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A man invests Ksh. 24,000 in an account which pays 16% interest p.a. the interest iscompounded quarterly. Find the amount in the account after 1 ½ years.
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August 6, 2019
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Indicate how you would address each of the following officials to express courtesy.
i) President -
ii) Judge -
iii) Pope -
iv) MP
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August 6, 2019
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Identify the silent letters in the following words.
i) Boutique ___________________
ii) Plumber .......................
iii) Bough _________________________
iv) Bouquet ____________________
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August 6, 2019
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Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, a tribe of monkeys made their home in the pleasure garden of the king. In certain holiday when the drum was beaten to call the people together, the King's gardener, hearing the drum, said to himself, "Even though it is 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 keep 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 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 which have long, deep root. For when this water is finished, we shall have hard work to get any more.
"To be sure," said the other monkeys," 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.
QUESTIONS
a) What would you do to prepare your audience to listen to the above story?
b) What two oral devices would you use in narrating this story effectively?
c) What two things would indicate that your audience is following the story?
d) You are one of the students chosen to negotiate in a dispute involving members of your class and another class. What negotiation skills will you employ to ensure an amicable resolution is reached.
e) Put the words below in correct column according to pronunciation of the vowel sounds.
school, floor, you, write, oar, night
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August 6, 2019
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You have been confirmed as the president of the student council. The Deputy Principal is away on official duties. Write a REPORT on the current situation on discipline in the school and what the student council membership is doing to enhance positive student conduct. Be sure to include:
i) Class attendance
ii) Time keeping
iii) Student conduct in the Dining hall
iv) Student conduct in the dormitories
v) Noise levels
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August 6, 2019
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The actual area of an estate is 3510 hectares. The estate is represented by a rectangle
measuring 2.6cm by 1.5 cm on the map whose scale is 1:n. Find the value of n.
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August 6, 2019
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The circle below whose area is 18.05 cm2 circumscribes a triangle ABC where AB = 6.3
cm, BC = 5.7 and AC = 4.8cm. Find the area of the shaded part.
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August 6, 2019
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With the aid of a well labelled diagram, illustrate the hydrological cycle.
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August 6, 2019
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The distance between two towns M and N is 280 km. A car and a lorry travelled from M to N. The average speed of the lorry is 20 km less than that of the car. The lorry takes one hour twenty minutes more than the car, to travel the distance.
a) Find the speed of the car correct to 2 d.p
b) If the lorry started its journey from M to N at 8:15 am and the car started 4 hours 20 minutes later, in the same direction, at what time did the car overtake the lorry?
c) How far from town N will the lorry be when the car reaches town N correct to 2 d.p?
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August 6, 2019
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With the aid of clearly labelled diagrams, describe the formation of the Rift Valley by compressional theory.
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August 6, 2019
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A glass of radius 3 cm in the form of a cylinder contains water to a height of 9cm.
a) Find the volume of the water in the glass correct to 2 decimal places.
b) When a spherical marble is submerged into the water in the glass, the water level rises by 1cm.
Calculate:
i. The volume of the marble correct to 2 decimal places.
ii. Radius of the marble correct to 2 decimal places.
iii. If the height of the glass is 13cm, calculate the surface area of the glass not in contact with water after the above process.
Date posted:
August 6, 2019
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A car dealer buys a car for Kshs.1, 250,000 and hire it for 25 weeks at a charge of Kshs. 3,500 per day. Insurance costs Kshs. 33,700 during the entire period, at the end of which he sells it at Kshs. 750,000. Calculate the profit that he makes on the transaction.
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August 6, 2019
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At 2.00 pm, a ship is at a position P from where a light house L is 12km away on a bearing of 320o. At 4.00pm, the ship is at a position Q from where the lighthouse is now on a bearing of 035°. Given that the ship is traveling due West, find by calculation;
a) How far the lighthouse is from Q.
b) The speed of the ship.
c) The closest distance of the ship from the light house.
d) The lighthouse, point Q and point P were noted to be along the circumference of a circular field. Find the distance of P from the Centre of the field.
Date posted:
August 6, 2019
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Atieno is now four times as old as her daughter and six times as old as her son. Twelve years
from now, the sum of the ages of her daughter and son will differ from her age by 9 years. What
is Atieno’s present age?
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August 6, 2019
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Explain Material Cost Variance
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August 6, 2019
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Find the area of the triangle below given that lines AB=25cm, BC = 15cm, AC = 14cm, BD =28cm and angle CBD =320.
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August 6, 2019
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You are the school captain in your school. The school has been performing dismally and you are asked to visit a top performing
school for bench marking for three days. Write a report of your findings and give recommendations that would benefit the school.
Date posted:
August 6, 2019
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The following is a dialogue between Doreen and her mother. Read it carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Doreen : Mom, what did you decide about my camp?
Mom : What camp, Doreen?
Doreen : Oh mom, you mean its not important to you? I already told you about the
St. John’s club camp that our school is organizing.
Mom : Oh, that one? Remember we discussed it. But remember we also agreed that would pay for it only if your grades…
Doreen : I knew it! You always use my poor grades as an excuse not to do anything for me.
Mom : That is not true, Doreen. You know I do a lot for…
Doreen : Stop it! You don't love me! That is why…
Mom : I will not allow you to speak to me like that, Doreen.
Identify three weaknesses in Doreen’s negotiation skills, and explain briefly how she can address them.
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August 6, 2019
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Find the value of x which satisfy the following equation.
52x - 6(5x)+5 = 0
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August 6, 2019
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The graph shows variation of extension and stretching force F for a spring which obeys Hooke’s law.
(i) Determine the spring constant in SI units .
(ii) The energy stored when the extension is 20 cm.
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August 6, 2019
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The diagram below shows rock pedestal.
Name the process through which the wind erodes the above feature
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August 6, 2019
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Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
O whisper, O my soul! The afternoon
Is waning into evening, whisper soft!
Peace, O my rebel heart! For soon the moon
From out its misty veil will swing aloft!
Be patient, weary body, soon the night
Will wrap thee gently in her sable sheet,
And with a leaden sigh thou wilt invite
To rest thy tired hands and aching feet.
The wretched day was theirs, the night is mine;
Come tender sleep, and fold me to thy breast.
But what steals out the gray clouds like red wine?
O dawn! O dreaded dawn! O let me rest
Weary my veins, my brain, my life ! Have pity!
No! Once again the harsh, the ugly city! By Claude McKay
i) Explain how the poet achieves rhythm in the poem above.
ii) Briefly explain how you would perform the first two lines in this poem.
Date posted:
August 6, 2019
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Students in your school have raised concern about their safety. In a bid to address these concerns, the Principal appoints a four-member committee to investigate the state of student safety and recommendations. You are chosen the secretary of this committee. Write down the report that you will present to your Principal.
Date posted:
August 6, 2019
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Study the following situations and write down what you would say in each case.
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 interrupting the other person.
iii) You want to introduce a point during a discussion which contradicts what the other person has said
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August 6, 2019
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For each of the following set of words, underline the odd one out.
i) Pose paws pores pours
ii) Heel hill heal he’ll
iii) core corps cause
iv) told toed towed toad
iii)Assume you are taking part in a group discussion. Explain how you would ensure you observe the rules of turn-taking
Date posted:
August 6, 2019
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Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
SWEET AND LOW
Sweet and low, sweet and low,
Wind of the western sea.,
Low, low, breath and blow,
Wind of the western sea!
Over the rolling waters go,
Come from the dying moon, and blow,
Blow him again to me;
While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps.
Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,
Father will come to thee soon;
Rest, rest on mother’s breast;
Father will come to thee soon;
Father will come to his babe n the nest,
Silver sails all out of the west
Under the silver moon;
Sleep my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep. (Alfred lord Tennyson)
Questions
i) State any two pairs of rhyming words from the poem above.
ii) Apart from rhyme, with illustrations from the poem, identify any other two techniques that have been used by the poet to create rhythm in this poem.
iii) If you were to classify the above poem as a song, in which category would you place it and
iv) Comment on the number of syllables used in the last line of each stanza. What does this tell you about rhythm of this poem?
v) If you were to recite this poem to its target audience, how would you recite the last line of the last stanza.
vi) From the poem, identify any two words containing the vowel sound / ^/
Date posted:
August 6, 2019
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Read the passage below and fill in the blank spaces with an appropriate word.
Most parents innocently believe __________________(i) parental guidance with regard to television watching means making sure that your child does not sit too close to the set. They believe that sitting close to the TV ____________________(ii) hurt their eyes. Unfortunately, the harmful effects of electronic media go much deeper _______________________(iii) just the physiological damage of x-rays on the brain and eyes. This is especially so with children under the __________(iv)
of seven, whose senses are only ____________________(v) beginning to develop. Electronic media has been discovered to
hamper young children’s __________________(vi) to create their own inner pictures - which is the foundation of all creativity.Imitation is the key ______________________(vii) this early age. A child can only to be truly human from human beings themselves; not from electronic gadgets, __________________(viii) do faithfully represent humanness. Studies show consistently how watching TV slants creative play in young children. Nightmares _____________________(ix) ensue from the violent scenes watched.Television anaesthetizes our higher brain function ______________________(x) disrupts the balance and interaction between left and right hemispheres
Date posted:
August 6, 2019
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Explain why when graduating the upper fixed point of a thermometer; the bulb is put in steam
above boiling water and not boiling water.
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August 6, 2019
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The figure below shows a soap film formed on a metal ring and a loop of thread inside it.
(i) Explain what will happen when the film is punctured by a needle at X.
(ii) What is the name given to the force acting on the thread?
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August 6, 2019
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You are the manager in Tala Fruits Company you sadly learn that one of the employees in your company has passed on in a fatal accident.
a) Write a memo to inform all the other employees of the news and remind them to contribute funds towards giving the deceased a good send off.
b) Write a condolence note to the spouse of the deceased.
Date posted:
August 6, 2019