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Rewrite the following sentences as instructed without changing the meaning. (Solved)

Rewrite the following sentences as instructed without changing the meaning.

i) Is she the only entrant for the 100-metre race? (Begin: aren’t…)

ii) The second meal she cooked was even less successful than the first.
(Rewrite using ..... as .....as.....)

iii) I expect you to do well in this exam if you follow the instructions (Rewrite using unless instead of if)

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Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. (Solved)

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

“NATURALLY”
I fear the workers: they writhe in bristling grass
And wormy mud: out with dawn, back with dusk.
Depart with seed, and return with fat- bursting fruits.
And I ate the fruit.

And still they toil at boiling point,
in head – splitting noise and threatening saws:
They suck their energy from slimy cassava
And age – rusty water taps: till they make a Benz

And I ride in the benz: festooned with
stripped rags and python copper coiling monsters
While the workers clap their blistered hands
And I overrun their kids.
They build their hives: often out
of broken bones of fallen mates

And I drone in them – “state house”
Them,“collegize” them, officialize them.

And I……. I whore their daughters
Raised in litter – rotting hovels
And desiring a quickquickhighhighlifelife
To break the bond.

And I tell the workers to unite:
knowing well that they can’t see, hear or understand:
what with sweat and grim sealing their ears
And eyes already blasted with welding sparks,
And me speaking a colourless tongue

But one day a rainstorm shall flood
The litter rotten hovels and
wash the workers’ ears and eyes clean,
Refresh the tattered muscles for a long – delayed blow

a)Describe the working conditions of the workers as depicted in stanza 1 and 2.

b) The persona assumes different roles in stanza 3, 4 and 6.With illustrations explain these roles.

c) Identify and explain 2 images from the poem

d) Which bond do the girls want to break in stanza 5 and how do they do it.

e) What reasons are given for the workers’ inability to understand the persona?

f) What is the poem suggesting in the last stanza?

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Read the following passage below and answer the questions that follow. (Solved)

Read the following passage below and answer the questions that follow.

As amatter of courtesy, we had decided we would not eat until he arrived. Although he was expected at six o’clock in the evening, it was not until two hours later that he showed up. Not only had we grown impatient andirritated, but our attitude towards
him was also becoming hostile. We had looked forward to his coming because those among us who knew him had spoken highly of him.but doubtful thoughts now crept into our minds and we resented his apparent lack of consideration. The aroma of freshly cooked dishes gradually disappeared as our keen appetites intensified our restlessness.
A screech of brakes, a sudden buzz of activity and a group of solemn looking officials walking briskly into the hall announced his arrival. He was dressed in full uniform which was awe-inspiring, with his tall, well-proportioned figure, he was quite imposing. We immediately settled down to the now cold meal which we ate sparingly and in silence. Then the ceremony began.
The chairman made a brief introductory speech and then invited the guest speaker to address us. We clapped politely. He stood up, looked around the room and before he began to speak, glanced and smiled at each person in turn. His warm and sincere manner disarmed us and dissolved our hostility. The reasons for his lateness were so genuine that we felt ashamed of our ill- feelings towards him. We accepted his apology gladly.

No sooner had he begun his address than we realized that we had an interesting and thought -provoking evening ahead of us. Instead of the usual state pronouncements of administrators like himself, he spoke about real issues that face our generation and which few people have the courage or the conviction to discuss. But he warned that we should not be completely satisfied because there were areas where we had done very little. He said that we needed a sense of discipline in our national affairs. His talk was illustrated with descriptions of our disregard for traffic regulations. My colleagues nodded in agreement.
My mind began wandering. I thought of many drunken drivers I had seen and the numerous grisly accidents I had witnessed. The speaker was right. I remembered the scenes at bus stations and ‘matatu’
stands at peak hours and at the end of the month. I recalled the pushing, jostling and scrambling crowds
struggling for a place .It then dawned on me that we often thought only of our comfort and convenience. We ignored the
desperate, beseeching eyes of the children, the weak and the handicapped.
I woke from my day dream. The speaker was now expressing his concern about poor use of leisure time. After work, bars were full to overflowing while in homes wives remained without husbands and children without fathers. Free time was used unproductively. In conclusion he stressed the dangers of behaving irresponsibly and deplored the bad use of public facilities. He cited the examples of careless garbage disposal and thoughtless use of public toilets. Wasn’t it ironical to hear people complaining when the outcome of their own misdeeds inconvenienced them or posed danger to their health? He sat amidst hearty applause. We scrambled to shake his hands and assured him that his talk had inspired and encouraged us to exercise discipline in our own lives.

i) Why were the people disappointed and angry?

ii) Why do you think the food was eaten sparingly and in silence?

iii) Explain the reason for the change of attitude towards the guest speaker.

iv) On what lines did the narrator’s mind wander in the course of the speech?

v) What factors was the speaker highlighting when the narrator came out of his reverie?

vi) According to the passage, lack of discipline in different areas leads to undesirable results. What are the results of the following?

i) Disregard for traffic regulations.

ii) Concern only for personal convenience.

iii) Poor use of leisure time.

vii) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.

i) had spoken highly of him

ii)disarmed

iii)beseeching.

iv) dawned on me.

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Explain the meanings of the following sentences. (i) Only Mutungi spoke to him. (Solved)

Explain the meanings of the following sentences.

i) Only Mutungispoke to him.

(ii) Mutungi spoke to him only.

(iii) Mutungi only spoke to him.

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Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions. (i) Mwende is indebted ______ him for the help he gave me. (Solved)

Fill the blanks with suitable prepositions.

(i) Mwende is indebted ______ him for the help he gave me.

(ii) The thief who snatched my bag walked __________ a limp.

(iii) Harambee stars won because the spectators cheered them.

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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. (i) The young man was very hungry.... (Solved)

Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each.

(i) The young man was very hungry. He swallowed the food without chewing it. (Begin: So.....)

(ii) The oil company has established petrol station here. (Rewrite beginning: A petrol station ......)

iii)The principal advised the students to consider the consequences of their behavior. (Rewrite in direct speech.)

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Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow. I AM TIRED OF TALKING IN METAPHORS............. (Solved)

Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

I AM TIRED OF TALKING IN METAPHORS
I will talk plainly
Because I am moved to abandon riddles
I will tell you of how
We held our heads in our hands
Because the owl hooted all night
And the dogs howled as if mourning
We awaited the bad news
We received it:
Our mother blinded in one eye
Crippled in the right leg
Because she did not vote
For her husband’s candidate

I will remind you
Of when the peeled plantains
Stood upright in the cooking pot:
We slaughtered a cock,
Anticipating an important visitor
We got her:
Our daughter – pieces of flesh in a sack
Our present from her husband.

No! I will not use metaphors
I will just talk to you:
I do not fight to take your place
Or to constantly wave my fist in your face
I refuse to argue about
Your “manly pact”
With my father
You’re buying me for a bag of potatoes
And pepper
All I want
Is for you to stop denying me
My presence needs no metaphors

I am here
Just as you are
I am not a machine
To dismantle whenever you whim
I demand my human dignity

Questions

(a) Who is the persona in this poem?

b)What is the message of this poem?

c) Explain the speaker’s attitude towards the subject matter

d)Give one character trait of the speaker.

e)Discuss two elements of tradition highlighted in the poem.

f)Identify two poetic features of style used in the poem.

g) I am not a machine. (Rewrite adding a question tag.)

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Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer all the questions that follow. Nora: Should? He did sign them...... (Solved)

Read the extract below from DOLL’S HOUSE and answer all the questions that follow.

Nora: Should? He did sign them.
Krogstad: I had left the date blank; that is to say, your father should himself have inserted the date on which he signed the paper. Do you remember that?
Nora: Yes, I think I remember—
Krogstad: Then I gave you the bond to send by post to your father. Is that not so?
Nora: Yes.
Krogstad: And you naturally did so at once, because five or six days afterwards you brought me the bond with your father's signature. And then I gave you the money.
Nora: Well, haven't I been paying it off regularly?
Krogstad: Fairly so, yes. But to come back to the matter in hand that must have been a very trying time for you, Mrs.
Nora: It was, indeed.
Krogstad: Your father was very ill, wasn't he?
Nora: He was very near his end.
Krogstad: And died soon afterwards?
Nora: Yes:
Krogstad: Tell me, Mrs Helmer, can you remember what day your father died? the month, I mean.
Nora: Papa died on the 29th of September. by any chance on what day of
Krostand: That is correct; I have ascertained it for myself. And, as that is so, there is discrepancy (taking a paper from his pocket) which I cannot account for.
Nora: What discrepancy? I don't know—
Krogstand: The discrepancy consists, Mrs. Helmer, in fact that your father signed this bond three days after his death.
Nora: What do you mean? I don't understand —
Krogstand: Your father died on the 29th of September. But, look here; your father has dated his signature the 2nd of October. It is a discrepancy, isn't it? (NORA is silent) Can you explain it to me?
(NORA is silent) It is a remarkable thing, too, that the words '2nd of October,' as well as the year, are not written in your father’s handwriting but in one that I think I know. Well, of course it can be explained; your father may have forgotten to date his signature, and someone else may have dated it haphazard before they knew of his death. There is no harm in that. It all depends on the signature of the name; and that is genuine. I suppose, Mrs. Helmer? It was your father himself who signed his name here?

Questions.

a) What is it that Nora claims to have signed? Explain.

b) What does this excerpt reveal about Krogstad's character?

c) Explain key theme brought out in the excerpt?

d) Why did Nora forge her father's signature?

e) What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt?

I. Ascertained

II. Discrepancy

III. Genuine

f) Papa died on the 29th of September (Add a question tag.)

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In the sentences below, underline the nouns that are used as adjectives. (Solved)

In the sentences below, underline 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. (i) Something is smelling awful. (Solved)

Correct the error in the following sentences.

(i) Something is smelling awful.

(ii) This brilliance is utter.

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Use the correct preposition to fill the blanks. (i) I am indebted ______________ him for the help he gave me. (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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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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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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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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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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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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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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