English P1 Questions

EXAM 1
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITTING
Since last year third term, your class form 4 Green’s academic performance has been
drastically going down. This has raised a lot of worries in the entire school, and it was one of
the issues that came up during the release of the first examinations results of this term. After
that meeting, the School Principal summoned you as the Class Prefect to his office and
requested you to lead a class committee to find out the reasons for such a performance. Write
a report that you would present to him in two weeks’ time underlining the causes for this
performance by your class and the recommendations that you suggested. (20 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word (10 marks)
It is undeniable that our education system.1……………. Kenya has done a lot for students. Our
literacy 2……………………. has risen tremendously over the 3..…………….thirty years. More
youths are leaving school for the work force at 4…………………… educational levels. The
majority of Kenyans have had the 5…………… of primary education, something most of our
grandparents do not 6……………………
However, there are still 7…………………which need improvement in our educational system.
There is need for enough space experimentation 8……………the cultivation of genuine
interest. .….9…….is required is a real understanding and appreciation of the subject,10…………
merely high marks.
3. ORAL SKILLS
a) i) Provide homophones for the following words (3marks)
i) Coup ………………………………………………………...
ii) Brooch ………………………………………………………
iii) Muscle ………………………………………………………
b) Assign intonation to the following sentences. (3 marks)
i) I think we are completely lost …………………………………………
ii) We will be able to go, won’t we? ……………………………………..
iii) She bought a house ……………………………………………………
c) Write down a word with a silent letter as indicated. (3marks)
i) …………………………………………. p
ii) …………………………………………..s
iii) …………………………………………..n
b) Identify the odd one out based on the pronunciation of the underlined letter(s). 3 marks
i) Quay, quaint, quack, quality .................................................................................................
ii) Chain, Character, Flinch, Champion .....................................................................................
iii) Sachet, Packet, Ticket, Thicket .............................................................................................
c) Explain the different meanings of the sentence below when different words are stressed as
indicated: Wafula saw the thieves enter the house. 2 mks
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i) Wafula
House ..........................................................................................................................................
............
d) i) Your class had invited a former student, now employed by a top company to give a talk on
‘succeeding in the corporate world’. However, during the talk, you realize that most of your
classmates are not concentrating. List four things on the part of the speaker that contributed to
this. (4marks)
ii) Suggest two non-verbal cues you would advise the speaker to employ to enhance the delivery
of the message (2marks) ...
e) Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING OF THE BIRDS: INDIANTALE
WHY is it that Crows torment the Owls as they sleep in the daytime? For the same reason that
the Owls try to kill the Crows while they sleep at night
Listen to a tale of long ago and then you will see why.
Once upon a time, the people who lived together when the world was young took a certain man
for their king. The four-footed animals also took one of their numbers for their king. The fish in
the ocean chose a king to rule over them. Then the birds gathered together on a great flat rock,
crying:
"Among men there is a king, and among the beasts, and the fish have one, too; but we bird have
none. We ought to have a king. Let us choose one now."
And so the birds talked the matter over and at last they all said, "Let us have the Owl for our
king."
No, not all, for one old Crow rose up and said, "For my part, I don't want the Owl to be our king.
Look at him now while you are all crying that you want him for your king. See how sour he
looks right now. If that's the cross look he wears when he is happy, how will he look when he is
angry? I, for one, want no such sour-looking king!"
Then the Crow flew up into the air crying, "I don't like it! I don't like it!" The Owl rose and
followed him. From that time on the Crows and the Owls have been enemies. The birds chose a
Turtle Dove to be their king, and then flew to their homes.
i) You have been asked to narrate the above story to a group of young people. What four things
would you do to attract their attention? (2marks)
ii) If you were narrating the above story to young children, how do you ensure you sustain their
attention for the entire course of the narration? (2marks)
iii) How would you say the line “I don't like it! I don't like it!"? (2marks)
f) Read the following telephone conversation and answer the questions that follow.
Secretary: (Phone rings) Hello, Purpose Drive Secondary school, may I help you?
Caller: I want to speak to the principal.
Secretary: May I know who is calling please?
Caller: (Impatient and irritated) I have said I want to speak to the principal, period
Secretary: Excuse me I am sorry He is in a meeting with the board of management, could you
please call later, Sir?
Caller: (Shouting) are you stopping me from talking to your boss, do you know who I am? Had
you even heard of the supplier of your stationery?
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Secretary: (Politely) Oh, Mr. Erickson? I am sorry you cannot talk to him now call after an hour
or may I take a message to him please?
Caller: (Bangs the receiver)
i) Identify two instances that show the caller lack of telephone etiquette.(2 marks)
ii) How can you tell that the secretary observes professional conversational skills in the above
telephone conversation? (2 marks)
EXAM 2
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 Marks)
Imagine that your class went on a five-day school trip to Mombasa. Write a personal journal that
you kept for the five days.
2: CLOZE TEST (10 Marks)
Fill in each blank space in the passage with the most appropriate word.
The issue of birth certificates as a (1) ………………………………..for registration of
candidates has ignited a lot of concern for parents with students sitting for this year’s
examinations. Whereas we are concerned about the issue of foreigners in this country, this
directive has (2) ………………………….. many parents and students alike unprepared (3)
………………………………… instance, most students sitting this year’s K.C.S.E. were born in
the late 90s and if they happen not to have even birth certificates, which is (4)
…………………………… likely, it also means that they don’t have even their birth notification
cards. (5) …………………………………… birth certificates under these circumstances, and
within the given time frame, is (6) …………………………………………….. . The authorities
(7) …………………………….. with the issuance of these documents (8)
………………………………….. process them urgently. (9) ……………………..is a serious
matter. Candidates have been given a very short time to (10) …………………………… these
documents.
3: ORAL SKILLS(30 MARKS)
(a) Read the oral narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (10 marks)
The Stupid Monkey
Once upon a time, a tribe of monkeys made their home in their pleasure garden of the king. On a
certain holiday when the drum was beaten to call the people together, the King’s gardener,
hearing the drum, said to himself, “Even though it is a holiday, the garden must be watered.
Accordingly I will ask the Monkeys to water the garden for me, so that I can be off to enjoy
myself and the holiday with the rest.” So he called the Monkeys and asked them to water the
garden. When the monkeys had promised to water all the young trees faithfully, the gardener
gave them the water skins and the wooden pot with which to perform the task.
After the gardener had gone, the Monkeys took up the water skins and the watering pot and
began to water the young trees. But the leader of the monkeys stopped them. “Wait,” he said, we
must be careful not to waste water. Before you water them, you must first pull up each tree and
look at the size of the roots. Then you must give plenty of water to those which have long, deep
roots, but less to those with short roots. For when this water is finished, we shall have to work to
get any more.
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“To be sure,” said the other monkey, “that is what we must do.” So they pulled up all the trees
just as their leader had told them to do and all the young trees died.
Question
i. What feature of oral narratives would you use to prepare your audience to listen to the
above story?
( 2 marks)
ii. What two devices of performance would you use in narrating this story effectively? ( 4
marks)
iii. Which three things would indicate to you that the audience is following the narration? ( 3
marks)
(b)Underline the silent letters in the following words: (5 marks)
i) Rapport
ii) Rendezvous
iii) Poignant
c) Your friend attended an interview but was not successful. Mention four things that he/she
may have
failed to do before and during the interview.
(4 marks)
Before
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………During
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………
d) Give a homophone for each of the following words. (2marks)

i) Gate ………………………………………………………………..
ii) Forward …………………………………………………………………
iii) Medal …………………………………………………………………
iv) Sweet …………………………………………………………………
e) State the four points to consider when giving instructions to a person about how to get
from
one point to the other.
(4 marks)
f) Read the conversation below between a student and a teacher and then answer that
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questions that follow.(8 marks)
Student: (knocking the door loudly and getting in) I am told you called me.
Teacher: (motioning him to seat) please have a seat Rono and don’t be anxious.
Student: (still standing). Don’t tell me you have sum…
Teacher: (interrupting). Please relax. It is not an indiscipline issue again. No cause
for alarm.
Student: So then, why do you want to see me?
Teacher: Calm down Rono. On the contrary, it is a positive note.
Student: (looking a bit controlled and sliding into a seat). Sorry sir, May I know what it
is about.
Teacher: (Smiling broadly). That’s better. I called you to discuss your progress in
academics lately.
Student: (With a lightened up face and more reassured).Yes sir.
Teacher: Looking at your trend of performance especially in languages and
mathematics, I am very impressed. (Pointing at Maths and English columns)
See, from D+ to B in Maths and D to C+ in English is commendable!
Student: (Rubbing his hands and slightly smiling) Thanks sir. I am grateful for your
kind guidance.
Teacher: (In affirmative note) Yes. This is the result of change of attitude, obedience
and determination.
Student: (Sighs) Thank you once more for your concern. I will be able to face my dad
courageously now.
Teacher: Yes, that’s how it should be. Always work to impress your parents. Never look
back again. Forward ever.
Student: Thanks Sir. I promise never to let you and my parents down ever again.
Teacher: Good. You can now go back to class.
Student: (Stands up and shakes hands with the teacher). Thanks once more and good
day sir.
Questions
i) How does the teacher establish good rapport with the student? (2mrks)
ii) What good conversational skills are displayed by:
a) The teacher? (2 marks)
b) The student? (2 marks).
iii) Identify two shortcomings in the student’s speech.
(2 marks)
EXAM 3
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
Students in your school have raised concerns about poor hygiene in the school. In a bid to
address these concerns, the principal appoints a four-member committee to investigate the
health situation and give recommendations. You are the secretary of the committee, write
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down the report you will present to your principal.
(20mks)
2. CLOZE TEST (10MKS)
Fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate words.
A new research title “Underage drinking in Kenya”, has …………………
1……………….that nearly one third of form four students aged below 18 years take alcohol
…………………2………………. As our society ponders this sad ………………
3……………………….., the urgent message to children who are taking alcohol
…………………………4……………. do not drink another sip. Advice to those children is
to strongly say “no”. ………………5…………………irresponsible behaviour, to
alcoholism, there are many………………6………………effects of alcohol. It is wrong and
illegal for children to drinkalcohol.
This report also states that 46 percent of the children received ………………
7…………….first pint from friends and …………………8…………………. Do you offer
alcohol to a child? As a parent or guardian, do you nurture …………………9…………….?
How much time do you spend with them?Notably, ………………………10……………of
guidance and supervision are stimuli to underage drinking.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow
Make me a grave where’er you will,
In a lowly plain, or a lofty hill;
Make it among earth’s humblest graves,
But not in a land where men are slaves.
I could not rest if around my grave

I heard the steps of a trembling slave;
His shadow above my silent tomb
Would make it a place of fearful gloom
I could not rest if I heard the tread

Of a coffle going to the shambles led,
And the mother’s shriek of wild despair
Rise like a curse on the trembling air
(by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper)
Questions
a) Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem above. (2mks)
b) Apart from rhyme, mention two other ways they have achieved rhythm(4mks)
c) Mention two ways in which you would know that your audience is fully participating
during the recitation of the poem above. (2mks)
d) How would you say the last line of the poem? (2mks)
e) Indicate whether the following items have a falling or a rising intonation. (4mks)
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i) Get out now! …………………………………………………
ii) The man was accused of theft. ……………………………………
iii) How did you find the English exam? ………………………………
iv) Could he have left? …………………………………..
f) Underline the silent letters in the following words. (4mks)
i) Corps
ii) Parliament
iii) Leopard
iv) Fracas
g) Provide a homophone for each of the following words. (4mks)
i) Bury …………………………………..
ii) Claws ………………………………..
iii) Guest …………………………………
iv) Male ………………………………….
h) The underlining indicates the stressed word in the sentences below. Briefly explain what
each sentence mean (3mks)
i) The lady in a red dress lost her purse
ii) The lady in a red dress lost her purses
iii) The lady in a red dress lost her purse.
i) Identify the odd word out according to the pronunciation of the underlined sound.
(2mks)
i) Said Head Gate Led
ii) Face Phrase Shepherd Phase
j) Below is a dialogue between Muthomi and James who are candidates. Read it and
answer the questions that follow.
Muthomi: James, I’m worried about my performance in English. It’s not
encouraging.
James: Ah! I’m happy with mine in Biology. I got an A in the last exam.
Muthomi: I really don’t know what to do about English, maybe…
James: I don’t like History and P.E teacher. He thinks he is the only one who can
a pick-up truck. My mum told me she would be buying one soon.
Muthomi: (Trying to bring him back to the topic) Tell me James, how do you revise
English?
James: Oh! Is that Betty? She promised to bring me a movie. (Calling out) Betty!
Betty! (The runs after her)
a) Identify the shortcomings in the dialogue above (3mks)
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EXAM 4
Imagine you are the secretary of the Drama Club in your school. The club is organizing an
Annual Drama Club Party. The chairperson of the club the previous year was a candidate and
performed exemplarily well in the KCSE and was admitted in one of the public universities
in Kenya.
(a) Write an official invitation letter inviting him/her as the chief guest. (12mks)
(b) Write a congratulatory note to her or him to be presented on that day. (8mks)
2. CLOZE TEST (10 Mks)

During this month, the meteorological department has warned (1)................................
respiratory diseases (2)............................. Nairobi, Central Highlands and counties such as
Kericho, Uasin Gishu and Trans Nzoia, (3)................................. children and the elderly to dress
warmly. “(4)....................................... of respiratory diseases like asthma, pneumonia and
common cold (flu) are expected to be on the increase due to the (5)........................................
cold and chilly conditions. The general public, (6).................................. the young and elderly
members of the society are (7)............................................ to adopt (8)............................. dress
code to avoid contracting (9)..................................... diseases.” The 10)...............................said.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30mks)
a) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy
When skies are grey
You never know dear
How much I love you
Please don’t take
My sunshine away
i) Describe the rhyme scheme of the above poem. (2mks)
ii) Which word would you stress in line two and why? (2mks)
iii) State two ways you will make the performance of the above poem interesting. (2mks)
b)
A flea and a fly flew up in a flue
Said the flea, “Let us fly!”
Said the fly “Let us flee.”
So they flew through a flaw in the flue.
i) i. Identify the genre above. (1mk)
ii) ii. Identify and illustrate the dominant sound pattern in the genre above. (2mks)
c) Indicate the intonation in the following sentences. (3mks)
i. How often do you visit your mother? ..................................................
ii. Have you lost your way? ......................................................................
iii. Andrew, come here at once! ...............................................................
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d) Your teacher of English has asked you to discuss a question on ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’.
Three minutes into the discussion, most of the students lose concentration. Give the possible
reasons why this happened. (3mks)
e) You are invited as a motivational speaker to give a talk to a group of people.
i) State two factors about the audience that you must consider before giving the speech.
(2mks)
ii) Mention two things the listener ought to observe in order to gain from the speech.
(2mks)
f) List two effects of using courteous language. (2mks)
g) Your class is visiting a cultural center for field work. State how you would prepare to ensure
that you collect objective information during the visit.(3mks)
h) Provide a word that is pronounced the same way for each of the words below. (3mks)
i. Barren ................................................................................................
ii. Lichen ...............................................................................................
iii. Fowl .................................................................................................
i) In the paragraph below, underline the correctly stressed word.(3mks)
The warden said they wanted to (‘conduct, con’duct) a search at the port of Mombasa. In the
(‘process, pro’cess) of doing so, they found the consignment meant for (‘export, ex’port) in a go-
down. The main (‘convict, con’vict) was Kaelo. Since he had been a (‘rebel, re’bel) in his native
country for many years, the judge had no option but to (‘subject, sub’ject) him to many years in
prison.
EXAM 5
You are the manager in Tala Fruits Company you sadly learn that one of the employees in your
company has passed on in a fatal accident.
a) Write a memo to inform all the other employees of the news and remind them to
contribute funds towards giving the deceased a good send off. (12 marks)
b) Write a condolence note to the spouse of the deceased. (8 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and fill in the blank spaces with an appropriate word. (10mks)
Most parents innocently believe __________________(i) parental guidance with regard to
television watching means making sure that your child does not sit too close to the set. They
believe that sitting close to the TV ____________________(ii) hurt their eyes. Unfortunately,
the harmful effects of electronic media go much deeper _______________________(iii) just the
physiological damage of x-rays on the brain and eyes. This is especially so with children under
the __________(iv)
of seven, whose senses are only ____________________(v) beginning to develop.
Electronic media has been discovered to hamper young children’s __________________(vi) to
create their own inner pictures - which is the foundation of all creativity.Imitation is the key
______________________(vii) this early age. A child can only to be truly human from human
beings themselves; not from electronic gadgets, __________________(viii) do faithfully
represent humanness. Studies show consistently how watching TV slants creative play in young
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children. Nightmares _____________________(ix) ensue from the violent scenes
watched.Television anaesthetizes our higher brain function ______________________(x)
disrupts the balance and interaction between left and right hemispheres.
3. ORAL SKILLS
1.a) Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow: -
SWEET AND LOW
Sweet and low, sweet and low,
Wind of the western sea.,
Low, low, breath and blow,
Wind of the western sea!
Over the rolling waters go,
Come from the dying moon, and blow,
Blow him again to me;
While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps.
Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,

Father will come to thee soon;
Rest, rest on mother’s breast;
Father will come to thee soon;
Father will come to his babe n the nest,
Silver sails all out of the west
Under the silver moon;
Sleep my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep. (Alfred lord Tennyson)
Questions
i) State any two pairs of rhyming words from the poem above. (2 marks)
ii) Apart from rhyme, with illustrations from the poem, identify any other two techniques that
have been used by the poet to create rhythm in this poem.
(2 marks)
iii) If you were to classify the above poem as a song, in which category would you place it and
(2 marks)
iv) Comment on the number of syllables used in the last line of each stanza. What does this tell
you about rhythm of this poem? (2 marks)
v) If you were to recite this poem to its target audience, how would you recite the last line of the
last stanza. (1 mark)
vi) From the poem, identify any two words containing the vowel sound / ^/ (1 mark)
b) For each of the following set of words, underline the odd one out.
(4 marks)
i) Pose paws pores pours
ii) Heel hill heal he’ll
iii) core corps cause
iv) told toed towed toad
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c)Assume you are taking part in a group discussion. Explain how you would ensure you observe
the rules of turn-taking. (3 marks)
d) Study the following situations and write down what you would say in each case. (6
marks)
i) When walking along a corridor, you accidentally bump into somebody out of your
own clumsiness.
ii) You are engaging in a conversation and you catch yourself interrupting the other
person.
iii) You want to introduce a point during a discussion which contradicts what the other
person has said.
e) In the words given below, underline the part that should be stress.(2 marks)
i) challenge
ii) advice
f) Identify four examples of onomatopoeia in this text. 2 marks)
The car screeched to a sudden stop. This was followed by screams and howls as the passengers
banged their heads against their seats in front of them or smashed through the windscreen.
g) Rodgers was to attend a graduation ceremony for his daughter in Mombasa. Being his first
time in the city, he asked Mark his son-in-law who lives in Mombasa for directions to the
graduation venue. But it turned out that Rodgers never reached his destination. Give any
possible reason for this. (3 marks)
EXAM 6
Students in your school have raised concern about their safety. In a bid to address these concerns,
the Principal appoints a four-member committee to investigate the state of student safety and
recommendations. You are chosen the secretary of this committee. Write down the report that
you will present to your Principal. (20 marks)
2. CLOZE TEXT
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word.
Nothing has changed the face of the global economy (1) than the expansion of
international trade. (2) impact has been decisive on large and (3)
economies alike. Most global trade is among industrialized countries, but (4) countries are
gaining an increasing share of world trade.
However, globalization is not without its problems. Many countries seek to (5) local
industries from increased competition. Inevitably, one country’s exports are (6)
country’s imports, but whereas expanding export markets are seen as beneficial (7)
economic growth, increasing openness to (8) is often seen, by both governments and
ordinary people, as threatening the goods and (9) produced in the home country.
Governments shield local industries from (10) competition through such
measures as putting tariffs on imports and subsidizing production.
Adapted from: The Knowledge Book, National Geographic, Washington D.C. 2008.
3. ORAL SKILLS
a. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow:
O whisper, O my soul! The afternoon
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Is waning into evening, whisper soft!
Peace, O my rebel heart! For soon the moon
From out its misty veil will swing aloft!
Be patient, weary body, soon the night
Will wrap thee gently in her sable sheet,
And with a leaden sigh thou wilt invite
To rest thy tired hands and aching feet.
The wretched day was theirs, the night is mine;

Come tender sleep, and fold me to thy breast.
But what steals out the gray clouds like red wine?
O dawn! O dreaded dawn! O let me rest
Weary my veins, my brain, my life ! Have pity!
No! Once again the harsh, the ugly city! By Claude McKay
i) Explain how the poet achieves rhythm in the poem above. (4 marks)
ii) Briefly explain how you would perform the first two lines in this poem. (3
marks)
b. The following sentences contain a highlighted word. In each sentence underline the part of
the word that is stressed to convey the meaning intended.
i. The county assembly agreed that the country’s pro.duce will be marketed locally.
ii. The citizens re.ject the proposal to divide them along tribal lines.
iii. Why didn't you re.cord the speech for me?
iv. The sur.vey revealed that most unemployed youth have skills that can be gainfully
used.
c. You have been appointed to chair a class discussion on M. Ogallo, ’The River and the
Source’. After the discussion, your classmates comment that you steered the discussion very
well. Write down four things you did right. (4 marks)
d. Underline the word that is said differently from the sets of words given below:
(5 marks)
(i) fairy ferry furry
(ii) floor flower flour
(iii) toe two tow
(iv) pear pare peer
(v) canal kernel colonel
e. You attend a talk on ‘Peer Pressure’ organized by your school. The speaker is audible and
interesting, but you find it difficult to concentrate fully. What factors could have led to
your inattention? (4 marks)
f. The following is a dialogue between Doreen and her mother. Read it carefully and answer
the questions that follow:
Doreen : Mom, what did you decide about my camp?
Mom : What camp, Doreen?
Doreen : Oh mom, you mean its not important to you? I already told you about
the
St. John’s club camp that our school is organizing.
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Mom : Oh, that one? Remember we discussed it. But remember we also
agreed that would pay for it only if your grades…
Doreen : I knew it! You always use my poor grades as an excuse not to do
anything for me.
Mom : That is not true, Doreen. You know I do a lot for…
Doreen : Stop it! You don't love me! That is why…
Mom : I will not allow you to speak to me like that, Doreen.
Identify three weaknesses in Doreen’s negotiation skills, and explain briefly how she can
address them. (6 marks)
EXAM 7
(20MARKS)
You are the school captain in your school. The school has been performing dismally and you are
asked to visit a top performing school for bench marking for three days. Write a report of your
findings and give recommendations that would benefit the school.
2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)
Gender 1. …against the African woman is not 2 ….very widespread but also deeply embedded
in African Societies. Several factors combine to 3. …..the African woman. First, we have
primitive and irrational 4……about the natural inferiority of the woman. 5. ……, many negative
cultural practices, female genital 6.…, bride price and confinement to specified spaces, injure,
humiliate and 7. …..the person of the woman. Thirdly , the abject poverty and abysmal
ignorance prevailing in many 8. …..societies deny the African woman the means, the knowledge
and the power to make 9. ………..decisions about her life.
Last but not 10. ……., the African man’s chauvinistic greed for power and insensitivity to the
needs of his mother, daughter, sister and companion is a regrettable hindrance to female
emancipation.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30MARKS)
a) The Bride
Why do you wear that dress so white?
Why do you wear the veil so light?
Why do your young eyes shine so bright?
Is it your wedding?
I wear the dress and veil to show

That gladly to my love I go
My young eyes shine because I know
It is my wedding.
i) Using illustrations, show how rhythm has been achieved in the poem (4 marks)
ii) How would you perform to distinguish stanza I from stanza 2? (2marks)
iii) What is the rhyme scheme of this poem? (2marks)
iv) Describe the tone you would use in performing the last line of the song. (2marks)
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b) Give another word pronounced the same as the following. (5marks)
i. Heal –
ii. Elicit –
iii. Beach –
iv. Moor –
v. Shagreen –
c) Explain the emphatic stress on the underlined words in the following sentences. (4marks)
iv. Jim slapped Jane yesterday.
v. Jim slapped Jane yesterday.
vi. Jim slapped Jane yesterday.
vii. Jim slapped Jane yesterday.
d) Identify the odd one out in each of the following sets. (5marks)
i. Enough, staff, dough, graph
ii. Depot, rapport, report, debut
iii. Watched, wanted, laughed, rushed
iv. Wept, debt, receipt, doubt
v. Machine, chef, chess, machete
e) You are stranded at a bus stop. You decide to ring your principal to report that you cannot
arrive in school in time for class. Below is a part of the telephone conversation. Fill the other
part. (6marks)
You: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1mark)
School secretary: I’m sorry the principal is in a meeting and cannot speak to you at the moment.
You ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1mark)
School secretary: May I know your class teacher please?
You:
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…(1mark)
School secretary: Oh I’m sorry Mrs. Mwangi is already in class. Can you please leave a
message?
You:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- (1mark)
School secretary: Oh Mrs, Muli’s is your house mistress? Just hold on as I connect you to her.
Mrs. Muli: Hello, what can I do for you?
You:--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1mark)
Mrs. Muli: Sorry, I’ll inform your class teacher about your predicament. Bye for now.
You: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1mark)
EXAM 8
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1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)
You have been confirmed as the president of the student council. The Deputy Principal is away
on official duties. Write a REPORT on the current situation on discipline in the school and what
the student council membership is doing to enhance positive student conduct. Be sure to include:
i) Class attendance
ii) Time keeping
iii) Student conduct in the Dining hall
iv) Student conduct in the dormitories
v) Noise levels
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
Kenyans (1) _________________ a lot from the newly elected government. All the promises (2)
________________ during campaigns ought to be (3) __________________. (4)
______________________ it is quite unrealistic to expect a lot out of nothing. We all need to
work extra hard in our respective activities so as to (5) _________________ on dreams. Things
will never fall (6) _______________ above. (7) ______________ of all of us are needed to
realize vision (8) ________________ meeting our basic needs. Above all that, we must (9)
_______________ national unity and (10) ___________ for the progress of all.
3. ORAL SKILLLS
Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
THE STUPID MONKEY
Once upon a time, a tribe of monkeys made their home in the pleasure garden of the king. In
certain holiday when the drum was beaten to call the people together, the King's gardener,
hearing the drum, said to himself, "Even though it is holiday, the garden must be watered.
Accordingly, I will ask the monkeys to water the garden for me so that I can be off to enjoy
myself and keep holiday with the rest." So he called the monkeys and asked them to water the
garden. When the monkeys had promised to water all the young trees faithfully, the gardener
gave them water skins and the wooden pot with which to perform the task.
After the gardener had gone, the monkeys took up the water skins and the watering pot and
began to water the young trees. But the leader of the monkeys stopped them. "Wait," he said,"
we must be careful not to waste water. Before you water them, you must first pull up each tree
and look at the size of the roots. Then you must give plenty of water to those which have long,
deep root. For when this water is finished, we shall have hard work to get any more.
"To be sure," said the other monkeys," that is what we must do." So, they pulled up all the trees
just as their leader had told them to do and all the young trees died.
QUESTIONS
a) What would you do to prepare your audience to listen to the above story? (2 mks)
b) What two oral devices would you use in narrating this story effectively? (4
mks)
c) What two things would indicate that your audience is following the story? (4 mks)
d) You are one of the students chosen to negotiate in a dispute involving members of your class
and another class. What negotiation skills will you employ to ensure an amicable resolution is
reached. (5mks)
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e) Put the words below in correct column according to pronunciation of the vowel sounds.
school, floor, you, write, oar, night
/ai/ /u:/ /Ɔ:/ (3 mks)
f) Identify the silent letters in the following words. (4 mks)
i) Boutique ___________________
ii) Plumber __________________
iii) Bough _________________________
iv) Bouquet ____________________
g) Indicate how you would address each of the following officials to express courtesy. (2
mks)
i) President -
ii) Judge -
iii) Pope -
iv) MP -
h) You are attending a debate club competition in your neighbouring school. When a student
from your school takes the podium, you notice that he/she is afraid. Write down three indicators
that would tell you that the student is afraid and suggest how to overcome them.
(6 mks)
EXAM 9
1. FUNCTIONAL SKILLS. (20 MARKS)
You are secretary of the drama club in your school. The chairperson has asked you to send out a
notice of the second meeting to plan the staging of Francis Imbuga’s play, Betrayal in the City.
During the meeting, you will need to appoint the director of the play, set up a date for selecting
the cast, discuss the budget for the play, and the dates of rehearsals and the final performance.
(a) Write the notice of this meeting which you would send to the members of the drama club.
(12 marks)
(b) Write the agenda that you would attach to the notice. (8 marks).
2. CLOZE TEST. (10 marks)

Fill each blank space in the following passage with the most appropriate word.
By far the (1) __________________ obstacle to success, in my view, is a poor understanding of
people. Most careers (2) ___________________ working with other people. You can have
great academic intelligence (3) ____________________ still lack social intelligence - the ability
to be (4) ________________ good listener, to be sensitive (5) _______________ others, to give
and take criticism well.
If people do not like you, they may help you fail. On the other hand, you can get (6)
_______________ with serious mistakes if you are socially intelligent. How are you when it
comes to working with people? Are you genuine and authentic, or do you (7) ______________
put up a front? Do you listen to (8) ____________, or do you do most of the talking? Do you
expect everyone else to confirm to your wishes, your schedule and your agenda, or do you look
for ways to meet people on their (9) ___________________? If you haven’t learnt to get along
with people, you will always be fighting a battle to succeed. (10) _______________, making
people - skills a strength will take you farther than any other skill you develop.
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3. ORAL SKILLS. (30 marks)
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If we Must Die - Claude Mckay.
If we must die - let it not be like hogs.
Haunted and penned in an inglorious spot
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs.
Making their mock at our accursed lot,
If we must die - oh let us nobly die
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honour us through dead!
Oh Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe;
Though far outnumbered, let us show us brave
And for their thousand blows deal one deathblow
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!
Questions.
i) Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem. (2 marks)
ii) Which words would you stress in the last line of this poem and why? (3 marks
iii) Apart from rhyme, how else has the poem achieved rhythm? (2 marks)
(b) Your former school has invited you as a guest speaker to give a talk on discipline. At the
end of the speech, the students comment that the talk was well delivered. Suggest reasons why
they commented so.(4 marks)
(c) For each of the following words, underline the part that is stress. (3 marks)
col - league
re . gis . ter (verb)
ap . proach (noun
(d) Identify and number any four pairs of words that are pronounced the same. (4
marks)
plain mourn plane mad berry mud
burrow cat bred cut bury you
pool ewe pull father fool farther
bread moan full sea further see
(e) Suppose you were asked to make a speech at a friend’s graduation party. What would
you do to capture the audience attention? (4 marks)
(f) Study the following item of oral literature and answer the questions that follow. (2
marks)
Kot took Kot’s coat, Kot went to court, the court told Kot to return Kot’s coat to Kot.
Questions.
i) Identify the above genre. (1 mark)
ii) If the above genre was to be translated to another language, what would be the effect
of translation? (1 mark)
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(g) Read the telephone conversation below and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)
Wanjala: Hello, is that Chaka Limited.
Sheila: (Picking the phone) Those shoes fit well. Hello, is anybody on this line?
Wanjala: Hallo, is that Chaka Limited?
Sheila:What do you want?
Wanjala: Please confirm for me whether I called the right place, Chaka Limited?
Sheila:(Shouting) Which other company has a similar phone number as this?
Wanjala: May I then speak to the Managing Director?
Sheila:I prefer the red shoes ... (on phone). What do you say? Oh, the Managing director can’t
talk to you.
Wanjala: Can I then leave a message which you can pass to him.
Sheila:Why can’t you call him on his personal line ... (away from the receiver) go for the red
ones.
Wanjala: (Surprised) Hello, excuse me madam. I am Wanjala Nicholas and I’m requesting
to talk to the Managing Director over an important matter concerning one of your employee...
Sheila: I told you Managing Director is not in. (hangs up)
Questions.
i) Explain three things that make Sheila an ineffective communicator. (3 marks)
ii) Explain three things that one should observe if they are to communicate effectively over the
phone. (3 marks)
EXAM 10
1. FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
(a) You are a Form 4 student at Rafiki High School. You would like to pursue a course in
Computer Programming after the KCSE examination. You have heard about Imani Computer
College which offers such a course.
Write a letter of inquiry to the Principal, Imani Computer College inquiring on:
i) Minimum educational requirements
ii) Subjects useful for this course
iii) Fee per semester
iv) Duration of the course. (13 marks)
(b) One month later, you receive a reply to your inquiry from the Principal of Imani Computer
College. Write a thank you note appreciating him for the effort he made to ensure that all your
queries are answered. (7 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and fill each blank space with the most appropriate word. (10
marks)
It is an indisputable fact that agriculture (1) _______________ the backbone of the economy. It
is therefore (2) ________________ that we stop over-relying on the rain-fed agriculture. Israel is
a classic (3) ________________ of a country that has reclaimed its deserts and put them
(4) __________________ use. Land which was (5) _______________ ‘useless’ has been turned
around and (6) ____________________ useful. Egypt which solely depends on (7)
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______________________ River Nile is a leading exporter of fruits and cereals. For our country
to (8) _______________________ self-sufficiency in food production and to get a (9)
________________________ for export, land should be utilized to the (10)
_________________. This is only possible with irrigation.
3. ORAL SKILLS
(a) Consider the following riddle and then answer the questions that follow.
Challenger : I have a riddle; I have a riddle!
Audience : State it. We accept it.
Challenger : I have a wife. She never returns where she came from.
Audience : The water of a stream.
Challenger : No.
Audience : Rain.
Challenger : No.
Audience : A child from the womb.
Challenger : No.
Audience : We cannot get it.
Challenger : Give me a village so that I tell you the answer.
Audience : We give you Bulindo.
Challenger : Oh no! That little village is miserable. It is dry and infertile. And it is full
of drunkards. I don’t want it.
Audience : We give you Ggayaaza.
Challenger : Fine! So, then, I would settle there in my Ggayaaza, and I would fully
relax there. And I would fully relax there, be ruler of even the girls’ high school. And I would
see for you that wife of mine who never returns to where she came from…. It is the leaf of a tree!
(Adapted from Oral Literature by Austin Bukenya et.al. Nairobi: Longhorn Publishers, 2004)
Questions
i) Identify the different parts of this riddle. (3 marks)
ii) Mention the non-verbal cues the challenger would separately use in response to the offer
of the two villages, Bulindo and Ggayaaza and say why in each case. (4
marks)
iii) If you were the challenger, how would you deliver the solution statement? (1 mark)
(b) Identify the letter that is not pronounced in each of the following words. (5 marks)
(i) Could- _________________________
(ii) Sachet- _________________________
(iii) Sword- _________________________
(iv) Assign – _________________________
(v) Lesson- _________________________
(c) Underline the part that would be stressed in each of the following words. (5 marks)
(i) pro.blem
(ii) cha.nnel
(iii) spi.der
(iv) po.lish
(v) ta.ckle
(d) Read the telephone conversation below and then answer the questions that follow.
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Wanjiru: (Dialing a number) Is that Wananchi Wholesalers?
Voice 1: Sorry, wrong number.
Wanjiru: (Tries several other numbers unsuccessfully and eventually gets it right) Is that
Wananchi Wholesalers?
Voice 2: Yes, it is. Can I help you?
Wanjiru: I want to order maize flour.
Voice 2: How many bales, Madam?
Wanjiru: Just a minute. (Turns from the phone and asks her husband how many
bags they need.) Ten bales
Voice 2: Any preference in the brand?
Wanjiru: Of course! Everybody goes for Jaza.
Voice 2: Anything else, Madam?
Wanjiru: No. But I want them delivered.
Voice 2: When and to what address?
Wanjiru: Before too long to shop number eighnifi, Keriko Shopping Centre.
Voice 2: Pardon, what was the number again?
Wanjiru: (Impatiently and shouting) 8-9-5
Voice 2: We will deliver them in an hour’s time. Thank you, Madam. It has been a pleasure
doing business with you.
Identify any four shortcomings of Wanjiru’s telephone skills in this conversation. (4
marks)
(e) You are attending a seminar with your friend. Halfway through the presentation by the
speaker, your friend tells you she can
hardly concentrate. Explain any THREE strategies you would advise her to employ so as to
continue listening to the talk. (3 marks)
(f) In each of the sentences below, identify a pair of words that begin with the same consonant
sound. (3 marks)
i. The jet transporting gemstones and garments has arrived.
ii. A psychologist visited her in the cold cell.
iii. The chief chef shapes cake beautifully.
(g) In each of the sentences below, underline another word with the same vowel sound as the
italicized one. (2 marks)
(i) They were charged in a court of law for conning me.
(ii) Don’t talk with your mouth full of food, you fool.
EXAM 11
You are the chairperson of the school’s environment conservation association. Your group has
just come back from a visit to a national park in a neighboring country. Write a report to the
patron about the trip. In your report indicate what you accomplished, the problems you
experienced and what cautionary measures to take during future trips.
2. CLOZE TEST (10mks)
Read the passage below then fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.
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Stress, intonation and pronunciation are invaluable aspects of 1._______________ for any fluent
2.______________ of the English language. Any handicap 3.______________ these three areas
adversely affects the 4._______________ of one’s speech. One 5._______________ hope to
achieve competence in both spoken and 6.________________ English if one has not mastered
stress, intonation 7._______________ pronunciation. In this book, the 8._________________
have endeavoured to guide the reader to see the possibilities of working 9.______________ their
effective use of the English language.
With the rising popularity and usage, the correct use of the English language has been
10.__________________ compromised.
3. ORAL SKILLS
a) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. (10 marks)
As I meditate
And levitate
In human state
No one can see
How the internal sea
Wells up with hope
But let’s hope
Life so dear
With love so near
And closeness so close
Will bring home
The thing that we hope
Means to transform
Even the simplest digit
Into a magnified seed
Of a mustard tree.
i. Which words would you stress in line one of the poem and why? (2mks)
ii. How has rhythm been achieved in this poem? (4mks)
iii. What tone of voice would be appropriate in recitation of this poem? (2mks)
iv. How would you say the last line of this poem? (2mks)
b) Read the conversation below between two students from Masomo Mazuri High School and
then answer the questions that follow:
WAKONYO:(Shortly after attending an English symposium)
Good morning, Kebu. How are you fairing on with your academic work?
KEBU:Good morning, I don’t even wish to talk about my performance. I din’t get the score I
had promised.
WAKONYO: come on, Kebu, you are taking your failure too much to heart. I know it is a
great disappointment to score a grade below what you expected in the pre-mocks and I
sympathize with you but you must not allow it to make you so unhappy.
KEBU:(Looks sullen) it is all very well for a lucky lass like you, Wakonyo. You have passed
and you would not feel cheerful if you were in my place.
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WAKONYO:(Leaning forward) I know, but you must pull yourself together, and wake your
mind up. You will pass next time. Remember the old saying, “if at first you don’t succeed, try,
try, try again!
KEBU:I think the other version of the saying has more sense to it. “If at first you don’t succeed,
quit, quit, quit at once!
WAKONYO:(Nodding her head encouragingly) Mmm……………
KEBU:I should just give up
WAKONYO:Oh nonsense! You’ll never do anything if you don’t persevere. Now why do you
think you failed?
KEBU:last term had been very challenging for me. I was down with malaria for three weeks
and I could not prepare
properly.
WAKONYO:well, you did have bad luck, I am sorry. But I am sure you will do well in the
mocks and National Exams, so you must make your mind to win through.
KEBU:I wish I had your will power. Still, I will take your advice and put more effort.
WAKONYO:that’s the way forward! And I am sure you will register a better grade next time.
(i) Identify and explain three strengths in Wakonyo’s speaking and listening skills.
(6mks)
(ii) Although interrupting a speaker is often taken to be impolite, there are times when
such interruption would be welcome. Cite three such instances
(3mks)
c) Underline the part you would stress in these words.
i. Frequent (adjective) (1/2 mk)
ii. Recruit (verb) (1/2 mk)
iii. Display (noun) (1/2 mk)
d) Identify the odd one out, considering the underlined letters
i. Chef Chief Sachet (1/2 mk)
ii. Bucket Burry Berry (1/2 mk)
iii. Pornography Photograph Shepherd (1/2 mk)
e) Read the following conversation between a tourist and yourself. The former tries to get
direction to the local tourists’ attraction site. Complete it with a suitable response (8mks)
Tourist: Hello, how are you? Could you please help me?
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
(2mks)
Tourist: I am James Anden from England and this is my son Joe
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
(2mks)
Tourist: We would like to visit any park nearby to see wildlife.
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
(1mks)
Tourist: How much does a taxi charge?
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
(1mks)
Tourist: Alright. That’s okay. Is there any hotel nearby that is not expensive?
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You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
(1mks)
Tourist: Thank you so much. That is very kind of you.
You: ……………………………………………………………………………..
(1mks)
EXAM 12
1) FUNCTIONAL WRITING [20 marks].
a] You are the chairman of the student’s council in your school. Write an internal memo to
all council members notifying them of the meeting to discuss the state of discipline in the
school responsibilities and school routine. Copy the memo to the principal and deputy principal.
(12mks)
b) Attach the agenda of the meeting. (8mks)
2. CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word.
The food we eat seems to have profound i]…………………………………….on our health.
Although science has made enormous ii] ………………………………………..in making food
more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made mercy foods unfit to eat. Somme research had
shown that perhaps 80% of all human illness are related to diet and 40% of cancer is related to
the diet as iii] ……………………………………..especially cancer of the colon. Different
culture are more prone to iv]……………………………………certain illness because of the
food that is characteristic in these cultures v]………………………………….. food related to
illness not a new discovery. In 1945, government researchers realized that nitrates and nitrites,
commonly used to preserve colour cancer. Yet, these carcinogenic additives remain in our food
and it becomes more difficult all the times to know which things on the packaging label of
processed food are helpful or harmful. The additives which we eat, are not all so direct. Farmers
often give penicillin to beef or poultry. And because of this, penicillin has been found in the milk
of treated cows. Sometimes similar drugs are vi]………………………………………to animals
not for medicinal vii] ………………………………………… but for financial viii]
…………………………………… the farmers are simply trying to father the animal in order to
ix]………………………………. a higher price on the market. Although the food and drug
administration (FDA) tried repeatedly to control these procedures, the x]……………………
continue.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)
a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
Sunset
The sun spin like
A tossed coin.
It whirled on the azure sky,
It clattered into the horizon,
It clicked in the slot,
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And neon light, popped
And blinked ‘time expired.’
As on a parking meter.
(Oswald mbuyiseni mtshali)
Questions
i. Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem. (2mks)
ii. How would you say the last line of this poem? (2mks)
iii. State any two onomatopoeic words in the poem. (2mks)
iv. Identify any other sound pattern used in the poem. (1mk)
b) Read the oral narrative below and answer the questions that follow.(6mks)
one day the chameleon and the donkey were arguing as to who could run faster than the other.
The donkey said, “ you chameleon, you are very old. You can’t compete with me in a race.”
The chameleon replied, “ don’t blow your own trumpet. I am not going to praise myself, but is
know you can’t defeat me in a race. We shall be equal.
The race began an the chameleon jumped on the donkey’s tail. They ran, until the donkey was so
tired that he stopped to rest. As soon as the donkey stopped, the chameleon jumped from the
donkey’s tail and said, “now my friend donkey, are you any faster than I?” “no, now I know that
you are a man.”
Questions
i) What would you do in order to capture the audience’s attention before you begin to tell
this story? (2mks)
ii) Outline two ways you would we to make narration of line 4 and 5 of the story effective.
(2mks)
iii) If you were part of the audience for this story, mention two things you would do to show
that you are participating in the performance. (2mks)
c) Underline the stressed syllable in the following words. (3mks)
i) Revision
ii) Travel
iii) Decide
d) Provide a word in which the following letters are silent. (5mks)
i) t–
ii) w–
iii) h–
iv) s–
v) n–
e) Provide another word which is pronounced the same as the following. (5mks)
i) Prophet –
ii) Sell –
iii) Made –
iv) You –
v) Know –
f) Identify the odd one out. (4mks)
i) charade
chair
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machine
niche
ii) rough
tough
dough
laugh
iii) phonetics
physics
shepherd
phloem
iv) gnaw
ignore
graph
goat
EXAM 13
Imagine you are the school captain of Amani Secondary School and students have been
complaining of incidences of insecurity in the school. The Principal has asked you to carry out
an investigation and come up with recommendations on how to curb insecurity in the school.
Write a Report.
(20 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST (10 marks)
Read the passage below and fill in each space with an appropriate word
We are on the verge 1………….an economic renewal if we consider the recent 2 ……of
mineral resources in several parts of the country. There have been discoveries of titanium in
Kwale, oil and water in Turkana,3 coal in Kitui. Kenya has joined the 4 of other countries in
Africa endowed with natural resources.
These discoveries should provoke 5 to consider 6 questions: How well are the
resources 7 to be managed? What mechanisms are we putting in place to
promote accountability and transparency in the 8 of these resources? Given ourtrack 9 in
managing public funds, how 10 we assure the citizens of
accountability by properly managing the natural resources?
3. ORAL SKILLS
(a) Read the story below and then answer the questions that follow: (5mks)
Long time ago I was told a story about a tall, very muscular man. He used to walk only at night
and he used to carry a collection of all kinds of metals “Sufulia, ruyungu, bikhule nu rundirundu
tsa rwa khaboolakhu.’ With these he made a lot of noise Ngalia-ngalia-ngalia when walking. His
direction was always towards the moon. His mission nobody knew. In this metal he carried all
the diseases of the earth. The noise made by his collection warned people to be out of the way,
for anybody who saw him was infected by the diseases he carried and thus became blind.
i) If you are performing this story to children how would you make it interesting?
(2 marks)
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ii) Identify the sound device used in the story? What is its effectiveness (2mks)
iii) Mention one way in which you would know that the audience in this story is fully
participating? (1 mark)
(b) Give a word that is pronounced in the same way as the words below(5 marks)
(i) Colonel………………
(ii) Guest...
(iii) Male....
(iv) Oral
(v) Click...
(c) Underline the silent letters in the following words (5 marks)

(i) indictment
(ii) poignant
(iii) subpoena
(iv) enough
(v) should
(d) Read the item below and answer the questions based on it (4 marks)
The needle might be tiny but it sews.
i) Classify the genre above? (1 mark)
ii) Provide another item that has the same meaning as the one above (1mark
iii) For what audience would the genre be suitable? Give reasons for your answer (2 marks)
(e) You have been asked to prepare and present an oral report on the consequences of drug abuse
(i) How would you prepare for the presentation (3marks)?
(ii) Explain how you would make use of verbal skills to make your presentation
effective (2marks)
f. Read the following telephone conversation and then answer the questions that follow
(6marks)
Secretary: (phone rings) Hello, Masomo secondary school How may I help you?
Caller: I want to speak to my mother
Secretary: May I know who your mother is please?
Caller: (Impatient and irritated) I have said I want to speak to my mother.
Secretary: Excuse me. I’m sorry I don’t know who your mother is. Could you please tell me
her name?
Caller: (shouting) You have been working in that institution for the last ten years and you don’t
know Mrs.Marita?
Secretary: (Politely) Oh! Mrs. Marita? She has just stepped out shortly. May I take a
message for her please?
Caller: (Bangs the receiver)
(i) Identify any three instances that show the caller’s lack of telephone etiquette. (3marks)
(ii) How can you tell that the secretary observes professional conversational skill in the
above telephone conversation? (3marks)
EXAM 14
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You are the secretary of Mambo Leo Youth Empowerment Group which has six members. The
group is holding the second meeting of the year in which the following agenda will be discussed.
• Income generating project
• Elections
• Chairperson’s report
Write an email notifying members about the meeting (20 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST
____________ (1) in the public secondary schools who get pregnant will not benefit from the
free medical cover. NHIF chief executive, Geoffrey Mwangi said the cover for students had not
______________________ (2) in early pregnancies. “If any of the secondary school girls gets,
________________, (3) they will not be covered by the NHIF. Those who will want to be
assisted may opt ______________ (4) look for other sources of funding or register
_____________(5) the ‘Linda Mama’ initiative,” Mr Mwangi advised. The Linda Mama
initiative is an expanded free maternal care programme for expectant _______________.(6) Mr.
Mwangi said the secondary school medical cover recently ____________(7) out by the
government was only designed to take care of in-patient and outpatient illnesses. Many teenage
girls drop out of school ______________ (8) of early pregnancies. A United Nations Population
Fund report ____________ (9) last December showed that 378,000 teenage girls _____________
(10) between 10 and 19 became pregnant between July 2016 and June last year.
3. ORAL SKILLS
(a) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
SUNSET
The sun spun like
a tossed coin
it whirled on the azure sky,
it clattered into the horizon,
it clicked in the slot,
and neon lights popped ,
and blinked ‘time expired’
as on a parking moter
QUESTIONS
(a)
1. Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem. (2mks)
2. State any two onomatopoeic words in the poem. (2mks)
3. How would you say the last line of the poem? (2mks)
4. Identify any other sound pattern used in the poem. (2mks)
5. State and illustrate two non-verbal cues that you would use to make the recitation of the
above poem interesting. (4mks)
(b) A form one student is trying to compose a poem with alliteration. She/he has come up with
the following list of words. Advise on five pairs that alliterate. (5mks)
few
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cease
one
unimpaired
kite
unity
carrot
Chalk
Own
Chef
Shirt
Photic
When
Pew
Youth
(c) Pick out the words with long vowel sounds. (5mks)
Coat
Card
More
Look
Should
Still
Further
Steal
Moan
Showed
Fool
(d) Provide a word where each of these letters is silent in pronunciation. (3mks)
(i) p-
(ii) o-
(iii) n-
4. Read the following conversation between Judy and a peer counselor, then answer the
questions that follow.
PEER COUNSELLOR: (Motioning her to seat) Hello Judy. How are you getting on? Please
have a seat and don’t be anxious.
JUDY : Don’t tell me it’s all over school now. I will kill myself…
PEER COUNSELLOR: Please relax well, you swore me to secrecy and I have kept my part of
the bargain. No cause of alarm.
JUDY : So then, why do you want to see me? You mean itcan show?
PEER COUNSELLOR: Calm down. You are just in early stages and please keep up
appearances. The school closes next month.
JUDY:(Looking disturbed) one more month and the whole world will know. I need to procure.
PEER COUNSELLOR: Don’t even go there… will you be able to live with the guilt? Remember
things can also go wrong and you may die.
JUDY : (Visibly agitated). Then tell me what to do.
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PEER COUNSELLOR: Please calm down; all is not lost. You just tripped; you never fell. These
days Judy, girls are accepted back to school after giving birth so you need not worry. All will be
fine. In the meantime, just relax for your baby.
JUDY : (Sighs) thank you for being there for me. Remember not a word to a soul.
PEER COUNSELLOR: You can trust me Judy. Good day.
JUDY : Good day.
i) How does the counselor establish good rapport with Judy? (1mk)
ii) What good conversational skills does the counselor show? (2mks)
iii) Identify two shortcomings in Judy’s speech. (2mks)
EXAM 15
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20mks)
You know a student who has been peddling drugs in your school. The student can hurt
anyone who leaks this information. Write an email to the Principal, discipline teacher and HOD
Counselling directing them to the place where the student gets the drugs. This information is
confidential and should be treated as such. So, none of the recipients should know you sent that
email to the other. Also briefly describe the peddler so that it will be easy for the teachers to
identify him.
2. CLOZE TEST 10MKS

Fill the blank spaces using the most appropriate word.
Regular drinkers and (1) ………………… pay severe penalties for (2) …………..drinking. It
has been (3) ………………… that alcoholics are (4) ………………….to die ten or twelve years
sooner than (5) …………………. And half die (6) …………….age of fifty, which is one (7)
………………….. there are (8) ……………few elderly alcoholics. The mortality (9)
………………….. among alcoholics is(10 )………………………. than two and a half times
higher than that of the general population.
3. ORAL SKILLS - 30mks

a) Underline the stressed syllable in the words written in bold type.
i) They are supposed to abstract some information from the text.
ii) This is an abstract idea.
iii) I refuse to take your brotherly hand.
b) The council wanted the refuse to be disposed properly.
c) Considering the underlined vowel sound, identify the odd word out. (4mks)
i) Father farther further
ii) Said paid mend
iii) Stick stake steak
iv) Bid bead ship
d) Indicate the intonation pattern in the following text. (3mks)
i) One, two, three, four and five.
ii) The teacher called the students, “Jane, John, and Mary,” stand up.
iii) Who is the owner of the book?
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e) Imagine you are the class secretary and you intend to talk to the members of your class
on how to improve the class performance. How can you engage your colleagues to keep them
listening? (4mks)
f) Indicate whether the underlined letters in the following pairs of words are pronounced the
same or differently.
(indicate by use of words “differently” or “same”) (3mks)
i) Aisle/listen
ii) Handsome/handwork
iii) Warthog/yacht
g) Juma was asked to read an article to the class by English language teacher. The teacher
concluded that Juma was not a good reader. What could have the teacher noticed about Juma’s
reading skills? (3mks)
h) Read the following narrative then answer the questions below.
Long ago Ngai sent the weaverbird whenever he wanted to tell people anything.
The weaverbird was fast – he would relay message quickly. However, he had weakness.
He talked too much before delivering any message, the weaverbird would talk endlessly. People
started getting impatient with him. One day, Ngai sent weaverbird to tell the people that they
would live forever. They would only live forever if they knew what Ngai’s wish was. The
weaverbird set off very fast. When he got to the people, he announced that he had an important
message from Ngai. Soon people gathered to hear what the news was. Weaverbird, as usual,
started talking about other things. In spite of people’s pleas to go straight to the message,
weaverbird rambled on. Soon the people got fed up with weaverbird and was very important and
threatened to beat him up.Weaverbird assured them that the message he had was very important
and they should therefore listen to him, but he continued to talk about other things. Unable to
tolerate him any longer, they beat him up and sent him away. Ngai’s message did not get to the
people. They started dying and to this day they are still dying.
Questions:
i) Pick any part of the story that you find dramatic and describe how you Would perform it
during narration. (2mks)
ii) What important oral skills do we learn from this narrative. (2mks)
iii) What would tell you that the people were eager to get the information? (2mks)
4. Imagine you are a house prefect and there is a shortage of wardrobes in the cube. You are
called to arbitrate the case. As a good negotiator what three aspects would you consider as you
try to reach an agreement. (3mks)
EXAM 16
Your family is organizing for a home coming ceremony for your brother who was elected as the
area MCA. The area MP has been invited as the guest of honour together with four other
prominent guests. Your mother has assigned you the responsibility of preparing the meal for the
guests.
i) Prepare a recipe for the dish. (12mks)
ii) Write a thank you note that you would send to the area MP. (8mks)
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2. CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and fill in the blank spaces with an appropriate word. (10 mks)
Every year, the government of Kenya (1) ____________________ hundreds of billions of
shillings in tax revenue (2) ________________________ smuggling. Dumping of sub standard
goods(3) _____________________ counterfeit products poses another (4)
__________________threat(5)________________ the stability of the economy. Local traders
say smuggling (6) _____________further fuelled by economic growth registered in the last two
years. They attribute this (7)_________ to rising demand for imported goods, especially
electronic (8) ____________________, cars and petroleum products. And while import volumes
(9) ____________________ increased substantially
in the past two years, facilities and equipment (10)____________________ the Kilindini
harbour, Mombasa and Kenyatta International Airport (J.K.I.A) are overstretched.
3 ORAL SKILLS
1. Identify the silent letters in the following words. (4mks)
a) Climb __________________________________
b) Marijuana _______________________________
c) Bough __________________________________
d) Lesson _________________________________
2. Provide a homophone for each of the words given below. (3mks)
a) due ____________________________________
b) Prophet _________________________________
c) Ewe ____________________________________
3. Indicate by use of arrows the correct intonation for the following.(3mks)
a) May I assist you? ___________________________________
b) Meet me in the office right away _______________________
c) What a great excursion we had! ________________________
4. Read the item below and then answer questions after it.
We shall surely see the sun shine soon.
a) Identify the genre above. (1mk)
b) Identify two sound patterns that have been used in the genre. (2mks)
5. Fill in the blank spaces with the correct alternative based on the stressed syllable. (4mks)
a) They may __________________________ their job if they are not paid (desert, desert)
b) My friend’s ________________________ was approved when he agreed to move to
Nairobi. (transfer, transfer)
c) To get _____________________ results, you must revise your work thoroughly. (perfect,
perfect)
d) The ______________________ will be taught tomorrow. (subject, subject)
6. The county Education secretary has been invited into your school to give a speech. As he
speaks, you find it necessary to interrupt him before he is done with his speech.
i) Give three circumstances that may force you to interrupt him. (3mks)
ii) State two expressions of polite interruption. (2mks)
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7. You are one of the three students chosen to negotiate in a dispute involving members of your
class and another class. What negotiation skills will you employ to ensure an amicable resolution
is reached. (5mks)
8. A teacher of English was in class during a reading session. She realized that the students had
poor reading habits. Mention three of these habits she might have observed.
(3mks)
EXAM 17
In the recent past students in your school have not been behaving well. There are cases of late
coming by both boarders and day scholars. As a result, morning duties are not performed well or
not performed at all. Most students are violating the school language policy and some students
are putting on civilian clothes. As the school captain, write an internal memo to all the students.
In the memo inform them of all the vices. Atthe same time warn them of the consequences if one
is found breaking the school rules and regulations.
2. CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and fill in each blank spaces with an appropriate word
(10 marks)
It is an indisputable fact that agriculture1……………………………………………………the
back bone of the economy. It is therefore2……………………………………that we stop over-
relying on the rain-fed agriculture. Israel is a classic3……………………………………………
of a country that has reclaimed its desert and put them 4…………………………….use.
Landthat was5……………………………’ useless’ has been turned around and 6………………
useful.Egypt which solely depends on7……………………………………………..River Nile is a
leading exporter of fruits and cereals.For our country
to8………………………………………….self-sufficiency in food production and to get a
9………………………………………..for export,land should be utilized to the
10………………………….. . This is only possible with irrigation.
3 ORAL SKILLS 30 MARKS

A Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow
When the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many things I sought.
And with old woes new wails my dear time’s waste,
Then can drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death dareless night
And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled woe,
And moan the expansive of many a vanished sight.
The can I grieve at grievances fore gone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell O’er,
The sad account of fore-bemoaned man
Which I now pay as not paid before,
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But if the while I THINK ON THEE DEAR FRIEND
All loses are restored and sorrow end.
QUESTIONS
i) Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem. (2marks)
ii) Identify three pairs of rhyming words in this poem. (3marks)
iii) Apart from rhyme, how else has rhythm been achieved (2marks)
iv) Which words would you stress in the first line. Explain. (2marks)
b. Read the oral material below then answer the questions that follow.
Achick that will grow into a cock is known at the time of hatching.
i) identify the oral material above. (1mark)
ii) Describe a situation in which this oral material would apply. (2marks)
iii) Give two characteristics of the oral material identified in 1 above. (2marks)
iv) Which target group is appropriate for the above oral material? (1mark)
c. When you are in agroup discussion, how would you know that it is your turn to speak.
(3marks)
d. Mudzo was part of an audience listening to a talk on the right of children. After the talk, the
teacher asked him to discuss in class what he had learnt. He couldn’t remember anything.
Mention three things that he failed to do during the talk.
(3marks)
e. Sandra is your classmate and has been invited to talk to K.C.P. E candidate in your
neighboring school. Shehas asked you to give her tips on how to manage stage fright. List three
things you would advise her to do. (3marks)
f. State the intonation in the following utterances. Give a reason for your answer. (3marks)
i) Are you looking for the lost book?
ii) Many of us will pass this exam.
iii) Why don’t you consult the teacher?
g. Identify the silent letter in the following words. (3marks)
(i) Juice
(ii) Biscuit
(iii) Parliament
EXAM 18
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MKS)
You have read the text “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” and really enjoyed it in preparation
for K.C.S.E. You overheard some of your friends in form three discussing the suitability of the
text for K.C.S.E. Write a book review on it that will enlighten them about it.
2. CLOZE TEST
Addiction is an escape ........................... ...................reality, and different people will
find ...............................ways to escape from the real world. They can be addicted to food,
money, power, work, gambling, sex, love ............................................. even to destructive
relationships. Do these belong in the same category as alcohol or drugs? And if so, does
recovery from those “people addictions’’ work the same way as with alcohol and drugs?
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Addicts look for substitutes, and the reason ..................................this is always the same: to
escape, to close one eye and not to .................................. the facts. By becoming fat, the
overeater insulates ................................................from the world around. It is better to be rejected
for the way they look, than for who they are as a ............................................ Thus, being fat
becomes a way to avoid the risk of intimacy. There are people who are addicted to work. They
will go home.........................., just to avoid interaction with the family.
Workaholism is a dysfunctional attempt to earn self-esteem by being productive.
The................................................ may fear intimacy, and take refuge in work as a way of
avoiding meaningful interaction with others. Addiction, in every form is a means of survival.
Alcoholism is not a slow form of suicide –at least, not as......................................as the alcoholic
is concerned. Alcoholics think of drinks as their best-perhaps their only-means of survival.
3. ORAL SKILLS
A) Read the story below and answer the questions that follow: -
There lived two men who were good friends. One of them was very wise and the other very
foolish. One day, they argued between themselves and one said, “ I am the wise man in this
country.” The other said, “No! I am the wisest.” As there was no way of measuring wisdom, the
two men did not know who was wiser than the other. One day they were discussing the ill-
behavior of their wives and one of them said, “If we want them to behave well we must beat
them up. Women are like children, beat them up and they will behave well.” The other said,
“No! If you beat your wife, she will become worse.” After arguing for a long time, they kept
quiet and went home. On reaching his house, the man who was in favour of beating wives began
to beat an ox-skin vigorously. When the other heard this, he thought the sound came from his
friend beating his wife and he took a stick and beat his wife severely until she fell sick and later
died. When the two men met later, it was now clear who between them was wiser than the other.
(i) Suppose you were narrating this story, what would you do first before narration to
capture the attention of the audience?
(ii) How would you deliver the speech by the 2nd speaker? “No, I am the wisest.” (2mks)
(iii) If you are listening to this story, what would you expect the story teller to do so as
to make the story interesting? (3mks)
(iv)During the performance of this narrative, you notice that the audience is very attentive.
What are the indicators that will show you that they are attentive?
(2 marks)
B i) Pick the odd word out from each of the sets of words owing to the pronunciation of the
underlined tellers.
(i) This thin think theme
(ii) Brake break bread great
(iii) Sword sore code soar
(iv)Photograph phloem phlegm shepherd
ii) Underline the stressed syllable in the following words.
I. Tailor
II. Comment
III. Context (Adjective)
IV. Alarm
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C) Imagine you are a member of a discussion group state 4 things that you would do to benefit
from the discussion. (4mks)
D) Read the following conversation between two form four candidates and then answer the
following questions.
Judy: Mandi, I am worried my performance in English is not encouraging.
Mandi: Ah! I am happy with my performance in English. I got a clean A last term.
Judy: I really don’t know what to do about Mathematics, maybe….
Mandi: I don’t like our Geography teacher. He thinks he is the only one who owns a Prado. My
dad told me he will buy one soon.
Judy:(Trying to bring him back to the conversation) Tell me, Mandi, how do you revise
Mathematics?
Mandi:Oh! Is that David? He has promised to bring me a Nigerian movie (calling)David!
David! (Then runs after him)
(i) Identify the shortcomings in Mandi’s listening and speaking skills. (4mks)
(ii) Suggest four ways how he can improve his listening and speaking skills. (4mks)
EXAM 19
Your drama club is organizing to stage a performance of Dolls house play. The Caucasian chalk
circle. You are inviting the neighboring schools and the general public to the event.
(i) Write a notice announcing and inviting other schools and the public to attend. 8mks
(ii) In not more than 200 words, write a synopsis of the play to accompany the notice. 12mks

Read the following passage and fill in the gaps with the most appropriate word.
The police frequently ________________________1 our slum village in search of hidden illicit
brews. It was one of _______________2 raids that Constable Amka Twende earned himself
unexpected honor _________________3 respect for his detective skills.
_____________________4 chang’aa brewers in the village had devised several smart ways of
hiding their liquor in spots __________________5 even the nosiest cops would not dream of
looking.A new favorite trick was to put the chang’aa _____________________6 twenty litre
jerry cans, close them tightly, tie strong sisal ropes____________________7 the necks and
dangle them down pit_________________8. This of course necessitated boring extra opening at
the back of the toilet’s structures for the jerry cans to be let down before the holes were
ingeniously covered and disguised ____________________9 soil, refuse or even green grass.No
policeman in his right____________________10 was going to start looking for hidden chang’aa
down a toilet pit, surely.
3. ORAL NARRATIVE30 MARKS)

Read the oral narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
One afternoon, a big wolf waited in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket
of food to her grandmother. Finally, the little did come along and she was carrying the basket of
food. “Are you carrying the basket to your grandmother?” asked the wolf. The little girl
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answered, “Yes I am.” So the wolf asked the girl where her grandmother lived. When the girl
told him, he disappeared to the woods.
When the little girl opened the door of her grandmother’s house, she noticed there was somebody
in bed with a night cap and a night gown.
She realized that it was the wolf, so the little girl took a gun from her basket and shot the wolf
dead.
Questions.
(i) If you were narrating this story, how would you ensure your audience remains glued to the
story? 3mks
(ii) How would you say the words of the girl and the wolf in your narration? 2mks
(iii) How would you prepare yourself to effectively tell the story? 2mks
b). Provide another word that is identical in pronunciation as the underlined words in the
sentences below. 3mks
i) Why did the idle bridal party groan? -
…………………………………………………….
ii) The bear caught the whale. -
……………………………………………………………
c). State whether the following words have sound 3mks
iii) Thin …………………………………………………………….
iv) Than -…………………………………………………………….
v) Thought -……………………………………………………………
d). 1. Identify the silent letters in each of the words below.3mks
i) Succumb
ii) Whet
iii) Poignant
d. Indicate the correct intonation for the following sentences. 3mks
i) Why did you oversleep?
ii) Could I come with you, please?
iii) What a tragic experience that was!
e) Imagine that you are required to give an impromptu speech in a crowded assembly of
inattentive students. State what you would do to capture their attention.
4mks
f) The following conversation is between a teacher and a student who has come to class late and
seeks to join the rest. Fill in the missing speech. 7mks
Student: (knocking at the slightly opened door)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…… 1mk
Teacher: Why are you late for class?
Student: ……………………………………………………………………………………….....
2mks
Teacher: How would I know that you have a sick mother? Isn’t that an excuse?
Student: I would never use my mother as an excuse.
Teacher:…………………………………………………………………………………………..
2mks
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Student: She is at home. I got late preparing her breakfast.
Teacher: I am sorry about your mother. Now join the rest.
Student: (walking to his seat)
……………………………………………………………………………………….2mks
EXAM 20
“You have read the novel “The River and the Source” and really enjoyed and are now ready to
tackle it in K.C.S.E. You overheard some of your friends in form three complaining that it should
not been included as one of the texts to be done in K.C.S. E. Write a book review encouraging
them to read since it will be examined in their year.

Fill in the blank space with the most appropriate words.
A new research title “Underage Drinking in Kenya” has (1) _______________ that nearly one
third of form four students aged below 18 years take alcohol (2) _________________. As our
society ponders this sad (3) __________________, the urgent message to children who are
taking alcohol (4) ______________, do not drink another sip. Advice to those children is to
strongly say “no.”
(5) _________________ irresponsible behavior to alcoholism, there are many (6)
_____________ effects of alcohol. It is wrong and illegal for children to drink alcohol.
The report also states that 46 percent of the children receive (7) ________________
first pint from friends and (8) _________________ .Do you offer alcohol to child? As a parent
or guardian, do you nurture (9) _______________ ? How much time do you spend with them?
Notably, (10) __________ of guidance and supervision are stimuli to underage drinking.
3. ORAL SKILLS
(a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
Ah, Are you digging on my grave?
“Ah, are you digging on my grave,
My loved one?- planting rue?”
“No ; yesterday ‘he went to wed ‘
One of the brightest wealth has bred.
‘It cannot hurt her now,” he said,
“ That I should not be true.
“Then who is digging on my grave?
My nearest dearest kin?”
“Ah, no: they sit and think, ‘what us!
What good will planting flowers produce?
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No tendance of her mound can loose
Her spirit from Deaths gin;”
Questions
(a)
i) Supposing you were to perform this poem to your class how would you prepare?
(3marks)
ii) How would you say line two stanza 1 and why? (2marks)
iii) Identify an instance of alliteration in stanza 1 (1mark)
iv) Describe the rhyme scheme of stanza 2 (2marks)
b) For each of the following words, provide another word with similar pronunciation. (4marks)
(i) gate
(ii) bread
(iii) you
(iv) rest
c) You recently attended an interview which you failed. Mention some of the reasons that could
have contributed to your failure.(4 marks)
d) Mr. Mutiso recently brokered a deal for your school with a contractor which other teachers
given the responsibility before had failed to negotiate. What skills could have given Mr. Mutiso
an upper hand over teachers in negotiating the deal. (5marks)
e) Study the following genre and answer the questions that follow.
Hurry hurry has no blessing
i) Identify the genre(1mark)
i) Identify and name two parts of the above genre (2marks)
ii) Identify and illustrate any two aspects of style employed in the above genre.
(4marks)
f) For each of the following words, construct two sentences to convey two different meaning as
indicated (4 mks)
(i) Early (as an adverb and as an adjective)
(ii) Surprise (as a noun and as a verb)
EXAM 21
1. FUNCTIONAL SKILLS.
You are the class secretary in your class and you would like the students to attend a career day at
Murang’a University which is an annual event held in term two. Write a letter of enquiry to the
dean of studies enquiring to be informed of the date, venue and time. Sent it through an e- mail
and your class teacher should get a copy. (20 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST. (10 MARKS)

It never 1__________________ to amaze me when I see leaders making generous pledges and
promises on a 2 ____________________ to worthy causes knowing only 3_________________
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well that once the emotion of the moment dissipates the commitment to follow
4_____________________ on their commitment also goes.
Apparently, personal 5 _____________________ has fallen victim of a society that is no
longer disturbed by 6 ________________________ promises and 7 ____________________ ; a
culture where lying is 8 ______________________ with being wise. Even under oath, some
people feel quiet at ease 9___________________ or stretching the truth and they get away 10
_________________ it.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

Oral poem: There was a little man.
There was a little man
And he had a little gun
And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead.
He went to the brook
And he saw a little duck
And he shot it right through the head, head, head.
He carried it home,
To his old wife, Joan,
And lit her a fire to make, make, make
To roast the little duck
He had shot in the brook
And he’d gone and fetch her the drake, drake, drake.
The drake was swimming,
With his curly tail,
The old man made his mark, mark, mark,
He fired his shot,
But he fired too soon,
And the drake flew away with a quack, quack, quack. (Anonymous)
a)
(i) Identify and illustrate two sound patterns brought out in this oral poem. (4 marks)
(ii) If you were to perform this oral poem, how would you make it more interesting? (2
marks)
b) Underline the stressed syllable when the following words are used as either nouns or verbs as
indicated in the brackets. (4 marks)
i. Refuge. (noun)
ii. Subject (verb
iii. Conduct (verb)
iv. Present (noun)
c) Write the homophones for the following words. (4 marks)
i. Berth-
ii. Bough
iii. Hail-
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iv. Cede-
d)Imagine the Cabinet Secretary for Education has visited your school to give a talk on essence
of education. How would you ensure that you benefit from the talk maximally? (4 marks)
e) For each of the following utterances indicate whether you would say it with rising or falling
intonation. (4 Marks)
i. Which factory does John work?
ii. Did you say you are moving out?
iii. How do you rate your parents?
iv. They offer very delicious food in that hotel.
f) Identify silent letters in the following words. (4 marks)
i. Heir-
ii. Bomb-
iii. Know-
iv. Solve-
g) The following is a conversation between a teacher and a student. Fill in the blanks with
appropriate exchanges. (4 marks)
Student: ______________________________________________________________
Teacher: Yes, come in.
Student: ______________________________________________________________
Teacher: How do you do?
Student: ______________________________________________________________
Teacher: I am sorry, I left my copy at home, but I can request my colleague to assist you with
one.
Student: ______________________________________________________________
Teacher: welcome.
EXAM 22
a) Your best friend has just been elected as the student’s president in your school. Write a
congratulatory note to him or her. (8mks)
b) Write a recipe of a dish for about ten people who will grace his/her celebration party.
(12mks)
2. CLOZE TEST
Some of the old people are .1…………… by the fear of death. In the young there is
a ......2……………….for this feeling. Young men who….3…………………….. a reason to fear
that they will be killed in battle may justifiably feel .4………………in the thought that they have
been …5……………..of the better things that life has to offer. 6……………….. , in an old
man who has known human joys and sorrows, ….7……………… has done whatever work he
could do, the fear of the death is ……8……………….ignorable. The best way to overcome it -
so at least it seems to me ¬¬- is to make …….9…………………. interests gradually wider and
more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego…10………………………, and your life
becomes increasingly part of the universal life.
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(Adapted from integrated English. A course for Kenya Secondary Schools Book 4: Kenya
Institute of Education: Jomo Kenyatta Foundation 1989, Nairobi. Kenya.)
3. ORAL SKILLS
a) Read the following story and answer the questions that follow.
A Greedy Old Man and the Sausage
Once upon a time there lived an old man. One day he paid a visit to his in-laws. On
entering the house of his mother-in –law, he found that she had been roasting some meat, among
which was a delicious looking sausage, and she was not in the house. He immediately took the
sausage and quickly shoved it into his quiver. And it so happened that a piece of live coal had got
stuck on the sausage, but the old man did not know. He quickly shut the quiver.
No sooner had he sat down than the owner of the house came in. They sat down to talk
about the children’s health. When they had finished, it was time for the old man to return to his
home. Just then, the woman noticed smoke issuing from the quiver and asked the old man: “
Paker **, how come the quiver is smoking ?” The man answered: “Oh it is some naughty fire
stick*** with a soft wood*** that smokes whenever it comes into contact with soft wood ****
and the arrows.” The woman kept quiet and got up to escort her guest.
When they had walked only a short distance, the fire made a hole in the quiver and the
arrows fell out tiak! Together with the stolen sausage! The lady who was walking closely behind
exclaimed: “See, had I not known it!” Then the old man fearing that that his sausage might be
eaten, shouted: “Oh my Paker, please do not eat it!” So while the lady ran home in shame, the
greedy old man continued with his journey in extreme embarrassment. They showed each other
their backs, and there ends the story of the greedy old man.
(Adapted from an Oral literature of the Maasai by Naomi Kipury)
(i) Mention any one thing you would do to alert the audience before telling the story.
(1Mark)
(ii) How would you say the line, “Paker how come the quiver is smoking?” to bring out
complete effect. (2 Marks)
(iii) Explain how you would effectively dramatize the old man’s response; “ Oh it is
some naughty... and the arrows” (2 marks)
(iv)State the appropriate intonation for saying the line, “See, had I not known it!” and
indicate the emotion it brings out in the woman. (2marks)
(v) Identify a sound feature in the story. (1mark)
b) For each of the following words, provide another that is identical in pronunciation. (5marks)
i) Symbol
ii) Coup
iii) Lam
iv) Mayor
v) Wear
c) The underlined indicates the stressed word. Explain what each sentence means on the basis of
this. (2 mks)
I will walk to the hospital
I will walk to the hospital
d) Underline the letter that is not voiced in the following words: (3 marks)
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i) Resign
ii) Diarrhea
iii) Sachet
e) Your school drama group has just returned from a choral verse presentation at the county
competitions where they quite unexpectedly failed. Mention any four reasons that might have led
to their failure. (4 mks)
f) Read the following conversation between Odwak and Njoroge, and then answer the
questions that follow.
Odwak: Before she died of liver cancer, my sister felt a lot of pain and lost a lot of weight.
Njoroge: Talking about that, I had a toothache last night. I tell you I couldn’t sleep.
Odwak: Yes, so about my sister….
Njoroge: (scrolling through his phone). You remind me about my sister. In fact, she wrote to me
last week telling me about her son’s fees. She believes I have more money than I need, and that I
should give her some.
Odwak: Well, maybe you have a lot of money. But thank you for being such a good listener!
(Stands up to go).
Njoroge: What! Have I offended you?
i) Explain the shortcomings in Njoroge’s listening skills. (6mks)
ii) For each set of words below, underline the odd one out. (2mks)
iii) Cough Bough Doug
iv) Not Note Knot
EXAM 23
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING -20MKS
a) Imagine that you are the chairperson of the Tendering Committee in your school. Write a
memo to all heads of department requesting them to attend a meeting to discuss how to
acquire supply of goods such as stationery, students’ uniform, food stuff, laboratory
equipment, audio-visual materials and sports equipment for the school. Copy the memo to
the head of the institution. (12marks)
b) Write an advertisement inviting various companies to tender their goods with your
school. The company must be a wholesaler Company. It must indicate the mode of
payment, and how the goods would be delivered to the school. Inform the company when
the items are required in your institution. (8 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST (10MARKS)
Tension was (1) ______________in various parts of the country when rumors went round that
phone users would die after receiving calls from (2)______________ telephone numbers. Many
telephone users avoided calls (3)______________ their mobile phones after information spread
that calls coming in red digits could cause death (4)_________________ because high frequency
waves would cause excessive bleeding in the brain. Some subscribers (5) _______________
switched off their phones. The rumours started (6) ____________ in the morning when several
people received (7) ______________ messages warning them against receiving calls from some
listed numbers (8) _____________, it was later established, belonged to a company in Pakistan
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“I have switched off my phone because the news are (9) ________________,” One person said.
However, it was later discovered that the rumours were only a (10) _____________ to cause
panic.
3. ORAL SKILLS 30MKS

A) Read the poem below and answer the questions below correctly.
Had we but world enough, and time
This coyness, lady, were no crime.
We would sit down and think which way
To walk and pass our long love’s day.
Thou by the Indian Gange’s side
Shouldst rubies find; I by the tide
Of Humber would complain. I would
Love you ten years before the Flood.
And you should; if you please, refuse
Till conversation of the jaws.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires, and more slow;
An hundred years should go to praise
Thine eyes and on thy fore head gaze
Two hundred to adore each breast,
But thirty-thousand to the rest.
i) Explain how rhythm has been achieved in the poem. (3 marks)
ii) Assume you are performing this poem to an audience, in which ways would you enliven
your presentation. (4 marks)
iii) How would you say the following lines in the poem
“Thine eyes and on thy fore head gaze
Two hundred to adore each breast. (3 marks)
b) Assume you are the student leader of Guidance and Counseling in your school. The principal
asks you to research and write a report on rising cases of drug Abuse in your school and present
your findings during PTA and Student joint meeting. Explain how you would deal with stage
fright associated with public speaking of this kind.(6 marks)
c) Classify the words below according to the sound of the underlined “Ch” letters. An example
of each of the sounds represented has been given. 3 marks) ( ½ each)
Chaos
Chaise
Sachet
Chortle Bench
Charisma
Wretch
Chef Choreography
Chamois
Chore
Chronological
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d) In each of the following list of words, underline the correctly stressed word. (5 marks)
a) Ir ۱ relevant
b) Glo ۱ rify
c) Opera ۱ tive
d) Pictur ۱ esque
e) Ambi ۱ guity
f) ۱ Administration
g) Eco ۱ nomic
h) ۱ Immature
i) Mountain ۱ eer
e) The manager of Smart Uniform Company calls to speak to the principal Upendo Secondary
School. The secretary answers the telephone call.
Read the conversation below and then answer the questions.
Secretary: (picks the phone) Hello. Secretary Upendo Secondary School speaking.
Manager: Hello. Could I speak to the Principal, please?
Secretary: May I know whom I am speaking to please?
Manager: Okey. Please remind him about our meeting in your school.
Secretary: Thats alright. I will relay the message to him.
Manager: Thank you for your assistance. Goodbye.
Secretary: Goodbye and thank you for calling.
i) Explain how the speakers employ etiquette in their conversational skills.
(3 marks)
ii) Write the message you would relay to the Principal if you were the secretary (3 marks)
EXAM 24
1.FUNCTIONAL WRITING -20MKS
Imagine you are the Secretary of the Drama Club at Upendo High School. The National Drama
Festival is scheduled to take place in three weeks’ time. The Patron has informed you that you
need to have a meeting with the other members of the cast who are also the club members to plan
for the festival which will take place at Meru High School. Write a notification of meeting.
(20 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST
Fill the blanks in the passage below with an appropriate word (10 marks)
The chorus of praise for the Meteorological Department for (1)………………………..predicting
when the rains would begin is a public vote of confidence in the institution. The weatherman
(2) ……………………… the exact day of the first deluge of the new rainy season and the
duration. (3) ………………………….. it is disappointing that despite the accuracy, the country
has once again been caught napping. This is, (4) …………………………….. partly due to the
skepticism arising from the past predictions. But more worrying is the exposure of the lack of
(5)……………………………………to deal with floods. A country whose vast (6)
……………………………. of land have been ravaged by a lengthy drought is now awash with
water does not know how to deal with. It is a sorry state (7) ………………………… suffering
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and agony when it rains and also when it shines. The perennial utter
(8) ………………………………… of the people, agencies and the national and county
leadership is astounding and costly. Seven people have died in the past two days and there is
every indication (9) ……………………………………… there will be more deaths and
destruction of (10) …………………………………………..
3. ORAL SKILLS
a) Read the poem and answer the questions that follow:(8 marks)
Who will believe my verse in time to come,
If it were filled with your most high whoosh deserts?
Though yet heaven knows, it is but as tomb
Which hides your life and shows not half your parts
If I could write the beauty of your eyes
And in fresh number all your graces,
The age to come would say ‘This poet lies’
Such heavenly touches never touched earth’s faces,
So should my papers, yellowed with their age,
Be scorned, like lazy less travelled old men of less truth than tongue
i) Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem?
ii) Apart from rhyme, how else has rhythm been achieved?
iii) Identify four words with silent letters and underline the letters.
iv) Which words would you stress in the first line and why?
b) Provide a word that is pronounced in the same way as the words provided below.(4 marks)
i) some
ii) be
iii) their
v) come
c) You have been invited to an interview for a clerical job in your former primary school. List
things that you will do before and during the interview so as to excel in the interview
(4 marks)
d) Your teacher of English has asked you to present an oral narrative to your class during the
English lesson. List three verbal techniques you will employ so as to make your narration
interesting to the audience.(3 marks)
e) Consider the riddling session below and answer the questions that follow:(4 marks)
Challenger: I have a riddle. Are you ready for it?
Audience: Yes, give us the challenge.
Challenger: I have a wife who never returns to where she came from
Audience: The waters of a stream.
Challenger: No
Audience: Rain.
Challenger: No, give me a city
Audience: Mombasa
Audience: fine, I will settle in Mombasa. The answer is the leaf of a tree.
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i) How is the audience’s attention captured before the riddling session in the riddle provided
above? (1 mark) ii) Indicate whether the intonation used in the sentences provided
below assume a falling or rising intonation. (3 marks
i) I have a riddle. Are you ready for it?

ii) The waters of a stream
iii) The answer is the leaf of a tree
f) Read the conversation provided below and answer the questions that follow: (7 marks)
JOHN:Hallo…
OPERATOR:Emergency, which service do you require?
JOHN:There’s been a terrible accident and I want you to do something about it.
OPERATOR:Kindly tell me the service you require. Is it fire, police or ambulance?
JOHN:Oh yes, ambulance.
OPERATOR:Your phone number please?
JOHN:0723…..
OPERATOR:Am putting you through.
DRIVER: Hello, will you tell me the exact location of the accident scene
JOHN:Just behind my house.
ii) What are the shortcomings of John’s listening skills? (3 marks)
iii) John did not succeed in giving directions clearly. What are the guidelines of giving
directions? (4 marks)
EXAM 25
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MARKS)
There has been a changeover in the Administration of your school. The chairperson of the school
Student Council Executive which comprises of eight members calls for a familiarization meeting
with the Principal.
The Executive has the following members: The School Chair the Deputy, the Dining Hall
Prefect, the Games Captain, the Medical Prefect and three Dorm Prefects.
The following issues were addressed in the meeting:
(i) Introduction of members
(ii) Election of Council Members
(iii) The Role of Council in School
(iv) Motivation of members
(v) Discipline of members
(vi) Any other Business
During the meeting, the Dining Hall prefect sends his apology due to an on-going exam, while
two Dorm Prefects are away due to fees.
As the Secretary of the Student Council Executive Committee, write the Minutes of your first
meeting with the new Principal.

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Although the government has--1--------------------a number of county schools to national status,
most of them have not shown any--2-------------------------achievement to warrant their newly-
acquired title. Thus, the-3------------------- is for government to provide adequate resources to
prepare the schools to take their rightful place and ultimately-4--------------alternative centers of
excellence. The reason for elevating more schools to national status is-5-----------------------just in
name, but to offer opportunities for more primary school leavers to benefit--
6-------------------------------- the resources in these institutions. ---7-----------------------that is not
achieved, and then the drive to expand national schools will become an academic exercise. After
form four, the -8---------------------------------will be looking for progression to universities or
other tertiary institutions. Statistics indicate that about-9-----------------------------------third of the
candidate, 149,717 out of 482,133 who registered for the exams, scored grades C+ and above, --
10-----------------------for university admission.
3. CLOZE TEST
Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least,
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising;
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
(Like to the lark at the break of day arising)
From sullen earth sings hymns at heaven'ss gate,
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
(William Shakespeare's Sonnet 29)
i) Identify any four pairs of words that rhyme in this poem. (2 marks)
(ii) Give two instances of alliteration in this poem. (2 marks)
iii) Imagine you are performing this poem to learners who are visually impaired. B.Explain
four ways in which you would ensure that they get the message effectively. (4mks)
C. identify any five pairs of homophones in the list below. (5 marks)
phloem mad heir
floors flaws berry
hair coarse flame
clause mud
course cause
close cloze
bold bald
floss air
phlegm bury
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D. Provide two words for each of the following sounds. (2 marks)
/a:/ /ȝ:/
I) I)
II) II)
E.The underlining indicates the stressed word in the sentences below.
Briefly explain what each sentence means. (3 mks)
i) Mary bought a present for John.
ii) Mary bought a present for John.
iii) Mary bought a present for John.
F.Using a riddle of your choice, explain the riddling process. (6 marks)
G.Classify the following sub-genre. (2 marks)
Ken can can a can of curled kales
H.The following is a conversation between a father and his daughter.
DAUGHTER: (shortly having arrived home from school) Good afternoon, Daddy
FATHER:(Sitting complacently in the sofa, reading a newspaper. Looking up…..) Good
afternoon (Resumes reading)
DAUGHTER: (Holding out her school report form) Daddy, I’m excited. My teacher said I was
the best improved. I was………..
FATHER:Oh, you were? Me, I used to be number one. I was absolutely unbeatable.
DAUGHTER: Chemistry has been a particular headache ( now looking at the report form
which she thought her father would want to see), but this time…….
FATHER:(Stretching his arms, looking preoccupied)Chemistry for me was particular easy.I
never scored anything less than 90%
DAUGHTER: Dad, I was going to tell you that this time…….
FATHER:(Absent minded) by the way, where is your mum?
DAUGHTER: Mum is in the garden picking vegetables. But dad, you’re not listening to my
story. I was telling you about Chemistry
FATHER:You mean you have a story about chemistry? Chemistry is not about stories. It is hard
science.
DAUGHTER: It’s about my improvement……..
FATHER:(laughing) me, it wasn’t matter of improvement. I was always at the top of the class
DAUGHTER: Daddy, I give up. You’re not listening
FATHER:( looking surprised) Listening? I heard you: you were talking about improvement in
chemistry, weren’t you?
DAUGHTER: anyway, Dad. Thank you for paying attention. Enjoy your newspaper.
FATHER:Oh yes, I’m reading an interesting story about politics
Question
Identify four ways in which the father can improve his listening skills (4mks)
EXAM 26
A. Functional writing (20mks)
You are the journalism club chairperson in your school. You have seen an advertisement in the
newspaper about a Journalism Careers Day hosted by a media house. Unfortunately, it coincides
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with your school Annual Prize-Giving Day. The club members really wish to benefit from the
information shared during the Journalism Careers Day. Write a letter of request to the managing
director of the media house, through your principal, requesting that your club be hosted on a
different day. (20mks)
B. CLOZE TEST
Fill in the blank spaces in the following passage with the most appropriate word. (10mks)
The devolved system of government that Kenya 1…………after the March 2013 general
elections holds a lot of 2………….to unlock the country’s economic, social and political
fortunes 3………have been stifled 4……….a centralized system of government since
independence. Devolution will result in 5…………development in all parts of Kenya. The
central system of government that was in place 6………………fifty years resulted in serious
7…………………….of large parts of the country 8………………….Northern Kenya.
Devolution has in the last two years delivered encouraging 9…………in many
counties.10……………..include purchase of ambulances, road construction equipment, availing
medicine in hospitals among others.
C. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

a) Read the poem below and answer questions that follow (8mks)
To my Sister
It is the first mild day of March
Each minute sweeter than before,
The red breast sings from the tall larch
That stands beside our door
There is a blessing in the air,

Which seems a sense of joy to yield?
To the bare trees and mountains bare,
And grass in the green field
My sister! (‘tis a wish of mine)

Now that our morning meal is done
Make haste, your morning task resign,
Come forth and feel the sun.
William Wordsworth.
Questions
(a)
(i) List any four pairs of rhyming words. (4mks)
(ii) Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem. (2mks)
(iii) How would you say the ninth line of the poem? (2mks)
b) For each of the following words, write a word that has a similar pronunciation. (2mks)
(i) Profit
(ii) Medal
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(iii) Style
(iv) Symbol
c) Explain the two different meanings of the sentences below. (2mks)
He cursed the day he was born.
d) Identify the silent letter in each of the following words (3mks)
(i) Mutton –
(ii) Sachet –
(iii) Sword –
e) From the following set of words, identify the odd one out with regard to the
pronunciation of the underlined letters. (3mks)
(i) Critically Occasionally Academically
(ii) Hop Rod Hope
(iii) Soar Saw So
f) State whether you would end with a rising or falling intonation against each of the
following sentences. (3mks)
(i) Why did you oversleep?
(ii) What a tragic experience that was!
(iii) My younger sister has identical twins.
g) A Form Four class has been requested by their class teacher to suggest a place they would like
to visit after posting very good marks in the county mocks.
Read the conversation below and answer the questions that follow.
Class teacher:Harry, please chair the discussion.
Harry: Colleagues, let us give proposals of where you’d like to visit. John, give your opinion
John: I propose we visit Nairobi.
Ken: What about Meru?
Harry: There is nothing to see in Meru
Peter: Why don’t we go to Naivasha?
John: What? You are not serious. What is in Naivasha?
Harry: Brian?
Brian: I have not been to Nairobi, but …..
Steve: There are many places to visit in Nairobi.
Brian: Thank you. I have not been to Nairobi but …. given the distance and the money at our
disposal. I think we should visit nearer places.
Harry: Yes Steve
Steve: I believe Nairobi would be the best place since there is the museum, Snake Park, animal
orphanage and other interesting places.
Harry: What about you Andrew?
Andrew: We visited Naivasha sometimes last year and wouldn’t mind going there a second
time. We didn’t visit the Hell’s Gate……
Harry: Excuse me Andrew, let us fix the place first before we say what we shall see there. No
more suggestions as this discussion is lead us to nowhere.
so we shall vote for these places that is Nairobi, Meru and Naivasha. The secret ballot is the way
to go and the class teacher will be the returning officer.
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i) Explain any three responses that have flouted the acceptable manner of conversation.
(6mks)
ii) Pick out instances of etiquette in the conversation. (3mks)
EXAM 27
“You have read the novel “The River and the Source” and really enjoyed and are now ready
to tackle it in K.C.S.E. You overheard some of your friends in form three complaining that it
should not been included as one of the texts to be done in K.C.S.E
Write a book review encouraging them to read since it will be examined in their year.
Fill in the blank space with the most appropriate words.
A new research title “Underage Drinking in Kenya” has (1) _______________ that nearly
one third of form four students aged below 18 years take alcohol (2) _________________.
As our society ponders this sad (3) __________________, the urgent message to children
who are taking alcohol
(4) ______________, do not drink another sip. Advice to those children is to strongly say
“no.”
(5) _________________ irresponsible behavior to alcoholism, there are many (6)
_____________ effects of alcohol. It is wrong and illegal for children to drink
alcohol.
The report also states that 46 percent of the children receive (7) ________________ first
pint from friends and (8) _________________ .Do you offer alcohol to child? As a parent
or guardian, do you nurture (9) _______________ ? How much time do you spend with
them? Notably, (10) __________ of guidance and supervision are stimuli to
underage drinking.
3. ORAL SKILLS
(a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
Ah, Are you digging on my grave?
“Ah, are you digging on my grave,
My loved one?- planting rue?”
“No ; yesterday ‘he went to wed ‘
One of the brightest wealth has bred.
‘It cannot hurt her now,” he said,
“ That I should not be true.
“Then who is digging on my grave?

My nearest dearest kin?”
“Ah, no: they sit and think, ‘what us!
What good will planting flowers produce?
No tendance of her mound can loose
Her spirit from Deaths gin;”
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Questions
(a) (i) Supposing you were to perform this poem to your class how would you prepare?
(3marks)
(ii) How would you say line two stanza 1 and why? (2marks)
(iii) Identify an instance of alliteration in stanza 1 (1mark)
(iv) Describe the rhyme scheme of stanza 2(2marks)
b) For each of the following words, provide another word with similar pronunciation
(4marks)
(i) gate
(ii) bread
(iii) you
(iv) rest
c) You recently attended an interview which you failed. Mention some of the reasons that could
have contributed to your failure. (4 marks)
d) Mr. Mutiso recently brokered a deal for your school with a contractor which other teachers
given the responsibility before had failed to negotiate. What skills could have given Mr.
Mutiso an upper hand over teachers in negotiating the deal. (5marks)
e) Study the following genre and answer the questions that follow.
Hurry hurry has no blessing
(i) Identify the genre (1mark)
(ii) Identify and name two parts of the above genre (2marks)
(iii) Identify and illustrate any two aspects of style employed in the above genre
(4marks)
f) For each of the following words, construct two sentences to convey two different
meaning as indicated
(4marks)
(i) early (as an adverb and as an adjective)
(ii) Surprise (as a noun and as a verb)
EXAM 28
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING. (20 marks)
(a) Your brother who has been studying abroad is coming home and the family has organised
a party. Write an e-mail inviting two of your friends; Sabina and Kioko and copy your
brother who is organising. (10 Marks)
(b) Your friend Sabina is flying into the country from Addis Ababa Airport-Ethiopia. Write
clear
directions on how she can come to your home. (10 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST (10 marks)

Fill in the blanks with the most suitable word.
The purchasing of a motor vehicle or (1) _________________ a driving licence is a
satisfying achievement for most Kenyans. Few, however, (2) _______________ that their
achievement can, and (3) __________________ does, amount to a passport to prison. A
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driver in prison? Yes, an individual can be (4) __________________ to jail even when he is
not driving.
To curb the increasing (5) ______________________ of accidents in the country, the
courts are taking a very (6) _________________view and as a result sentences are being (7)
__________________ including imprisonment.
Under the (8) _________________________ Act, any person who causes the death of
another, be it a passenger in the driver’s car or a( 9) _________________ crossing the road,
or another motorist, by reckless driving or speeding or even leaving any vehicle on a road in
such a position as to be dangerous can be (10 ) ______________________ for the offence of
causing death.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30 marks)

a) Read the following oral narrative and answer the questions that follow. (10mks)
One day, the chameleon and the donkey were arguing as to who could run faster than the
other. The donkey said, “You chameleon, you are very old and tired. You can’t compete
with a man like me in a race.”
The chameleon replied,” Don’t blow your own trumpet. I am not going to praise myself,
but you know you can’t defeat me in a race. We shall be equal.”
The race began and without donkey’s knowledge, the chameleon jumped on the donkey’s
tail. They ran and ran, until the donkey was so tired until he stopped to rest. As soon as the
donkey stopped, the chameleon jumped from the donkey’s tail and said, “Now my friend, are
you any faster than I?”
“No, now I know that you are a man,” answered the poor donkey.
i. What would you do in order to capture the attention of the audience before you
begin to tell the story? (2 marks)
ii. How would you make the narration of the line indicated in bold effective?
(4marks)
iii. If you are part of the audience for this story, explain two things you would do to
show that you are participating in the performance.(4marks)
b) For each of the following words write another that is pronounced the same. (3
marks)
i. Quay ………….......................................................................
……………………………………
ii. Seed ………………...........................................................................
…………………………
iii. Not ……………….........................................................................
………………………………
c) There is need to light a night light on a light night like tonight.
i) Identify the above genre. (1 Mark)
ii) Give two functions of the genre. (2 Marks)
d) For each of the following words, write two sentences to bring out two different meanings.
(4 Marks)
i) Polish
ii) Intimate
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e) Imagine you have passed your K.C.S.E exams well and you are being interviewed for a
scholarship abroad. Write four ways in which you would ensure you succeed in the
interview. (4 Marks)
f) Complete the following conversation appropriately
Delphine: (Telephone rings), Hello,
…………………………………………………………
Trevor ...……………………………………………………………………………………
(1 mark)
Delphine: I’m sorry. Ms Oketch is in a conference out of town. Could you kindly
leave a message for her?
Trevor: ………………………..
…………………………………………………………… (1 mark)
Delphine: Sorry, I didn’t get the last two digits of the number.
Trevor:
……………………………………………………………………………………..
(1 mark)
Delphine:
……………………………………………………………………………………..
(1 mark)
Trevor: Correct.
Delphine ………………………………………………………………………..
…………… (1 mark)
Trevor: Yes, let him know I’ll be expecting his call.
Delphine: Okay, goodbye.
Trevor: ……………………….
……………………………………………………………. (1 mark)
EXAM 29
1. FUNCTIONAL SKILLS (20 MARKS)
Imagine that you are the Organizing Secretary of Virginia Mwende’s Graduation Party.
Mwende has graduated with a First Class Honours Degree from the University of Nairobi.
a) Design an invitation card to be sent to the guests (12mks)
b) Write a congratulatory note to Mwende to be presented on that day (8mks)
2. CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
Alcohol impacts people and societies in different (1)__________________ and is determined

by the (2) _________________ of alcohol consumed, the pattern of drinking, and, on rare
occasions, the quality of alcohol (3)_________________. Alcohol is a psychoactive
substance and its harmful use is known (4) _________________________ have dependence
- producing properties and cause (5) ____________________ than 200 diseases among
drinkers as well as devastating effects to innocent victims such as unborn children.
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Drinking alcohol (6)_______________________ pregnancy can lead to miscarriage, preterm
birth, still birth, spontaneous abortion, and contribute to a range of disabilities known (7)
____________________ foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). FASD is an umbrella
term (8) _______________________ to an array of conditions involving impairments of the
growth and development of the central (9)______________________ system caused by (10)
________________ intake during pregnancy.
(Adapted from DN2 - The Daily Nation 19th May 2015)
3. ORAL SKILLS
Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
I SEE HIS BLOOD UPON THE ROSE by Joseph Plunkett

I see his blood upon the rose,
And in the stars the glory of his eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.
I see his face in every flower;
The thunder and the singing of the birds
Are but his voice - and carven by his power
Rocks are his written words
All pathways by his feet are worn,

His strong heart stirs the ever beating sea
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn,
His cross is every tree.
i) Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem (2mks)
ii) Which words would you stress in the last two lines of the last stanza and why? (2mks)
iii) Apart from rhyme, identify and illustrate one sound device in this poem(2mks)
iv) Give two effects of the above sound pattern 2mks)
v) How would you say the last line of the poem (2mks)
b) For each of the following words, underline the silent letters
(i) Juice
(ii) Solemn
(iii) Island (3mks)
c) Identify the intonation that would be present in the following sentences (4mks)
(i) What deal did the two agree on?
(ii) Did you see the summary?
(iii) I have donated more blood
(iv) The farmer harvests much, doesn’t he?
d) Give the meaning of the following sentences when the underlined words are stressed.
(i) James was humbled by the experience
(ii) James was humbled by the experience
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(iii) James was humbled by the experience
e). Put the words below in the correct column according to the pronunciation of the vowed
sound (Night, school, floor, write, you, oar) (3mks)
1. /ai/ 2. /u:/ 3. / :/
f. Your former primary school has invited you to give a talk on how to improve performance.
You decide to focus your talk on the value of listening skills. Write down three points on
how you would ensure the listening is effective(3mks)
g. There were two candidates for an interview. One was successful while the other one was not.
State and explain his/her conducts during the interview that could have made him or her to be
successful. (4mks)
EXAM 30
You are the secretary of Debating Club in your school, recently the club held a meeting and
the following issues were discussed;
 Election of officials
 Income generating activities in the club
 Preparation for the great debate.
In the meeting, 8 members were present, 3 including the vice chairperson sent apologies and
the whereabouts of 2 members were unknown. The club patron also attended the meeting.
Apart from the main issues, members raised some issues from the previous meeting. Write
down the minutes of the meeting.
2. CLOZE TEST 10 MARKS

There is this bizarre preoccupation with 1………………………… class among us such
2…………………………. what happened at Langa’ta was bound to happen. Our greed
3……………………… wealth and standing considers nothing sacred, nothing immoral,
nothing offensive to everyone, which is why some people were wondering why the children
were protesting 4……………………… they were supposed to be in class! Our
preoccupation with private academies for our children is partly what made the “private
developer” target public school 5…………………….., only that for the “developer’”, the
police who came to secure the interests of one against many used tear gas on children.
If most of us decided to 6………………………. our children to public schools and worked
collectively to make them better, chances are this particular “private developer” and many
7……………………….. would avoid school land for fear of reaction. But many of us have
8………………………. to this mess by avoiding public facilities— schools, hospitals
9………………………. even parks — because using them does not speak
10……………………..of our social standing.
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3. ORAL SKILLS 30 MARKS
a). Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow. (8marks)
The Bride.
Why do you wear that dress so white?
Why do you wear that veil so light?
Why do your young eyes shine so bright?
Is it your wedding?
I wear dress and veil to show

That gladly to my love I go
My young eyes shine because I know
It is my wedding.
(i) Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem? (2 marks)

(ii) Using illustrations show how rhythm has been achieved in the poem.(3 marks)
(iii) Would you use the rising or the falling intonation in reading line 3 in stanza one in this
poem? Give reason. (1 mark)
(iv) How would you say the last line of the second stanza? (2 marks)
b). Identify the silent letters in the following words (6 marks)
i) Practically
ii) Ballet
iii) Bristle
iv) Guilt
v) Baguette
vi) Psychotic
c). Underline the stressed syllables in the following words. (3marks)
i) Palatial
ii) Rejuvenation
iii) Police
d). Underline the stressed syllable of the following words when used as verbs. (2marks)
i) Ridicule
ii) Suspect
e). You are going to attend an interview for your first job in a bank. You want to look
presentable to create a good impression. What would you do before and during the occasion
to achieve this? (4marks)
f). Complete the telephone conversation below between a parent and a student acting as a
receptionist at her school.
Mrs. Wanjau: ………………………………………………………………………………
1mark
Joan: Hallo. Yes, this is Makutano High School. How can I help you?
Mrs. Wanjau: ………………………………………………………………………………….
……
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2marks
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Joan: I am sorry the Principal is not in at the moment. Can you leave a message?
Mrs. Wanjau:………………………………………………………………………………
1mark
Joan: I am Joan, a form 4 student stepping in for the receptionist who has gone out shortly.
Mrs. Wanjau: ………………………………………………………………………………
1mark
Joan: Yes once in a while students of office practice and typing are allowed to step in for the
receptionist as part of their practice.
Mrs. Wanjau:
………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
2marks
Joan: Thank you very much. I will let the Principal know that you will call tomorrow.
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EXAM 1

3: ORAL SKILLS(30 MARKS)

d) Give a homophone for each of the following words. (2marks)

3. ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)

I could not rest if around my grave

I could not rest if I heard the tread

2. CLOZE TEST (10 Mks)

Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,

The wretched day was theirs, the night is mine;

I wear the dress and veil to show

2. CLOZE TEST. (10 marks)

(c) Underline the silent letters in the following words (5 marks)

2. CLOZE TEST 10MKS

3. ORAL SKILLS - 30mks

3 ORAL SKILLS 30 MARKS

2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

3. ORAL NARRATIVE30 MARKS)

2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

2. CLOZE TEST. (10 MARKS)

3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

3. ORAL SKILLS 30MKS

i) I have a riddle. Are you ready for it?

2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

C. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

There is a blessing in the air,

My sister! (‘tis a wish of mine)

“Then who is digging on my grave?

2. CLOZE TEST (10 marks)

3. ORAL SKILLS (30 marks)

Alcohol impacts people and societies in different (1)__________________ and is determined

I SEE HIS BLOOD UPON THE ROSE by Joseph Plunkett

All pathways by his feet are worn,

2. CLOZE TEST 10 MARKS

I wear dress and veil to show

(i) Identify the rhyme scheme of this poem? (2 marks)

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