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(a) The drying of boreholes and the reducing volume of water in rivers.
(b) To settle landless
c) Owners of large flower farms divert the river course into their farmsv1 to irrigate their crop denying those living downstream a source of water. Others clear wetlands,v1interfering with ecological balance. Industries empty waste into riversv1 and transporters ferry charcoal and the precious sandalwoodv1 under the noses of the police.
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(d) The industries are closed down due to lack of power.
As a result, many employees are laid off raising the unemployment rate in the country
(e) The politicization of the squatter problem and the heavy compensation claims by large estates
(f) The water volume in rivers that feed it has greatly reduced.
(g) (i) Sensible people on the need to conserve our natural heritage.
(ii) Spearhead replanting of trees on all deforested government land and intensify agro-forestry
(iii) Enforce the ban on cultivation along river banks and on indiscriminate felling of trees.
(iv) Revoke all irregular allocation of government forests to individuals.
(v) Punish government officers suspected of abetting land grabbing.
(vi) Enforce all legislation on environment
(vii) Criminalise excessive gaseous emission and irresponsible industrial waste disposalv1
(h) (i) Quickly
(ii) Destroy
(iii) Strengthened
(iv) Protect
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- Replace the words in brackets with a phrasal verb that has the same meaning as the underlined.(Solved)
Replace the words in brackets with a phrasal verb that has the same meaning as the underlined .
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i. The nurse couldn’t tolerate the noise(tolerate)
ii. The mayor assumed that the problem had been got rid of.(got rid of0
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- Explain the meaning of the following idiomatic expressions. (Solved)
Explain the meaning of the following idiomatic expressions.
i. Face the music
ii) From the horse’s mouth
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- Fill in using appropriate prepositions.(Solved)
Fill in using appropriate prepositions.
i. Many people claim that girls are good.......... arts subjects.
ii. Unemployed youths often subscribe .............Illegal groups.
iii. They attended the party dressed ..............smart casuals.
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- Use the correct form of the words in brackets to fill the blanks.(Solved)
Use the correct form of the words in brackets to fill the blanks.
i)The modern world today has many.............forms of communication (sophistication)
ii. The gas was stored in a...................container (pressure)
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- Fill in the blanks with the correct word chosen from the ones given brackets after each sentences.(Solved)
Fill in the blanks with the correct word chosen from the ones given brackets after each sentences.
i)The bride was looking forward to walking down the………………….on her wedding day (aisle/isle)
ii. We cannot accommodate another person there is ……………………. Space left (little/a little).
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- Rewrite the following sentences according to instruction given in brackets(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to instruction given in brackets.
i. John never reported late to work last year. (Not once....)
ii)His excuse was flimsy. He ended up in jail. (Combine the two sentences beginning: so....)
iii)If I had not missed the plane last night, I..............(give) my first lecture now. (Use the correct tense of the verb in brackets)
iv)As soon as the sun rose, they set out. (Begin: no sooner)
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- Read the passage below and answer all the questions that follow(Solved)
Read the passage below and answer all the questions that follow.
Society has the obligation to provide young people with the right knowledge and skills to become productive workers, good parents and responsible citizens, according a World Bank Report, Development and the Next Generation. And it is through education that the young develops their ability to be productive workers, good parents and responsible citizens, World Development Report, 2007, authored by World Bank notes.
The report says that effective investments need to happen during childhood and adolescence for it to bear fruits. Investments in adolescence are needed to make earlier investments during childhood pay off a hundred fold. The report underscores the need to establish a strong secondary education that will further strengthen the capabilities that primary education established.
It stresses the need to improve the relevance and quality of post primary education by teaching students the practical knowledge, thinking and behavioral skills demanded by the labour market. To achieve this, the education system must promote a teaching method that leads to high learning achievement and blends the academic and vocational curricular. It should link what happens in school to local economy.
To improve the relevance of education to the learners, the report says, education must produce peep with strong thinking and interpersonal skills because job tasks are increasingly requiring problem solving, and communciaiton skills. Entrepreneurs are also increasingly demanding thinking skills and problem and behavioral skills such as self-confidence and leadership.
In a nutshell, what are the types of skills that a topnotch education system requires? It requires two basic types of skills: thinking skills and behavioral skills. Thinking skills include conceptual, critical and creative skills. High quality education develops learners with superior conceptual, analytical and critical skills – skills that condition the learner to be curious,. Inquisitive and always posing and seeking answers to problem situations or processes. Behavioral skills include such traits as perseverance, self-discipline, teamwork, the ability to negotiate risks.
The report also still highlights the enduring role of what it terms basic skills which is literacy and numeracy-ability to read, write and count. These basic skills are needed for further learning, work and life. The report also identifies what it terms post basic skills-the higher order thinking skills, and higher order behavioural skills such as decision-making skills, team work, the ability to negotiate conflict and manage risks and specific knowledge applied to real-life situations, and vocational skills. The foregoing demonstrates the integral role of Early Childhood and Primary and Secondary cycle plays in crating the foundation for higher education in tertiary and Universality education. The quality of higher education is as good as the primary and secondary education.
(Adapted From Elimu News. A Newsletter of Ministry of Education. Issue No. 7 Dec. 2012)
a) According to the passage what is the role of the society in the development of an individual?
b) In what ways can an education system attain the demands of the job market?
c) Contrast thinking and behavourial skills
d) In not more than 40 words, summarize what is expected of a person who has attained post basic skills
e) Explain the relationship between primary and secondary education
f) The report says that effective investments need to happen during childhood and adolescence for it to bear fruits, (Rewrite using a conditional)
g) How does post secondary education benefit from lower levels of education?
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- Add question tags to the following statements. (Solved)
Add question tags to the following statements.
(i) We need to buy a radio.
(ii) He dares to stroke the lion.
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- In the sentences below, give the nouns that are used as adjectives.(Solved)
In the sentences below, give the nouns that are used as adjectives.
(i) Mr. Charo amused the children by reciting nursery rhyms.
(ii) When we camped in the Maasai Plains, we felt like strangers in the new environment.
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- Correct the error in the following sentences.(Solved)
Correct the error in the following sentences.
(i) Something is smelling awful.
(ii) This brilliance is utter.
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- Fill the blank spaces using the correct form of the verb in brackets. (Solved)
Fill the blank spaces using the correct form of the verb in brackets.
(i) If I had money, I ______ (buy) a computer.
(ii) If he _______ (be) obedient, I would stay with him.
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- Use the correct preposition to fill the blanks.(Solved)
Use the correct preposition to fill the blanks.
(i) I am indebted ______________ him for the help he gave me.
(ii) She has always confided ______ him.
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- Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blanks.(Solved)
Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blanks.
(i) His __________ (deceive) cost him his life.
(ii) The dog barked __________ to the stranger. (menace)
(iii) The ______ between Kameno and Makuyu is damaging. (enemy)
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- Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer the questions that follow.(Solved)
Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: Still I think the sick are those who most need taking care of.
Rank: (shrugging his shoulders) Yes, there you are. That is the sentiment that is turning Society into a sick-house. (NORA, who has been absorbed in her thoughts, breaks out into smothered laugher and claps her hands).
Rank: Why do you laugh at that? Have you any notion what Society really is?
Nora: 'What do I care about tiresome Society? I am laughing at something quite different, something extremely amusing. Tell
me, Doctor Rank, are all the people who are employed in the Bank dependent on Torvald now?
Rank: Is that what you find so extremely amusing?
Nora: (smiling and humming) That's my affair! (walking about the room) It's perfectly glorious to think that we have — that Torvald has so much power over so many people. (takes the packet in her pocket) Doctor Rank, what do you say to a macaroon?
Rank: What, macaroons? I thought they were forbidden here.
Nora: Yes, but these are some Christine gave me.
Mrs. Linde: What! I ?-
Nora: Oh, well, don't be ashamed! You couldn't know that Torvald had forbidden them. I must tell you that he is afraid they will spoil my teeth. But, bah! — once in a way —That's so, isn't it, Doctor Rank? By your leave! (Puts a macaroon into her mouth)
You must have one too, Christine. And I shall have one, just a little one — or at most two. (walking about) I am tremendously happy. There is just one thing in the world now that I should dearly love to do.
Rank: Well, what is that?
Nora: It's something I should dearly love to say. If Torvald could hear me.
Rank: Well, why can't you say it?
Nora: No, I daren't; it is so shocking.
Mrs. Linde: Shocking?
Rank: Well, I should not dvise you to say it. Still, with us you might. What is ti you would so much like to say if Torvald could hear you?
Nora: I should just love to say— Well, I'm dammed!
Rank: Are you mad?
Mrs. Linde: Nora, dear- !
Rank: Say it, here he is! Nora (hiding her packet) Hush! Hush! Hush! ) HELMER comes out of his room, with his coat over his arm and his hat in his hand.)
Nora: Well, Torvald dear, have you got rid of him?
Helmer: Yes, he has just gone.
Nora: Let me introduce you — this is Christine, who has come to town.
Helmer: Christine - ? Excuse me, but I don't know — Of course. School friends of my wife's I presume?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, we have known each other since then.
Nora: And just think, she has taken a long journey in order to see you.
Helmer: What do you mean? Mrs. Linde. No, really, I—
Nora: And when she heard you had been appointed manager of the Bank — she travelled here as quick as she could Torvald, I am sure you will be able to do something for Christine, for my sake, won't you?
Questions
a) Why does Mrs. Linde feel that those who are sick need taking care of?
b) Identify use of symbolism in the excerpt.
c) Give Nora's traits brought out in the excerpt.
d) What amuses Nora when she finds out that Helmer has so much power over many people? Explain
e) What is it that Nora would dearly love to say?
f) Hush! Hush! Hush! Identify the style used here.
g) What happens immediately after the excerpt?
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- Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.
(a) The career market is full of many opportunities. (Begin: There ..............)
(b) The waste of time and resources would have been avoided if they had considered a career that did not require the ability to handle Mathematics and Physics well. (Begin: If ............)
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- Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Choosing a career
(Solved)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Choosing a career
The career market is full of opportunities. Gone are the days when we had ‘either…. or’ career choices. The time when women, for example, choose between only nursing, teaching and secretarial work are long gone. The explosion in communication technology, and the liberalization and globalization of the world economy has ensured that there is no longer a dearth of career choice. Today,
colleges and universities offer a wide range of training opportunities to high school graduates. This has made choosing a care an involving process. It has also given rise to the need for career counseling.
When choosing a career, whether you have the help of a career counsellor or not, there are several factors that you should consider. These include your abilities or talents, your interests, your priorities, and the available opportunities in the job market.
The skills required in a particular career and the ability to gain them through education must be considered when choosing careers. Becoming a doctor, for instance, requires extensive education and training, and many years of educational commitment. In addition to the compulsory subjects, the academic background required for this career is good grades in Chemistry and Biology at secondary school level. If your ability in these subjects is just average, you would be overstretching your luck to enroll for a Bachelor of Medicine degree course. In the past, students have chosen to pursue training in engineering, even when their ability to handle Physics and Mathematics was low. This, in many cases, has made them drop out of the class mid-course. The waste of time and resources would have been avoided if they had considered a career that did not require the ability to handle Mathematics and Physics well.
There are times when people have been driven to choose a particular career because of the salary and prestige associated with jobs in that field. At times, the desire to take certain courses comes from within the individual, but most times, individuals feel pressured by peers or family to take certain courses. Joining a career in which you have no interest is a recipe for a dull life since you will spend most of your working hours doing something you do not like. Your career does not necessarily have to be your passion, but it should not bore you to death either. You can work out your interests by identifying the subjects you enjoy most at school, or the topics that are of interest to you and for which you take the initiative to read on your own.
It is true that many young people are attracted move by the social mobility that the job might provide than by their interest in the career. However, big role in job satisfaction as many people think. Of course we all have to make a living, but if you do not like your job, it does not matter how much you get paid to do it. What does matter is how well a career choice matches your values. If you value variety, collaboration, and creativity, for example, you would not find job satisfaction in a career where you are working alone and doing the same thing every day.
The availability of jobs in a particular field should also be a factor in choosing a career. This should be considered alongside the skills and education sought in a given field. Most times, highly competitive field require more education but may not pay well. When there are more applicants for a particular position, unique personality traits become an added benefit. However, in fields where there are fewer applicants than the positions available, the pay may be more and the job may require less education
Nevertheless, one should be discouraged by the scarcity of employment positions because institutions of higher learning now emphasize that they are not simply training people to get out and look for jobs. They are training people to get out and create jobs. Therefore, the availability of job opportunities is not necessarily limited to presence of employers. It also encompasses opportunities for self-employment which everyone is free to explore.
1. What has ensured that there is no longer a dearth of career choice
2. What has created the necessity for career counseling?
3. Why is one’s ability an important factor in career choice.
4. According to the passage, which career should a person who values variety choose?
5. Make notes on factors to consider when choosing a career?
6. What drives people to choose a particular career?
7. What evidence is given in the passage to support the statement ‘money does not play as a big role in job
satisfaction’?
8. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage? (4 marks)
(a) Dearth
(b) Social mobility
(c) Liberalization
(d) Collaboration
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- Add a question tag to the following statements.(Solved)
Add a question tag to the following statements.
a. Let us help the sick
b. You will wait for them here
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- Fill in the spaces with the correct form of word in the brackets.(Solved)
Fill in the spaces with the correct form of word in the brackets.
a. No single female candidate won the ___________________________ seat in the election (governor)
b. _______ has not returned to the country yet.(normal)
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- Fill in the blank with the most suitable prepositions.(Solved)
Fill in the blank with the most suitable prepositions.
a. John is fond __________________________________ his daughter.
b. He is very bossy. He loves ordering people_______________________________
c. She inherited the house ........................ her grandmother.
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- Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
(Solved)
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
i. He understood why people had been laughing after he realized the ugliness of his headgear. (Rewrite using present participle)
ii. Malenge did not bother to campaign .he was convinced that he was the students’ favorite for the post of a school captain. (Rewrite using Past Participle)
iii. I have been studying in this school complained the student but I have never scored a hundred percent in any subject. (Punctuate correctly)
iv. The watchman spotted the student sneaking from school(Rewrite to remove the gender bias)
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