i) My friends and I attended a boring, huge, political rally.
ii) Why do you still keep this shapeless, torn, Brazilian mat?
iii) We found the tourist looking at the ugly, ancient, collapsed building.
iv) My uncle operates a successful, new, medical store
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For each of the words in capital letters below, place the stress marker to show where stress falls in the word.
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For each of the words in capital letters below, place the stress marker to show where stress falls in the word.
i) My COLLEAGUE and I will visit you.
ii) She keeps her car in PERFECT condition.
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October 9, 2019
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You have been invited to a neighboring school to participate in a debating session. List four things you would do before and during the debate...
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You have been invited to a neighboring school to participate in a debating session. List four things you would do before and during the debate in order to be effective.
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October 9, 2019
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The underlining indicates which word is stressed in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each sentence means.
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The underlining indicates which word is stressed in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each sentence means.
i) We borrowed this book.
ii) We borrowed this book.
iii) We borrowed this book.
iv) We borrowed this book.
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October 9, 2019
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Fill in each blank space in the passage below with the most appropriate word.
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Fill in each blank space in the passage below with the most appropriate word.
Girls and their families may find little 1 .... to the attend school if they are 2 ....that girls are of 3 ...value than boys on if they are tracked 4 .... fields of study on how low paid occupations considered 5 ...... for women. Studies shows that in Africa, Asia and the middle East, women are 6 .... portrayed as subordinate and passive 7 .... men are shown as displaying intelligence leadership and dominance. Many developing countries 8 .....practice gender streaming in secondary schools directing girl 9 ....from Maths and Science. Teaching 10 .....such as giving boys more opportunities to ask and answer questions may further discourage girls.
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October 9, 2019
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Choose the correct form of adjectives in brackets to fill in blank spaces.
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Choose the correct form of adjectives in brackets to fill in blank spaces.
i) The weather today is ...........than yesterday’s. (forbidding)
ii) This is the........... student in this class. (timid)
iii) I could do with a ........... brush; this one is worn out. (fine)
iv) Which is the cake with the ........... sugar? (little)
v) Is this one really as ........... as that one? (bad)
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October 9, 2019
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The following is a riddling session. In each space, indicate the name of the stage.
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The following is a riddling session. In each space, indicate the name of the stage.
Abby: Riddle, Riddle
Bob: Riddle come
Abby: My house has no door
Bob: A stone
Abby: Not correct.
Bob: An orange
Abby: No Give me a prize.
Bob: I give you London city.
Abby: Thank you. And the correct answer is an egg.
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October 9, 2019
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Underline the odd one out according to the pronunciation of letters ‘S’
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Underline the odd one out according to the pronunciation of letters ‘S’
i) Set one (helps, cooks, lanes, pigs )
ii) Set two ( consul, unsure, censure, insult)
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October 9, 2019
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Write the silent letter.
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Write the silent letter.
i) Guilt
ii) Asthma
iii) Drastically
iv) Buffet
v) Condemn
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October 9, 2019
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Fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate words.
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Fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate words.
Praise songs are songs....1...describe the ....2....qualities that some individuals or possessions such as cattle....3..., and which put them above others....4... praise songs use ....5... to describe qualities that ....6.... those praised above those who are just ....7.... Those praised in the song are usually ....8... to animals that are revered for their positive qualities ....9..... bravely, gracefulness and wisdom. Kings, chiefs, warriors and famous medicine men/women are the....10.... of most praise songs.
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October 9, 2019
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Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow.
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Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow.
MADE FOR PURE PLEASURE
Like buds too wonderful to name,
Each miracle unfolds,
And Catherine-wheels begin to flame
Like a whirling marigolds
Rockets and Roman candles make
An orchard of the sky,
Whence magic trees their petals shake
Upon each gazing eye
Questions
i) What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
ii) Using a vivid example, explain how rhythm has been achieved in this poem.
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October 9, 2019
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Rewrite according to the instruction without changing the meaning of the sentence.
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Rewrite according to the instruction without changing the meaning of the sentence.
i. I will talk to Joseph. I will talk to Kennedy.
Combine using ‘both’
ii. My father is a watchman. My mother is a watchwoman.
Combine by removing gender-insensitive words
iii. The musician wore a new shirt. The musician moved to the stage.
Begin: Wearing.......
iv. Be mindfull of the people sitting there.
Correct the error
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October 8, 2019
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Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.
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Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.
Helmer. You can’t deny it, my dear little Nora. (Puts his arm round her waist.) It’s a sweet little spendthrift, but she uses up a deal of money. One would hardly believe how expensive such little persons are!
Nora. It’s a shame to say that. I do really save all I can.
Helmer (laughing). That’s very true,–all you can. But you can’t save anything!
Nora (smiling quietly and happily). You haven’t any idea how many expenses we skylarks and squirrels have, Torvald.
Helmer. You are an odd little soul. Very likeyour father. You always find some new way of wheedling money out of me, and, as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt in your hands. You never know where it has gone. Still, one must take you as you are. It is in the blood; for indeed it is true that you can inherit these things, Nora.
Nora. Ah, I wish I had inherited many of papa’s qualities.
Helmer. And I would not wish you to be anything but just what you are, my sweet little skylark. But, do you know, it strikes me that you are looking rather–what shall I say–rather uneasy today?
Nora. Do I?
Helmer. You do, really. Look straight at me.
Nora (looks at him). Well?
Helmer (wagging his finger at her). Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?
Nora. No; what makes you think that?
Helmer. Hasn’t she paid a visit to the confectioner’s?
Helmer. Not been nibbling sweets?
Nora. No, certainly not.
Helmer. Not even taken a bite at a macaroon ortwo?
Nora. No, Torvald, I assure you really–
Helmer. There, there, of course I was only joking.
Nora (going to the table on the right). I should notthink of going against your wishes.
Helmer. No, I am sure of that; besides, yougave me your word– (Going up to her.) Keepyour little Christmas secrets to yourself, mydarling. They will all be revealed tonight whenthe Christmas Tree is lit, no doubt.
Nora. Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?
(a) 'You can’t deny it, my dear little Nora?' What is Nora denying?
(b) 'Helmer refers to Nora as a sweet little spendthrift who is expensive.' Agree with him by drawing your three supportive illustrations from what happens earlier and later in the play.
(a) '.......it strikes me that you are looking rather–what shall I say–rather uneasy today?' Why in Nora uneasy referring to what happens earlier in the play?
(b) 'Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?' What is Helmer’s attitude towards Nora when he says the words in boldface?
(c) Discuss two themes presented in the excerpt
(d) Describe two traits of Nora as portrayed in the excerpt
(e) 'Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?' Paraphrase the statements made by Helmer on the topic of Doctor Rank and the event immediately after this excerpt.
f) Give an alternative word with the same meaning as each of the following words as used in the excerpt.
i. Wheedling
ii. Nibbling
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October 8, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given without changing their meanings.
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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given without changing their meanings.
i. The guests ate up all the fruits.
End: ......the guests
ii. I will send Paul to prison.
Begin: Paul ............
iii. I will answer the email tomorrow.
Begin: The email ..........
iv)My brother has just been beaten in the race by Kipkemoi.
Begin: Kipkemoi ...............
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October 8, 2019
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Read the excerpt below and then answer questions that follow.
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Read the excerpt below and then answer questions that follow.
After a hurriedly prepared dinner, the girls retired to their bedroom to arrange and tidy it up. Cartons of their clothes, bedding, books and other personal effects were still piled up on their unmade bed. Curtains were yet to be hung as were their pictures and decorations.
Taiyo removed her cardigan and immediately swung into action. She loosened the ropes that tied cartons, emptied their contents onto the floor and sorted them. After some time, the large room that held their big bed was in shambles. Shoes lay strewn all over, books were stacked in heaps on the floor and clothes and bedding were scattered on the bed. Exhausted, she straightened up and stood, hands on her hips, eyeing in growing exasperation her sister who sat on a chair at one corner of the room reading a book.
"Surely, Resian," she complained to her sharply. "Is this the time to read a book with all this mess around
us?"
"Do your bit now and I will do mine tomorrow," Resian replied with a nonchalant carelessness. "I insist
that you get up right now and get to work" Taiyo raised her voice. "We need to arrange this room before we get to bed." Resian grunted. She reluctantly laid the book down and went to work.
They reviewed the events of the last two days as they tried to bring order to the room.
'There is such a contrast between Nakuru and this place," said Taiyo quietly. "It is so quiet and tranquil
here.'
'I don't know, but I feel an oppressive silence,' Resian said defiantly. 'A little noise is not all that 'Don't befuddle me with your weird kind of reasoning," said Taiyo getting impatient. "Do you prefer the Nakuru bus stage to this serene atmosphere?'
'No, not at all.' Resian said seriously. 'I would rather live in the most noisy place on earth, than live anywhere near a vagabond who would accost me in the most quiet and serene atmosphere with the intention of mutilating my sexuality!'
'Of course I also don't care whether I am counted among intoiye nemengalana,' an embarrassed Taiyo said
as she began to fold clothes, not looking at her sister.
'What I know is that my body belongs to me. I belong to myself." She picked a pillow, tossed it onto the bed, plumbed it up and looking around said fiercely, 'only when I am dead would anybody mutilate my body.'
'Don't you think they can force us to undergo the ritual?" Resian asked fearfully. 'What do you think will
happen to us if Papaai is forced by his clansmen to embrace the archaic culture that would require us to get
the cut?
"Resian-e-yeiyo, I hope nothing of that sort happens, for if it does ... ' she shrugged her shoulders
and pulled an expressive face. "I don't know what would happen to us.'
'That's why it's imperative that you persuade Papaai to allow us go back to Nakuru and enroll at the
university,' said Resian vehemently as she threw herself onto the bed, her arms behind her head. 'We must beat them to it. We must convince him to let us go before they prevail upon him to embrace outdated and archaic traditions.'
(a) '…..the girls retired to their bedroom to arrange and tidy it up.' Highlight the events that occur before this
(b) 'I don't know, but I feel an oppressive silence,' Why does Resian feel this kind of silence?
(c) Taiyo removed her cardigan and immediately swung into action.
Rewrite beginning with: Removing....................
(d) Describe two traits demonstrated byTaiyo in the excerpt
(e) Discuss two styles used by the author in the excerpt.
(f) Highlight two themes presented in the excerpt.
(g) What happens immediately after this excerpt?
h) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt.
i. Exasperation
ii. Befuddle
iii. Archaic
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Explain the difference in meaning between the sentences that follow.
i) I bought three pens for thirty shillings.
ii) I bought three pens at thirty shillings.
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Explain the difference in meaning between the sentences that follow.
i) I bought three pens for thirty shillings.
ii) I bought three pens at thirty shillings.
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October 8, 2019
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i) “Can I serve you with lemonade?”
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Change the following sentences into reported speech
i) “Can I serve you with lemonade?”
ii) “Why did the politician make such a statement in public?”
iii) “Go and collect all the used apparatus.”
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October 7, 2019
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i) Yesterday I met a beautiful girl. I had never met her before.
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Join the following sentences using a relative pronoun:
i) Yesterday I met a beautiful girl. I had never met her before.
ii) Mrs. Hart left her baby with a neighbor. She could rely on the neighbor.
iii) Munyao started three projects last year. He has completed two of them
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October 7, 2019
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Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given after each. Do not change the meaning
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Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given after each. Do not change the meaning
i) My grandmother could not cultivate her shamba anymore
She realized how old she had become. (Rewrite as one sentence beginning: Not…)
ii) Some pupils are not used to hardwork. (End with…hard).
iii) As Marion was walking to the bus stop, a thief snatched her handbag. (Begin: Walking…..)
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October 7, 2019
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The career market is full of opportunities. Gone are the days when we had ‘either… or’ career choices.
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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 times when women, for example, chose 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 choices. Today, colleges and Universities offer a wide range of training opportunities to high school graduates. This has made choosing a career an involving process. It has also given rise to the need for career counselling.
When choosing a career, whether you have the help of a career counselor 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 this 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 in is a recipe for all dull life since you will spend more 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 more by the social mobility that the job might provide than by their interest in the career. However, research has found that money does not play as big a 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.
Questions
i) What has created the necessity for career counselling?
ii) Why is one’s ability an important factor in career choice?
iii) Why do you think the writer cites engineering in the passage?
iv) According to the passage which career should a person who values variety choose?
v) Make notes on the importance of knowing the availability of jobs in the career field one wants to join.
vi) What evidence is given in the passage to support the statement “Money does not play a big role in job satisfaction?”
vii) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.
a) Liberalization
b) Dearth
c) Social mobility
d) Collaboration
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October 7, 2019
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Identify the word with a different sound
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Identify the word with a different sound
i) excited.............packet...........laughed
ii) leisure...............measure...........pressure
iii) echoes.............arch.............monarchy
iv) leaf..........dough.................rough
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October 7, 2019
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