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Imagine you have been chosen to represent your school in the Great Debaters Contest. Explain how you would deal with
stage fright.
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Provide a word which sounds the same as each of the following
i) beer -
ii) lessen -
iii) mettle -
iv) heir -
v) quire
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Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
Some scientists have been (1)________that the continuing destruction of our environment (2)_________that at some point, the earth will not be able to (3)________ even a quarter of us. This does not come as a (4)________at all. In the beginning, God created the earth beautiful and green (5)_______ with time, our stubbornness, has ruined it all. With all the (6)________ God has given us, we should be able to look (7)_______ our environment better. I am sure God feels (8)________ when .He sees this destruction. My roommate and (9)_______ have come up with an ambitious programme (10)_______ to as Save the Earth to help the government tackle or address the problem.
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Read the poem below and then answer the question that follow
AFRICA
Africa my Africa
Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannah's Africa my grandmother sings of
Beside her distant river
I have never seen you.
But my gaze is full of your blood. Your black spilt over the field. The blood of your sweat The sweat of your toil The toil of slavery
The slavery of your children. Africa, tell me Africa, Are you the back that bends.
Lies down under the weight of humbleness? The trembling back stripped red.
That says yes to the whips on the road of noon? Solemnly a voice answers me
“Impetuous child, that young and sturdy tree. That tree that grows.
There splendidly alone among white and faded flowers. Is Africa, your Africa. It puts forth new shoots. With patience and stubbornness pouts forth news shoots. Slowly its fruits grow to have
That bitter taste of freedom.
1. Who is the persona 2 mks
2. What is the message of the poem? 3 mks
3. Identify any three stylistic devices used in the poem. 6 mks
4. What is the tone of the poem? 3 mks
5. From the above poem, explain the meaning of the following lines?
a)' But the gaze is full of your blood. Your blood spilt over the field. 1mk
b)' Africa, my Africa
Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral Savannah 1mk
6. But my gaze is full of your blood. 1mk
(Add an appropriate question tag)
7. What is the meaning of the following words?
i) Solemnly
ii) Sturdy
iii) Toil
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Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow.
A journey according to my grandmother was a deliberate peril. Everything contributed to fear. The clouds that came up to from nowhere to darken the land were but the face of some desperate god of personal spite. This un-lifted threat of disaster was bequeathed me by all three female generations that nursed me to manhood. They reminded me by word and act that man is never alone in his choices.
On the road we drove waiting for the next disaster, having escaped evil only one mile to the next never for good. The thanks we gave were more often for what we had missed than for what we had been given. My family could always find reasons to view a gift as a potential ticket to despair or dissolution.
My father always did the driving, although not without help from the various non-drivers such as my grandmother, who only learned how to operate an automobile after she was well into her fifties, and my great grandmother who died at age eighty- four without ever understanding the basic usage of such items as brakes, steering wheel, horn or gear shift. There is a family legend that my grandfather on my mother?s side, a red-haired gentleman named Ambrose who had a notoriously short-fused temper, tried to give Granny a driving lesson back in the green years of personal motor ownership. But she was inclined to try and control the auto as one did a horse, and ended up almost immediately in a ditch, tugging at the steering wheel and
shouting 'Whoa'. This brought on a blast of polite obscenity from her son -in law which alienated Granny from the auto forever. Nevertheless, When riding as a passenger she knew what her eyes told her, and she had an imperious kind of comment which verged on command when she espied traffic danger that my, father the driver, was apt to overlook or not sufficiently keen to acknowledge in advance.
Once on the road, my father faced other problems travel. The matter of rivers and bridges was a severe one. My grandmother didn't want to cross any bridge when the river was full because she had a theory that so much water was bound to be secretly eating away the supports. One might think, therefore, that in dry weather a bridge would be no obstacle.
My grandmother also despised night travel. Her fear was not collision with another vehicle(in fact she welcomed the sight of another car because it showed her that someone else besides her son-in-law was foolish enough to be taking this forlorn route) but from the ever present danger of unknowingly driving off the end of a demolished bridge- finding yourself and vehicle suddenly suspended in midair, thoroughly conscious that in twinkling of an eye you and yours would be plunged into eternity in the dark waters of the flood beneath you.
If I leave the impression that all my grandmothers that all my grandmothers? caution were foolish or consistently groundless, then taking the gamble, no matter whether the odds were for her or against her. As a matter of history her fears were not groundless, they just too prevalent.
Adapted from Glencoe Literature 'Tile readers choice' Published by Mc Graw Hill companies. Inc (2000)
a) Referring to the first paragraph, explain how the clouds contributed to making a journey fearful experience. 2 mks
b) From the second paragraph, explain the attitude of the narrator's family towards the journey and life in general. 2 mks
c) In which instance(s) did the narrator's granny almost command the driver. 2 mks'
d) 'The thanks we gave were more often for what we had missed than for what we had been given.” Rewrite the sentence
beginning. More often…….)
e) Make notes on the problems of travel which the narrator?s father faced. 2 mks
f) Explain how the narrator's Granny failed the driving lessons and the consequences. 3 mks
g) 'As a matter of history her fears were not groundless, they were just too prevalent.'Rewrite the sentences supplying a
question tag) 1 mk
h) Why didn't the narrator's grandmother like crossing any bridge when the river was full. 1 mark
i) Explain the reasons behind the narrator?s grandmother's dislike of night travel. 3 mks
j) Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the passage. 3 mks
i) Bequeathed-
ii) Imperious
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Use the correct alternative to complete the sentences below
i) Teaching ………………… (practice/practise) is not an essay job for teacher-trainees.
ii) The prophet‟s ……………(prophecy/prophesy) was misleading to his audience.
iii) He …………. (ensured/insured) his car with UAP.
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Rewrite the following in inversion.
i) The lioness slid down the hill.
ii) Mr. Mwiti is coming here.
iii) A big rock hung over the cave
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Rewrite the following in the passive.
i) My grandfather built this castle in 1900.
ii) Weru tea factory has employed more than a hundred workers.
iii) Careless driving causes many accidents
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Rewrite the following according to the instructions given after each.
i) If I knew how to do it, I ……………… make a big wooden box for the safety of my belongings.
(Fill in the blank space using the most appropriate modal auxillary)
ii) Githingithia is …………….. criss-crossing the universe in pursuant of popularity.
(Use an appropriate preposition).
iii) We …………. The blind man in his benefactors abode where he ………….happily ever after.
(Fill in the blank spaces using the correct past form of live and leave).
iv) Mr. Muthama had just reached the forest edge where the elusive leopard killed him.
(Rewrite beginning: Hardly……)
v) When I arrived in the school this morning, I was very tired that I had to rest for an hour before doing anything. (Rewrite the sentence correctly)
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
What can be more ridiculous than to be than 47 per cent of Kenyan youth have no qualms with and admire those who acquire wealth through dubious means? Or that 40 per cent would only vote for those who bribe them? And that 30 per cent of youth think 'corruption is a profitable venture' that they would pursue to realize their dreams?
Well, that is according to the Aga Khan University's East African Institute, which commissioned a survey between 2014 and 2015, conducted in the East African states of Rwanda, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. It captured some 1,854 youth aged between 18 and 35 from rural and urban centres across the county, as reflected in the Kenya Youth Report 2015.
On the hair-raising revelation that fifty per cent of Kenyan youth believe it does not matter how one makes money, so long as they stay clear of the gallows and docks, no one surmises it better than the fiery anti-corruption activist John Githongo, who comments that it isn?t surprising, since corruption has been glorified for more than 50 years.
The rule of law has been thrown to the dogs and corrupt thieves are having a field day distributing money earned dubiously in fundraisers and harambees. Don?t even mind some of the loot ends up in church coffers.
The eye-popping report further reveals that 73 per cent of youth would rather not stand up for what is right for fear of retribution and being deemed politically incorrect.
It is my wish that today?s youth stop viewing graft as acceptable and shun their vulnerability to electoral bribery as it degrades their efforts at trying to achieve better service delivery from their elected leaders.
The modern youth must understand that the Constitution grants them the right to demand proper service delivery without being at risk of any penalties and without any conditions other than being a citizen in Kenya.
Therefore, the notion that a politician can only help voters financially before being elected into office must cease henceforth.
(Alvin Abok, Maseno)
The recently published survey on the thinking of youth about life is a confirmation of how the mind of the youth has been poisoned.
This is compounded by what has come to be known as digital colonization. Most youth think the world is a place where humans are supposed to enjoy life.
The reality is opposite. Life is a struggle. Period. Whatever position, status, county you will be born or will live in, you will be struggling with one thing or another, That just how life was designed to be very fair. You will never get everything. One needs to look at what those who are driven by greed end up with.
The sad thing is that they will learn about this the hard way - through experience.
(Cornelius Oliko)
(The Daily Nation Thursday January 21, 2016)
QUESTIONS
a) And that 30 percent of youth think, 'Corruption is a Profitable Venture' that they would pursue to realize their dreams. What
is the effect of quotation marks in the above statement? (2 marks)'
b) According to the extract, where was the survey in question conducted and by who? (2 marks)
c) In note form, make a summary of the youths? precaution of life as illustrated in the passage. (4 marks)
d) Show understanding of the advice the author gives to the youth. (3 marks)
e) Life is a struggle.
i) Negate the sentence above.
ii) Supply a question tag to the sentence in (i) above, (the answer in (i). (1 mark)
f)'Most youth think the world is a place where humans are supposed to enjoy life'. What is the irony in this statement?
(2 marks)
g) Comment on the attitude of the author towards corruption. (2 marks)
h) Explain the meaning of the following words/phrases as used in the passage. (3 marks)
i) Surmises
ii) Thrown to the dogs
iii) Retribution
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Underline the part (syllable) where the stress falls in each of the words below. (3 marks)
i) coward
ii) contest (verb)
iii) discuss (verb)
iv) friendly
v) superb
vi) acknowledge
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i) Mnemonic
ii) Gnash
iii) Indictment
iv) Solemn
v) Scepter
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April 8, 2019
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Read the poem written below and answer the questions that follow.
want to die when you love me
I want to die when you love me While yet you hold me fair While laughter lies upon my lips And lights are in my air
I want to die while you love me I could not bear to see
The glory of this perfect day Grown dim or cease to be I want to die while you love me Oh! Who would care to live Till love has nothing more to ask And nothing more to give
I want to die while you love me And bear to that still bed Your kisses, turbulent, unspent To warm me when I am dead.
i) Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem. (2 marks)
ii) What effects is achieved by the use of rhyme? (2 marks)
iii) Identify and illustrate instances of alliteration in the poem. (2 marks)
iv) How would you say the last two lines of this poem? (2 marks)
b) What intonation would be use in the following sentences? (4 marks)
i) Are you sick?
ii) Why haven't you washed your clothes?
iii) She has gone.
iv) That's wonderful.
c) For each of the words given provide another with the same pronunciation. (5 marks)
i) Elicit
ii) Billed
iii) Wet
iv) Qay
v) Draft
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April 8, 2019
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Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with appropriate words
The gap 1, ______ the rich and the poor is widest among Africans 2, ____. According to the latest World Bank 3, _______, seven out of ten nations in the list of the top ten most unequal countries are in the continent.
4, ______ report, ,Poverty in a Raising Africa,' found inequality 5, ________ high and Southern Africa.
The 6, ____________ come at a time when another survey by consultancy firm Knight Frank showed that the number of high net worth individuals (HNWI) in Africa 7, _________ despite difficult economic times last year. Kenya, for 8, _______, added 202 more dollar millionaires. The fact that the continent has 9, ________ steady expansion, which has not “resulted 10, _______ substantial improvements in well-being was high-lighted. Africa has averaged growth of 4.5 per cent
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April 8, 2019
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Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow
What I did not enjoy at the university was the discrimination I and my fellow female colleagues faced. Bearing in mind
my first encounter with the professor of zoology in early 1996, it became important to ensure that the female members of staff were accepted as equal members of the university‟s academic staff and received the same benefits as their male colleagues. Before Vertistine Mbaya and I arrived, there had never been an African woman among the academic members of staff in the faculty of veterinary sciences at the University of Nairobi, and the members of women on the academic members of staff of any faculty at the university was at that time tiny. Vertistine, an African American who had come in Kenya in the early 1960‟s and was married to a Kenyan, Simon Mbaya, taught in department of Biochemistry and was qualified to get all the benefits due to academic members of the staff. So was I.( A woman married TO another member of academic staff complicated the issuance of benefits such as housing , health insurance, and a pension because it would mean duplicating benefits. Neither of our husbands, however, enjoyed the status). I met professor Mbaya , or Vert, as she is known to her friends, in the second-floor corridor outside our offices at the Chiromo campus. Only three offices separated us we hit it off immediately. She has been a wonderful and trusted friend ever since.
Vert and I waged this fight for equality together. Many of the benefits given to male professional staff at the university were legacies of the colonial era, when young male teachers from Britain were encouraged to work in Kenya and other colonies and were provided with incentives in addition to their salaries. These included housing, free tuition for their children‟s education, and paid holiday time. When Kenya became independent, we took over most these systems completely intact. The University also had a number of incentives that, taken together, amounted to a large increase of one‟s salary. However, the University‟s full benefits accrued only to men. At that time, only single women or widows on that professional staff could receive university housing. Married women were expected to be housed by their husbands and it was argued that they therefore did not “need “ a housing allowance or insurance coverage or a pension. I argued with the University that this was completely unacceptable and the terms of service must be equal. Professional women, I said, could not be discriminated against just because during the colonial times no women professionals came to work in the colonies. This seemed a completely reasonable proposition. It never occurred to me that Vert and I would have to fight this battle. That I or other women should be paid less than our male colleagues of equal standing was very irritating to us. Because of that type of discrimination, junior male staff took home more than we did, despite our senior academic positions.
(Adapted from: Wangari Maathai, 2006:UNBOWED, pg. 114-115)
QUESTIONS
1. According to the passage, what two things did the author not enjoy at the University? (2 marks)
2. Briefly explain the situation at the University of Nairobi before the arrival of the author. (2 marks)
3. According to the passage, what are some of the benefits accrued to male professionals at the University? (3 marks)
4. Based on the passage, explain the relationship between the colonial and post-colonial gender relations in work places.
(2 marks)
5. Make notes on various forms of gender discrimination addressed by the author in the passage. (5 marks)
6. In what ways does the University's policy disadvantages married women? (2 marks)
7. Supply the appropriate question tag for the sentence below?
It never occurred to me that Vert and I would have to fight this battle
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For the following words underline the stressed syllable to give the intended meaning.
i) Address (verb)
ii) Produce (noun)
iii) Recess (noun)
iv) Refuse (verb)
v) Conduct (noun)
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Identify any five pairs of words that are pronounced the same
Bath birth bale head
Berry mind heard mad
Made bury burrow
Bail hand maid
Ball herd berth
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April 5, 2019
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Manager: Good morning Mr. Mogaka. Please sit down and feel at home. Mogaka: Oh my it is really hot. Thank you sir.
Manager: You have applied for the IT job?
Mogaka: Yes sir.
Manager: Do you know wat the job entails? Did you read the advertisement in the newspaper?
Mogaka: (Looking absent minded. Fiddling with his fingers and avoiding eye contact.) Excuse me.
Did you say something about newspaper. Yes, I read newspapers but not everyday.
Manager: You‟re certainly not listening. I asked you a question about our advertisement and the requirements of the IT job.
Mogaka: Yes, Yes. You talked about listening. Yes, it is important to listen to you boss.
Manager: Mr. Mogaka, are you here with me? This is the end of the interview. You will hear from us in due course.
Mogaka: I hope you will consider me for the job.
Give four reasons why Mogaka is not likely to get the job
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Fill in the following blank spaces.
The story had it (1)____________ many years ago when Mr. Nwege was (2) __________ poor , hungry elementary teacher- that is before he (3) ___________ his own grammar school and became rich but apparently still hungry - he had an (4) _________ rickety bicycle of the kind the villagers gave the onomatopoeic name anikilijia. Needless to say the brakes were
(5)_________. One day he was (6)___________ down a steep slope that led a narrow bridge at the (7) __________ of the hill he saw a lorry - an unusual (8)_________ in those days coming down the opposite slope. It looked like a (9) __________ collision on the bridge. In his extremely Mr. Nwege had raised his voice and cried to passing (10) __________. In the name of God push me down
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Fill in the blank spaces in the sentences below with a suitable connector (3 marks)
i) The thieves talked in whispers ………………………………….. they be overheard.
ii) My dog is small …………………………………… fierce.
iii) The old man is very sharp ……………………………. her age.
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April 5, 2019
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Rewrite the sentences below according to the instructions given at each.
i) That was the worst storm the village had ever experienced.(Rewrite beginning with Never …..)
ii) John was so ill that the doctor advised him to stay at home for a few days.
(Rewrite beginning with. Being …..)
iii) The farmer bought a cow that had been stolen from school.(Rewrite in passive)
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Replace the underlined word in each of the sentences with the most suitable phrasal verbs. (3 marks)
i) The doctor remarked that the girl resembles her father.
ii) The looters stole goods of unknown value during the city riots.(make)
iii) When the regained consciousness he was amazed to realize that he was in hospital.(come
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April 5, 2019
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Fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the words in the brackets.
i) It took the police quite some time to …………………………… (peace) the agitated demonstrators.
ii) The criminal refused to reveal to his ………………………… (capture) how he escaped from the prison.
iii) Some Christians only think of divine ……………………………… (provide) when in need
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Fill in the blank spaces with the correct preposition.
i) He persisted …………………………………….. his folly despite the advice I gave him.
ii) The brothers look so alike, one can easily mistake one …………………………… the other.
iii) You should evaluate what he says because many young people have been taken ………. by his sweet words
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April 5, 2019
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Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
I WENT TO CHURCH.
I went to church today.
Yes I went and prayed for all Friends and foes a like. Dead and those alive.
I also prayed hard.
For the soul of that soldier. Who got short.
Fighting for our motherland
While I shot hot life into his wife. And I prayed to God too
That I live long
To go and pray again
Questions.
a) What is the poem about? (4 marks)
b) Identify and illustrate any two character traits of the speaker. (4 marks)
c) Identify and illustrate three poetic devices used in the poem. (6 marks)
d) What is the meaning of the following lines as used in the poem. (2 marks)
i) While I shot hot life into his wife.
ii) That I live long to go and pray again.
e) i) What is the tone of the poem (2 marks)
ii) Explain the overriding mood of the poem.
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Read the following excerpt and then answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
'You've remembered us at last,' she observed quietly.
'Yes. I am sorry.Er-er I was kind of busy but here I am now' He felt like the dirt in the street.
'Did you receive my letters? The girls had a bad attack of malaria. I thought Becky would die.” He had received that letter but had read it in the haze if his infatuation.
This was getting worse than he had feared.
'I got it but there was no way I could get away. I am sorry.' He added lamely.
'Why didn't you least write to console us?' He kept quiet, but he knew he would rather die than tell her what had actually
happened. Fortunately for him Elizabeth was no vindictive and did not hold grudges for long. She only said:
'We are all going back together. We are family and it is clear that you need someone to remind you of your duty all the time. ” He was only too willing to oblige, after all things could have been much worse. He would move house as soon as possible incase the neighbours started blabbing.
She eventually heard the rumours but chose to say nothing about it though he held his breath for days. She was learning the first cardinal rule of marriage, not everything has to be blurted out.
a) Briefly describe what happens before the events of this excerpt. (3 marks)
b) Identify the dominant theme highlighted in this excerpt. Illustrate your answer with sufficient information from the excerpt.
(3 marks)
c) Describe the character of Elizabeth as brought out in the above excerpt. (2 marks)
d) Who is the he referred to in the excerpt and what kind of person is he? (3 marks)
e) i) “We are a family and it is clear that you need someone to remind you of your duty all the time.”(Report this statement)
(1 mark)
ii) This was getting worse than he had feared. (Add a question tag). (1 mark)
f) 'She eventually heard the rumours but chose to say nothing about it …..'
What rumours did Elizabeth hear and what does her reaction reveal about her relationship with the ,he? (4 marks)
g) Identify one aspect of style used in this excerpt and explain its effectiveness. (2 marks)
h) Where is Elizabeth living at the time of this episode? Explain the circumstances that led to this family being separated.
(4 marks)
i) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the extract. (2 marks)
a) Cardinal
b) Blabbing
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Indiscipline pervades our life so completely today that it is difficulty to establish what a decent disciplined society looks like. We see and hear and read about indiscipline in the home, in school, in public service, in private sector, on the roads … it‟s alarming.
The malaise takes so many different forms - sometimes brutally crudes, at other time more subtle - that a comprehensive definition of it would be very difficult. For our present purposes let, us say that indiscipline is a failure or refusal to submit one‟s desires and actions to the restraints of orderly social conduct in the recognition of the rights and desires of others. The goal of indiscipline is self-interest; its action, the abandonment of self-restraint in pursuit of the goal.
Although indiscipline is by definition distinct from lawlessness, the line between the two is often tenuous indeed. For example, an indisciplined driver breaks a traffic regulation by overtaking on the side-walk; then commits the criminal act of manslaughter by knocking down and killing a pedestrian.
The danger of indiscipline escalating into lawlessness is particularly acute when large numbers of people are involved in it: i.e. in situations of mass indiscipline.
There is no provision in our laws which says that a man who comes first to a public counter should be served before the man who comes later. But our sense of natural justice and our intelligence tell us that, it should be so because it is only fair and experience has shown that any other way is liable to create disorder and delay.
Discipline does not invite supervision by an external force but is imposed by the individual from within. Indeed
discipline is either self-discipline or it is nothing at all. But although society thus appears to leave individuals to their own discretion in the matter of social discipline, this freedom is strictly controlled by sanctions of varying severity. It may be no more than a disapproving look; a mild verbal reprimand, or it may be extremely grave like for instance, social ostracism.
I think that society realizes that given adequate social education the average citizen will come to appreciate that it is in his or her interest to uphold discipline. As soon as a sufficient number of citizens understand this , they will supervise their own behavior and that of their immediate neighbors. The resulting condition may be called a climate of discipline.
Even in such a climate there will always be a sporadic incidents or indiscipline because there will always be people who on account of their immaturity, mental incompetence, sheer devilry or even innocent exuberance are unable or unwilling to impose the internal break of self-discipline on their desires and actions. But in disciplined societies they will remain an eccentric minority.
i) Why does the writer describe indiscipline as alarming? Support your answer with information from the first paragraph.
(2 marks)
ii) What makes it difficult to define indiscipline precisely? (3 marks)
iii) How would recognition and respect of other people's rights and desires reduce indiscipline? (2 marks)
iv) Why do you think the example of an indiscipline driver is cited? (2 marks)
v) What role should our sense of natural justice and intelligence play? (2 marks)
vi) Make notes on how an individual as well as the society help to instill self-discipline. (4 marks)
vii) Rewrite the following sentences maintaining the meaning.
Although indiscipline is definition distinct from lawlessness, the line between the two is often tenuous indeed. (1 mark)
(Begin: The line ……………….)
viii) What is the writer's attitude towards those who do not exercise self-discipline? (2 marks)
ix) Explain the meaning of the following words and expressions as used in this passage. (2 marks)
a) Verbal reprimand
b) Devilry
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Read the following conservation between July and a peer counselor and then answer the questions that follow.
PEER COUNSELOR: (Motioning her to seat) Hello Judy. How are you getting on? Please have a seat and don't be
anxious.
JUDY: Don't tell me it's all over school now. I will kill you…………
PEER COUNSELOR: Please relax well, you swore me to secrecy and I have kept my part of the bargain. No cause
of alarm.
JUDY: So then, why do you want to see me? You mean it can show?
PEER COUNSELLOR: Calm down. You are just in early stages and please keep up appearances. The school closes
next month.
JUDY: (Looking disturbed) One more month and the whole world will know. I need to procure …
PEER COUNSELOR: Don't even go there …… will you be able to live with the guilty? Remember things can also
go wrong and you may die.
JUDY: (Visibly agitated). Then tell me what to do.
PEER COUNSELOR: Please calm down; all is not lost. You just tripped; you never fell. These days Judy, girls are
accepted back to school after giving birth so you need not worry. All will be fine. In mean
time, just relax for your baby.
JUDY: (Sighs) Thank you for being there for me. Remember not a word to a soul.
PEER COUNSELOR: You can trust me Judy. Good day.
JUDY: Good day.
i) How does the counselor establish good rapport with Judy? (1 mark)
ii) What good conversational skills does the counselor show? (3 marks)
iii) Identify two shortcomings in Judy's speech.
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Explain the meaning of the following sentences taking into consideration the underlined words.
i) I did the job
I did do the job
ii) Juma paid for it.
Juma paid for it
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Mention two things you would do to avoid stage fright during the session
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