1.even
2.aloof
3.they
4.understand
5.contribute / speak
6.impartial
7.up
8.unwilling
9.opinion
10.wreck/ ruin
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Fill in each blank spaces in the passage.
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Fill in each blank spaces in the passage.
A letter of 1.......... or adjustment should be written when you 2......... the wrong merchandise,when it is damaged 3............. when for some other reason you are dissatisfied with a product or service.4............., a letter of complaint is not a "gripe" letter.Avoid an angry,sarcastic, or vulgar 5............ Instead, simply give the reasons why you are 6............ and state how you would like the company to 7.......... your complaint.Most companies are interested 8......... hearing from you.If you are not happy with 9....... purchase, you probably will not buy that brand again.This is of great 10............... to the seller.
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March 4, 2020
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Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the MOST appropriate word.
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Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the MOST appropriate word.
After we had been marching for two weeks , getting soaked by daily rains and living entirely on 1........... we carried with us, we found foot prints. Two people were 2.................. of us and travelling fast.We followed them.Each morning, when we 3........... off again after a nights' 4............... rest/ sleep, we found their tracks in the forest nearby and realized they had been watching us the 5............ evening.One night we 6.................. gifts in the forest but they were not touched.We called out greetings in the language of the river people but we did not know whether this unknown tribe were able to understand it.In any case 7.......... was no reply.We continued day by day until eventually we lost all sign of their movements.After three weeks we had almost given up hope 8............... making contact.Then early one morning we woke up to find seven men standing within a few yards in our tent.They were very small and wore nothing 9........... a wide belt of green leaves tied around their waist.Two of the men had their earrings and necklaces made of bones and one carried a woven 10........... full of roots and fruit.
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March 4, 2020
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Change the following sentences to passive voice.
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Change the following sentences to passive voice.
i)Nobody cleared the bush.
ii) Mwikali collects the rubbish every Thursday.
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March 3, 2020
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Replace the underlined words with the most appropriate phrasal verbs formed from the words in brackets.
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Replace the underlined words with the most appropriate phrasal verbs formed from the words in brackets.
i) My two uncles do not see eye to eye.(get)
ii) Awiti vented her frustrations on Mark.(take)
iii) Wandia was clearly notable in the anatomy class.(stand)
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March 3, 2020
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Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.
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Use the correct form of the words in brackets to complete the following sentences.
i)Failure to provide a proper diet leads to ................... (nourish) in children.
ii)Bruce Odhiambo is one man whose( pronounce) is superb.
iii)I ............. (be) going to Mombasa tonight.
iv) Mwamburi is a very ..............(discipline) student, no wonder he is frequently punished.
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March 3, 2020
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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions after each.
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Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions after each.
i) The weary looking house help lamented that she did so much house work that by the time she went to bed she was exhausted.
(Change the sentence into direct speech)
ii)The governor cannot take credit for this bridge and neither can the MCA.
(Rewrite beginning : Neither......)
iii) Opiyo is the ............. of the twins.
(use the correct form of clever)
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March 3, 2020
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Complete the sentences below using phrasal verbs formed from the verb given in brackets.
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Complete the sentences below using phrasal verbs formed from the verb given in brackets.
i)There was a .......... and a lot of items were stolen( break)
ii)The rustlers ...................... over a hundred head of cattle.(make)
iii)We are not expecting more money so we'll have to ............... what we have.(make)
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March 3, 2020
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Explain the meaning of the underlined idiomatic expressions in the following sentences.
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Explain the meaning of the underlined idiomatic expressions in the following sentences.
i)Sudi was caught sneaking out of school and he knew he was in hot soup.
ii)Now Sudi had to face the music for his indiscipline.
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March 3, 2020
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Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.Do not change the meaning of the sentence.
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Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.Do not change the meaning of the sentence.
i)If you find the office closed, please call me.(Begin: should you .................)
ii)I don't know either of them.
(End ................... to me)
iii)Unless you work hard, you will fail your exams.(Begin ...........if )
iv)Bitok got into the house.Immediately, the lights went out.(combine into one sentence beginning: Hardly.........)
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March 3, 2020
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Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice or the active voice as appropriate.
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Rewrite the following sentences in the passive voice or the active voice as appropriate.
i)The car has been washed very well.
ii)Has the class secretary handed in the exercise books?
iii)The crops have all been destroyed by the violent storm.
iv)You must write the work neatly.
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March 3, 2020
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Use the correct form of the word in brackets.
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Use the correct form of the word in brackets.
i) He boasts of having many ................... (descend).
ii)You have to improve on your .................(write) skills.
iii) The sentence is .................... (grammar), you have to correct it.
iv)Her ............... (clear) of the speech impressed the interview panel.
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March 3, 2020
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Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each of these sentences.
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Use the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each of these sentences.
i)You must not work ...............(depend) without consultation.
ii)I have been ....................(spend) a lot of money on her.
iii)His ........... (retire) is very near.
iv) Junior workers must not .............(subordinate) their seniors.
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March 3, 2020
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Complete each of the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
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Complete each of the following sentences using the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
i)It is a requirement that all items be taken to the .................... (maintain) office.
ii)All learners should check on their ......................(pronounce)
iii)She has a book of great ...................(broad)
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February 28, 2020
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Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given after each.Do not change the meaning.
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Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given after each.Do not change the meaning.
i) That he is a graduate of a Kenyan University makes a great difference.(Begin: His being ....................)
ii)It was too dark to see anything.(Rewrite using so .................)
iii)My sister's results were not as good as I expected.(use: not up to)
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February 28, 2020
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The Crucified Thief
I am a crucified thief,
Dying for my unnumbered sins;
Beside me dies the ‘sinful’ God
Who takes away the sin of the world.
His fingers freeze...
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The Crucified Thief
I am a crucified thief,
Dying for my unnumbered sins;
Beside me dies the ‘sinful’ God
Who takes away the sin of the world.
His fingers freeze from cold,
His eyes are dark with desert dust,
His throat is coarse from thirst
He suffers thus for me and you.
I am a crucified thief,
Stealing away the love of God,
I am crucified with Christ
To be with Him Paradise.
The sun above for fear hides,
The earth beneath in pain shakes,
And buried soul’s awake to weep,
While angels bow and wink in tears.
Alone I stole, I stole
But here with Christ I die
He dies for crucified thieves,
And steals their sins away.
By John Mbiti.
a.What is the poem about?
b.Describe the attitude of the persona towards the ‘sinful’ God.
c.Why does the poet write the word ‘sinful’ in quotation marks?
d.Identify and illustrate two stylistic devices evident in the poem.
e.Give the contrast between the crucified thief and the ‘sinful’ God.
f.In note form, identify and illustrate the different reactions to the death of Christ.
g.I am a crucified thief. (Add a question tag).
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November 18, 2019
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The history of alcohol in Kenya is not a sober one. It staggers back to the colonial days when anything stronger than peppered goat –...
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The history of alcohol in Kenya is not a sober one. It staggers back to the colonial days when anything stronger than peppered goat – head soup required an official letter from a chief. Today, Kenyans have taken their drinking to off-limits counters and require the return of the infamous Alcoblow to reduce the number of deaths occasioned by drunken driving.
Never mind the Alcoholic Drinks Control Act 2010, famously known as the “Mututho Law” which sought to control drinking hours. But Kenyans are special in many bottled ways. The World Health Global Status Report on alcohol reveals that they consume the highest amount of beer in East Africa. That thirsts a long throat, stretching back to the days when being spotted on a “White Only” establishment could lead to a stint in jail.
Consider the story of Hussein Warutere, as contained in Al Kag’s Living memories. Warutere – who requested his real name not be used – spent 13 years in the slammer because of, you could never guess this one…diarrhoea! Warutere, 99 years old and going blind, when he was interviewed for Living memories, was a rickshaw runner at Nairobi Norfolk Hotel. He was transporting Frederick Marshall, a pitiless police reservist, when he experienced a minor, “State of emergency’ with his bowels. The meaning of life depended on locating a toilet. Warutere had no option but to rush to a “Whites Only” loo. As fate would have it, he was done, just as Marshall was getting in, he was accused of “trying to assist the Mau Mau by planting a bomb in the loo”. After a 15 minute trial, he was found guilty. Warutere spent six years in Manyani Prison and another six in Mwea. The same strictness was observed regarding consumption of bottled alcohol, though not of the “Manyani” proportions.
And while explorers, missionaries, Indian coolies, and colonialists brought with them foreign spirits, enactment of laws prohibiting ‘natives’ from quaffing bottled stuff saw them resort to the more familiar brews. These were taken on special occasions – strictly by men. Alcohol, before the killer illicit brands from greedy “brew – trepreneurs” had a respected place in African Societies irrespective of one’s station in life, community, or geography. Indeed traditional brews were not the preserve of ne-er-do wells like today. They were drunk sparingly too, and thus few succumbed to thirst-induced poisoning as alcohol was not laced with chemicals that can interest the government Chemist and morticians.
Things changed with the lowering of the union Jack in 1963 – when East African Breweries turned 41 years since George and Charles Hurst founded it. Kenyans were free, and so were their collective thirsty throats. They could drink bottled booze with brand names like the defunct City Lager. With one shilling at the time, one could stagger home after tipping a waiter, a packet of cigarettes in hand.
Many people wanted to come to Nairobi for its perceived economic and social opportunities. The ensuing rural-urban migration saw the proliferation of slums in the 1970s. Most ruralites alas were uneducated. But they needed to earn a living all the same.
A study carried out in Nairobi’s Mathare slums revealed that four out of five women brought home the bacon, okay the boeflo, on the strength of selling busaa, a traditional brew popular in Western Kenya. Come the 1980s and chang’aa took over, becoming the major illicit liquor. To increase profit, brewers discovered the potency of methanol, an industrial alcohol used in antifreeze among other products. Methanol provided the direct injection preferred by those desiring to get to High Street fast, on the cheap. Despite methanol-laced chang’aa causing coma, blindness, and death, few Kenyans have let “kill-me-Quick” out of the grip.
The 2010 World Health Organization Global Status on Alcohol indicates that 70 percent of families in Kenya are affected by alcoholism despite the fact that the government has designated banned traditional liquor as “illicit” since independence. To rectify the situation, parliament in 2005 considered introducing the requirement that they be packaged after lifting the ban. But the government raised duty on alcohol, increasing beer prices forcing juicers to hunt illicit shebeens.
Kenya’s escalating cost of living has not sobered matters, either; instead it has pushed more tipplers off the prohibitive, but safe-bottled drinks, to down market brews that have, and are still killing.
(Adapted from an article from the Daily Nation by Kamau Mutunga, Monday October 3rd 2011)
a. What does the writer mean by “The history of alcohol in Kenya is not a sober one?”
b. Why was drunkenness less rampant among Africans during the colonial period?
c. State how the laws governing the consumption of alcohol were discriminatory during the colonial period.
d. Give evidence to show that Kenyans are unique in their drinking habits in the region.
e. List the ways alcohol causes death according to the passage.
f. Explain how the position of traditional brews changed after independence.
g. Why according to the writer do many Kenyans continue to drink illicit brews despite the danger they pose?
h. To increase profit, brewers discovered the potency of methanol, an industrial alcohol used in antifreeze among other products. (Rewrite the sentence beginning: The discovery………………………………..).
i) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage:-
i) Bottled.
ii) Morticians.
iii) Proliferation.
iv) Prohibitive.
Date posted:
November 18, 2019
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Underline the stressed syllable in each of the following words.
(i) Reply
(ii) advice
(iii) abuse
(iv) friendly
(v) colleague
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Underline the stressed syllable in each of the following words.
(i) Reply
(ii) advice
(iii) abuse
(iv) friendly
(v) colleague
Date posted:
November 18, 2019
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Underline the verbs in the following sentences and indicate whether they have been used transitively or intransitively.
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Underline the verbs in the following sentences and indicate whether they have been used transitively or intransitively.
i) The widowed lady wept bitterly beside the casket.
ii) The school choir sang beautifully at the competition.
iii) My old grandmother spiced the food.
Date posted:
November 7, 2019
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Use complex prepositions to fill in the blank spaces.
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Use complex prepositions to fill in the blank spaces.
i) I am apologizing......................of my class.
ii) The boys were convicted...............................drug trafficking.
iii) ...................................what I have said, mothers should be role models.
Date posted:
November 7, 2019
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Use the most suitable form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces.
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Use the most suitable form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces.
(i) Learning, our principal told us, is a ..........................process. (CONTINUE)
(ii) Due to the widespread .................................in the country, youths are not enthusiastic about education. (EMPLOY)
(iii)That yard is where ......................of old vehicles takes place. (MAINTAIN).
Date posted:
November 7, 2019
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