference in meaning between the following sentences
1.Has the donkey eaten Mary?
2.Has the donkey eaten, Mary?
Date posted: September 28, 2019. Answers (1)
- Use the correct form of the word given in brackets to fill in the gap in each sentence
1. It is unclear whether or not………………………………..is...(Solved)
Use the correct form of the word given in brackets to fill in the gap in each sentence
1. It is unclear whether or not………………………………..is determined by heredity. (Person)
2. The corrupt officer left office…………………………………………………………… (Disgrace)
3.There are no ………………………………………………………. in that house. (Occupy)
Date posted: September 28, 2019. Answers (1)