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ENGLISH PAPER 2

(COMPREHENSION, LITERARY APPRECIATION AND GRAMMAR)

Time: 2 ½ Hours

ENGLISH

PAPER 2 TIME:

2Hrs 30Min.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, school and Index number in the spaces provided above. Answer ALL the

questions in the spaces provided

For Examiners Use Only

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

Questions 1 2 3 4

Maximum score 20 25 20 15

Candidates score

This paper consists of 12 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are
printed as indicated and no questions are missing.

1. Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow. (2OMKS)
When Google hosted a boot camp in California this month for its Android operating system, there were some
new faces in the room: auto manufacturers. They made the trip to learn about Android Auto, a new dashboard
system meant to let a smartphone power a car’s center screen. Tasks as varied as navigation, communication
and music apps, all constantly talking to the cloud. And to the driver. A similar scene is playing out just a few
miles down the road at Apple, where a rival system, Car Play, has been developed for iPhone users.

After years of being treated as an interesting side business, autos have become the latest obsession for Silicon
Valley, with Apple assigning about 200 engineers to work on electric vehicle technology and Google saying it
envisions the public using driverless cars within five years. But nowhere is that obsession playing out more
immediately than in the battle to develop the next generation of
cars’ dashboard systems.

In the coming weeks and months, dealerships around the country will begin selling vehicles capable of running
Android Auto, Apple Car Play, or both. The systems go far beyond currently available Bluetooth pairing for
playing music or making a hands-free call, and allow for Google’s or Apple’s operating system to essentially take
over the center screen and certain buttons within the car.
“Consumers have spoken,” said John Maddox, assistant director of the University of Michigan’s Mobility
Transformation Center.

“They expect to have coordination between their phone and their vehicle.” Here at Google’s headquarters,
Android Auto is about to make its debut in Americans’ cars after two years in development. Plug in a smartphone
with a USB cord and the system powers up on a car’s screen. The phone’s screen, meanwhile, goes dark, not to
be touched while driving. Apple’s Car Play works similarly, with bubbly icons for phone calls, music, maps,
messaging and other apps appearing on
the car’s center screen. (Apple declined to comment for this article.)

While the idea of constantly connected drivers zipping along roads raises concerns about distracted driving, both
companies say their systems are designed with the opposite goal: to make cellphone- toting drivers safer. “We
looked at what people do with their phones in the car, and it was scary,” said Andrew Brenner, who heads
Google’s Android Auto team. “You want to say to them, ‘Yikes, no, don’t do that.’”
Brenner said his team tried to figure out how to minimize distraction during tasks people frequently do while
driving, while also deciding what should be prevented in the car altogether. Google even built its own driver-
distraction lab, to test different variations.

Android Auto, for example, has no “back” button like the smartphone version. No “recents” button either.
Google Maps has been adjusted to make fonts bigger and streets less detailed, for easier reading while driving.
No action should take more than two seconds — consistent with the
Transportation Department’s voluntary guidelines. “Things that we don’t show are just as important as what we
do show,” Brenner said. Music is most definitely in. Streaming video? Most definitely not.

Most social media will also be blocked, and texts can be sent only with voice commands. Apps on
the screen are optimized for speed: glance, touch and eyes back to the road. “It’s these little glances at the
screen that people do in a car,” he said.

“We want something that’s very glanceable, that can be seen and done quickly.” When the Android Auto project
began, it included a core group of automakers like General Motors, Audi, Honda and Hyundai. Now, as it
prepares for its debut, roughly two dozen car brands have signed on to offer it soon. Apple has teamed up with
roughly the same number of brands, many of which will offer both systems. Most automakers are staying mum
on their exact start dates, but Hyundai is expected to act shortly, and Volkswagen has indicated availability for
its next Golf. GM has said the same about its Spark subcompact. One of the most widespread adopters will be
Ford, which this year will begin offering both Android Auto and Car Play in conjunction with the revamping of the
automaker’s much-criticized Sync system.

By the end of 2016, they will be available on all Fords sold in the United States. “We don’t want people to have
to make a vehicle choice based on which mobile phone they have,” said Don Butler,
Ford’s executive director for connected vehicles and services. “We want to accommodate all customers and
their devices.”

Fiat-Chrysler, considered to have one of the better infotainment platforms on the market, has signed on to
support Google’s and Apple’s systems. But a bit of lament is evident. “We’re confident that
our systems deliver a good experience for our customers,” said Eric Mayne, a spokesman at Chrysler.
“But we’re not standing still either.”

a) Why did Auto manufacturing companies make the trip to California? ( 2mks)

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b) What according to the passage shows the seriousness that companies have autos have attached to autos?

c) What does the expression “Consumers have spoken,” imply? (2mks)

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d) Briefly explain how the system works? (2mks)

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e) Why in your opinion do social media have to be blocked? ( 3mks

f) In point form, summarize how developers have tried to minimize distractions that may arise out of the new
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g) Rewrite the following in reported speech. (1 mark)

“We’re confident that our systems deliver a good experience for our customers,” said Eric Mayne, a spokesman at
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mean as used in the passage? (3 marks)

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iii) Infotainment ………………………………..……………………………………................

2. Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)

Krogstad: (Controlling himself) Listen to me, Mrs. Helmer. If necessary, I am prepared to fight for my small
post in the Bank as if I were fighting for my life.

Nora: So it seems.

Krogstad: It is not only for the sake of the money; indeed that weighs least with me in the matter.
There is another reason – well. I may as well tell you. My position is this. I daresay you
know, like everybody else, that once, many years ago, I was guilty of an indiscretion.
Nora: I think I have heard something of kind.

Krogstad: The matter never came into court; but every way seemed to be closed to me after that.
So i took to the business that you know of. I had to do something; and, honestly, I don’t
think I’ve been one of the worst. But now I must cut myself free from all that. My sons are
growing up; for their sake I must try and win back as much respect as I Can in the town. This
post in the Bank was like the first step up for me downstairs again into the mud.
Nora: But you must believe me, Mr.Krogstad; It is not in my power to help you at all.

Krogstad: Then it is because you haven’t the will; but I have means to compel you.

Nora: You don’t mean that you will tell my husband that I owe you money?

Krogstad: Hm! – Suppose I were to tell him?

Nora: It would be perfectly infamous of you. (sobbing) To think of his learning my secret, which
has been my joy and pride, in such ugly, clumsy way – that he should learn it from you! And
it would put me in a horribly disagreeable position –
Krogstad: Only disagreeable?

Nora: (Impetuously) Well, do it, then! – and it will be the worse for you. My husband will see for
himself a blackguard you are, and you certainly won’t keep your
post then.

Krogstad: I asked you if it was only disagreeable scene at home you were afraid of?

Nora: If my husband does get to know of it, of course he will at once pay you what is still owing,
and we shall have nothing more to do with you.

Krogstad: ( coming a step nearer) Listen to me, Mrs. Helmer. Either you have a very bad Memory
or you know very little of business. I shall be obliged to remind you of a few details.

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i )Briefly describe what happens before the excerpt . (3marks)

ii) Identify and illustrate major themes evident in the excerpt . (4 marks)

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iii) In note form, state reasons why Krogstad says that he is prepared to fight for his small post in the
bank as if he was fighting for his life. (5mks)

iv) How is Nora and Krogstad portrayed in the excerpt (4 marks)

vi) I shall be obliged to remind you of a few details.(Add a question tag) (1 mark)

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vii) From your knowledge of the text, explain how Nora found herself in this predicament (3mks)
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(ii). Compel .........................................................................................................................

3. Read the oral poem below and answer the questions that follow.

The Crop Thieves

Tswiri tswiri! I the person, I suspect?

What have you heard that makes you suspicious? I

heard things said, rumours of weaver birds; They ate

corn in Lesiba’s field and finished it.

And when they left they sounded hummmmm-

They said, “Listen to the numerous weaver birds, sons of Mosima;s family. Children of the

horse that ate the courtyards and the times,

It is the numerous weaverbirds,

The grey ones that go about in swarms,

Children with the little red beaks,

Children that make a noise in the mimosa trees,

Tupu-tupu! The smoke comes out while the dew still glitters.

Howaaa! Sweaaa! – is heard in the early morning

They are finishing the corn, the numerous weaver birds.

Children with the little red beaks.

At home, it is yo! yo! The

children are crying,

Their mothers have gone to the fields to the birds, It is

the Zulus that have entered the country,

Take axes and loop the tree branches,

Yo! This year we shall eat five,

We shall lack even a blue-tongued goat!

It is numerous weaverbirds, the grey ones that go about in swarms.

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i) What kind of oral poem is this? (2 marks)
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ii) Explain two functions of the above oral poem (2 marks)

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iii) Identify and illustrate two oral features of this poem (4 marks)

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iv) What does the poem tell us about the character trait of the weaverbirds. (2 marks)

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v) Which lines show that people will keep on suffering if they don’t keep the birds away?
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vi) Identify and illustrate two economic activities practiced in this community. (4 marks)

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vii) What is the attitude of the singer towards the weaverbirds? (2 marks)

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of the following lines as used in the song. ( 2marks)

We shall lack even a blue-tongued goat.

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ix) It is the Zulus that have entered the country.

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a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do
not change the meaning. (4mks)

i) Juma did not do the assignment. He did not report to the teacher. (Rewrite into one sentence using a
correlative conjunction)

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ii) Complete with the correct alternative.

They won the match because they had enough...........................................................

(Practice/practise)

iii) I like to swim. ( change the infinitive into a gerund)

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b) Fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the word in brackets. (3mks)

i) He was relieved when the three............................................................left his compound. (passerby)

ii) The inmates took advantage of the........................................................................to escape from custody.

(confuse)

iii) The film, though poor in artistic value, was a................................................................success. (finance)

c) Complete the following sentences using an appropriate preposition. (3mks)

i) It is improper to hurl abuses....................................................people.

ii) The principal was very happy...................................................her students.

iii)Mueni and her family had lived in Mombasa.........................................twenty years.

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with an appropriate word.

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i) Juma always calls in on us during meals.

ii) \We felt completely let down by her performance.

ENGLISH

NAME…………………………………………………... Adm NO……………………………….

CLASS………………….. CANDIDATE’S SIGN …………………..
DATE ……………………………………..
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Time: 2 Hours

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Time:2 Hours

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score

Functional writing 20

Cloze 10

Oral Skills 30

Total 60

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1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MKS)

You are the chairperson of the Drama Club in your school. The club has staged a successful dramatization
of Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah at the school. You now want to take the
performance to three other schools in your sub-county. The principal is offering the school bus but he/she wants
you to look for a sponsor who would pay for the fuel and other expenses. You then decide to contact Daughters
of Eve (NGO that advocates for protection of women against F.G.M). Write a letter to the Director and ask the
NGO to sponsor these performances. Briefly Explain why you think Blossom of the Savannah presents a strong
argument against F.G.M. Remember to write through the Principal.

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2. CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

Read the passage below and fill each blank space with an appropriate word

The National Health Insurance 1……………………is once again in the eye of 2..........................................storm
after it paid Kshs 336.3 million to a law 3….....................................that had not been prequalified to bid
4…………………..tenders with health providers in the 5…................................scandal unearthed by Auditor-
General, Nancy Gathungu. Curiously, the drafting fully paid for by the 6…...................................was not part of
the NHIF approved 7…...............................plan for 2018/2019- the period within
8………………………..the payment was done. This is 9….................................................to the Public
Procurement and Assets Disposal Act 2015. No money had been 10….....................................to pay for legal
service and therefore, it went against Public Finance Management (PFM) Act.

3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

a.) Read the narrative below and answer the question that follow (7mks)

One afternoon, a big wolf waited in the dark forest for a little girl to come a long carrying a basket of food.
Finally, the little girl 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 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 dagger from her basket and stubbed the wolf
dead.

i.) If you were narrating this story, how would you ensure your audience remains glued to it? (2mks)

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ii.) How would you say the words of the wolf and the little girl in your narration? (2mks)

iii.) How would you prepare yourself to tell the story effectively? (3mks)

b.) Provide a word pronounced in the same way as each of the ones below (4mks)

i) Bald –

ii) Manna –

iii) Colonel –

iv.) Liar –

c.) Insert the following words in the corresponding column to show whether it has a /s/, /z/, /à/, /Ø/ sound
as per the one underlined type

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Tenth, Sugar, Special, Father, Garage, Mathematics, Leisure, Themselves

/θ/ /ʃ/ /Ʒ/ /ð/

d.) A leader of a Theatre Group is visiting your school to arrange for the staging of Literature Sets Books.
You have been appointed by the class to negotiate for favorable entry fee for your class and you are
meeting the leader for the first time. Explain 4 negotiation skills that you would employ to ensure
successful negotiations.

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e.) Study the following situations and write down. What you would say in each case (3mks)

i) When walking along the corridor, you accidentally bump into somebody out of your own
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ii.) You are engaging in a conversation and you catch yourself interrupting the other person

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iii) You want to introduce a point during a discussion which contradicts what the other person has
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f.) Imagine that your English teacher catches you reading a magazine during a class lesson. He summons
you after the lesson and the following is part of the conversation between you and him. Fill in the
missing parts. (8 Marks)

Teacher: (holding out the magazine) Why were you reading this kind of trash during the lesson, an
innuendo, I guess?
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Teacher: My question is why you were reading, not what you intended to do. You:

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Teacher: A what? You have the nerve to just dismiss it as a joke?

You: Sir I am………………………………………………………………………………………

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Teacher :( Walking away) Follow me to the Deputy Principal’s Office. There you can explain better
what you mean by calling it an oversight.

You :(Pleading desperately)

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Teacher: I just can’t get myself to sort anything with you. Do as I say. You:

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Teacher: Alright then, but be careful not to promise that which you can’t keep. Last pardon, and as
you have said, bring your updated notebook, latest 4 O’clock this evening.

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THRE
(Comprehension, Literary appreciation and grammar)
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

THE NAIROBI & CENTRAL REGIONS KCSE JOINT NATIONAL MOCK 2023

NAME: ……………………………. ADM NO: ………... ADM NO: ………..

INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.

1.COMPREHENSION.
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow after it:

Those who have never travelled by air imagine that it is an interesting experience. It is, in some ways,
but I would like to show some of the disadvantages. When travelling long distances, one disadvantage
is the close proximity of your travelling companions. At least in a crowded train you can get up on the
pretext of going to stretch your legs in the corridor, which gives you an opportunity to see if there is a
vacant seat with less offensive passengers in another compartment, or, if the worst comes to the worst,
you can spend the greater part of the journey in the buffet car eating tired sandwiches and drinking a
brown liquid referred to as coffee out of paper cup. You may not enjoy it but it may well be the lesser of
the two evils.
Not so on the plane. Inevitably, you find yourself wedged in the middle of a row seating many
people. How some unfortunate travellers manage to get the isle or window seats. I have never been
able to discover, since they do not look significantly different from anyone else.
Perhaps it is done by shameless lying: Excuse me, stewardess, but I must get a seat next to the
window as I am recovering from a spinal operation, or I am afraid unless I sit by window, I will get
sick and mess up everybody. All I know is, I have never been able to invent a convincing reason.

So, there I am, wedged next to the fattest man on the plane on one side, and the most fidgety
child on the other. No room to stretch my legs, barely room to fasten my seat belt, nowhere to rest my
arms – in other words, I am sitting „encaged like a sausage, constantly squeezed and trampled over by
other members of my row trying desperately to reach the aisle or get a view from the window. And when
it is time for food, it is even worse. Either the fat man gets my tray as well as his own, or the child,
displaying a well-timed fit of temper, sends my meat nearly flying in all directions.

Time and space will not allow me to tell you about other miseries. But do you know? The
stewardess could address you in a strange tongue and become impatient when you fail to respond. The
food could he strange and unpalatable… and you never quite forget that should something
happen you would meet your maker without any delay whatsoever. Well, man’s conquests of the
air may be his most outstanding achievement to date, but as far as I am concerned, it’s an
international disaster.

a) In your own words, say why travelling by air is not a pleasant thing. Use the information given in the
first three sentences of the passage. (2 marks)

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b) According to the passage why is it better to travel on a crowded train than on a crowded plane? (3
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c) What is implied by the food served in a train? Illustrate your answer. (2 marks)

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d) The writer points out that he has been unable to invent a convincing reason so as to be
excused to occupy the window seat. What reason does he give to support this claim?
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e) In point form, write the reasons why the writer envies those who get the aisle or window seats.
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g. Time and space will not allow me to tell you about other miseries. (Rewrite the sentence
changing the underlined pronoun to subjective case) (1 mark)

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h. How offensive are the passengers is the writer referring to in paragraph 1 of the passage?
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2. READ THE EXTRACT BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW Nora: I didn’t

find it dull.

Helmer: (smilling)But there was precious little result, Nora.

Nora: Oh, you shouldn’t tease me about that again. How could I help the cat’s
going in and tearing everything to pieces?
Helmer: Of course you couldn’t, poor little girl. You had the best of intentions to
please us all, and that’s the main thing. But it is a good thing that our
hard times are over.

Nora: Yes, it is really wonderful.

Helmer: This time I needn’t sit here and be dull all alone, and you needn’t ruin
your dear eyes and your pretty little hands-
Nora: (clapping her hands) No, Tovald, I needn’t any longer, need I! It’s
wonderfully lovely to hear you say so! (taking his arm) Now I will tell you
how I have been thinking we ought to arrange things, Torvald. As soon
as Christmas is over-(A bell rings in the hall.)
There’s the bell. (She tidies the room a little.) There’s someone at the
door. What a nuisance!
Helmer: If it is a caller, remember I am not at home.

Maid: (in the doorway) A lady to see you, ma’am,--a stranger.

Nora: Ask her to come in.

Maid: (to Helmer)The doctor came at the same time, sir.

Helmer: Did he go straight into my room?

Maid: Yes, sir.

Questions

1. What does Nora refer to in her opening words in this extract? (2 marks)

2. What has happened that has made the couple happy? (2 marks)

3. Discuss two themes evident in this extract. (4 marks)

4. “There’s someone at the door.” Add a question tag (1 mark)

5. A lady has come to see Nora as reported by the maid. Who is this lady and how does her coming
affect the Helmers from the rest of the play. Write your answer in note form. (6 marks)

6. Discuss one aspect of style in this extract. (2 marks)

7. Briefly explain what happens after this extract. (4 marks)

8 Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
i) Tease

ii) Dull

iii) Nuisance

iv) A caller
QUESTION 3
Read the narrative below and then answer the questions that follow.
There was a famine in the animal kingdom. This famine had lasted so long that any existing source of
food had been completely depleted. The animals knew they had to do something real quick or they
would all die off one by one. They called a meeting where every animal was in attendance and they
determined that they had to do something drastic. It was decided that the mothers would be sacrificed
to ensure the continuation of the animal races. They would eat their mothers.

The dog who had been at the meeting decided to hide his mother. He was not going to sacrifice his
mother, so he hid her in the sky. Every day, he would go to a particular spot where he sang a song
asking his mother to drop a rope.

Dog would sing:

Mother Mother send down your rope All
have killed and eaten their mothers Dog
has taken his mother to the sky Mother
Mother send down your rope

His mother would drop a rope and the dog would climb to the sky where his mother would have a feast
waiting for him.

One day as the dog was singing for his mother to drop the rope, the tortoise was passing by and he hid
himself to observe what was going on. He heard the song dog was singing, then he saw a rope being
dropped from the sky with which the dog climbed to the sky.

The following day, the tortoise went to the same spot and disguising his voice like the dog’s, he
sang the song he had heard the dog sing the day before. A rope dropped from the sky and the
tortoise began to climb this rope. At this same time, the dog was just approaching the same spot and
he saw the tortoise climbing to the sky. The dog immediately started to sing to his mother. This time,
he sang that he was not the one climbing the rope and his mother should cut the rope. Dog’s mother
got a pair of scissors and cut the rope sending the tortoise crashing to the ground. This caused
tortoise shell to break into several pieces. He managed to glue these pieces together but that is how
the tortoise ended up with the rough shell we know today.

(a) With a reason, classify this oral narrative. (2marks)

(b) Identify and illustrate two features of oral narratives evident in the story above. (4marks)

(d) Why did the dog have to sing at that particular spot? (2marks)

(e) Describe two character traits of Dog as depicted in the story. (4marks)

(f) Explain one theme evident in the story. (2marks)

(g) The following day, the tortoise went to the same spot and disguising his voice like the dog’s, he
sang the song he had heard the dog sing the day before. (1mark)
Rewrite beginning with: The tortoise…

Give the meaning of the following words as used in the story. (3marks)
i. Drastic
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ii. Disguising
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iii Glue ……………………………………………………………………………….

4. GRAMMAR
(a) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the following sentences:
[5 marks]

i. The dress I bought for my baby has…....................................(shrink)

ii. The government promised to cushion Kenyans against Covid-19 until………………….

returns.(normal)

iii. The financial experts advised me that it is…………………….. (hazard) to think of investing now.
iv. Resian lives in a…................................................(dominant) male society.

v. Taiyo and Resian’s lives were...............................................(separate) linked.

(b) Replace the underlined word in each of the following sentences with appropriate
phrasal verb. [3 marks]

i. Agege always visits at meals time.

ii. The late president of Burundi refused to relinquish power in 2015 leading to bloodshed.
iii. The ten people who tested positive for Covid-19 are stabilizing at Mbagathi Hospital.

marks] It was a bizarre incident.[Rewrite beginning: How.................]

i. Walking around without wearing a mask is dangerous.[Rewrite using a to infinitive]

ii. It would be unwise to open schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic. (extremely). [Put the word
in brackets in its correct position in the sentence]

iv)When the people burst into the councilors office he had not even sat down. (Begin: Hardly)
d) Fill the blank spaces with the correct preposition

a) I am indebted him for the help he gave me.

b) She has always confided him.

c) The ailing man has been in bed the whole week.

Name……………………………………………………Index Number……………….

Candidate’s Signature…………………… Date…………… …………

101/3 ENGLISH
Paper 3

Time: 2 ½ Hours

(Creative Composition and Essays Based on Set Texts)

THE NAIROBI & CENTRAL REGIONS KCSE JOINT NATIONAL MOCKS 2023

Instructions to candidates

a) Answer three questions only.

b) Questions 1 and 2 are compulsory.
c) In question three, choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
d) Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
e) You must answer the questions in English.
f) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that no question is missing.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.

QUESTION TOTAL MARKS CANDIDATE’S
SCORE
1.Imaginative 20
Composition

2.The Compulsory Set 20

Text

3.The Optional Set Text 20

TOTAL 60
QUESTIONS

1. Imaginative Composition (Compulsory)

(20 marks)

Either
(a) Write a composition beginning:
It seemed like a very ordinary day. In fact, I assumed it would be uneventful. But
how wrong I was…
Or
(b) Write a story to illustrate the saying:
Every cloud has a silver lining.
2. Compulsory Set Text
H.R Ole Kulet, Blossoms of the Savannah.

In life, one needs to be firm and purposeful in order to succeed. With reference to the life
of Resian write an essay in support of this statement drawing your illustrations from
Blossoms of the Savannah.

3. The Optional Set Text

Answer any one of the following two questions.

Either
(a).
A Silent Song
Some cultural practices do not add value hence should be done away with. Show the
truthfulness of this assertion basing on Eric Ng'maryo's 'Ivory Bangles'.

(b). Drama

David Mulwa, Inheritance

‘Pretenders are worse than murderers.’ Write an essay in support of this statement
drawing your illustrations from David Mulwa’s Inheritance.
Name: …………………………………………………… Adm: ………….Class: ……………
Index Number: ………………………..

101/1
ENGLISH
Paper 1
(Functional Writing, Cloze Test and Oral Skills) Time: 2
Hours

THE NYANZA & WESTERN REGIONS KCSE JOINT NATIONAL MOCK 2023

Instructions to students
 Write your name, admission number and class in the spaces provided.
 Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided.

 Answer all questions in the spaces provided

 All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.

 This paper consists of 7 printed pages.

 Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing

 Candidates must answer all questions in English

Question Maximum Student’s Examiner’s

Score Score Initials

1 20

2 10

3 30

TOTAL 60
1. During the mid-term break, you read an interesting novel and you would like to recommend it to
one of your classmates. Write a book review of the novel. (20 marks)

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2. Fill in the blanks in the passage below with an appropriate word. (10 marks)
Four weeks to the Africities Summit, (i)...............................the host city of Kisumu is bristling

(ii) excitement and anticipation, with good reason.

(iii) 10,000 visitors are expected to converge on the lakeside city,
drawn (iv) …………………….. By a continental summit that happens one every three (v)
……………………….. About 5,000 of them will be foreign delegates keen to join in a discourse that
African cities and how they evolving into a truly unpredictable (vi)
……………………….. The other 4000 will be exhibitors at a gigantic exhibitions centre and service
providers to ensure that the (vii).....................................................do not lack anything.
Many have been skeptical (viii) ……………………….. Kisumu could handle such a large influx of
people even if it is the third largest city in the country. Well, the city is well-prepared in all aspects. It
has been for a while. Significant investments have been made in infrastructure and

(ix)........................................is still going on to complete roads around and near the Mambolea

ASK Showground where the event will be held. The major streets are spruced up, as they have been
for many months, thanks to the work done (x) ……………………….. the County Government of Kisumu.

3. Oral Skills (30 marks)

(a) Read the following narrative and answer the questions that
follow. (8 Marks)

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 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.
i) If you were narrating this story, how would you ensure your audience remains glued to the
story? (3 marks)

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i) How would you say the words of the girl and the wolf in your narration? (2 marks)

ii) How would you prepare yourself to effectively tell the story?
(3 marks)

b) Your class wants to put up a play. You have to decide which of the two plays among your
setbooks to perform. Your teacher has asked you to lead a group discussion to choose one.
What will you do to make sure the discussion remains calm and constructive? (4
marks)

spelt differently and has a different meaning. (3 marks)

i) Know ………………………………..
ii) Gate ………………………………..
iii) Bare ………………………………..
c) Indicate the appropriate intonation at the end of each sentence. (4 marks)

i) Have all the students been registered? …………………………………...

ii) Stop wasting time. …………………………………….

iii) That was superb! …………………………………….

iv) There is hope for Cancer patients. …………………………………….

d) Mary cannot bear children

i) Identify the above genre. (1 marks)

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ii) Give the two possible meanings of the above (2 marks)

iii) Give one function of the above genre. (1 marks)

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f) Complete the telephone conversation
below with appropriate responses.
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You:...............................................................................
Teacher: Yes, you may come in. How can I
help you, Maria?
You: Sorry to bother you, Sir. Could you
please show me Mr. Karanja’s desk?
Teacher..........................................................................
You: He has sent me to pick a Geography
textbook from his desk and to ask you to
assist us with a pair of binoculars.
Teacher: The desk is over there. The book
should just be on the table.
You:...............................................................................
Teacher..........................................................................
You: Oh, here it is. You were right, Sir, it
must have fallen from the desk.
Teacher: Now hurry up. The lesson is almost
over and the teacher must be waiting for the
book.
You:...............................................................................

Teacher: Oh, sorry. Here is the pair of

binoculars. Be careful as you handle since
its casting is broken.

You:...............................................................................

Teacher..........................................................................

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ENGLISH
PAPER 2
101/2.

2 ½ Hours.

NAME...........................................................................DATE:

Index number

1. COMPREHENSION

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow;

There are varied opinions as to why real pressure ought to be. However, this is one view which
approaches this controversial topic from the positive angle and lays down certain tests which true
pleasure must satisfy.

Firstly, no pleasure can be right if its effects on the person who indulges in it are harmful. There are
pleasures which can injure a man’s body and which, in the end, can have a permanent ill- effect on
his health. There are pleasures which can coarsen a man’s moral fibre and lower his resistance
against which is wrong. Any pleasures which leaves a man less physically fit, less mentally alert, less
morally sensitive is wrong.

There are obvious instances of this. Excessive use of alcohol lowers a man’s power of self- control and
renders him liable to do things which he would not have done if he had soberly master of himself. The
taking of drugs and stimulants can end in leaving a man a physical wreck. Over indulgence in eating
and drinking can leave a man burden to himself, with his physical fitness seriously impaired.
Promiscuous sexual relationships can leave a man with the most tragic of disease which will not only
ruin his own life, but will be passed on to his children.

One of the simplest tests of pleasure is: What does it do to a man who indulges in it? If it is actively
harmful, or even if it has a built-in risk in it, it cannot be right.

Secondly, no pleasures can be right if its effect on others is harmful. There are pleasures which can
result in the corruption of other people, either physically or morally. To teach others to do wrong, to
invite them to do, or to make it easier for them to do so, cannot be right. To take drugs should not be
painted as adventurous and free. An illicit relationship, similarly, should not be
presented as a beautiful friendship. Experiment with things that experience has proved to be
disastrous cannot be looked on as the assertion of freedom.

Thirdly, pleasure which becomes an addiction can never be right. One of the old Greeks said that there
were only two questions about any pleasure: ‘Do I posses it or am I possessed by it?’ and ‘Do I control
it or does it control me?’ The minute a man feels that pleasure is gripping him in such a way that he
cannot do without it, he will be well advised to break it before it breaks him.

Addiction can happen with things like tobacco and alcohol; it can also happen with drugs, so that a
man becomes hooked on some drugs and thereby become a slave to them. It is better to have
nothing to do with pleasure which is liable to become an addiction. It is essential, the moment we
become aware of the growing addiction, to stop.

Fourthly, a pleasure is wrong if, to enjoy it, the essentials of life have to take second place. A pleasure
should not cost too much, even if it is a good thing in itself. A man may spend on a game time and
money which should have gone to his home and family. Anything in life that’s gets out of proportion is
wrong. Whenever any pleasure annexes time and money which should have gone to things and to
people in life of even greater importance, then, however fine it is in itself, it is wrong.

N.B “Man” in this passage is used to refer to both man and woman.
Adapted from Ethics in a Permissive Society
By William Barclay, Collins, 121-12.

Questions

a) According to the information given in paragraph two, how can pleasure affect a man?
(3mks)

b) What is the author’s argument against excessive use of alcohol? (2mks)

c) Apart from alcohol, what other so-called pleasures does the author discuss in paragraph
three? (3mks)

d) What is the author’s recommended test for pleasure? (1mk)

e) How does pleasure become harmful to other people? (3mks)

f) Make notes on what test true pleasure must satisfy (4mks)

g) How can pleasure become harmful to a person according to the passage (1mk)

h) State the author’s definition of true pleasure according to the last paragraph(1mk)

i) There are obvious instances of this, (add a question tag) (1mk)

j) How can pleasure become harmful to other people (3mks)

k) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage (3mks)
i) Controversial

ii) Over indulgence

iii) Illicit relationship

iv) Renders
2. A DOLLS HOUSE by Henrick Ibsen 25 marks.

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow.

Krogstad: I am not asking your husband for a penny.

Nora: What do you want, then?

Krogstad: I will tell you. I want to rehabilitate myself, Mrs. Helmer; I want to get on; and in that
your husband must help me. For the last year and a half, I have not had a hand in anything
dishonorable, amid all that time I have been struggling in most restricted circumstances. I was content
to work my way up step by step. Now I am turned out and I am not going to be satisfied by merely
being taken into favor again. I want to get on, I tell you. I want to get into the bank again, in a higher
position. Your husband must make a place for me-

Nora: That he will never do!

Krogstad: He will; I know him; he dare not protest. And as soon as I am in there with
him, then you will see! Within a year I shall be the manager’s right hand.
It will be Nils Krogstad and not Torvald Helmer who manages the Bank.

Nora: That’s a thing you will never see!

Krogstad: Do you mean that you will-?

Nora: I have courage enough for it now.

Krogstad: Oh, you can’t frighten me. A fine, spoilt lady like you-

Nora: You will see, you will see.

Krogstad: Under the ice, perhaps? Down into the cold, coal-black water?

And then, in the spring, to float up to the surface, all horrible and
unrecognizable with your hair fallen out –

Nora: You can’t frighten me.

Krogstad: Nor you me. People don’t do such things, Mrs. Helmer. Besides, what use
would it be? I should have him completely in my power all the same.

Nora: Afterwards? When I no longer------

Krogstad : Have you forgotten that it is I who have the keeping of your
reputation? (Nora stands speechlessly looking at him.) Well,
now, I have warned you. Do not do anything foolish. When Helmer has
had my letter; I shall expect a message from him. And be sure you
remember that it is your husband himself who has forced me into such
ways as this again. I will never forgive him for that. Goodbye, Mrs.
Helmer. (Exit through the hall)

Nora: (goes to the hall door, opens it slightly and listens) He is going.

He is not putting the letter in the box. Oh no, no! that’s impossible!
(Opens the door by degrees) What is that? He is standing outside.
He is not going downstairs. Is he hesitating? Can he-?
(A letter drops into the box; then KROGSTAD’S footsteps are
heard until they die away as he goes downstairs. NORA utters a
stifled cry, and runs across the room to the table by the sofa. A
short pause)

Nora : In the letter box . (steals across the hall door) There it lies-

Torvald , Torvald, there is no hope for us now! (Mrs Linde comes in

From the room on the left, carrying the dress)
Mrs. Linde There, I can’t see anything more to mend now.

Would you try to try it on-?

Nora : (in a hoarse whisper) Christine, come here.

Mrs. Linde : (throwing the dress down on the sofa) What is the matter with you?

You look so agitated!

Nora: Come here. Do you see that letter? There, look -you can see it
through the glass in the letter box.

Questions.

a) Explain why Krogstad visited Nora in the excerpt. (2mks)

b) i). People don’t do such things (provide a question tag) 1mk

ii). I will never forgive him for that (write in reported speech) 1mk

c) “I want to rehabilitate myself….................?” From the context of the drama, explain what
Krogstad means by this assertion. (3mks)

d) Discuss the character of Krogstad as brought out in the excerpt. (4mks)

e) Identify and illustrate any two themes brought out in this excerpt. (4mks)
f) With clear illustrations, give any two styles found in the excerpt. (4mks)

g) Why does Krogstad say that he keeps Nora’s reputation? (3mks)

h) What is the content of the letter that Nora fears Krogstad would drop in Helmer’s letter box?
(3mks)
3. POETRY 20MKS.

Read the following poem and answer the questions that

follow; MADAM AND HER MADAM
I worked for a woman
She wasn’t mean
House to clean
But she had a twelved room
House to clean
Had to get breakfast
Dinner, and supper too
Then take care of her children
When I got through
Wash, iron and scrub
Walk the dog around, It
was too much Nearly
broke me down

I said, madam
Can it be

You are trying to make a

Pack-horse out of me She
opened her mouth She
cried, “oh no!
You know Alberta I
love you so!”
I said “madam,
That may be true-
But I will be dogged If
I loved you.

Questions.

a) Briefly explain what the poem is about. (4mks)

b) Who is the persona in the poem? (1mk)

c). Contrast the character trait of the persona and that of Madam. (4mks)
d). Identify and illustrate the stylistic devices evident in the poem. (6mks)

e). Identify and explain one theme evident in the poem. (2mks)

f). Comment on the tone of the poem. (2mks)

g). Explain the meaning of the following line used in the poem (1mk)
“can it be you are trying to make a park-horse out of me?
4. GRAMMAR (15MKS)

i) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. (4mks)

a) If he comes, he will not be punished

Begin: Unless……………………………………………………………………………

b) The snail reached the ark only by perseverance .

Begin: Only…………………………………………………………………………

c) They had just walked out of the building when the bomb went off.
Begin: No sooner……………………………………………………………………….

d) These books belong to the daughter of our teacher

Begin: These are
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ii) Replace the underlined words with phrasal verbs that begin with the words given in
the brackets. (3mks)

a) Parents should not yield to their children unreasonable demands. (give)

b) The officials cancelled the match because of the heavy rain. (call)

c) Disagreeing with his parents was his worst mistake. (fall)

iii) Explain the difference in the meaning of the following pair of sentences. (2mks)

a) I only heard the news in brief.

b) I only heard the news briefly

Iv) Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word given in the
brackets. (3mks)

a) Sophie’s mother of Sophie wearing very tight clothes

church. (approve)

b) His cost him his job. (efficient)

c) The of the traveler’s was hindered by the poor roads.

(mobile)

v) Give the meaning of the idiomatic expression used in the following sentences. (3mks)

i). The long - awaited guests arrived at the eleventh hour.

ii) After thorough revision of the text the teacher told the students ‘the ball is in your court.’

iii) After being arrested the thief spilt the beans about their spoil.
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (KNEC COMPLIANT)
THE NYANZA & WESTERN REGIONS KCSE JOINT NATIONAL MOCKS 2023
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

101/3 - ENGLISH - Paper 3

(Creative Composition and Essays Based on Set Texts)
– 2½ hours

Name: ………………………………………..……...… Index No: ……….…………

Stream: ………………Candidate’s Signature: …….……………Date:…..………

Instructions to candidates
a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provide above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) Answer three questions only.
d) Question one and two are compulsory.
e) In question three choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
f) Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional text, only the first one to appear will be marked.
g) Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
h) All answers should be written in the answer booklet provided.
i) This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
j) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no
questions are missing.
k) Candidates must answer the questions in English.

For Examiner’s Use Only

Question Maximum Candidate’s

Score Score
1 20

2 20

3 20

Total Score
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (KNEC COMPLIANT)
Answer three questions only.

1. Imaginative Composition (Compulsory) (20 marks)

Either

a) Write a story beginning: I had never found myself in such a situation before …

b) Write a composition, supporting or opposing this statement: “Both

girls and boys have equal rights to their parents’ property.”

2. The Compulsory Set Text. (20 marks)

H. R. Ole Kulet, Blossoms of the Savannah

“No amount of setbacks can prevent one who has clarity of vision and strong-will from getting what they want.”
Referring closely to Resian in H.R. Ole Kulet’s novel Blossoms of the Savannah, write an essay in support of the
statement.

3. The Optional Set Text. (20 marks)

Answer any one of the following three questions.

Either

a) A Silent Song
War causes a lot of harm and thus should be avoided at any cost. Validate this statement basing your
illustrations from Chimamanda Adichie's 'Ghosts'

b). David Mulwa, Inheritance

“Lakuna Kasoo is solely to blame for what befalls him in the end”. Using David Mulwa’s Inheritance for your
illustrations, write an essay to validate this statement.

THIS IS THE LAST PRINTED PAGE

NAME:………………………………………………………. SCHOOL: ………………………

INDEX NO: ……………………………………………. DATE: …………………………..

ADM.NO ……………………………………………..

ENGLISH –
PAPER 1 TIME:2
HOURS

THE COASTAL & EASTERN REGIONS KCSE JOINT NATIONAL MOCK 2023

Instructions to the Candidates

1. Write your details in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
2. Candidates should check to ascertain that no questions are missing.
3. Candidates must answer the questions in English.

ARISE AND SHINE EXAMINATION

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

TRIAL 1 –TERM 2 AUGUST - 2022

Question Maximum score Candidate’s score

1 20

2 10

3 30

TOTAL SCORE
FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

1. You are the secretary of the drama club in your school. The club has just held its second meeting.
Eight of its ten members attended. Two members sent their apologies. The club Patron and an invited
speaker also attended. During the meeting, the following issues were discussed; A visit to the Bomas of
Kenya, club’s financial status, participation in Drama festivals. Members
raised two other issues not captured in the Agenda. The issue of members’ annual subscription fee was
revisited. Write down the minutes of the meeting. (20 marks)

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2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word

The African business climate (1) unpredictable. Many contracts are difficult

(2) enforce due to inefficient judiciary (3) high level corruption. Africa
is (4) by aid money from wealthy nations. To cover (5) for
this fact, developed countries media address the corruption issue by implying that African leadership is
(6) corrupt; Corruption is not an individual (7) it is a
process; a systematic issue that can only (8)addressed by discouraging the incentive behind it. Part of
the (9) is the developed nation willingness to bank all the stolen
(10) from Africa.

3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

a). Read the oral narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (7 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 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 who 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.

“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)
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(ii). What two devices of performance would you use in narrating this story effectively? (2 marks)
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(iii). Which three things would indicate to you that the audience is following the narration?
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(b). In each of the following set of words, identify the odd one out. (5 marks)
(i). Fool Pool Full

(ii). Thin Either Thunder

(iii). Hard Heard Herd

(iv). Lone Loan Lorn

(v). Cell Sell Sale

(c). Imagine you are the leader of a discussion group in your lass.
How would you ensure that the
discussion is fruitful? (3 marks)
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(d). Study the following situations and write down what you would say in each case. (3 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 interniping the other person.
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(iii). You want to introduce a point during a discussion which contradicts what the other person has said.

(e). You have been asked to present an item in this year’s National Drama festivals. Just before you get
to the stage, you feel a little nervous. Identify three ways of overcoming this. (3 marks)

(f). Place the stress mark in the underline words. (4 marks)

(i). The intern will soon get his reward from the doctor.
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(ii). No one can contest what you have said.
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father made us to console him.

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(iv). Whose present is this?

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(g). Complete the following dialogue with the most suitable expression. (5 marks)

You have just witnessed an accident. A matatu rammed into a stationary tractor. Many passengers have
been seriously injured.

Matatu driver : Is there anyone with a mobile phone? We have to call the police immediately. You:

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Matatu driver : Can you please call the station and inform them of the accident.