FORM THREE HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

a) Your cousin has read an advertisement in your local daily newspaper for the position of a library assistant in
a public library. He advised you to apply for the job. Write a curriculum vitae for the purpose of applying for this
job (12mks)
b) Assume you have been offered the job as a library assistant. Write a thank you note to your cousin for his
good advice (8mks)
2. CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

A……………………..1 was arraigned before the magistrate in the Kilimani law ……………………2 Yesterday afternoon.
Aged about thirty-three, the man was ……………………….3 of trespassing into his neighbor’s ……………………………..4 and
stealing oranges. The man however, pleaded not ………………………….5. He claimed he did not even know
Onyango,the complainant. He even ………………………………..6 having met him as he escaped with the oranges. The
an …………………………7 laughter when he claimed he did not even take oranges as he is allergic to them. He said
Onyango was trying to ……………………….8 old scores with him by taking him to court. The magistrate ordered him
to be …………………9 in
custody until proper ……………………………10 were carried out.

3. ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)

A. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follows
Do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there, I do not sleep
I am in a thousand winds that blow
I am the softly falling snow
I am the gentle showers of rain
I am the fields of ripening grain
I am in the morning hush
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight
I am the star shine of the night
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room)
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)
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)
) Place each of the following words under the respective sounds of the underlined letters.(5mks)

i.Charode
Church
ii.Charisma
Chassis
iii.Machine
Chaos
iv.Challenge
Champagne
vCharge
Chorus
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d) Provide another word pronounced as the one given (4mks)

a) Oar___________________________________________________________________________

b) Pore__________________________________________________________________________

c) Birth_________________________________________________________________________

d) Earn_________________________________________________
Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
President Bibo Dibonso was a forced to reckon with. Forty years of supremacy had turned power into a habit
then into a toy, and Dibonso himself into a permanent bully. On that day,a new anger was troubling him. Its
cause, also new, had come only that morning. He had slept like a log the night before and, like a log, woken up
stiff. This was not new. He woke up stiff like a log often these days. So, that morning, he decided to loosen up,
for all it was worth, by standing up then bending down and straightening up again, once. The cause of his new
anger arose from that little workout. In a first sign of loss of self-control, something warm trickled down
between his legs. This had never happened before; it was new. A bolt on some valve inside him had gone loose,
basically owing to old age. Old age has uncanny ways of loosening bolts even on valves best left alone. He
showered, of course, but his self-image had already suffered a blow no shower could
undo. Since that incident, all words he uttered had a new anger, a terror he unleashed to make up for a loss of
self-worth caused by an internal valve gone haywire. That anger was in his every word now.
"You have been quite a disgrace, Mr Chairman," he began. This language was extreme, even by his extreme
standards.
"What did you say, President Dibonso?" asked the Chair, pretending he had not heard.
"You've totally lost control of the summit, Mr Chairman."
"What exactly do you mean by that, President Dibonso?"
"This debate is supposed to be about Way Omega and path Alpha. yet didn't you just let someone raise an
imaginary issue not in either of these documents?" President Dibonso was referring to President Ibarosa,
another fire-eater, and dared not mention him by name. "And I'll tell you something else, Mr Chairman." "Keep it,
President Dibonso," said the Chair curtly.
President Wasiwasi Wesiga, an old hand who had anticipated many coups and nipped them in the bud before
they got off the ground, was first to spot brewing trouble. He moved at once to end it. "POINT OF ORDER," he
shouted. He did not want trouble. CHAIRMAN, POINT OF ORDER!"
Nonsense!" snapped the Chair at him. "What point of order?" Confused by his own fury after his clash with
President Dibonso, he thought he was snapping at that President. "Its about The Trick, Mr Chairman," said
President Wesiga. He had taken no offence for being snapped at.

a) Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (5 marks)

b) Discuss one thematic issue evident in this excerpt. (2 marks)
c) Explain the imaginary issue that president Ibarosa raised, that was supposedly not in either of the
documents. (2 marks)
d) With clear illustrations, identify three styles used in this excerpt. (6 marks)
e) How has president Dibonso been portrayed in this excerpt? (4 marks)
f) Using information from elsewhere in the text, explain what The Trick is. (4 marks)
g) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt.
(i) Bully
(ii) Fire-eater
Professor Kimani joined the University of Nairobi directly as a senior lecturer. Even before taking off, he was
already flying. There was a reason. Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda had just dismantled théir University of East
Africa. Kenya's part of the university, now renamed the University of Nairobi, found itself with a vacancy it had
to fill immediately in its Institute of Development Studies. Professor Kimani, who had just completed his
studies at the University of Oxford, wrote from there to say he wanted to fill it. To ensure he came and filled it
for sure, the University of Nairobi raised his entry point from that of a lecturer to that of a senior lecturer.He
came. Only a month after his arrival, he launched a noisy debate in which he demanded that the University of
Nairobi henceforth strive for relevance to the society rather than simply excellence of its work. It was not clear
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exactly what he meant by relevance to the society rather than simply excellence of its work. It was not clear
exactly what he meant by relevance to the society. However, a short six months later, he prevailed. The
university's official motto became, 'Relevance to the society'. After winning this war, he started another war
which was even noisier. Now he wanted the university to be an agent of change, not a mere spectator of it.
This was when people still thought this view was too radical and ridiculed it as simple- minded. So, not
surprising, some
of his colleagues, puzzled by his refusal to see that it was simple-minded, did or said little,convinced that he
would fall on his face before long and self-destruct on his own without their help.He did not care. After all, his
antics in wars that he had started, and won, had also won him the heart of a campus beauty queen. Her name
was Asiya Omondi. He married her on a rainy but approving Saturday, to claps of thunder and flashes of
lightning. How marriage then accelerated academic success! A professorship soon followed. After that
achievement, he felt fulfilled. His persona now was complete. Had anyone told him this happiness would one
day end as it did, he would have laughed himself upside down.

QUESTIONS
a) After Kimani fills a vacancy in University of Nairobi's Institute of Development Studies, he demands for two
changes at the university in quick succession. What are these changes? (2 marks)
b) Identify and illustrate three characters traits of Kimani brought out in this excerpt.(6marks)
c) Discuss three themes raised in the excerpt. (6 marks)
d) (i) To ensure he came and filled it for sure, the University of Nairobi raised his entry point from that of a
lecturer to that of a senior lecturer. (Write beginning with the main clause).(1 mark)
ii) His persona now was complete. (1 mark)
e) Identify one stylistic device used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
f) Explain the meaning of the following words used in the excerpt. (4 marks)
a) The writer says, 'Had anyone told him this happiness would one day end as it did, he would have laughed
himself upside down." What later happened to Professor Kimani in the text? (2 marks)
GRAMMAR (20MKS)
Complete the following sentences by filing in the blanks with the correct proposition
(3mks)
The traveller was robbed ___________________________ all his money Mike expressed his interest
_____________________ modern art Juma’s parents no longer have much influence ___________________________
him. choose the correct pronoun to fill in the gap(3mks) She knows as well as _________________________ that
food is not permitted in the dormitories (me, I )There’s not much difference between you and
______________________(he, him)
I am taller than _______________ (she, her)Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given
after each (4mks).He went to look for a window – cleaner since he could not do the work himself (rewrite to
change the compound noun to plural)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………

“I greeted the president this morning, “Esther exclaimed (change to indirect speech)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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If you have nothing more to contribute, we will stop the fundraising now (Begin: Unless…)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………

The favourite colour of Bosire is blue (correct the sentence where necessary)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………

Rewrite the following sentences using the present perfect tense form of the verb in brackets (3mks)

The dresses I bought _________________________ (shrink)

The market _______________________ (grow) and changed a great deal.
The shirt ____________________ (cost) him a fortune
Complete the following idiomatic expressions with the correct word. (2mks)
Do not take him seriously, he is just pulling your ______________________
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Her behaviour is getting out of _____________________________.

Rewrite the following sentences to remove gender bias. (3 mks)

My brother was appointed the chairman of the Board of Management in my school.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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(ii) A teacher should give his students opportunities to develop their skills.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………
(iii) The fireman ran out of water at the scene of the fire.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………
Fill in the blank spaces with the appropriate auxiliary verbs. (2 mks)

(i) The child ………………………..…..not play in the streets. (permission)

(ii) I …………………..not sleep five days ago. (past ability)

Listen
My husband
In the wisdom of Lang’o
Time is not stupidity split up
Into seconds and minutes
It does not flow
Like beer in a pot
That is sucked
Until it is finished
It does not resemble
A loaf of millet bread
Surrounded by hungry youths
From a hunt
It does not get finished
Like vegetable in the dish
A lazy youth is rebuked
A lazy girl is slapped
A lazy wife beaten
A lazy man laughed at
Not because they waste time
But because they only destroy
And do not produce
And famine invades
Women take their baskets
To go and beg, food,
Strangers will sleep with them
They will have your wives
And what can you say?

QUESTIONS
a) Classify the above song.(2marks)
b) Who is the singer?(2marks)
c) Explain two economic practices by the community from which the song is derived. (4marks)
d)Identify and illustrate any one vice that is discouraged in the oral song (2marks)
e) Identify the tone adopted in this song and illustrate. (2marks)
f) Identify and illustrate three aspects of style found in this song. (6marks)
g) Identify the moral lesson in this song.(2marks)
4. (a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instruction s given after each without changing the
meaning.
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(4 marks)
(a) He submitted his poem for publication after being encouraged by his friends. (Begin: Encouraged...)

(ii) Mother asked Mutiso if he would make breakfast the following day. (Change to direct speech)
(ii) But for the pilot's quick action, the plane would have crashed. ( Begin: Had it ...)
(iii) My brother and I have been taking violin lessons for two months. (Rewrite to begin: For…)

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