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KCSE 2024 PREDICTION TRIALS
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KCSE 2024 TOP PREDICTION TRIALS 1-10
CLASS OF KCSE 2024 NOVEMBER
The set Comprises of 10 Prediction Trials prepared
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1. COMPREHENSION (20MARKS)
Read the passage below and answer the question that follow.
America has a long tradition of creativity. The expression Yankee ingenuity is an acknowledgement
of this trait present Americans with a novel problem, especially technological and they are likely to
come up with the solution sooner rather than later.
That is the positive side. The downside is that in policy matters, Americans sometime come
up with the solutions and then look for personal problems on which to test them. Washington D.C ,
perhaps more than any other city in the world, has many solutions seeking problems to lock onto.
If the solution are successful, domestically or internationally, you can expect any amount of
excitement and chest thumping, which is another hallmark of the American character. Modesty is
frowned upon as something for sissies or failures. Countries and people are ready paradigm of
winners and losers. Woe unto you if are a ‘loser’. You will endure all manner of taunts and putdowns.
To escape this fate, most Americans-including those who are demonstrably poor, call
themselves middle class, which probably they are when compared to the poor in other places. But
poverty is relative to immediate environment not to some distant places.
One of the more recent American inventions is spinning not as in making clothes (the
American textile industry has long being outsourced, notably from China another low wage country),
but rather as in using words and other symbols amplified by the media to paint a picture of anything
and everything in alight favorable to the presenter’s side.
This past week, the world witnessed, yet again this peculiar American habit of hype and more
hype, in this instance, designed to drive the point home that America’s
declared
policy to force-feed democracy to recalcitrant societies has just scored a humongous victory.
Following the Iraqi elections the turn out in particular, has been hailed as a stunning victory of
American policy. Pitted against Iraqi Jihadists who are waging a relentless and ruthless insurgency, a
scintilla of validation of America’s Iraqi policy was all that was all necessary to set off celebratory
fireworks.
To those who recount narratives (the spinners), whose job it is to put a bright glass on things a
clear picture of winners and losers are the Neanderthals; ‘’ thugs and assassins’’ in the words of the
newly sworn in secretary of state Condeleeza Rice-the insurgents who threatened to wreak havoc on
election day in Iraq but were thwarted.
The high turnout was read as a violation of many things that were most likely absent from the
minds of those Iraqi voters who cast their ballots. Before it was even known whom they had voted for
and why, the whole enterprise was turned into cause for chest thumping by some American
politicians, prompting john Kerry the loser in the November presidential race, to warn against hyping
the Iraqi election.

Who will listen to a loser? This is America! By the time Kerry spoke, the spinning was in full
gear. It was another turning point, declared elated talking heads. Never mind that there have been
numerous’’ turning points’’ in Iraqi’s tortured post-invasion experience. The winners were emerging.
A few voices have urged caution but they are drowned out by the self-congratulation that has
engulfed just about every major media outlet here.
It is reminiscent of the chatter that followed Saddam Hussein’s capture. That was another
turning point. The irony is that America has been through this before, in a different place, with almost
the exact same headlines. In the late 1967, many American newspapers published flowery and upbeat
stories on the elections held in South Vietnam at the height of the war. The turnout was nearly 83%
despite Vietcong terror. The election was declared a success and a turning point that would lead to
stabilization of the country and eventual defeat of the insurgents. Of course, nothing of the sort
happened.
History does not invariably repeat itself. Sometimes it does. Whatever one might think of it,
history does always serve up many lessons. One of them is that a dose of modesty is always in order
when confronted with vast historical forces or when seeking to rearrange complex societies their go
hundreds, if not thousands, of years back.
What may look like victory as first sight may turn out to be another opening to a complex and
trying situation that control produce winners or losers. It looks like this what is emerging in Iraq. The
millions who headed to the polls on the instruction of their electrical leaders (remember Grand
Ayatollah Sistani declared it a religious duty to vote? May or may not have had a clear idea of what
society were hoping to create. Their leaders probably do.
Iraqis voted and they are justifiably proud of it. However, this should not be made to look like
a first in the Islamic world, as it is being painted in the media. Not too long ago, an Islamic party had
won a clear and convincing victory in free and fair election in Algeria. It was never allowed to
assume power. The international authorities desisted from calling the denial an affront to democratic
practice. The man who cancelled the Algerian election results if feted in the very same quarter that
now preach democracy.
Society’s broken tyranny, war, fragmentation and other ills are not served by putdowns of
important segments within them.
The approach may produce winners in the short term but for more losers in the end. Moreover,
here we are talking of those who could lose everything, including their lives, on a mass scale. A little
modest may just be what is needed to get people across the divide talking. After all, in the end, we are
all losers.
Questions
a) What is the negative side of America’s long tradition of creativity? (2marks)
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b) “Woe unto you if you are a loser.” What does the author mean by this statement? (2marks)
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c) Identify and explain an instance of irony in this passage. (3marks)

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d) What is the author’s attitude towards the Americans? Give reason for your answer. (2marks)
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e) ‘…and the losers are Neanderthals;…’ Explain how the Neanderthals became losers according to this
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f) What according to the passage is referred to as spinning? (2marks)
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g) Identify one American policy discussed in this passage. (2marks)
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h) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. (5marks)
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2. EXCERPT- FATHERS OF NATIONS

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
When all four were back at their seats, the Chair began to wrap up."Excellencies, we've come to the end of
our summit." He smiled, and why not? Had The Trick not saved the day? Had it not eliminated the need
for the consensus he could not achieve? "Go back home safely, Excellencies. As we say in my country,
travel like lions, without fear of attack or worry about supper. And, speaking about supper, the Pinnacle
informs me that, to cap our summit, it has organised a closing ceremony on the mezzanine floor. Things
will start sizzling in thirty minutes. So we'll meet there soon." Gavel hit wood. Bang. "I now declare the
summit itself formally closed." Bang. Bang. President Dibonso sprang to hit feet at once. "Mr Chairman,
don't insult our intelligence with that rubbish." His voice was grating on all ears with tones of rage.
"What rubbish are you referring to? President Dibonso?" asked the Chair. He was rising to the challenge.
"The Choice Matrix indeed! Do you really expect us to buy into that madness? Can't you see that some of
us are not senile? We reject the matrix, lock, stock and barrel." "I said the summit stands closed," insisted
the Chair. Bang. Bang. "And I say it is open again," retorted President Dibonso.

"But, President Dibonso, you do not have the power to do so." "Who says I do not have the power to do
so? See this?" He pulled out a pistol, pocket-size. The other heads of state scrambled to hide under their
desks. "President Dibonso, put that thing away!" demanded the Chair. "Make me!" retorted President
Dibonso, The pistol clicked, It was ready to start spitting fire at the Chaire.
QUESTIONS
a) Briefly explain what happens just before the excerpt. (4 marks)

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b) Identify and illustrate two-character traits of the Summit Chair and one of President Dibonso.
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c) What two themes come out in the excerpt? (4 marks)

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d) (i) We reject the matrix, lock, stock and barrel. (Write beginning with "Lock") (1 mark)
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e) Discuss two stylistic devices used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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f) I said the summit is closed. (Rewrite using a question tag) (1 mark)
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g) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt. (3 marks)
i. Consensus
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ii. cap
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Question 3
Oral Narrative
Read the following narrative and answer the questions that follows. (20marks)
A long time ago, there were two men who had been friends for many years. They were like brothers.
Now , there came a time when they both wanted to get married. They decided would marry one woman
with whom they had both fallen in love.
Between the two of them they had enough bride wealth to pay for the woman, because each of them
had half the required bride price. The woman’s father accepted the bride wealth and gave permission for
his daughter to get married to the two young men. The made an agreement among themselves and laid
down conditions that were going to guide them in sharing this woman as a wife . One of the friends
chose to have exclusive right to the woman’s from the waist to the legs while the other one chose from
the waist upwards to the head.
Whenever the man who had chosen the upper part desired the woman, he called her into his house
and had a pat on her and that was all. The other man who had chosen the lower parts took the woman to
his house for the night.
This arrangement worked until the woman became pregnant.

‘’After delivery.’ The friend who owned the upper part said to the woman, ‘’I won’t allow you to
breastfeed because the baby isn’t mine.’’
The woman objected loudly saying , “But the baby is mine and the breast are also mine so I’ll have
to breast feed it.
‘’ No, and yes, the baby is yours and my friends, but the breasts happen to be yours and mine, so you
and my friends should try to get milk for your baby from elsewhere. I don’t want you to feed it from
your breasts,’’ The man was serious and the woman got very worried.
“Perhaps my friend who owns your upper part can pay me back the part of the bride wealth I paid for
you then he can have you as his wife and you won’t have to be a wife to both of us,” the other
husband offered. However, he knew very well that his friend had neither money, cattle nor anything
else which he could refund to him as part of the bride wealth he had paid for their wife.
The matter was taken to the elders for discussion and settlement. After much consultations, it was
decided that, that woman should be married to the man who owned the upper part of the body as the
baby had to be fed. The friends disagreed and had their first serious quarrel.
The situation was critical, so the father of the baby conceded and allowed his friend to refund the
share of the bride wealth he had paid. It was then agreed by the elders that the woman should be
exclusively married to the man who owned the breasts. This development marked the end of the
friendship between the two young men.
QUESTIONS
a) Classify the above genre (2marks)
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b) Identify the typical features of oral narrative evident in the genre above. (4marks)
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c) What makes relationship between the two friends ironical? (2marks)

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d) Comment on the character traits of the two husbands. (4marks)
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f) Highlight two social activities evident in the above oral narrative. (2marks)
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g) What is the attitude of this society towards women? (3marks)
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h) The situation was critical, so the father of the baby conceded and allowed his friend to refund the
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GRAMMAR (15MARKS)
1. Use the correct form of the words in brackets to fill in the blank space. (3marks)
i)Jane was……………………………………………………………...about taking up the job (decide)
ii)I told her that I was …………………………………………………………for her help. (gratitude)
iii) There is little evidence of ………………………………………………….(diligent)
2. Underline the main clause in the following sentences. (2marks)
i) I saw the woman who gave birth to twins.

ii) If you work hard you will pass your examinations
3 Use the most appropriate choice to fill in the blank spaces. (2marks)
i)Mr Kantai sent two students …………………….(I, me) and John out of his class.
ii) Kemunto introduced Wafula and ………………to his father(her,she)
4. Underline the gerund in the following sentence. (1mark)
Diana is studying but swimming is her hobby.
5 .Rewrite the following sentences as instructed. (3marks)
i). He was obviously angry with you. (Begin His…)
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ii) He did not apply for the job. He did not get it (Begin: Had……
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iii) James wondered how the accused will clear their names. (Rewrite in direct speech)
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6. Explain the difference between the following sentences. (2marks)
Has the donkey eaten Mary?
Has the donkey eaten, Mary?
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7. Rephrase the phrasal verb underlined with one word similar in meaning. (2marks)
a) The project has really eaten into my savings.
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b) He had his dog put down because it was in a lot of paint from its tumors.
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Poetry
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Grammar
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TOTAL SCORE 80


1. COMPREHENSION (20MARKS)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
This article is a response to Tom Odhiambo’s article in Saturday Nation of 25th January 2014
entitled, Where is the Evidence of Big Literary Debates in the 1960s and 70s. The writer took on
Egara Kabaji’s sentiments that the Kenyan academy is dead. He also castigated Taban Lolyong
on his assertion that Kenyan critics cannot read books, critique them and publish their findings. I
wish to differ with the writer on a number of issues; these are the rubbishing of the scholar’s
nostalgia and the blanket proclamation that there are hardly mentors in our universities today.
As much as Egara Kabaji’s assertion is an overstatement, upcoming literary scholars like us,
partly agree with him that unlike now, there was a humongous literary appetite in the 1960s and
70s. The robust creative output of our fathers like Wole Soyinka, Chinua Achebe, Ngugu Wa
Thiong’o, Peter Abrahams and Alex La Guma fitted aptly with the roaring appetite and curiosity
of African audiences at the time. The clamor for independence that characterized postcolonial
era led to a magnetic reception of their works. Furthermore, value systems of the people at the
time were untainted by materialism; consequently, they thirsted for knowledge and wisdom.
People create authors. Their faith creates heroes. Their great passion for ideas at the time created
great authors like Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. Critics were their
prophets – they had the ability to interpret what authors said to the people. Therefore, they rode
on the wings of the authors. The authors were deities. Their audiences crowned and glorified
them, so did the critics. The literary conferences of the sixties and seventies were sterling, not
because the authors and critics were more dedicated than today’s. They were eminent because
they drew inspiration from the people of their time. If Professor Egara Kabaji says the Kenyan
academy is dead, he might have overstated his observation but we ought to not shut him down. If
a medium no longer receives oracles, his deity could be dead. A deity is dead if people no longer
believe in him. They have changed their attitude towards him perhaps because they think they
have a better option.
In other words, there is a considerable attitude change in the populace towards literature since the
eighties and this is the deadly virus that all literary scholars, including Tom Odhiambo, should
try to find a cure. The replication of materialism that came with a boom in science and
technology on one hand and escalation of poverty on the other hand, have eroded the passion for
most genres of literature. Poverty trains the mind to idolize the material and scoff at the idea
since the poor person pursues survival. The material is apt for survival just as wisdom is apt for
success. Literature, which is a subset of knowledge under the rationalism school of philosophy,
upholds the abstract aspects of humanity inconsistent to the prevalent materialism.
With proliferation of science and technology, the empiricism school of philosophy that holds that
knowledge is what you acquire via the five senses is carrying the day. Critics and authors may
burn their midnight oil to write and publish but for a market that is interested in procurement and
entrepreneurship courses to start money minting businesses and glue themselves on social media
and Hollywood movies since they disseminate knowledge by sight. When will they have time for
JKS Makokha’s thesis on Vassanji’s novels?

Questions
a) On which issues does the writer disagree with Tom Odhiambo? (2 marks)
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b) Contrast the attitude of people towards literature in the 60s and in the present world. Give
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d) Mention some of the things that have caused diminishing reading culture of the traditional story
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e) Relate the emergence of materialism to the death of literature. (3 marks)

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f) Literature, which is a subset of knowledge under the rationalism school of philosophy, upholds
the abstract aspects of humanity inconsistent to the prevalent materialism. (Rewrite the sentence
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g) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. (4 marks)
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Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
Professor Kimani joined the University of Nairobi directly as a senior lecturer. Even
before taking off, he was already flying. There was a reason. Kenya, Tanzania, and
Uganda had just dismantled théir University of East Africa. Kenya's part of the
university, now renamed the University of Nairobi, found itself with a vacancy it
had to fill immediately in its Institute of Development Studies.
Professor Kimani, who had just completed his studies at the University of Oxford, wrote
from there to say he wanted to fill it. To ensure he came and filled it for sure, the
University of Nairobi raised his entry point from that of a lecturer to that of a senior
lecturer.

He came. Only a month after his arrival, he launched a noisy debate in which he
demanded that the University of Nairobi henceforth strive for relevance to the
society rather than simply excellence of its work. It was not clear exactly what he
meant by relevance to the society rather than simply excellence of its work. It was
not clear exactly what he meant by relevance to the society. However, a short six
months later, he prevailed. The university's official motto became, 'Relevance to the
society'.
After winning this war, he started another war which was even noisier. Now he wanted
the university to be an agent of change, not a mere spectator of it. This was when
people still thought this view was too radical and ridiculed it as simple- minded. So,
not surprising, some of his colleagues, puzzled by his refusal to see that it was
simple-minded, did or said little, convinced that he would fall on his face before
long and self-destruct on his own without their help.
He did not care. After all, his antics in wars that he had started, and won, had also won
him the heart of a campus beauty queen. Her name was Asiya Omondi. He married
her on a rainy but approving Saturday, to claps of thunder and flashes of lightning.
How marriage then accelerated academic success! A professorship soon followed.
After that achievement, he felt fulfilled. His persona now was complete. Had anyone
told him this happiness would one day end as it did, he would have laughed himself
upside down.
QUESTIONS
a) After Kimani fills a vacancy in University of Nairobi's Institute of Development Studies, he

demands for two changes at the university in quick succession. What are these changes?
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b) Identify and illustrate three characters traits of Kimani brought out in this excerpt.
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d) (i) To ensure he came and filled it for sure, the University of Nairobi raised his entry point
from that of a lecturer to that of a senior lecturer. (Write beginning with the main clause).
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ii) His persona now was complete. (1 mark)
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e) Identify one stylistic device used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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f) Explain the meaning of the following words used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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g) The writer says, 'Had anyone told him this happiness would one day end as it did, he would
have laughed himself upside down." What later happened to Professor Kimani in the text?
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3. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow: (20 marks)
Tears in Heaven
Would you know my name?
If I saw you in heaven
Would it be the same?
I must be strong
And carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven
Would you hold my hand?

Would you help me stand?
I'll find my way

Through night and day
'Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven
Time can bring you down

Time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart
Have you begging “please”
Begging” please”
Beyond the door

There's peace, I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more
Tears in heaven
Would you know my name?

Would you be the same?
I must be strong
And carry on

'Cause I know I don't belong
Here in heaven
( Source: Clapton, E., Jennings, W. Warner Bros Records)
Questions
a) Classify the oral poem above. (2 marks)
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b) What makes this an oral poem? (6 marks)
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c) Explain what the poem is about? (3 marks)
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d) What is the prevailing mood in this poem? (3 marks)

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e) Explain the meaning of the following line: (2 marks)
'Cause I know I just can't stay
Here in heaven
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f) What do we learn about the persona? (2 marks)

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g) What is the tone of the poem in stanza 6? (2 marks)
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4. Grammar. (15 marks)
a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change
the meaning. (3 marks)
(i) Who gave you this gift? (Rewrite in passive.)
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(ii) He is intelligent but he must still work hard. (Begin: Intelligent.....)
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(iii) I did not know you then and so I couldn’t help you. (Rewrite beginning: Had……….)

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b) In each of the following sentences provide one word for the underlined words. (2 marks)
(i) The young, beautiful Teresa surprised everybody present when she took a vow of remaining
unmarried all her life.
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(ii) James said that his sister suffers from a disease that prevents her from sleeping.
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c) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the sentences. (3 marks)
(i) The teacher had nothing but ………………………………. (admire) for the top KCSE student
(ii) Jaoko still wants more food even after clearing a whole plateful of Ugali. His appetite is
simply………………………………………. (Satisfy).
(iii)To prove his youthful …………………………….., the young man went after the Lion. (brave)
d) Choose the correct pronoun to complete the following sentences (3 marks)

i.) The girls, _________________ (she/her) and Joan, won the tournament.
ii.) My mother sent James and___________________ to the shop. ( me, I )
iii.) It is____________________ that escorted him to the airport. ( us, we)
e) Replace the underlined word with a phrasal verb. (3 marks)
(a) We felt completely disappointed by John’s performance.

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(b) Sharleen is currently living with her sister-in-law in Lagos.
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(c) The governor was annoyed with his deputy who appeared to undermine him..
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f) The following sentence has more than one meaning. Explain the ambiguity.. (2 marks)
(i) Put your hands together for Tom
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Question 1: Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage and then attempt the questions that follow
As the biometric registration for the National Integrated Identity Management System prominently
referred to as HudumaNamba is being rolled out, there is, justifiably, growing whimpers of scepticism
among Kenyans. There has been a lot of speculation, rightfully so, because in this day and age of data
piracy, people need assurances that the data collected under the HudumaNamba will not be used for
nefariousactivities.
These doubts have created room for the spread of misinformation and extensively contributed to the
registration apathy witnessed since its commencement. It is therefore incumbent to clearly explain to
Kenyans what, precisely, HudumaNamba is and what it is not.
According to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 16.9), everyone should obtain legal
identity by 2030. The World Bank estimates that today, one in six people are unable to prove their identity
because there is a dearth of information about their background. In this era of globalisation, integrated
information is critical to identification. With that in mind, a snippet of information from the Swedish replica
of HudumaNamba gives hope for what the government must do to boost public confidence about the
overriding unique value proposition of NIIMS.
A Swedish friend was carrying around an electronic card with a personal number and I got
inquisitive. He first mentioned to me that the personal number is called Personnummer in Swedish. He
expounded that some of the details contained in the chip include family members, spouses, employment
status, employer’s name, health insurance number, residential area and his exact location of his home.
With such information, the Swedish government, being a welfare state, is able to plan and provide
social services easily. Unemployed adults can be mapped out for their monthly stipend; governments can
know where more schools, hospitals, colleges and industries are needed; number of vulnerable people in
need of social support and it can track down suspected criminals thus enhancing security.
Furthermore, the security of the data is strong. The first few Personnummer digits are accessed by
anyone (they are merely the person’s birthdate) while the remaining digits are only accessible by a specific
legally mandated government department.
Clearly, NIIMS is quite similar, from face value and intention, to the Swedish one. What is now
needed is strategic dissemination of information to reach out to a majority of Kenyans to enhance public
knowledge about HudumaNamba and its attendant benefits.
For efficient public service delivery, integration of data is imperative in planning, resource allocation
and reducing unnecessary red tape. For instance, it is easy for the government to know the number of
employed and unemployed people in order to develop a strategy for placement and absorbing them.
Again, centralised data provides a neatly weaved base of facts and figures that can be easily
harnessed to provide information about the public sector, its performances and project/services
prioritization. This will further inform rational budgetary allocation and logical channeling of resources to
productive but needful public sectors.
Another advantage of HudumaNamba is that it will cure the skewed issuance of Identity Cards,
especially during the electioneering periods where devious politicians can sometimes disenfranchise voters

by withholding of IDs. This is made possible because any Kenyan above the age of six years is entitled to
HudumaNamba. When they get to 18, the ball will be on their court to either register as a voter or not thus
enhancing their civic rights. The HudumaNamba comes in handy in sealing the loophole of intentional voter
disenfranchisement.
Kenya has been on the receiving end of organised terror attacks. This has posed an existential threat
to our peace and security. But with HudumaNamba, pieces of information about individuals can be put
together. Hence, it will be quite easy to compare the biometric data given vis-a-vis suspects of organised
crimes.
Ultimately, the reservations Kenyans have should be fully addressed owing to the history of our
country that has been characterised by unlawful profiling. HudumaNamba will streamline service delivery
and reduce the number of documents one needs to access government services.
(Daily Nation, 30th April, 2019)
Question
a) Why has there been growing whimpers and skepticism among Kenyans on registration of
HudumaNamba.?
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b) What in the opinion of the writer can stop HudumaNamba registration apathy? 2mks.
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c) In note form, outline the benefits of the Swedish personnummer. 4mks
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d) What step should the government take to enhance knowledge about the HudumaNamba and its benefits?
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e) How according to the writer is the HudumaNamba going to solve voter disenfranchisement? 2mks

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f) What is the attitude of the writer towards HudumaNamba registration? 2mks
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g) HudumaNamba will streamline service delivery. Add a question tag. 1mk
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h) Comment on the tone the passage ends in. 2mks
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i) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage. 3mks
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Question 2: EXCERPT- FATHERS OF NATIONS
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow (25 marks)
"Tad," said the cranky passenger as he was settling down in economy class, in a seat next to Dr Afolabi's.
"Tad Longway," he added. His voice, deep, lingered on like the boom of a big drum.
He held up a card. Dr Afolabi took it. It said the man was a Director of Special Projects at the
Agency for Governance and Development in Africa. "Pleased to meet you, Mr Longway," Dr Afolabi
said. "My name is Abiola Afolabi. I teach at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. "
"You gave an excellent keynote the other day, Dr Afolabi," said the cranky passenger. Sparks of
earnestness were crossing his eyes, both crystal-green like toy marbles, confirming the compliment
was sincere. "Your keynote address at the Foundation for Democratic Rule, I mean. It was brilliant."
"I'm glad you liked it, Mr Longway," Dr Afolabi said. His voice had become warm. "You were there,
then, Mr Longway?"

"Yes, but back in the last row. As a mere spectator, I did not want to be obtrusive. Anyway, you were
superb, Dr Afolabi. If you don't mind my adding this, I was more impressed by the points that the
audience raised afterwards, during the question-and-answer period. "
Dr Afolabi felt the praise he had just heard turn into reproach. "So what were those points, Mr
Longway?" he asked. His voice was less warm. "Remember the guy from Grassroots International:
short fellow, round of body and outspoken of manner? What was his name? It's on the tip of my
tongue."
You must mean the fire-eater who kept accusing me of looking for answers where I should not even look,"
Dr Afolabi said. "Exactly, that's our man. Yes, I thought he was right on point, Dr Afolabi.
He too was unhappy with the present state."
"Wait, the present state of what?" "Africa." "I don 't understand. " "No problem. I'll spell it out for you.
You see, Dr Afolabi, Africa, in its present state, has two new arrivals: corruption and impunity. The
first is a crime the Second protects from punishment, the second is another crime the first rewards
with kickbacks. That is Africa in its presept state. Now can it change?"
"Tell me. Can it?""Well, let's ask the Law of Will." '"' What?"
"Unless there is will to change, there will be no change."
QUESTIONS
(a) Briefly explain what happens before the excerpt. (3 marks)
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(b) Discuss one-character traits of Dr Afolabi and two of Mr Longway. (6 marks)

(c) Highlight two themes evident in the excerpt. (4 marks)
(d) (i) It's on the tip of my tongue. (Add a question tag) (1 mark)
iii) Unless there is will to change, there will be no change. (Rewrite using "if") (1mark)
(e) Identify two stylistic devices used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
(f) (F) Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
i. Lingered-
ii. Keynote-
iii. Earnestness-

Question 3:
Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow.
IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But can make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting,
Or be lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.
If you can dream and not make dreams your master;

If you can think and not make thoughts your aim
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch- and –toss,
And lose and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them: “Hold on!”
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run
Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it,
And- which is more-you’ll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling
Questions
(i) Identify the persona of the poem. 2mks
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(ii) How does the persona suppose our view of life should be? 2mks
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(iii)In stanza two, the words ‘Triumphant and Disaster ‘are capitalized. Give a reason for the capitalization.
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(v) What is the dominant tone of the poem? 2mks
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(vi) With close reference to stanza three line 1-4, comment on the attitude of the persona towards losing.
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(vii) Explain the meaning of the following lines. 3mks
(a) And stoop and build ‘em up
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(c) Walk with kings

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Question 4: Grammar
(a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. (3mks)
(i) If Ochieng had asked, I would have been able to assist. (Begin: Had……….)
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If I were the minister for National Security, I would ensure tighter security checks at the borders.
(Begin: Were I…)
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The games teacher found out how fast Onesmus was when he started the race.
(Begin: It was not...)
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(b) Fill the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. 2mks
(i) Their bodies had suffered ………………………………… as a result of malnutrition. (Contort)
(ii) The manager made several …………………………on the original invoice. (delete)
(c) Use the correct form of adverb from the words in brackets to complete the sentence. 2mks
(i) The excitement went _____________, their neighbours filed a complaint. (board)
(ii) The remark that came from ______________ angered the adjudicators. (stage)
(d) Complete these sentences using the correct order of the words in the brackets. 2mks
(i) He gave his wife an expensive ring in a ………………………………………………………. box.
(metal, square, jewelry, small)
(ii) The Kenyan ……………………………………………………. (military, combined, powerful)
forces soon overwhelmed the Somali terrorists.
(e) Fill the blanks with the correct preposition. 4mks
(i) All his colleagues condoled………………. him……………. his bereavement.

(ii) Could we meet …………….church …………. exactly nine tonight.
(f) Explain the difference in meaning in the following pairs of sentences. 2mks
(i) I am sorry for disturbing you.
(ii) I am sorry to disturb you.
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1. COMPREHENSION (20mrks)
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow (20mrks)
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 and 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 under violent circumstances; serious accidents, homicides and suicide
are not uncommon. This, together with the physical deterioration accompanying alcoholism,
help and 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 areas, cirrhosis is the fourth most common causes 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 coordination. One out of four
persons who are admitted to mental hospitals are diagnosed as alcoholics and 40 percent of
all admission 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 system 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 organically based mental deficiency among
the newborn. The effects of foetal alcohol syndrome on the children of female alcoholics are
usually chronic and may be permanently disabling.
QUESTIONS
i. What are the major causes of death among alcoholics?(2mks)

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ii. Which reason does the writer give as to why physicians do not report alcoholic related
deaths? (2mrks)
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iii. One out of four persons who are admitted to mental hospitals are diagnosed as
alcoholics.( Rewrite starting with a few....) (2mrks)
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iv. Alcoholics often die under violent circumstances...(Rewrite adding a question tag)
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v. What is the attitude of the writer towards people who abuse alcohol? (3mrks)

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vi. Explain what the following sentence means. Alcohol tends to be a substitute for a balance
diet (2mrks)
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vii. Make notes on the effects of alcohol to expectant mothers and their children(4mrks)
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viii. What would be the most suitable title for this passage? ( 1mrk)
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ix. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage(3mrks)
(a) attribute
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(b) scarred abuse
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(c) statistics
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2. EXCE
Cute as a button and sharp as a needle, he thought. Her eyes were wide and white like a
pair of moons. She continued. "My natural parents were Gambian, but I will never see
them. are dead. Oh, well." She wriggled in her chair. "Goodness me, what am I doing?
Dictating my autobiography?" She waved that idea away. "Let's talk business now,
shall we?" She pulled out of her handbag a small device then switched it on. "Mind if I
start recording?"
"You're a reporter?" He had not thought she was. "Yes, for the Gambian News."
"I see. Now, how can I help you, Ms Mckenzie?" "I'd like to ask you a few questions, if I
may."
"Yes, you may. In fact, why don't I start you off? My name is Abiola Afolabi, which you
seem to know already. But you can just call me Abiola, my first name. Take it from
there."
"I will: you studied at Harvard University in the USA. Now you teach at the University of
Ibadan in Nigeria." She smiled. "I got that from the cover of your book: Failure of
States." He averted his eyes to enjoy this fame in the correct manner— with humility,
he hoped she would easily see through. This black Scotswoman surely knew her tread,
he thought.
"when I heard you were heard at The Seamount Hotel, Dr Afolabi, I decided to come and
see you. So here I am. This is also funny."
"Funny?"
"Yes. I expected to see an academic scarecrow dressed in jeans. Instead, I see a well-
dressed man who might well be a business person..."

QUESTIONS
a) Explain what happens immediately g) Explain the meaning of the following before this
excerpt. (4 marks)
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b) Identify and illustrate two aspects of style in this excerpt. (4 marks)
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c) Discuss one theme evident in this excerpt. (2 marks)
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d) Discuss two-character traits of Fiona in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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e) Briefly explain what happens what happens after this excerpt. (2 marks)
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f) How are Afolabi's thoughts in his book fulfilled later in the book? Briefly explain
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g) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt. (5 marks)
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ii) Autobiography…………………………………………………………………………..
iii) Wriggled……………………………………………………………………………….
iv) Tread…………………………………………………………………………………...
v) Menacingly……………………………………………………………………………….
3. ORAL NARRATIVE
Read the passage below and then 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 had
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.
GEORGE OLWALO (Adapted from Sunday Nation July 3 2011)
Questions
a) How would you classify this narrative? Explain your answer. (2marks)
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b) Identify and illustrate two features of oral narratives present in the story. (4marks)
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c) What makes Warthog and Hare best friends? (2marks)
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d) What are the economic activities of the community from which the story is taken from?
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e) How has Hare been portrayed in the story? (2marks)

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f) What moral lesson do we learn from the above story? (2marks)
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(g) Give two functions of ‘Once upon a time…’ (2mrks)
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(h) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the narrative (2mrks)
(i) get even
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4. GRAMMAR (15mrks)
(a) Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not
change the meaning (4mrks)
(i) I will go only if he asks me to. ( Rewrite using the word unless)
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(ii) The headteacher spoke for over an hour. She did not address important issues
(Combine into one sentence using the word however)
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(iii) I do not want any more tea, thank you. (Begin: I would rather....)

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(iv) They say the terrorist is said to be somewhere in Eastleigh( Begin The terrorist)
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(b) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each of the following
sentences( 3mks)
(i) Owino did not know that a tree had..........................................his house(strike)
(ii) The three .......................................................were arrested. ( passer-by)

(iii) She has spent a lot of time..................................................her compound
(beautiful)
(c) Complete the following sentences by adding the correct question tags. (2mks)
(i) You are going to stay with us tonight, .........................................
(ii) They don’t wake up at six o’clock, ............................................

(d) Complete each of the following sentences by filling the blank spaces with the correct
prepositions. ( 3mks)
(i) My uncle deals..........................second hand clothes
(ii) She worked hard.................................the lunch break
(iii) Nafula mistook Wambui..................................her sister
(e) Choose the correct alternative from the word given in brackets to complete each of
the following sentences (3mrks)
(i) This is one of those stories that....................................to have no ending ( seem,
seems)
(ii) A range of issue.............................discussed. (were, was)
(iii) He is the longest serving of all Kenya’s................................................................
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Comprehension
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Excerpt
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Poetry
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Grammar
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TOTAL SCORE 80


QUESTION 1.
Read the passage below and answer the questions based on it. (20Marks).
Recognising attitude.
You should have seen her walk with elegance and style. Even those who had no taste for beauty and art quickly realized
that she stood out among the beauty contestants. This was not an ordinary beauty contest like the previous ones. The
competition had moved from the mere focus on outside beauty; it required brains too. When it came to answering the
questions, Atieno did not disappoint the audience. She was eloquent and articute, answering the questions intelligently
and with precision. What is more, Atieno was cool and composed. She struck an image of one who was sure of herself and
subject. She spoke on how she would plough back the prize of money to educate girls in her village and help orphans
revenged by HIV/AIDS pandemic. When she finished speaking, I could not help but join the rest of the audience in giving
Atieno a standing ovation. To me, she was the epitome of perfection , a marriage of beauty and brain.
I loved the appearance and the experience of the judges. Their resumes spoke of people who were widely travelled and
had vast experience, thus they knew what to look for in the contestants. I had no doubt that they would give a fair
judgement. We waited with bated breath for the judges to come back from their consultation to announce the winner.
Soon we become the restless as people began whispering and murmuring. When it took a bit longer, word even begun
going round that the judges had disagreed on who the winner was.
Finally the judges emerged. Looking at their faces, my instincts told me something was amiss. Without wasting time,
judge Dulo dropped the bomb shell: “The winner of miss kenya Beauty contest 2023 is Mzalendo Lukenya!” shouts of
disapproval filled the room. Even the minister for culture and social services who is known for his level-headedness shook
his head in disapproval. Finally the master of ceremonies calmed the audience and the judges called the winner on stage.
When she appeared, the hall was filled with ululation and shouts of jubilation as song and dance filled the hall. I saw the
minister wipe a tear from his left eye. The judges and the contestants had played a trick on us! Mzalendo Lukenya was
actually Atieno! They had agreed not to associate her with any tribe in kenya., hence the use of the name Mzalendo
Lukenya. There were more shouts, music and dance in the hall. Indeed, this was a pageant of ‘Beauty and Brain’.
QUESTIONS
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g) Re-write the following sentence according to instruction given in brackets. (1mark)

Atieno did not disappoint the audience.(change into passive voice)
h) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. (4marks)
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"Why do you want to steal my wife?""The word I used is 'marry'. You prefer 'steal'?""What good is she to you?"
Kimani cursed himself for that wording: he had degraded not only his wife but also himself, and in the same
breath, upgraded his foe."What good is she to me? Because she is much older than I am? — is that what you
mean? Then hear my answer. Old is gold."Mr Walomu's opponents had a different answer: ' 'When a cat
gets into a pigeon coop," they said, "it kills all the pigeons it finds there, not just those it will eat".
Mr Walomu had already eaten three pigeons and now had in his paws a fourth: Asiya. Strewn along his path,
lay many others he had killed but not eaten. So who could say for sure that,months hence, Asiya would not
become one of these?Mr Walomu's opponents continued. "As for what you call 'stealing', a professor in
Texas saysthat lots of people do it. He threw in a Swahili to support his claim.
"Na hivyo ndivyo ilivyo." To help it along, he gave an appropriate English equivalent. "And that's how the
cookie crumbles."That was mockery Professor Kimani felt had to reject. "You have three beautiful wives,"
he began. This was a silly start, as even he realised. Had he not sounded like an envious loser? Nonetheless,
he went on. "All of them are young.""And young they'll still be the day I die," Walomu added."Karanja, you
know the saying: 'A real bull dies with green grass in its mouth' ."
QUESTIONS
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3.Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follows. (20marks)
Falsehood is more profitable than Truth (Hausa)

This is about certain men, the king of Falsehood and the king of truth, who started of on a journey
together, and the king of lies said to the king of truth that he (the latter) should get food for them on the
first day. They went on, and slept in a town, but they did not get anything to eat, and next morning when
they had started again on the road, the king of Truth said to the king of Lies ‘in the town where we shall
sleep to-night you must get our food’, and the king of lies said ‘Agreed.’
They went on and come to a large city, and io, ‘the mother of the King of this city had just died.’ And the
whole city was mourning, and saying ‘The mother of the king of this city has died.’ Then then the king of
Lies said ‘what is making you cry?’ And they replied ‘The king’s mother is dead.’ Then he said ‘You go
and tell the king that his mother shall arise.’ So, they went and told the king, and he said ’where are these
strangers?’ And the people replied ‘see theme here.’ So they were taken to a large house, and it was given
to them to stay in.
In the evening, the king of Lies went and caught a wasp, the kind of insect which makes a noise like
‘kurukuru’, and he came back, and put it in a small tin, and said ‘Let them go and show him the grave.’
When he had arrived, he examined the grave, and then he said ‘Let everyone go away.’ No sooner had
they gone, than he opened the mouth of the grave slightly, he brought the wasp and put it in, and then
closed the mouth as before. Then he sent for the king, and say that he was to come and put his ear to the
grave –meanwhile this insect was buzzing – and when the king of the city had come, the king of Lies
said ‘Do you hear your mother talking?’ then the king arose; he chose a horse and gave it to the king of
Lies; he brought women and gave them to him; and the whole city began to rejoice because the king’s
mother was going to rise again.
Then the king of Lies asked the king of the city if it was true that his father was dead also, and the king
replied ‘Yes, he is dead, so, the kings of Lies said ‘well, your father is holding you mother down in the

grave; they are quarrelling’, and he continued ‘Your father, if he come out, will take away the
chieftainship from you’, and he said that his father will also kill him. When the king had told the
townspeople this, they piled stones on the grave, and the king said ‘here, king of Lies, go away; I give
you these horses’, and he continued that so far as his mother was concerned, he did not want her to
appear either. Certainly, falsehood is more profitable than truth in this world.
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Adapted from Oral Literature in Africa by Ruth Finnegan
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f) From the last statement of the narrative, is it true that falsehood is more profitable than truth in this world.
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4. GRAMMAR QUESTIONS
a) Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change the
meaning. (3marks)
i) They were so exhausted that they could not complete the work. ( Re-write using, too)
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b) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces in each of the following sentences.
(3marks)
i) Only the ------------------------------------ will leave in peace in the new political dispensation. ( corrupt)
ii) The information given by the politician was solely aimed at ----------------------------- his opponent. (crime)
iii) The aim of education is to make one------------------------------------- ( function).
c) Replace the underlined words in each of the sentences below with an appropriate phrasal verb. (3marks)
i) The employer had to accept the workers demand to avoid a strike.
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c) Fill in blank spaces with the most appropriate prepositions. (3marks)
i) Inoculation gives protection ---------------------- infection.

ii) We agreed ----------------------the general procedure.
iii) It has been the same old story ever ----------------------he was a small boy.
e. Join the following pairs of sentences using the words given in brackets.(3marks)
i) This is the house. Otieno built it. ( which)
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Comprehension
20
Excerpt
25
Poetry
20
Grammar
15
TOTAL SCORE 80


1. COMPREHENSIVE
1. Read the passage and answer all the questions that follow. (20 marks)
When in early 1970s ultrasound confronted me with the sight of the embryo in a womb, I simply
lost my faith in abortion on demand. I did not hold onto my old convictions. The change was in
its way a clean and surgical conversion. I am by nature one that works out the conflicting data,
weighs the opposing argument with great care, makes a decision and then acts upon it with no
lingering backward glances.
By 1984 however, I had begun to ask myself more questions about abortion: What actually goes
on in an abortion? I had done many but abortion is a blind procedure. The doctor does not see
what he is doing. He puts an instrument into a uterus and he turns on a mortar and a suction
machine goes on and something is vacuumed out; it ends up as little pile of meat in a gauze bag.
I wanted to know what happened, so in 1984 I said to a friend of mine who was doing fifteen or
maybe twenty abortions a day:‘ Look ,do me a favour,Jay .Next Saturday when you are doing all
these abortions put an ultra sound on the mother and tape it on me.”
He did, and when he looked at the tapes with me in the editing studio, he was so affected that he
never did another abortion. Although I had not performed an abortion in five years, I was shaken
to the very roots of my soul by what I saw. The tapes were shockingly amazing. Some of the
tapes weren’t of very good quality but I selected one that was of better quality than the others
and began to show it at pro- life gatherings around the country.(I had my first contact with pro-
life movement in 1981 when the then president of the National Right to Life Committee,
Carolyn Gerster, had gotten in touch with me).
At the time, I was speaking at a pro-life meetings around the country in weekends, and the
response to the tape was so intense and dramatic that finally I was approached by a man named
Don Smith, who wanted to make my tape into a film. I agreed that it would be a good idea. That
is how The Silent Scream, which was to generate so many furore, came to be made. We showed
it for the first time in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on January3, 1985. The reaction was

instantaneous. Everybody was up in arms because The Silent Scream represented an enormous
threat to the abortion forces, and because it escalated the war (it is not really a debate- we don’t
debate with each, we scream at one another). For the first time, we had the technology, and they
had nothing.
The Silent Scream depicted a twelve- week- foetus being torn to pieces in the uterus by the
combination of suction and crushing instrumentation by the abortionist. It was so powerful that
pro choicers trotted out their heaviest hitters to denounce the tape. They very cleverly deflected
the impact of the film into an academic cul- de- suc: a dispute regarding whether the foetus feels
pain during an abortion. The impetus for the debate came from an on – the- record musing by
the then President, Ronald Reagan, as to how much pain the foetus feels during an abortion.
(Source: The Hand of God: A journey from death to life by the Abortion doctor who changed his
mind- Bernard N. Nathanson, MD)
a) Based on your understanding of the entire passage, comment on the nature of the writer’s
‘old convictions’. (2 marks)
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b) Explain why it was easy for doctors such as the writer to carry out abortions prior to
introduction of ultrasound technology? (2 marks)
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c) What are the names that are commonly used to refer to the two opposing groups mentioned
in the passage. ( 2 marks)
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d) Briefly describe, in your own words, how those who supported abortion tried to undermine
the impact of ‘The Silent Scream’. (2 marks)
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e) “ I was shaken to the very roots of my soul by what I saw’’. Rewrite this sentence
beginning: (What…) (1 mark)
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f) Make notes on the way abortion is carried out according to this passage. (4 marks)
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g) Identify and illustrate the use of parenthesis in the passage, give two examples. (2 marks)
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h) Provide one example from the passage to illustrate the need for leaders to weigh their words
carefully. ( 2 marks)

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i) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. ( 3 marks)
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2. Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
Forty-nine foreign heads of state were in Banjul for the summit. All looked happy, and why not? Had they
not escaped from troublemakers in their home countries? They saw a stay free from trouble ahead of
them here, in the Gambia, a country everyone kept calling 'the land of Kunta-kinteh'. All hoped to get
from their stay as much rest as possible. Of course, at some point, they would each other take the flow
and, as fans back home expected, address the summit, but this was something that they could do with
little or no effort at all. For Gambians, though, the presence of so many visiting dignitaries was not
fun. True,
forty-nine heads of state could give a hosting country good publicity, but heads of state are a huge
inconvenience. So, this publicity comes at a high price.
Nowhere is the price higher than it is in Africa. Here, before the dignitaries arrive, bulldozers dispatched
at night in slum-clearance 'exercises' demolish roadside kiosks on which whole families depend for
their livelihood. This way, the dignitaries will see that a few streets once had sidewalks. Roads get
rare layers of tarmac at times of maximum traffic. This way, motorists come to a standstill when it
really hurts. Checkpoints sprout everywhere. This way, guards get even more bases for extorting
bribes from passers-by. When the dignitaries finally arrive, water taps at which whole neighborhoods’

queue to get just buckets of water dry up because now all water has to go to new water fountains built
to mesmerise the visitors.
QUESTIONS
1. Explain what happens immediately before this extract (3mks)
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2. Identify and explain two styles used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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3. Identify and illustrate three thematic concern evident in this extract (4mks)
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4. What does the author mean when he says, "Had they not escaped from troublemakers in their home
countries"? (4 marks)
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5. Explain the meanings of the following vocabulary used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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3. Read the poem given below and answer the questions that follow.
AFTER THE WAR
The outcome? Conflicting rumours
As to what faction murdered
The one man who, had he survived
Might have ruled us without corruption.
Not that it matters now:
We’re busy collecting the dead.
Counting them, hard though it is
To be sure what side they were on
What’s left of their bodies and faces
Tells of no need but for burial
And mutilation was practiced
By right, left and centre alike.
As for the children and women
Who knows what they wanted
Apart from the usual things?
Food is scarce now, and men are scarce
Whole villages burnt to the ground
New cities in disrepair.
Their war is over. Somebody must have won.
Somebody will have won. When peace is declared.

a. According to the poem what are the consequences of war? ( 4 Marks)
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b. Identify two stylistic devices the poet employed and state their effectiveness. (6 Marks)
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c. What is the poet’s attitude towards war? (2 Marks)
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d. What meanings do the following lines convey?
i. Food is scarce now, and men are scarce. (2 Marks)
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ii. Whole villages burnt to the ground. (2 Marks)
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e. From the poem, why would you say that war is a no win situation? (2 marks)
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f. What is the mood of the poem? (2 Marks)
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4.a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given without changing the
meaning. (3 marks)
i. Maria said the young men had stolen her sweet potatoes. (Rewrite beginning with:
Maria accused…)
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ii. It required a lot of planning and great courage to introduce free primary education
in Kenya. (Begin: The…)
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iii. The judges declared that Cheptoo had won. (To end with: … winner)
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b) Use the correct form of the word in brackets in each of the sentences below (3 marks)
i. The movie introduction was ……………………………(a spectacle)
ii. Maimuna is an ………………………………………… girl. (adventure)
iii. His punishment will be ……………………………….. to the others. (deter)
c) Supply a question tag to the following sentences. (2Marks)

i) I am tall.

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ii) Get out.
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d) Use a preposition to complete the following sentences (2marks)

i. The buffalo charged .........................Lilian
ii. The thief was oblivious....................... the trap
e) Use a phrasal verb to replace the underlined words (3marks)

i) The young man resembles his father.
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ii) I cannot understand what he is saying.
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iii) The meeting was cancelled at the last minute.
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f) Explain two different meanings of the following sentence. (2 marks)
i. The chicken is ready to eat.
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Comprehension
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Excerpt
25
Poetry
20
Grammar
15
TOTAL SCORE 80


QUESTION 1: COMPREHENSION
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. (20marks)
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 globalizations 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 career 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 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 though 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 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 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.
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 fields
require more education but may not pay well. When there are many applicants for a particular position, unique
personality traits become 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 not 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 the presence of employers. It also
encompasses opportunities for self-employment which everyone is free to explore.
Questions
1. What has created the necessity for career counseling? (1 mark)

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2. Why do you think the writer cites engineering in the passage? (2 marks)
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3. What do you think should be the most important factor in choosing a career? Give reason for your
answer. (2 marks)
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4. What evidence is given in support of the statement “Money does not play a big a role in job
satisfaction”? (2 marks)
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5. Why is one’s ability an important factor in career choices? (2 marks)
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6. Identify the tone used by the writer in the passage. (3 marks)
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7. a) The career market is full of many opportunities. (Begin: There … ) (1 mark)
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b) Your career does not necessarily have to be your passion. (Re-write adding a question tag)
(1 mark)
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8. Make notes on factors to consider when choosing a career. (3 marks)
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9. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. (3 marks)
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b) Social mobility ………………………………………………………………….
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QUESTION 2: EXCERPT- FATHERS OF NATIONS
"Mother thinks that's big-big enough. Are you ready for tomorrow?" "As ready as I ever will be, I guess,
mother." He went and sat beside her. "And do you still think the summit will adopt Way
Omega?" "Only twelve hours to go before we find out."

"Sorry. Is it just me or has it actually got colder over the past two days? You don't sound so upbeat today as you
did two days ago." "Only twelve hours. We can wait."
"By the way, guess who I ran into downstairs? Someone by the name of Longway. I was tracking down a man
they call their guide and thought this fellow might be him. Do you know him?" Dr Abiola did not answer.
"Well, do you know Mr Longway or not?" "Yes, Ms McKenzie, I do. You might as well know this now: I am
their guide." What "Promise you will keep that to yourself, okay?" "I promise."
"Apart from Mr Longway, whom you know, there are four other people I'm working with on the periphery.
Instead of adopting Way Omega, this group wants the summit to adopt Path Alpha.
"It wants the summit to adopt what instead?"

"Path Alpha - it's a rival to Way Omega. The trouble there is that Path Alpha isn't even on the summit's agenda."
"So, Mr Longway and company want me to help them put it there."
"Wait a minute. Only two days ago you said you were to help heads of state adopt Way Omega. Now you ay
other people want you to help them adopt Path Alpha, a rival to Way Omega. What's going on here?"
"Here is what's going on. I came to advocate for Way Omega, and I will. "In doing that I'll draw on other
alternatives, including Path Alpha."
"You will? Then remind me: /AVfiy did I promise to keep your identity to myself?" "Because I'm hiding from
Way Omega my links to Path Alpha. Look. Some heads of state — not all, but some — believe I should be

focusing exclusively on Way Omega. If they heard about my links to Path Alpha, they would demand my
scalp.
QUESTIONS
(a) Place this excerpt to its immediate context. (4 marks)
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(b) Identify and illustrate two-character traits of Abiola and one character trait of Fiona McKenzie in the
excerpt. (6 marks)
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(c) Discuss two themes evident in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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(d) (i) Instead of adopting Way Omega, the group wants the summit to adopt Path Alpha.(Replace
"instead" with a complex preposition). (1 mark)
(ii) Wait a minute. (Add a suitable question tag) (1mark)
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iii) So, Mr Longway and company want me to help them put it there.(Report) (1mark)
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(e) Pick and illustrate two stylistic devices used by the author in the excerpt. (4
marks)
(f) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases used in the excerpt. (4marks)
QUESTION 3: ORAL LITERATURE
Read the following oral narrative and then answer the questions that follow. (20 marks)
Wanjiru was the most beautiful girl in all hills. She had milk-white teeth which made the men stop and look
whenever Wanjiru and other girls of the hills were teasing each other about their new friends. Many young men
came to ask Wanjiru hand in marriage but Wanjiru would not accept any ugly man. She said that all these
young men were not handsome enough for her.
One day a young man came to court Wanjiru. He was very handsome indeed. And when Wanjiru heard that he
had come to ask for her hand in marriage, she loved him and was only too ready to accept him. Her parents had

no objection because they also admired this handsome young man. But nobody knew that this handsome young
man was an ogre in disguise.
Marriage preparations went ahead. The young man brought the dowry and was given Wanjiru to take to his
home. He looked very happy to have such a beautiful bride. Nobody escorted them because the young man said
that it was not necessary. He did not want his identity to be discovered. They were soon home and Wanjiru was
happy to see so many people around. But on a second look she found that these were not people but ogres. This
made her very worried and wondered what her fate would be. Now when she was told to go inside the hut that
had been prepared for her, she refused, saying that she would sit outside near the entrance because that is where
brides were supposed to sit in her part of the country. Her husband gave her a stool and told her she would sit
where she pleased. “I shall surely be in great trouble unless I think quickly, for these ogres will certainly want to
eat me,” she thought as she became more worried. All the young people she refused to marry came to her mind.
“It will be a great shame when they learn that I married an ogre for his beauty”. They would laugh and say that
she could even marry a hyena if he was handsome enough. There was no time to lose. She had to get away from
the ogre’s home. She stood and took the same path that they followed from her home. And when her husband
saw that she was going away, he followed singing.
Thecethecethecethece!
Where do you go now?
Thecethecethecethece!
Wanjiru come back
Not today but tomorrow I shall eat you.
Wanjiru sang loud and long
People of the nine hills
Who sold me to an ogre?
An ogre that will eat me
And my own father
You sold me to an ogre
An ogre that will eat me,
Listen to the ogre sing!
The ogre sang and the girl sang again. For a long time the two sang and sang until Wanjiru saw the ogre was
very near. She climbed to the top of the tallest tree near her path. And when the Ogre saw that he could not get

hold of the girl, he stood at the foot of the tree and continued with this song. Wanjiru sang even more
feverishly. Soon however, her brother heard and recognized Wanjiru’s voice. It was then he came and pierced
through the back of the ogre until he was dead. Then he said to his sister. “Come down. Let us go home.”
He was very angry, for they had sold Wanjiru in his absence. To be duped by an ogre into giving away Wanjiru
was unforgivable. He scolded his father, “How could you and your people sell Wanjiru in my absence? I swear
by my mother’s clothes that neither myself nor anybody else will ever sell Wanjiru again. “Only you son who
will have the authority of selling your sister again”, the father responded. And so it was like that when the time
for selling Wanjiru came. The tale ends there.
Questions
1. Identify and illustrate any two features of oral narratives evident in the above narrative.
(2 marks)
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2. What made men stop and look at Wanjiru and why wouldn’t she accept any of them?
(2 marks)
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3. From the first paragraph, how would you describe the character of Wanjiru? (2 marks)
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4. Many young men came to ask Wanjiru’s hand in marriage but Wanjiru would not accept any ugly man.
(Rewrite this sentence in the passive). (2 marks)
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5. Give a proverb that summarizes the moral lesson learnt from this narrative. (1 marks)
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6. What are the functions of the song in this narrative? (2 mark)

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7. Give a social activity of people from which this narrative is derived. (2 marks)
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8. ‘I swear by my mother’s clothes that neither myself nor anybody else will ever sell Wanjiru again’
(Underline the indefinite pronoun in the sentence above) (1 mark)
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9. What is Wanjiru’s attitude towards men? (2 marks)

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10. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the narrative. (2 marks)
a) Court
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b) Feverishly
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11. To which audience is this narrative best suited and why? (2 marks)
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QUESTION 4: GRAMMAR
1. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. Do not change the meaning.
(3 marks)
a) They were so exhausted that they could not stay awake. (Rewrite using “too”)
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b) It is bad manners to smoke in a crowded place. (Rewrite using a gerund)
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c) “How much money do you owe me?” demanded the creditor from the debtor. (Rewrite in the passive
voice)
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2. Complete the following sentences with a phrasal verb starting with the word in brackets.
(3 marks)
a) The teacher ……………….. the errant student. (tell)
b) Please ……………….. that all the chairs are in good condition. (see)
c) She looked carefully at the document but couldn’t ……………….. what it meant. (make)
3. Fill in the blank spaces using the correct form of the word in brackets. (3 marks)
a) The criminal’s ……………….. behavior in court angered the judge. (scandal)
b) The students ……………….. assistance from the police after the attack. (seek)
c) The ……………….. of the staff has been a matter of concern. (sober)
4. Insert the most appropriate prepositions in the blank space. (3 marks)

a) Traffic was moving ……………….. a snail’s pace.
b) Please refrain ……………….. smoking in the auditorium.

c) Some people are keen ……………….. working in a team.
5. Supply the appropriate question tags in the blank spaces. (3 marks)

a) We needn’t worry about tomorrow, …………………...?
b) Let me have a taste, ……………………..?
c) They’ll come early in the morning, …………………..?

NAME:……………………………………………………… STREAM……………….:…………….
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Comprehension
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Excerpt
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Poetry
20
Grammar
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1. Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow.
Kenyan roads hold two things in equal measure: great promise and great disappointment. They begin
with a promise, in this case, the construction. Everyone is excited about the possibilities that the road presents.
If it happens to be a new road, commuters will talk about nothing else except how pleasantly things will change
for them. Soon, the construction is completed, and people are so excited, some are even tempted to lie on the
tarmac! Change does not happen; value of property appreciates a hundred fold, businesses and farmers do better
and the general outlook of that area changes.
Three years down the road however, due to poor workmanship, cracks begin to appear, small ones at
first, which become bigger by the day, and finally, they develop into the craters that we Kenyans know too well.
Vehicles are damaged; dust returns with a vengeance and accidents increase, with them, permanent scars and
loss of lives. Right in front of our eyes, what held great promise and hope to us becomes a source of
disappointment and anguish. Yet every single day, we ply the roads, going about our business in spite of the
difficulties.
Relationships behave much the same way. In every relationship, hope and promise are intricately
intertwined with the potential for disappointment. And just like with the roads, we don't give our relationships
the nourishment they need to withstand the bad times. When it begins to crack, we allow the dust of the
disappointment to block our view of the promise that the relationship still holds.
Here are some thoughts to consider.
First, just like roads, relationships are necessary in spite of their challenges. People come into the
relationship with expectations, some realistic, some unrealistic and everything in between them.
The backgrounds we come from inform those expectations to a great extent, and these are further reinforced by
folktales and fantasies of romance, family, wealth and so on. When these expectations are not met,
disappointments are bound to occur.
Yet like the roads, relationships still hold great promise for happiness, health and wealth. Mark Gungor,
the creator of the video. "Laugh your Way to a Better Marriage." Quotes research that says married people are
happier, healthier and make more money on average than singles, the challenges notwithstanding, am of the
opinion that human beings have not yet discovered any other source of

Companionship, love friendship, and pleasure that is greater than that which is found in relationships.
Another thought is the permanent nature of roads. Every time I visit my home town, am amazed that
most of the roads are still there. I can actually direct someone to my home without the fear that the road will
have disappeared. Generally, roads have a permanent nature.
In the same way, relationships must be approached with a view of staying put, for better or for worse.
This was the major plank in the traditional marriage in Africa, as well as a central tenet of the Christian tradition
to which most Kenyans pledge allegiance. Unfortunately, these traditional ideals of love, courtship, marriage
and family have largely been discarded and without clear guidelines, relationships are likely to be a difficult
proposition for anyone.
The proliferation and acceptance of come-we-stay arrangements and other forms of non-committal type
of unions is a challenge. This is because the roles that marriage plays in the society-producing and nurturing of
children to maturity, providing companionship and building wealth, require a high level of permanency. The
promise of relationships lies in commitment, and if approached from any other angle, relationships become
unfulfilling. (From: The Daily Nation newspaper dated February 29th, 2012.)
a) Explain why people look to the construction of a new road with optimism. (3marks)
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b) Identify one similarity between Kenyan roads and relationships. (2marks)
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c) What is the writer's take on Mark Gungor's position on relationships? (2marks)
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d) According to the passage, state why relationships should be permanent. (3marks)

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e) State the writer's attitude towards Kenyan roads as revealed in the passage. (2marks)
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g) In note form, give the consequences of poor road workmanship. (5marks)
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g) "Everyone is excited about the possibilities that the road presents."
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h) Explain what the following word and phrase mean as used in the passage. (2marks)
i) Proliferation
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ii) Pledge allegiance

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First, there was a loud crash. Some moving object had hit another moving object. A trailer hooked to a truck
negotiating a turn at a roundabout had broken free, spun outward, and ended up on top of a minibus in an
adjacent lane. The drivers of both vehicles had then run away. They had done so to avoid mob justice.
Now the passengers in the unlucky minibus were struggling to get out, except for one—a woman trapped in a
seat. A man had seen her on his way out. He tried to go back in and get her out, but all doors had jammed.
He pulled a mobile phone out of his pocket and called the mystical number — 999 — to report distress and
request help. The hour was ten in the morning.
Onlookers started arriving. First, they only gawked, fascinated by the spectacle of a trailer sitting on top of a
minibus. Goodness, how did it get there! Later, their attention moved down to the woman trapped inside the
minibus. "Look," said one onlooker. A beautiful girl was trapped in her seat. She was still conscious. "She is
fine, then," said another onlooker. "Come on," said the first onlooker. "A heavy trailer is sitting on her
minibus, so how can she be fine?" When the onlookers became a crowd, they tried to push the trailer off the
minibus.
They failed. Then a big van appeared...
QUESTIONS
a) Put this extract in its immediate context. (4 marks)
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b) Give the character traits of the following: (6 marks)
i) The man
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ii) The onlookers
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iii) The drivers
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c) From elsewhere in the novel, how does conflict arise between Kimani and Asiya over the death
of their daughter? (4 marks)

d) How is dialogue significant in this excerpt? (4 marks)
e) Explain one stylistic device used in the extract. (2 marks)
f) "The hour was ten in the morning." Rewrite this statement beginning with (1 mark)
g) Explain the meanings of the following words as used in the excerpt. (3 marks)
i) Gawked –
ii) Fascinated-
iii) Conscious -
3. ORAL LITERATURE
Read the oral narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
There was once only one wise being in all the world, and that was Kwaku Ananse, the spider .But Kwaku
Ananse wished to keep all this wisdom to himself.

One day, bored with having to stay and guard his wisdom all day, Kwaku Ananse decided to store it away and
hide it in a safe place. So he called his wife, Aso, and asked her to make him a big pot into which he could put all his
wisdom.
Aso went down to the riverbank and collected clay .She carefully made a big pot - a great pot with a narrow
opening at the top so it could be easily sealed. Then she put the pot out in the sun to bake, and with the remainder of
the clay, fashioned a stopper.
When the pot was finished, Aso took it to her husband, who, after making sure that there were no cracks in it,
gathered together all his wisdom and pushed it well down into the pot .He covered it with some cocoa-yam leaves,
then put in the stopper and tied it on with some strong twine.
Now Kwaku Ananse had decided to hide the pot way up in the branches of a huge, silk-cotton tree that grew some
distance away in the forest .It was over three metres wide, and the spikes on its trunk would stop all but the most
intrepid spiders from climbing it.
Carrying the pot in front of him, he made his way through the forest, followed – unbeknown - by his small son,
Ntikuma. At last he reached the great tree and started to attempt to climb it. He hung the pot by a rope around his
neck, with the stopper just below his nose so he could make quite sure it did not tip over.
Alas, try as he would ,Kwaku Ananse could not climb the tree ,for the pot kept getting in the way of his arms and
he found he was unable to grip the trunk .He tried ,and tried, and tried, but with no success.
He grew hot and sticky and started to swear angrily.
Now, Ntikuma was watching his father from behind a tree, puzzled by his curious antics. At last, when Kwaku
Ananse’s swearing grew really bad, he could stand it no longer and came up to his father timidly.
“Surely my father”, he said, “If you wish to take that pot up the tree you should tie it to your back, not your
front. Then your hands would be free.”
Ananse was furious. Here was his small son teaching him a lesson – a lesson which he realized was only too true.
Shaking with anger and exhaustion, he lifted the pot intending to take it off and chastise his son .His hands were
slippery with sweat and the great pot was heavy. It slipped through his fingers and crashed to the ground. The pot
burst open and the contents were scattered far and wide .There was a storm coming, and the wind swept through the
forest, lifting the wisdom and carrying it on its way. The rain poured down and swept the wisdom into the steams,
which carried it into the sea .Thus wisdom spread throughout the world.
(a) Giving a reason, identify the sub-genre of the above narrative. (2 marks)
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(b) Why did Kwaku Ananse decide to hide his wisdom? (2 marks)
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(c) How did Ananse make sure that his wisdom was sfe in the pot ? (2 marks)
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(d) Why was it difficult for Ananse to climb the tree with the pot? (2 marks)
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(e) Identify and illustrate one character trait of each of the following as brought out in the above narrative: (4 marks)
(i)Kwaku Ananse -
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(f) What two aspects of this narrative qualify it as oral? (4 marks)

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(g) Identify and illustrate one economic activity of the community from which this narrative was taken. (2 marks)
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(h) Which is the suitable audience for this story and why? (2 marks)
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4. GRAMMAR (15 marks)
i) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instruction given.
a) If he comes he will not be punished.
Begin: Unless
b) The snail reached the ark only by perseverance.

Begin: Only
c) They had just walked out of the building when the bomb went off.
Begin: No sooner
d) John told the principal that he needed to go and see the nurse because he was feeling unwell.
(Rewrite as direct speech)
e) These books belong to the daughter of our teacher.

Begin: These are
ii) Replace the underline words with phrasal verbs that begin with the words given in brackets.
(3marks)
a) Parents should not yield to their children’s unreasonable demands.(give)
b) The officials cancelled the match because of the heavy rain. (call)
c) Disagreeing with his parents was his worst mistake. (fall)

iii) Explain the difference in meaning of the following pair of sentence.
a) I only heard the news in brief.
b) I only heard the news briefly.
iv) Change the following sentence into passive.

a) Njoroge wrote the best composition.
b) Sue bought the beautiful house in the hill.
v) Complete the following sentence using the appropriate form of the word given in brackets.
a) Sophie’s mother ………….…………… of Sophie wearing very tight clothes to church (approve)
b) His…………………..…………. Cost him his job (efficient)
c) The ………………….………… of the travel’s was hindered by the poor roads (mobile)
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1. Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow (20 marks)
Certainly, national examinations are the most objective instrument for evaluating the quality of
instructions learners get in a school over a given period of time. They help to determine, in the
short term, how well schools have exposed learners to the prescribed curriculum.
An exam is a monitoring and evaluation tool of some sort; it helps the policy makers to
determine how schools are implementing the curriculum.
There is, however, a big danger here. Over time, the public come to view examinations, tests,
as indicators of how well schools are teaching. The better the results, the more the public believe
that there is quality education a school is giving to its learners.
When society comes to idolize examinations and all that they can do- secure qualification for
admission into competitive courses in universities or training- it makes the school and the
teaching fraternity to narrow their perspective to nothing but examinations.
Some schools discard the professional integrity that has long defined the teaching profession
over the years. Lest we have forgotten, education is the instrument by which the knowledge,
skills and habits of the society is transmitted or transferred from generation to the next
through teaching and research. Included in this is the knowledge, beliefs, art, law, morals,
customs and other capabilities and habits mankind has acquired as a member of the society,
to paraphrase a definition of culture by English anthropologist E.B. Tylor.
Pressed to produce excellent results, schools face the temptation of developing methods that can
deliver those results with or without imparting the knowledge, skills and habits.
The core curriculum has been designed in such a way that it is sequentially covered within a
period of eight years for primary and four years for secondary education. Build into the scope
and sequential implementation of the curriculum are leading ideas of education psychologists
on the nature of knowledge, how children learn, and how best they can learn the prescribed
curriculum without stress.
The series of guidelines the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has developed pre-

scribing normal teaching and learning hours are informed by knowledge of educational
psychology.
They seek to ensure that schools actually implement the curriculum as designed to allow children
time to rest, to do their own reading after formal teaching hours during weekdays and over
the weekends. The Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) has sequenced the
curriculum in such a way that students painstakingly build on previous concepts and ideas to
reinforce their understandings and appreciation of the things they are learning.
This is the principle that underlies the ban against holiday tuition, and teaching outside
official teaching hours including Saturday and Sundays. The Government wants quality
curriculum delivery and control. It is not after getting sterling grades through hook or crook.
A highly valued method of imparting prescribed knowledge, skills and habits is through the
development of and promotion of the use of effective learner- centred pedagogies, curriculum
models/ resources and assessment mode to enhance learning in the cognitive, affective, physical
and aesthetic domains.
(Adapted from Education Mews: April, 2014)
a) According to the writer, why is an exam important to policy makers? (1 mark)
b) What misconceptions does the public have towards examinations? (2 marks)
c)In not more than 40 words. Write a summary on the effects of idolizing examinations by the society.
(3 marks)
d) According to E.B. Tyloy, what is culture? (2 marks)

e) According to the passage, what has influenced the designing and implementation of the curriculum?
(2 marks)
f) Why has he Ministry of Education, Science and Technology come up with guidelines on normal
teaching and learning hours. (2 marks)
g) "It is not after getting sterling grades through hook or crook'. What is the meaning of the underlined
statement? (1 mark)
h) The government wants quality curriculum delivery and control.

Change above statement to an interrogative sentence. (1 mark)
i) Provide a suitable title to the passage. (1 mark)
j) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. (5 marks)
a) Prescribed
b) Implementing
c) ldolize
d) Anthropologist
e) Sequenced
Question 2: EXCERPT- FATHERS OF NATIONS

The door to the bathroom opened. Fiona emerged and started walking but stopped. Her eyes had not adjusted to
the darkness in the living room. "Where are you?" she asked.
"Over here" he said. "I have taken a couch in the living room. Go take the bed in the bedroom."
"You're acting as if you might have a wife," she said, "Do you?" "No, she divorced me last year."
"Did she?"
"Yes"
"Let's see now. You studied in America at a marriageable age."
"So let me guess." "Go ahead. "She is American."

"Who? Pamela?"
"Yes, it is. And, yes, she is American. Enough about me now. Let's turn to you. Shouldn't your name still be
Fiona McKenzie?"
"Who told you it might hye changed?" She started walking to khe bedroom. Her eyes had adjusted to the only
light.
"Why was the Liberian Mauler calling you Joy instead?" "It's local slang for a streetwalker."
"He was calling you a streetwalker?"
"Yes. Do you want me to draw a picture for you? Where are you from anyway? Mars? "No: Nigeria.
Married?" "Me?"
The phone rang. He rose and answered the landline by the couch. When he ended the call, his mood had
darkened.
"What's the matter?" she asked him. "You seem upset all of a sudden. Who was on the phone?"
"One Chineke Chiamaka," he said. "The man was claiming that I chided him for being drunk,when all he had
had was a"Péisi." He wriggled in his improvised bed to protest his innocence against that claim. "It beats me
how he got my suite phone number in the first place," he added. "Anyway, I did not chide him. Why do
people like to tell lies?"

QUESTIONS
(a) Place the excerpt to its immediate context. (4 marks)
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(b) Discuss two-character traits of Abiola and one character trait of Fiona McKenzie. (6 marks)
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(c) (i) Why do people like to tell lies? (Report) (1 mark)

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(d) (ii) The phone rang. (Add a question tag) (1 mark)

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iii) No, she divorced me last year. (Rewrite in the passive) (1 mark)
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(e) Highlight two themes raised in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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(f) Identify and illustrate two features of style used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
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(g) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrase as used in the excerpt. (3 marks)
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3: ORAL LITERATURE (20marks)
Read the narrative below and then answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, all animals in the jungle were of the same plain colour but when they were invited by king
lion for his son’s wedding, they decided to decorate themselves for the occasion. The tortoise was given the task
of making the dye to be used. Though he was slow, he was the most intelligent.

The big day was fast approaching but the tortoise had only managed to make one big pot of black dye. He called
a meeting and they all decided to use the available dye to make various patterns in their skins.
The leopard was allocated the job of painting the rest of the animals. The zebra was the first on queue followed
by the giraffe, then the donkey and all the other animals were to follow. The giraffe and the zebra were painted
and they looked very beautiful.
Then the donkey’s turn came but he was undecided on the pattern to choose. The leopard decided to paint him
like a zebra and got down to work. He had a long line along the donkey’s spine from head towards the tail. On
reaching the tail, the donkey started giggling. The leopard continued and the donkey jumped and threw him his
hind legs saying the brush was tickling and he could not contain himself any longer.
He had thrown his hind legs so hard that he hit the pot containing the dye. The dye spattered all over the
animals on the queue. The cheetah got speckles all over his body, the leopard got spotted and the crow who
happened to be passing by with an urgent letter for the king hanging on its neck was splashed by the dye which
covered him the whole body apart from the neck where the letter was. On seeing this, the hyena started laughing
but got a large splotch on his mouth.
All the animals rushed to the stream to try and wash out the dye but it was already dried and had become
permanent. Nobody could get off the spots, streaks, speckles and splotches. And that is how the donkey was
responsible for the various patterns we see on animal’s bodies today.
a) Classify the narrative above. (2marks)
b) Identify and illustrate any two social aspects of society from which this narrative is taken (4 marks)
c) Identify and illustrate any three features peculiar to oral narratives evident in this narrative. (6marks)

d) Identify and illustrate any two character traits of the Leopard. (4 marks)
e) Who would be the target audience of such a narrative (2marks)
f) If you were to collect this narrative from the field, what preparations would you make before the actual
field work (2marks)
4. GRAMMAR (15 marks)

(a) Rewrite each of the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. (3 marks)
(i) We did not know that he was a thief. (Rewrite beginning: Little……)
(ii) My father would not allow us to go out at night under any circumstances.
(Begin: Under ……………)
(iii) She does not like either of them. (Rewrite to end …………………. by her)
(b) Fill in the blank spaces with the correct preposition. (3 marks)
(i) The doctor put me _______________these drugs.
(ii) Wife beaters have scant regard _____________ women.
(iii) During the match between the national team and the visiting team, the field was filled __________ capacity.
(c) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces. (3 marks)

(i) Her _______________________ (deceive) cost her two million US dollars.
(ii) The minister was impressed by the ______________________ (keen) with which the students carried
the experiment. (iii) The teacher punished the student for __________________ (spell) the word.
(d) Give two possible meanings for the following sentence. (2 marks)
Flying planes can be dangerous.
(e) Rewrite the following sentences in direct speech. (2 marks)

(i) The girls exclaimed that Miss Kenya was a beautiful lady.
(ii) The teacher told Juma to go where she was.
(f) Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative from the choices given. (2 marks)
(i) The girl _____________________ her clothes yesterday. (hung/hanged)
(ii) The Chef _____________________ the mats on the table before serving the food. (lay/laid)
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Comprehension (20 Marks)
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Drugs: So what are you curious about?
This, my friend, is about you, and it is about me. It is about every sensible man or woman who has
not gone down the drain. And, believe you me, many have gone down the drain. Who have gone
down the drain, you may wonder, and which drain? Just think for a moment.
Diego Maradona, one of the most talented footballers of all time, turned out in his later years to be a
human wreck, continuously in and out of drug rehabilitation centers. Another famous sportsman who
ended up in disgrace is Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson. He won a gold medal and set a world record
in the 100-metre sprint at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. But it was soon discovered that he had
been using banned drugs. He was stripped of his gold medal, his record was erased from the books
and he was eventually banned from competitive athletics for life.
First star Marilyn Monroe was in her time considered to be the most beautiful woman in
Hollywood. One day she was found dead in her apartment, having taken an overdose of drugs called
barbiturates. Elvis Presley, one of the greatest performers in the history of rock music, died of an
overdose of drugs. In addition, Whitney Houston, an American singer and artist, accidentally
drowned in a bathtub after suspected cocaine abuse in 2012. These are famous people who have gone
down the drain of drug addiction and substance abuse.
Now, of course, we get to hear of these people’s tales of woe because they are famous and high-
profile victims. However, there are millions of us ordinary people who are at risk. We all know of
alcoholic wrecks in our villages and estates or, even sadly, within our own families. We know of
bhang junkies roaming our streets looking like demented ghosts. We may have khat-chewing
neighbors whose jaws are in constant grinding motion, like goats chewing the cud. A recent school
survey revealed that thousands of secondary school students in Kenya are drug addicts! Some time
back, it was discovered that a kiosk owner in an upmarket Nairobi suburb was selling marijuana to
pupils in a primary school next to his kiosk. The problem is right here with us and the first thing we
need to do is to admit that it does exist.
How does this problem start? Why do perfectly intelligent and normal people, many of them
highly educated and specially talented, get themselves into this mess? The reasons can be summed up
in three words. Since they all happen to begin with the letter ‘c’, we shall call them the ‘three Cs’.
These are company, curiosity and coping.
“Oh, come on, be a sport!” This is the commonest bait our so-called friends use to lure us into
drug abuse and substance abuse. It is also called peer pressure. The depraved group may be puffing

away at ‘grass’ cigarettes or knocking back tots of chang’aa behind the school hedge, and they invite
you to join them- for company of course. If you hesitate, they start teasing you, calling you a coward,
a ‘softie’, a spoilsport and all sorts of names. After all, they will tell you, everybody is doing it. If you
eventually give in- mostly because you don’t want to be the odd girl or odd boy out- and take your
first puff at a marijuana fag or down a tot of chang’aa, there will be a tremendous cheer from that
demented crowd of your ‘friends’.
Don’t be deceived. They are not cheering you. They are only congratulating themselves on having
pulled down to their level one more pretentious, self-righteous little snob who thought he or she was
an angel. No one is going to pay any more attention to you once you’re down there, groveling in
substance abuse. The rest is your shauri. So, next time anyone tries to tell you that you should indulge
in drug, tobacco or alcohol consumption because ‘everyone is doing it’ , tell them that you will not do
it, for the very good reason that you are not everybody. You are you, and you want your mind, your
life and your future to remain clean.
Nor should you succumb to curiosity. A lot of young people fall into the drug and substance
abuse trap simply because they want to find out what it feels like to be ‘high’ on these things. They
use the impressive sounding euphemism, ‘experience’. The truth of the matter is that being drunk or
being intoxicated with drugs is not a worthwhile experience. We have all seen drunks and we know
how disgustingly they behave. Why should anyone want to go staggering along the streets,
slobbering, vomiting or even peeing on themselves, among a host of other silly kinds of behavior, in
the name of experience?
How many people have, in a state of drunkenness, done things or got themselves into situations
which they have lived to regret for the rest of their lives? Some people have committed murder,
others have maimed themselves in road accidents while others have found themselves pregnant or
infected with HIV after engaging in drunken orgies. These surely are not experiences to be
particularly curious about!
The worst part of this ‘experience’ of drug consumption is that it is addictive. Once you start the
habit, it becomes more difficult to abandon. Addicts become so dependent on these substances that
they will do anything in order to get hold of them to satisfy their craving. Many young people drift
into crime in order to get money to buy heroin or cocaine. Some even take to prostitution. A drug or
alcohol addict simply must have his or her ‘fix’.
The saddest group of addicts comprises those who start on these poisons in the false belief that
the drugs will help them to cope with life. There are people who are naturally shy. Others are in
competitive sport. Yet others are performers in fields such as drama and music. Such people are
sometimes deceived into believing that consuming substances like alcohol or the so-called
‘performance-enhancing drugs’ will make them ‘brave’ and strong. Indeed, some drugs boost
physical power, as in the case of Ben Johnson. That is cheating and sports authorities crack down

very hard on such behavior. As for musicians and other performers, drugs are no good at all. Artistic
performance requires control and discipline. Since drugs invariably weaken a person’s power of
judgment, a drugged artist’s performance can hardly be expected to be satisfactory.
Moreover, all these substances are poisonous. They harm and ruin the bodies and minds of those
who use them. The damage may not be immediately noticeable but drugs users invariably end up as
human wrecks. The more the performers take to drugs, the sadder their world becomes, littered with
ruined talents, broken relationships and, at times, suicide.
Those of us who are not hooked on drugs should struggle to remain clean. For those who are may
have started consuming those dangerous substances, the time to stop is NOW!
Questions
1. What does ‘to go down the drain’ mean? ( 1 Mk)
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2. Why do we get to hear of the drug problems of people like Diego Maradona, Ben Johnson and
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3. Name three substances easily abused by ordinary people. ( 3 Mks)
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4. Why are addicts happy when a new person joins them? ( 1 Mk)
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5. What can one do to avoid getting influenced by friends to take drugs? ( 2 Mks)

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6. Which embarrassing behaviors results from drug abuse? ( 2Mks)
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7. Why is addiction said to be the worst ‘experience’ of drug consumption? ( 2Mks)
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9. Which of the three attractions – company, curiosity and coping- do you think affects the youth
most? Why? ( 2 Mks)
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10. ‘Nor should you succumb to curiosity.’ Rewrite beginning: You …. (Do not change the meaning.)
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11. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. ( 2 Mks)
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2. Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. ( 25 Mks) Fathers Of Nations
"Believe me, officer," he told the youth. "Without this medicine, I couldn't live a day."
"Is that right?" The youth yawned, making even more obvious his indifference to what he had just heard.
"I wouldn't know, sir," he added, meaning he could not be any less interested, his interest being zero already.
Then, suddenly, he snapped to alert. He had remembered something. "Hey! You could hurt other people
with that."
"With this needle?"

"Yes, with that needle."
"And what would I use for my next shot?" "Just as I thought. What next shot?" "Officer, let me ask you
something. How old do you think I am? seventy?" "Yes, plus or minus five."
"That's correct. Now, out of every one hundred people in that age range, thirty of us are diabetic. We are
unable to regulate the sugar level in our blood, and that kills most of us. This medicine is what keeps
those of us who survive alive." He brandished his cellophane pouch again. "We
shoot it into our veins with needles like that one."

"That may be so, sir. But you cannot take that stuff in. Leave it here with me." "I'll do no such thing if I have
to wait here until the cows come home."
"What cows? Sir, you are holding up the line." "This needle is my life, officer."

QUESTIONS
a) Place the excerpt in its immediate 4 marks
b) Discuss three major issues in this excerpt 6 marks
c) Discuss two-character traits of Comrade Melusi in this excerpt. (4 marks)
d) "I wouldn't know, sir." Add a question tag. (1 mark)

e) Discuss any three aspects of style in this excerpt. (6 marks)
f) Explain the meaning of the following expressions from the excerpt. (4 marks)
i)Yearned –
ii) Brandished-
iii) Holding up –
iv) difference –
3. Oral literature
Read the oral piece below and answer the questions that follow. (20 Mks)
Blood iron and trumpets

Forward we march
(Others fall on the way)
We shall hack kill and cure
Singers of the datsun blue
Forward we drove breaking the records
Let bullets find their targets and the earth be softened
Let the dogs of war rejoice

And the carrion birds feed
We are reducing population explosion
Blood iron and trumpet
The uniformed machines are around
Put on your helmet iron and rest
Only through fire can be baptized to mean business
So once again
We shall always march along
Blood alone
Questions
1. With reasons, classify the above oral piece. ( 2 Mks)
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2. Identify the functions of the above oral piece. ( 2 Mks)
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3. Identify and illustrate two features of oral poetry evident in the above oral item. ( 4 Mks)
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4. Briefly explain any two issues that the above oral poem is talking about. ( 4 Mks)

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5. Identify one social and one economic activity of the community from which the oral poem is
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7. “The uniformed machines are around” Give the meaning of this statement. (2 Mks)
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8. What is the mood of the poem? (2 Mks)
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4. GRAMMAR ( 15 MKS)
1. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change
the meaning. (3 Mks)
(i) We would have not succeeded if James had not helped us.
(Begin: Were…………….)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
(ii) You should not leave your house unlocked at any time. (Begin: …………….)
………………………………………………………………………………………………
(iii) If we had more time, we would have stayed there. (Begin: Had………………...)
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2. Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition. ( 3 Mks)
(i) Jane has a special liking ………………………………..Mathematics.

(ii) Her performance was amazing………………………………………any standards.
(iii) Since he no longer runs the business, he has been reduced ……………………begging.
3. Use the words in brackets to complete the following sentences with the most appropriate
phrasal verb. ( 3 Mks)
(i) The new students could not ………………………………………………their way to the

dormitory. ( make)
(ii) The man agreed to………………………………………the role of the manager. (take)

(iii) It is not easy to ………………………………………..a debt of more than one thousand
shillings. ( write)
4. Fill in the blank spaces with the correct forms of the words given in brackets. ( 4 Mks)
(i) She may consider helping the orphan on ………………………………………………

(human) grounds.
(ii) Ndeko still wants more food even after clearing a whole plateful of Ugali. His appetite is
simply …………………………………………………..( satisfy)
(iii) His ……………………………………………………..(mediocre) can only be compared

to that of his great grandfather.
(iv) After the inferno, the Roche’s had to buy new ……………………………………….
(furnish) for their house.
5. Appropriately punctuate the following sentences to indicate parenthesis. ( 2 Mks)
(i) When we meet next and I am not sure when a lot of things will have changed.
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(ii) Any information you have including minor details should be submitted to the office.
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SUCCESS IN YOUR EXAM!!!


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c) Discuss three themes raised in the excerpt. (6 marks)

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ii) His persona now was complete. (1 mark)

e) Identify one stylistic device used in the excerpt. (4 marks)

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Would you hold my hand?

I'll find my way

Time can bring you down

Beyond the door

Would you know my name?

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d) What is the prevailing mood in this poem? (3 marks)

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f) What do we learn about the persona? (2 marks)

4. Grammar. (15 marks)

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d) Choose the correct pronoun to complete the following sentences (3 marks)