English Top Schools' 2023 Mocks

KCSE 2023 TOP SCHOOLS’
ENGLISH MOCKS
(KCSE MOCK TRIALS 1-10)
First Compilation of Recent Top Ten National Schools Mock Exams in

English for our KCSE 2023 Candidates in Preparation of Final KCSE
Examinations Scheduled for November 2023.
CONTAINS BOTH PAPER 1, 2 & 3 EXAMS.
SERIES 1
For Marking Schemes

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KCSE 2023 TOP SCHOOLS’ MOCKS

EXAMINATION TRIAL 1
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.
INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
1. Write your name admission number and class in the spaces provided above.
2. Answer all the questions in this question paper.
3. All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
For Examiner’s use only

QUES. MAX. SCORE STUDENT’S SCORE
1 20
2 10
3 30
TOTAL SCORE
For Marking Schemes Contact 0746-222-000 / 0742-999-000

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING ( 20 MARKS)

Your friend Mr Isaboke in the United States of America is very interested in your studies.
Recently he asked you to tell him about the set books you are currently studying. Write a book
review for The A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen which you will send to him. 20 marks
2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. (10 marks)
Universities (i)…………………. been the subject of public discourse in the (ii)…………. few
weeks for several reasons. The first is the (iii)……………… enrolments due to a reduced number
of qualifiers as the government tightens the nuts in (iv)……………… administration at high
school, locking out cheats and stabilising performance. The second, and quite critical, is the
inability of some (v)………………….and several courses to (vi)……………… students,
technically rendering them untenable, hence an inevitable shutdown. The (vii)……………., and
which is the subject here, is the excruciating financial (viii)………………. afflicting the
institutions of higher learning. The latest Auditor-General’s report presents a grim picture of the
financial upheavals in (ix)……………………. universities. Private universities are no exception
either, only that they are not audited by the (x)…………………………………………; they are
equally hard-hit, if not worse.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow
RAIN FOREST
The forest drips and glows with green
The tree frog croaks his far-off song
His voice is stillness, moss and vain
Drunk from the forest ages long
We cannot understand that call

Unless we move into his dream
Where all is one and one is all
And frog and python are the same
We with our quick dividing eyes

Measure, distinguish, and are gone
The forest burns, the tree frog dies

Yet one is all and all are one
(Judith Wright)
QUESTIONS
i) Chart the rhyme scheme of the poem above. (2mks)
ii) Apart from rhyme, how else does the writer achieve rhythm is the poem? (2mks)
iii) How would you perform the last two lines of the poem? (2mks)
b) Imagine that you are a journalist with one of the leading media house. You have been assigned to
interview one of the most prominent business man in the country. What three things would you
do before the interview? (3mks)
c) You have had a successful group discussion on ‘Blossoms of the Savannah’ by H.E Ole Kulet.
Mention three factors that made the group discussion effective. (4mks)
d) Provide a word that is pronounced the same as each of the following words (3mks)
i) Cue
ii) Pier
iii) Himn
iv) Quire
e) Your classmate had been asked to execute a presentation on the integration of ICT in learning.
During his speech, he sweated and appeared nervous. State any thee ways he would have
overcome that. (3mk)
f) Underline the silent letter in the following words. (2mks)
i) Vehemence
ii) Yacht
g) For each of the following utterances; indicate whether you would say it with rising or falling
intonation. (4mks)
i) Which factory does John work?
ii) Did you say you are moving out?
iii) How do you rate the Liverpool team?
iv) They offer very delicious food in that hotel

h) Your neighbour is being attacked by thugs in his house. You hear the distress call and decide to
call the nearest police station.
i) Below is part of the telephone conversation. Fill in the missing parts
You (1): ........................................................................................................................................
Duty officer: I’m sorry the O.C.S is not at the station for now. Could you please identify yourself
and state what I can do for you?
You(2): .......................................................................................................................................
Duty Office: That’s very unfortunate. Could you give me the details of your exact location?
You(3):...............................................................................................................................................
Duty Office: I’ll get in touch with the O.C.S right away and see what we can do about it.
You: (4):...................................................................................................................................................
Duty Office: No, no, it won’t take long. We’ll try to be there as soon as we call. Bye for now.
You (5): .................................................................................................................................................


EXAMINATION TRIAL 1
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
(Comprehension, Literary Appreciation and Grammar)
Instructions to Candidates
 Write your name, index number and class in the spaces provided.
 Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
 Write legibly and neatly.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

Question Max Score Student’s Score
1 20
2 25
3 20
4 15
TOTAL SCORE 80

1. Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow. (20 MARKS)
Happiness arises largely from the mental qualities of contentment, confidence, serenity and active
good-will. It includes the pain of losing as well as the pleasure of finding. It thrives best in a
crowded life. The men and women who are recorded in history and biography as the most happy
were with always somewhat more to do than they could possibly do. Every waking hour of their
lives was occupied with ambitious projects, literature, love, politics, science, friendship, commerce,
professions, trades, their religious faith, and a thousand other matters. The secret of happiness may
be found by making each of these interests count to its utmost as part of the fabric of life.
We need to avoid the extremes of sluggish placidity and feverish activity. We are not going to be
satisfied with felicity which resembles that of a stone, unfeeling and unmoving, but will look back
from future years with sorrow and regret if we run to and fro, giving in to what Socrates called ‘the
itch’.
Happiness obviously includes two sorts of behavior: active and passive. We may say that the active
part consists in searching and sharing, while the passive part is made up of security and possession.
Neither part is complete in itself, nor yields full satisfaction if it is over-emphasized. Philosophers
from the ancient Greeks to the present day have been extolling a balanced life as the happiest life,
and many unhappy people can, when they face the issue, trace their discontent to imbalance.
The recipe for happiness cannot be given in any single word because its many virtues have to be
combined in their proper quantities, at the proper times for proper purposes.
It is legitimate to seek happiness. We cannot help observing that while followers of some schools
of thought are telling us to avoid seeking happiness, they intimate that if we do so, we shall be
happy.
The search requires a plan. We need to know what sort of happiness we seek, what the ingredients
are, what are our strongest wants, and what we have to start with. We should train ourselves to
keep the programme simple, and free from complications and side trips, to pay attention to little
things, to deflate quickly after being praised and to bounce back quickly from disappointment, to
seize to create opportunities to put our special abilities to work, to seek excellence in everything we
do, to remain modest, and to review and revise periodically.
Most of us do not really have to seek far and wide. Happiness grows at our own fireside, if we
cultivate it.
QUESTIONS
a) According to the writer, what is the source of happiness? (1mks)
b) What two sorts of behaviour does happiness include? (2mks)
c) What does the writer mean when he talks about a balanced life? (1 mk)
d) In a paragraph of about 30 words, summarize the things we must know as we search for happiness.
(4mks)
e) Explain the irony in the passage. (2 marks)
f) Explain the writer’s point in the last paragraph of the passage. (2mks)
f) The recipe for happiness cannot be given in any single word.

(Rewrite the sentence beginning: No single word…) (1mk)
g) Identify and comment one figure of speech used in the passage. (2mks)
h) Describe the tone of this passage. (2mks)
i) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage: (3mks)
i) Extolling
ii) Intimate
iii) Felicity
2. Read the passage below and answer the questions after it. (25 marks)
Mrs Linde: Do you mean never to tell him about it?
Nora: (meditatively, and with half smile) Yes – someday, perhaps, after many years, when I am no
longer as nice-looking as I am now. Don’t laugh at me! I mean, of course, when Tovald is no longer
as devoted as he is now; when my dancing and dressing-up and reciting have palled on him; then
it may be a good thing to have something in reserve – (breaking off) What nonsense! That time will
never come. Now, what do you think of my great secret, Christine? Do you still think I am of no
use? I can tell you, too, that this affair has caused me a lot of worry. It has by no means easy for me
to meet my engagements punctually. I may tell you that there is something called, in business,
quarterly interest, and another thing called payment in installments, and it is always so dreadfully
difficult to manage them. I have had to save a little here and there, where I could, you understand.
I have not been able to put aside much from my housekeeping money, for Tovald must have a
good table. I couldn’t let my children be shabbily dressed; I have felt obliged to use up all he gave
me for them, the sweet little darlings!
Mrs. Linde: So it has all had come out of your own necessaries of life, poor Nora?
Nora: Of course. Besides, I was the one responsible for it. Whenever Tovald has given me money for
new dresses and such things, I have never spent more than half of it; I have always bought the
simplest and the cheapest things. Thank Heaven, any clothes look well on me, and so Tovald has
never noticed it. But it was often very hard for me, Christine – because it is delightful to be well
dresses, isn’t it?
Mrs. Linde: Quite so.
Nora: Well, then I have found other ways of earning money. Last winter I was lucky enough to do a
lot of copying to do; so I locked myself up and sat writing every evening until quite late at night.
Many times I was desperately tired; but all the same it was a tremendous pleasure to sit there
working and earning money. It was like being a man.
Mrs. Linde: How much have you been able to pay off in that way?
Nora: I can’t tell you exactly. You see it is very difficult to keep an account of a business mater of
that kind. I only know that I have paid every penny that I could scrape together. Many a time I was

wits’ end (smiles) Then I used to sit there and imagine that a rich old gentleman had fallen in love
with me –
Mrs. Linde: What! Who was it!
Nora: Be quiet! – that he died; and that when his will was opened, it contained, written in big letters,
the instruction: “The lovely Mrs. Nora Helmer is to have all I poses paid over to her at once in
cash.”
a) Where and when does this encounter take place? (2marks)
b) What is this secret that Nora wants to guard so jealously? Explain with evidence from elsewhere in
the play. (3 marks)
c) Describe Nora’s Mood as she tells Mrs. Linde her story. (3 marks)
d) Why is it necessary that Nora tells Mrs. Linde her story. (2 marks)
e) Comment on any two themes that are highlighted in this extract. (4 marks)
f) “Be quiet!” ( Rewrite this in reported speech.) (1 mark)
g) Give an example of “wishful thinking” found in this extract. (1 mark)
h) Referring to Nora’s first speech in the extract, identify and comment on any two traits of hers.
(4 marks)
i) “It was like being a man” Basing your observation on this statement, briefly comment on the
society’s attitude towards women. (2 marks)
j) Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the extract: (3marks)
i) palled: ……………………………………………………………………………………………
ii) save a little here and there. ……………………………………………………………………...
iii) housekeeping money. …………………………………………………………………………..
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow (20mks)
HE PROMISED ME HEAVEN.
He promised me heaven
As side by side walked we down the aisle
As the chime of the wedding bell brightened the day
As sweet — sounding songs soothed our souls
As he held my hand and inserted this ring into my finger
I knew that my heaven had come
For then he promised me heaven.
As we sat close and cherished our moon of honey

As he whispered cream icing into my ears
Dramatically conjuring metaphor after metaphor
Humming lullaby after lullaby
How elated I felt for being so much elevated
For here he was, my guardian angel
To take me to heaven
For he promised me heaven
As one year later he slapped me again and again

I quickly forgave and forgot
For he was my idol
Who had promised me heaven
Even as the floodgate of blow after blow
Kick after kick
Opened from its cage of disaster
Defacing and eroding the beauty he so much praised

Converting me into a shell of torture
How patiently I clung to him
Anticipating the heaven he had promised me
Now as I lie in the hospital bed
Unable to rise from his violent battery
Waiting for the Angel of Death
I realize he kept his promise
For I am soon going to heaven
Because he promised me heaven.
Questions
a. Identify the persona? (2marks)
c. Using the plot of the poem, explain the major changes in the subject matter. (4marks)
d. What is speakers mood in the last six lines of the poem?. (2marks)
e. Give one character trait of the persona (2 marks)
f. Explain the irony in the poem (2marks)
g. Apart from irony, identify and illustrate one style used in the poem. (2marks)
h. What is the tone in stanzas 1 and 2 of this poem (2marks)
i, Explain the meaning of the following line: (2marks)
i. As he whispered cream icing into my ears.
4.
a) Without changing the meaning, rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions after
each. (4 marks)
i) Passing examination is a goal. Every candidate should aim at it. (Write as one sentence using ‘to’)
ii) I thought that you would like to hear what happened. (rewrite using ‘occurred’ in place of
‘thought’.)
iii) I shall be saved a lot of trouble by that. ( Begin: That)

iv) The president was impressed by her good performance. He sponsored her education. (combine
using a past participle)
b) Rewrite the following sentences to remove gender bias. (3 marks)

i) The fire man fought a losing battle against the raging fire.
ii) The governor appointed his mistress secretary of the CDF project.
iii) The head of state should treat his or her citizens with respect.
c) Explain the difference between this pair of sentences. (2marks)

i) The thief ran so fast that I could not catch up with him.
ii) The thief ran fast so that I could not catch up with him.
d) Determine whether the verbs in the sentences below have been used transitively or intransitively.
(3 marks)
i) Manchester city won the premium league.
ii) The deceased wept bitterly.
iii) Obed bought a car.
e) Replace the underlined idiomatic expressions using a single word. (1 mark)

i) The student complained that his father was close-fisted.
f) Chose the correct alternative from the pronouns given to complete the sentences. (2marks)
i) The shooting at night startled Mike and ……………. (I /me)
ii) The principal and …………………. (she/her) left the compound.


EXAMINATION TRIAL 1
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS:
● Answer three questions only.
● Questions one and two are compulsory.
● In question three choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
● Where a candidate presents work on more than optional text, only the first one to appear will be
marked.
● Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
● All answers should be written on in the answer booklet provided.
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE STUDENT’S SCORE
1 20
2 20
3 20
TOTAL 60

Answer three questions only.

1. Imaginative Composition (Compulsory)
Either
(a) Write a composition ending with the following statement :
………..when I finally heard the gunshot, I instinctively closed my eyes and waited for the
impact.
Or
(b) Write a story to illustrate the proverb;

Good things come to those who wait.
2. The Compulsory Set Text

H.R. Ole Kulet, Blossoms of the Savannah.
Man is the defacto leader of the family and when he faulters many things are bound to go wrong.
Using Ole Kaelo for your illustrations show how the faults by the head of family affect
3. The Optional Set Texts

(a) The Short Story: Memories we Lost.
Misuse of power leads to regret. Write an essay in support of the statement with illustrations
from A Man of Awesome Power by Naguib Mahfouz. (20 marks)
(b) The Novel

Kazuo Ishiguro, An Artist of The Floating World
How does Ishiguro distinguish the atmosphere of the “floating world” from that of the regular
world using imagery and figurative language? (20 marks)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 2
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided at the top of the page.
b) Write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above.
c) Answer all the questions in the spaces provided
d) Ensure your work is neat.

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATES’S SCORE
FUNCTIONAL WRITING 20
CLOZE TEST 10
ORAL SKILLS 30
TOTAL 60

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
Imagine that you have just been appointed the secretary of Save the Orphans club,a clubbased in your
sub-county. One of your duties is to embark on recruiting as many members as possible.The key
considerations for recruitment are: performance in academics,area of residence, health and
religious background.
Design a form you would expect them to fill in. 20marks
2. CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and then fill in the gaps with the most appropriate word. Use only one
word in each space. 10marks
Handwriting speaks volumes of an individual.So,next time you are hard pressed for time in analyzing
an individual, just look at his 1__________________ and you will understand his
personality,temperament and behavior. Handwriting is a personal expression, and
2______________ who the individual is on the inside.Everybody’s handwriting is unique like
one’s fingerprint.Since there is so much of science behind a person’s handwriting,researchers have
come up with a term called3,_________________ which is indeed the study of handwriting.
First and foremost,when analyzing a person’s handwriting,it is 4_____________ to look at the slant
of his writing.If a person’s writing slants towards the left, it means that he 5_________________
not express his emotions well.If there is a lack of slant in a person’s writing, it means that he thinks
with his heart and mind; he uses both emotions and logic to understand a situation. On the other
hand, people who write with a forward slant,or a right slant,6.____________more caring and
emotional.
A signature of a person is 7._______________aspect of handwriting too.Elaine Ness,a professional
handwriting analyst, believes that a signature reflects a person’s communication skills and how he
wants to be perceived 8.____________ the public.If a person’s signature is legible,it means that he
is comfortable with what he 9.______________expressed.An illegible signature implies that an
individual is10._______________________interested in gaining public recognition.
3. ORAL SKILLS 30marks

a) Identify the genre that the following item falls into:
i) Fail not to first carve a lean calf, four fat calves and five fine vine leaves 1mark
ii) State two features of the above genre 2marks
iii) State two functions of the genre 2marks

b)Provide words that are similar in pronunciation to the following 4marks

i)pale……………………………
ii)Tor……………………………….
iii) Clew…………………………………
iv)Watt…………………………………….
C) State whether a falling intonation or rising intonation has been used in following: 4marks
i) Kimen is gone forever.
ii) Is Kamau an artist?
iii)Come right away!
iv)Where is your dirty shirt?
d) Underline the part of the word in boldface that you would stress in the sentence. 4marks
i)The in.ternwill soon get his reward from the doctor.
ii)No one can con.test what you have said.
iii)The death of his father made us tocon.solehim
iv)Whosepres.ent is this?
e) The following words have either an /s/ or /z/ sound. Group them according to the sound.
5marks
Rise hose
President advise
Loose precedent
Advice rice
Clause lice
f) What non-verbal skills would you use in the following situations? 2marks
i)Telling someone to keep quiet.
ii)Bidding someone bye.
g) You are asked to narrate your favourite oral narrative. List the things you would do to ensure an
effective and meaningful performance. 6marks


EXAMINATION TRIAL 2
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided.
(b) Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) Answer all the questions in this paper.
(d) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided.
For Examiner’s use only

Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score
1 20
2 25
3 20
4 15
Total Score 80

QUESTION 1: UNSEEN TEXT COMPREHENSION.

Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow.
The question is at least as old as Socrates: If we know what the right thing to do is, why do we not do
it? It is an especially acute question when applied to global warming. The scientific evidence
showingthat carbon dioxide emissions are already changing the planet’s climate, and are likely to
have severe effects (melting ice caps, sea-level rise and species extinction), is compelling and now
barely disputed. Almost 90% of Europeans say they recognizeclimate change as a major issue, and
75% identify fossil fuel emissions as a major cause.
And yet, as was widely discussed at a conference of environmentalists, geologists and writers in May
2006 in Ankelohe, Germany, public understanding has not translated into even the simplest of
public actions. Less than 1% of Britons, for example, have switched their home electricity to
renewable sources, even though it requires little more than a phone call to one’s existing provider.
Proportions on the continent are slightly higher, but there is clearly no rush to go green or - shudder
– stopdriving cars.
Why such a disconnect between information and action? Part of the problem is that environmental
advocates emit mixed messages. In mid-May 2006, Britain’s Guardian published a front-page
story showing that five companies in Britain produce more carbon dioxide pollution in a year than
all the country’s motorists combined. That must be a strong argument for targeting industries, but
the average reader could hardly be blamed for thinking, “Why should I bother to cut down my
driving?”
Similarly, not enough thought has been devoted to the best role for government. Climate change is
too vast a problem for individuals to solve alone, and some big businesses have an incentive not to
solve it. That leaves government to take the lead, which is tricky, because over-reliance on
government can allow individuals to fob off their own responsibilities. What is worse, government
power seems to tickle autocratic fantasies. In my experience, environmentalists spend far too much
energy advocating hardline government ‘solutions’ that do not stand a chance of being enacted.
Sure, it might be good for the planet if governments banned the use of sports-utility vehicles or,
for that matter, of all fossil fuels. Yet not only is it hard to sell outright prohibitions to voters, but
the sad truth is that governments have a woeful record in even the mildest interventions. One of
the most significant innovations in the last decade has been Europe’s carbon-emission trading
scheme: some 12,000 companies, responsible for more than half of the EU’s emissions, have been
assigned quotas. Companies with unused allowances can sell them; the higher the price, the greater
the incentive for firms to cut their use of fossil fuels. The systemseemed to work for about a year
— but now it turns out that Europe’s governments allocated far too many credits, which will likely
hinder the program’s effectiveness for years.

Perhaps the real reason that well-intentioned consumers do not change is that they do not see any
benefit. Climate change may be a frightening, irreversible calamity, but its worst effects will not
be felt next week or next year. The planet looks the same regardless of whether we use
environmentally friendly technology or we do not care how much carbon dioxide we emit. But as
surely as the sun rises and sets every day, if we do not cut down on carbon emissions, then we may
not have a planet to hand over to the next generation.
QUESTIONS
a) According to the passage, what are the effects of global warming? (4 marks)
b) What, according to the passage, is the main cause of global warming? (2 marks)
c) How does Britain encourage people to use renewable electricity? (2 marks)
d) Make notes on why climatic pollution is a difficult problem to solve (3 mks)
e) That must be a strong argument for targeting industries,__________________________ ( Add
a question tag) 1 mk)
f) Paraphrase the following sentence: If we do not cut down on carbon emissions, then we may not
have a planet to hand over to the next generation (1 mark)
g) What message does the writer communicate in this passage? (2 marks)
h) Explain the meaning of the following words and expression as used in the passage (4 marks)
(i) fob off
(ii) incentive
(iii) calamity
(iv) Disconnect
QUESTION TWO: SEEN TEXT COMPREHENSION (25 MARKS)

Read the extract below and answer the questions that follow.
Nora: It’s a shame to say that. I do really save all I can.
Helmer: (Laughing) That’s very true, - all you can. But you can’t save anything!
Nora: (Smiling quietly and happily) You haven’t any idea how many expenses we skylarks and
squirrels have,
Torvald.
Helmer: You are an odd little soul. Very like your father. You always find some new way of
wheedling money

out of me, and as soon as you have got it, it seems to melt in your hands. You never know where it
has gone. Still, one must take you as you are. It is in the blood: for indeed it is true that you can
inherit these things, Nora.
Nora: Ah, I wish I had inherited many of papa’s qualities.
Helmer: And I would not wish you to be anything but just what you are, my little skylark. But do
you know, it strikes me that you are looking-rather—what shall I say- rather uneasy today?
Nora:Do I?
Helmer: You do, really. Look straight at me.
Nora :( Looks at him) Well?
Helmer: (Wagging his finger at her) Hasn’t Miss Sweet Tooth been breaking rules in town today?
Nora: No; what makes you think that?
Helmer: Hasn’t she paid a visit to the confectioner’s?
Nora: No, I assure you, Torvald-
Helmer: Not been nibbling sweets?
Nora: No, certainly not.
Helmer: Not even take a bite at a macaroon or two?
Nora: (Going to the table on the right) I shouldn’t think of going against your wishes.
Helmer: No, I am sure of that: besides, you gave me your word- (Going up to her) Keep your little
Christmas secrets to yourself, my darling. They will be revealed tonight when the Christmas tree
is lit, no doubt.
Nora: Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?
Helmer: No. But there is no need; as a matter of course, he will come to dinner with us. However, I
will ask
him when he comes this morning. I have ordered some good wine. Nora, you can’t think how I am
looking forward to this evening.
Nora: So am I! And how the children will enjoy themselves, Torvald!
Helmer: It is splendid to feel that one has a perfectly a safe appointment, and a big enough income.
It is delightful to think of, isn’t it?
Nora: It’s wonderful!
1. Place this extract in its immediate context (4 marks)

2. Identify one use of metaphorical language and explain its significance (3marks)
3. Helmer says here “It is splendid to feel that one has a perfectly safe appointment”. What is he
referring to?... (1 mark)
4. What issues on money and gender emerge in this extract? (4 marks)
5. What dietary habit is Helmer discouraging Nora from? Illustrate your answer ( 2 mks).
6. What do we learn about the character of Helmer from this extract? (4 marks)
7. “Did you remember to invite Doctor Rank?” (Re-write in reported speech) (1 mark)
8. Based on what happens later in the play, how does the prevailing mood in this excerpt change
and why? (3 marks)
9. Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the extract? (3 marks)
1. Wheedling money out of me_______________________________________________
2. Confectioner’s___________________________________________________________
3. You gave me your word___________________________________________________
QUESTION THREE: LITERARY APPRECIATION. (20MKS)

Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
The owner of yam peels his yam in the house:
A neighbour knocks at the door
The owner of yam throws his yam in the bedroom:
The neighbour says, “I just heard
A sound, ‘kerekere’, that is why I came,”
The owner of the yam replies,
“That was nothing, I was sharpening two knives.”
The neighbour says again, “I still heard
Something like ‘bi’ sound behind the door.”
The owner of the yam says,
“I merely tried my door with a mallet.”
The neighbour says again,
“What about this huge fire burning on your hearth?”
The fellow replies,
“I am merely warming water for my bath.”
The neighbour persists,
“Why is your skin all white, when this is not the Harmattan season?’
The fellow is ready with his reply,
I was rolling on the floor when I heard the death of Agadapidi.”
Then the neighbour says, “Peace be with you.”
The owner of the yam starts to shut,
“There cannot be peace
Unless the owner of food is allowed to eat his own food!”
QUESTIONS.
(a) Briefly explain what the poem is about (2 marks)
(b) What does the neighbor hope to achieve by being so persistent? (3 marks)
(c) Using illustrations, describe any two character traits of the owner of the yam (4 marks)

(d)Identify the ideophones words in the poem (2 marks)

(e) How do we know that the neighbour is observant? 3 marks)
(f) Describe the tone of the owner of the yam. (1 mark)
(g) The neighbour says, “peace be with you.” Why is this statement ironic? (3 marks)
(g) What lesson can we learn from this poem? 2 marks)
QUESTION 4: GRAMMAR (15 MARKS)

A: Complete the following sentences by choosing the appropriate expressions tofill the gaps.
(3mks)
(1) She chose her career ______________________ her father. (independent of, independent
to, independent from, independent off )
(2) We decided to stay longer in Mombasa since we had______a__little_____________ money
left. (little, a little).
(3) The time keeper had __ __________________ the bell before time.
B: Rewrite the sentences below according to the instructions given after each without changing
the meaning. (3mks)
(1) My father would not allow us to attend night parties under any circumstances.
(Begin: Under no ……………………………………………………………….
(2) The visitor spoke for one hour. I did not understand anything he said. (Join into one
sentence using however)
(3) The meeting was called off because there was no quorum. (Replace the underlined phrasal
verb using a single word with the same meaning)
C: Fill in the gaps in the following sentences using the correct prepositions(3mks)
(1) The rat ran ________________ the hole when it saw the cat.
(2) The students travelled _______________________ bus to Mombasa.
(3) My mother is fond __________________ singing Christian hymns.

D: Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence using the instructions in
the brackets (3 mks).
(1) Naliaka joined our school this term. Nalika is very good at grammar. (Use a relative clause)
(2) The elephant is a very big animal. The elephant is also very strong. (Use not only……. )
(3) The generator had been left on the whole night. The generator broke down in the morning.
(Use having…..)
E. Answer the following questions on gender sensitivity as instructed. (2mks)

(1) The steward who served us in the plane is my cousin. (Replace the underlined word with a
gender sensitive term).
(2) My uncle has recently bought a goose. (Replace the underlined word with a gender opposite
one).
F: Give two possible meanings of the following sentence (1 mk).
Flying planes can be dangerous.


EXAMINATION TRIAL 2
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(a) Answer three questions only
(b) Question 1 and 2 are compulsory.
(c) In question three answer only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
(d) Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional text only the first one to
appear will be marked.
(e) Each of your essay must not exceed 450 words

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATE’S SCORE
1 20
2 20
3 20
TOTAL SCORE

ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS ONLY

1. Imaginative composition (compulsory) (20 marks)
Either
(a) Write a composition ending in the following words …………………………….. “If I was
given another chance I would do things in a different way”.
Or
(b) Write a story to illustrate the saying. “Once bitten twice shy”.
2. COMPULSORY SET TEXT. (20marks)

Henry Ole Kulet, BLOSSOMS OF THE Savannah
“For Oloisudori and Olarinkoi there is no lesser evil.” With illustrations from Henry Ole Kulet’s,
BLOSSOMS OF THE SAVANNAH write an essay illustrating the truth of this statement.
3. THE OPTIONAL SET TEXTS (20marks)

Answer any of the following three questions.
(a) The short story
Godwin Siundu, A Silent Songs and Other Stories
Lack of courtesy between the police and civilians leads to lethal conflicts. Justify the validity of
this statement using illustrations from Meja Mwangi's Incident in the park.
Or
(b) Drama
David Mulwa, Inheritance
With illustrations from David Mulwa’s INHERITANCE write an essay showing how Neo-slavery
manifests itself in African countries.
Or
(c) The Novel
Kazuo Ishiguro, Artist of the Floating World
Loyalty is key in any organizational setup. Drawing illustrations from “artist of the floating
world”, Discuss.


EXAMINATION TRIAL 3
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
 Write your name, admission number, class and index number in the spaces provided.
 Answer ALL the questions in this question paper in the spaces provided
 Write legibly and neatly in blue ink. Your answers must be in the English language
 Do not use correction pen or white out. Cross your errors only once
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.

Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score
1. 20.
2. 10.
3. 30.
Total 60

1. Imagine you are the secretary of your school’s journalism club. Recently you held a meeting
whose agenda included revamping the club, starting a school magazine, starting and interclass
writing competition to nurture writing talent. Two issues from the previous meeting were raised.
During the meeting, the treasurer and another member sent their apologies while two members
failed to turn up without any explanation. The club patron was present during the meeting. Write
down the minutes you took during the meeting. (20 marks)
2. Fill in the blanks spaces in the passage below with an appropriate word. (10 marks)
Probably no type of test question (i) ………………………….. students so much as an essay
question. Usually they fear being (ii) …………………………… with questions that demand
somewhat lengthy answers (iii) ……………………….. intelligible prose. Essay questions (iv)
……………………. are necessary because they test for the type (v) ……………………
information that objective questions tend to ignore. (vi) ……………………….. essay questions
enables the tester to determine a student’s ability to put facts into perspective and to draw
subjective conclusions. You should (vii) ………………… an essay with the same care as you
would any formal written (viii) ………………………. A careful reading of the question is
indispensable. You must determine (ix) …………… what it is the question seeks to discover. It
is also good practice to sketch out an (x) …………………… before you begin.
3. Oral Skills (30 marks)

(a) Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
Do not stand at my grave and weep
Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.

Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die
(by Mary Elizabeth Frye)
i). Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem. (2 marks)
ii).Identify any two sound patterns used in the poem above. (2 marks)
iii). How would you perform the last line of the poem? (3 marks)
iv). Which words would you stress in the first line? (2 marks)
(b) Your school is participating in a debate on the motion, “Technology has brought more harm than
good.” How would your listeners lead to your failure in presentation? (4 marks)
(c) State whether the following sentences would be said in a falling or raising intonation? (3 mks)
i).Will you take tea or coffee today?.....................................................................................
ii). He who laughs last laughs the longest…………………………………………………..
iii).You don’t have to leave immediately, do you? ………………………………………...
(d) Underline the silent letter in each of the following words. (3 marks)
i.parliament ………………………………………………………………………………
ii.debris ……………………………………………………………………………….
iii.subtle ……………………………………………………………………………….
(e) Complete the list below by providing another word pronounced in the same way as the ones
below. (3 marks)
prays praise …………….………………
bight byte …………………………….
sees seas ………………….………….
(f) You recently attended an interview at Upendo Supermarket for the position of an accounts
clerk. Unfortunately, you were not successful. What would have led to your failure? (4 marks)
(g) You have just witnessed an accident. A matatu rammed into a stationary tractor. Many
passengers have been seriously injured. The driver has requested you to call Kona Mbaya Police
station and inform them about the accident.
Complete the following telephone conversation between you and the police officer on duty.
(4 marks)
You:……………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark)

Police officer: Yes. This is Kona Mbaya Police Station. Constable Kiraka speaking. Can I help
you?
You: Yes, please. There has been a terrible accident.
Police officer: May I know who is calling please?
You:……………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark)
Police officer: Where has the accident taken place?
You: Along Kona Mbaya- Majengo road.
Police officer: What happened?
You:…………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark)
Police officer: Really! Are there any casualties?
You:……………………………………………………………………………………… (1 mark)
Police officer: Don’t worry; we will be there as soon as possible. Meanwhile call the
ambulance and alert Kona Mbaya hospital to be ready for casualties. Thank you
very much Mr. Tumbo Mali for calling.


EXAMINATION TRIAL 3
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
 Write your name, index number and class in the spaces provided.
 Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
 Write legibly and neatly.

Question Max Score Student’s Score
1 20
2 25
3 20
4 15
TOTAL SCORE 80

1. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow. 20 marks
A team of ninety experts has been dispatched this morning to audit the teaching and understanding
of the new curriculum in public schools across the country. The Government officials, largely
drawn from the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development, (KICD) will conduct impromptu
visits to schools in eighteen counties as they seek to enforce implementation of the Competence-
Based Curriculum (CBC).
A detailed document on the monitoring exercise seen by The Standard reveals that during the visits,
the experts will sit in classrooms during lessons, hold feedback meetings with teachers and file
daily reports on progress of the implementation of the CBC. For the next ten days, the experts –
also known as curriculum developers – will demonstrate to the teachers how CBC lessons should
be taught in the classroom. The exercise will end on May 3.
KICD Chief Executive Officer Jwan Julius said the process will provide the teachers with real, first-
hand experiences on curriculum implementation. Dr. Jwan said the process will also identify
opportunities to improve the curriculum designs and how to transfer lessons from field
experiences to subsequent designs.
“What is envisioned in the curriculum designs and what is being taught in class should come out
clearly. Where there are gaps in lesson delivery, the experts will take the teachers through the
process,” said Jwan. The Standard established that the curriculum developers had already
completed three days orientation on a new monitoring methodology dubbed Do It Yourself.
The experts will now spend the next seven days in the field and later meet for debriefing where
feedback will be shared to identify areas for correction and improvement. The development comes
as the Kenya National Union of Teachers (Knut) threatened to rally teachers to revert to the old
teaching methods under the 8-4-4 system. Knut Secretary General Wilson Sossion described the
curriculum implementation process as illegal.
“We shall not teach the CBC way as they are pushing us to do until they address all the gaps.”
QUESTIONS
i) Why have the experts been dispatched? 2mks
ii) What is the main intention of the government officials? 2mks
iii) In point form, summarize how the experts will carry out the exercise during the visits.
4mks
iv) What according to the KICD Chief Executive Officer will the process achieve? 3mks
v) Why is the Kenya National Union of Teachers opposed to the new program? 2mks
vi) Paraphrase the following, “What is envisioned in class and what is being taught in class
should come out clearly. Where there are gaps in lesson delivery, the experts will take teachers
through the process.” 2mk
vii) In view of the KNUT Secretary’s remarks, comment on the use of irony. 2mks
viii) Give the meaning of the following words and expressions as used in the passage. 3mks
i) impromptu……………..………………………………………………………………
ii) first-hand experience ……….………………………………………………………….
iii) revert ……………...……………………………………………………………………
2. Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. 25 marks
HELMER: Naturally you are thinking of your father.
NORA: Yes – yes, of course. Just recall to your mind what these malicious creatures wrote in the
papers about papa, and how horribly they slandered him. I believe they would have procured his
dismissal if the department had not sent you over to inquire into it, and if you had not been so
kindly disposed and helpful to him.
HELMER: My little Nora, there is an important difference between your father and me. Your
father’s reputation as a public officer was not above suspicion. Mine is, and I hope it will continue
to be so, as long as I hold my office.
NORA: You never can tell what mischief these men may contrive. We ought to be so well off, so
snug and happy here in our peaceful home, and have no cares – you and I and the children,
Torvald! That is what I beg you so earnestly –
HELMER: And if it did?
HELMER: Of course! – if only this obstinate little person can get her way! Do you suppose I am
going to make myself ridiculous before my whole staff, to let people think that I am a man to be
swayed by all sorts of outside influence? I should very soon feel the consequences of it, I can tell
you! And besides, there is one thing that makes it quite impossible for me to have Krogstad in the
Bank as long as I am a manager.
NORA: Whatever is that?
HELMER: His moral failings I might have perhaps overlooked, if necessary –
NORA: yes, you could – couldn’t you?
HELMER: And I hear he is a good worker, too. But I knew him when we were boys. It was one of
those rash friendships that so often prove an incubus in afterlife. I may as well tell you plainly,
we were once on very intimate terms with one another. But this tactless fellow lays no restraint
on himself when other people are present. On the contrary, he thinks it gives him the right to adopt
a familiar tone with me, and every minute it is “I say, Helmer, old fellow!” and that sort of thing.
I assure you it is extremely painful for me. He would make my position in the Bank intolerable.
NORA: Torvald, I don’t believe you mean that.
HELMER: Don’t you? Why not?
NORA: Because it is such a narrow-minded way of looking at things.
HELMER: What are you saying? Narrow-minded? Do you think I am narrow-minded?
NORA: No just the opposite, dear – and it is exactly for that reason.

HELMER: It’s the same thing. You say my point of view is narrow-minded, so I must be so too.
Narrow-minded! Very well – I must put an end to this. (Goes to the hall door and calls) Helen!
a) Briefly explain Nora’s fear as revealed in the extract. 3mks
b) According to the excerpt, why is Helmer reluctant to retain Krogstad as a worker in the Bank?
3mks
c) Helmer is disingenuous in his dismissal of Nora’s suggestion that Krogstad should be retained in
his job. Explain this statement with clear illustrations from the excerpt. 3mks
d) Contrast the character of Krogstad as revealed in the excerpt. 2mks
e) Comment on Nora’s character as brought out in in the excerpt. 2mks
f) Torvald refers to Nora as an ‘obstinate little person.’ What does this reveal about Torvald’s
attitude towards Nora as his wife? Cite one example from this excerpt and another one from
elsewhere in the play to illustrate your answer. 4mks
g) Describe the mood created at the end of the excerpt. 2mks
h) Torvald says, “His moral failings I might have perhaps overlooked, if necessary –.” By whom
and how else in the play is Krogstad referred to in a disgraceful manner in the play? 2mks
i) ‘...an incubus in afterlife.’ What does this phrase mean as used in the excerpt? 1mk
j) What happens immediately after this excerpt and how does it finally affect their marriage? 3mks
3. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow. 20 marks
HOW CIRCUMCISION CAME TO BUKUSULAND
At Mwiala wa Mango, there was a great man-eating snake. The snake usually crawled out of his
dwelling place among the hills and roamed about the countryside in search of human beings. The
local people did not know what to do to get rid of this menace that claimed more and more victims
as days went by. Then, in their greatest hour of need, a savior in the person of Mango came.
Mango of Mwiala had by his first marriage two sons whom he greatly loved. Early one morning the
boys set out to graze their father’s cattle at the riverside. While the cattle were pushing and fighting
over the salt lick, the boys settled down to molding calf bulls. They had barely finished making
their first two bulls when they heard a tremendous stampede from the salt lick. Cows, bulls, oxen
and calves with raised tails came galloping out of the salt lick holes. The boys hastily picked up
their chindare sticks and made for the nearest anthill in order to see the cause of this
pandemonium. And there, below them, was the monster casually looking around. It stared at them
hard and its many tongues shot out. With a cry and a leap, the boys ran for their lives but it was
too late. Mango lost his loved ones to the murderous monster.
He sharpened and resharpened his embalu as tears of bitter sorrow rolled down his cheeks. “I must
follow the way my beloved ones took to the ancestors.” Day came and Mango started for the hills.
The sun was in the centre of the sky when he came to the lonely and forbidding hills. He looked
around the cave and newly overturned pebbles showed that the beast was out seeking human flesh.
Armed only with embalu and a tree stump, he crawled into the cave. At the mouth of the cave, he
put the tree stump and started his long unnerving watch.
In the meantime, news of what Mango was set on doing had spread through the neighbourhood.
People from far and wide had come to his home and were anxiously waiting for him. The sun
slowly crept towards the west. Its gentle rays fell upon his glittering embalu and he mumbled, ‘It
is the light of ghosts already.’ Suddenly, he heard the sound of stones and pebbles knocking
against each other. His hand muscles stood out like twisted cords as he tightened his grip on the
embalu. He spat on his palm and adjusted his grip. Raising his embalu above his head, he spat
upon his chest asking for his ancestors’ protection. The cave became dark as the monsters head
rested upon the tree stump. The raised hand came down swiftly and to the mark. A spout of blood
told the rest of the story. At his feet lay the headless beast.
His embalu dripping with blood, he rushed to the nearest rock and gave a piercing cry into the
gathering darkness. It was a cry of triumph and those who heard it jumped up for joy. He was
carried shoulder high amid singing and dancing.
His heroism was acknowledged by the neighbouring Barua tribe, who offered him a beautiful bride.
But he had to be circumcised first before he could take his bride. This was the custom of the
Barua. Thus, Mango became the father of circumcision in Bukusuland.
a) Classify the above narrative. 2mks
b) Describe the character of the following. 4mks
i) Mango
ii) The Barua
c) How did Mango become the savior of the people? 2mks
d) Identify the socio-economic activities of the community from which the narrative taken. 2mks
e) Comment on the following. 2mks
i) The sun slowly crept towards the west
ii) It is the light of ghosts already
f) Explain how suspense is created in this narrative. 2mks
g) Identify FOUR features that show this is an oral narrative. 4mks
h) What do we learn from this narrative? 2mks
4. GRAMMAR
a) Use the correct phrasal verb formed from the word given in brackets to complete the sentences
below 2mks

i) The students were told to…………………………….with suggestions on how to improve the

performance. (come)
ii) His friends ……………………….during the race. (urge)
b) Rewrite the following sentences as instructed. 2mks
i) When they entered the field, it started raining. (Begin Hardly…)
ii) She is too fearful to go out at night (Begin So…that)
c) Use the words given in brackets correctly to complete the sentences below. 3mks
i) The choir sang the school anthem so ……………………………. (melody)
ii) The money was meant for our ……………………….at school. (sustain)
iii) The project failed because of serious ………………………. (manage)
d) Use the correct preposition to fill the blanks in the sentences below 3mks
i) His composition was amazing …………any standards
ii) The Principal conferred ………… the teachers before making a decision.
iii) She fainted ……………..hearing the shocking news
e) Use a suitable phrasal quantifier to fill the blank spaces below. 3mks
i) There is ………………………………of fish in the pond.
ii) He bought …………………………….of toothpaste at the canteen.
iii) Students were told to buy ………………….printing papers
f) Rewrite the following sentences as instructed. 2mks

i) Jack removed his coat and rushed to the river. (Use a present participle)
ii) Lynn knew the importance of the exercise. He had been a gymnast. (Use a participle to join into
one sentence)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 3
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTION TO STUDENTS:
● Answer three questions only.
● Questions one and two are compulsory.
● In question three choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
● Where a candidate presents work on more than optional text, only the first one to appear will be
marked.
● Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
● All answers should be written on in the answer booklet provided.
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE STUDENT’S
SCORE
1 20
2 20
3 20
TOTAL 60

QUESTIONS
1. CREATIVE COMPOSITION (20 marks)
Either
(a) Write a composition ending with,
‘I heaved a sigh of relief.’
Or
(b) ‘Students should be allowed to choose student council representatives in schools.’
Write a composition supporting or opposing the statement.
2. COMPULSORY SET TEXT: Blossoms of the Savannah by Henry Ole Kulet(20 marks)
In life people have to fight for their space. Justify this statement using Minik ene Nkoitoi in Blossoms
of the Savannah
3. OPTIONAL TEXTS Either (20 marks)

a) A Silent Songs and Other Stories.
When one is given power, he/she should use it only for good but more often than not people use it
for wrong purposes. Support this statement basing your argument from Naguib Mahfouz's 'A
Man of Awesome Power'
OR
b) An Artist of the Floating World
The author has been able to effectively employ imagery to bring out the message of the text.
Illustrate the effectiveness of this style in the text An Artist of The floating world by Kazuo
Ishiguro
OR
c) Drama: David Mulwa, Inheritance
'It is possible to achieve positive change without violence'. Using David Mulwa's Inheritance, justify
this statement.


EXAMINATION TRIAL 4
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
(a) Answer all the questions in this question paper.
(b) All answers must be written in spaces provided
(c) Answer all questions in English.
FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATES SCORE
1 20
2 10
3 30
Total score 60

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MKS)

You are the secretary of the social welfare club that has been asked to investigate and recommend
the best ways to send a donation to your school. The club has observed the following needs
(a) Improve library services
(b) Expand recreational facilities
(c) Start a school farm
(i) Write the report to the principal (12mks)
(ii) Write an e-mail to Melvin Johns, one of the oversees sponsors of the school, asking him to
send the donation to your school, at the same time giving him the progress of your club and the
schools immediate needs
2. CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

Fill in the gaps in the passage below with the most appropriate words
He ________________________to tell his story, but four people lost their lives and 21 escaped
with critical injuries yesterday.
_________________________it not for the jamming of the gun aimed at his head, Mr.
Bartholomew Odhiambo, 31__________________not have told of the attack by unknown
people______________ to kill as many people as possible at Joy in Jesus church in Likoni
When I heard the first shot, my __________________________told me to run and this is the time
I came face to face with death. The bullet aimed_________________me hit a woman behind
me. I went down and _______________death,” he said while on his way to the doctor receiving
his X-rays result.
Matters did not end there, he explained. The gunman, after___________________the fire arm had
jammed walked to ____________he was lying and stepped on his back telling him:
Unabahatisana.”(You are very lucky)“As I lay there praying, he poked my back hard with the
gun until I felt sharp pains all __________my body,” he said
3. ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)

Read the conversation below then answer the questions that follow
Narrator: I salute you old man and women of this land?
Audience : We salute you too….
Narrator: Is this where you live?
Audience: Yes, this is where we live. It is where old age found us
Narrator: Shall I tell you a story?
Audience: Yeees?
Narrator: A good one or a bad one?

Audience: A good one!

Narrator: Long, long time ago, in the days of the ogres…
QUESTIONS
(i) Give two reasons why the narrator uses the above introduction (2mks)
(ii) How can the audience contribute towards the successful delivery of the introduced narrative
(3mks)
(iii)Explain the kind of preparations the narrator might have had in readiness for the
performance above (2mks)
(iv) Suppose you are the narrator in the exchange above. What problems are you likely to
encounter when narrating the story as started above to a large audience? (3mks)
(b) Two of your classmates have disagreed over a certain issue leading into a conflict. As the
student in charge of the class, you decide to arbitrate. Identify four negotiation skills you will
use to ensure that an agreement is arrived at (4mks)
(c) Indicate whether the following items have falling or rising intonation (5mks)
(i) Where is my mother?---------------------------------
(ii) Oh my God!_______________________________
(iii) Is it hot?__________________________________
(iv) She will be coming wont she? (threating)________________
(v) She will come tomorrow __________________________
(d) Your classmates intend to visit a neighboring school to take part in a debate for the first time.
Give one of the speakers guidelines that he/she should observe before and during the debating
session (4mks)
(e) For each of the following words, write another word that is pronounced in the same way
(4mks)
(i) Foul_____________________
(ii) Rest_____________________
(iii) Soar_____________________
(iv) Bail______________________
(f) You are in the field carrying out some field research and oral literature. Explain some of the
field etiquette you are to observe (3mks)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 4
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES

 Write your name, index number and the name of your school in the spaces provided
above.
 Sign and write date of examination in the spaces provided above.
 Answer all the questions in this question paper.
 All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY:

1 20
2 25
3 20

COMPREHENSION
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
One of the modern world’s intriguing sources of mystery has been aeroplanes vanishing in mid-
flight. One of the more famous of these was the disappearance in 1937 of a pioneer woman aviator,
Amelia Earhart. On the second last stage of an attempted round the world flight, she had radioed
her position as she and her navigator searched desperately for their destination, a tiny island in the
Pacific. The plane never arrived at Howland Island. Did it crash and sink after running out of fuel?
It had been a long haul from New Guinea, a twenty hour flight covering some four thousand
kilometres. Did Earhart have enough fuel to set down on some other island on her radioed course?
Or did she end up somewhere else altogether? One fanciful theory had her being captured by the
Japanese in the Marshall Islands and later executed as an American spy; another had her living out
her days under an assumed name as a housewife in New Jersey. Seventy years after Earhart’s
disappearance, ‘myth busters’ continue to search for her. She was the best-known American
woman pilot in the world. People were tracking her flight with great interest when, suddenly, she
vanished into thin air.
Aircraft had developed rapidly in sophistication after World War One, with the 1920s and 1930s
marked by an aeronautical record setting frenzy. Conquest of the air had become a global
obsession. While Earhart was making headlines with her solo flights, other aviators like high-
altitude pioneer Wiley Post and industrialist Howard Hughes were grabbing some glory of their
own. But only Earhart, the reserved tomboy from Kansas who disappeared three weeks shy of her
40th birthday, still grips the public imagination. Her disappearance has been the subject of at least
fifty books, countless magazine and newspaper articles, and TV documentaries. It is seen by
journalists as the last great American mystery. There are currently two main theories about Amelia
Earhart’s fate. There were reports of distress calls from the Phoenix Islands made on Earhart’s
radio frequency for days after she vanished. Some say the plane could have broadcast only if it
were on land, not in the water. The Coast Guard and later the Navy, believing the distress calls
were real, adjusted their searches, and newspapers at the time reported Earhart and her navigator
were marooned on an island. No-one was able to trace the calls at the time, so whether Earhart
was on land in the Phoenix Islands or there was a hoaxer in the Phoenix Islands using her radio
remains a mystery. Others dismiss the radio calls as bogus and insist Earhart and her navigator
ditched in the water. 3 An Earhart researcher, Elgen Long, claims that Earhart’s airplane ran out
of gas within fifty-two miles of the island and is sitting somewhere in a 6,000-square-mile area, at
a depth of 17,000 feet. At that depth, the fuselage would still be in shiny, pristine condition if ever
anyone were able to locate it. It would not even be covered in a layer of silt. Those who subscribe
to this explanation claim that fuel calculations, radio calls and other considerations all show that
the plane plunged into the sea somewhere off Howland Island. Whatever the explanation, the
prospect of finding the remains is unsettling to many. To recover skeletal remains or personal
effects would be a grisly experience and an intrusion. They want to know where Amelia Earhart
is, but that’s as far as they would like to go. As one investigator has put it, “I’m convinced that the

mystery is part of what keeps us interested. In part, we remember her because she’s our favourite
missing person.”
QUESTIONS.
a) What fascinates people in the world nowadays, according to the information in the first paragraph?
(1 mark)
b)What was Amelia Earhart’s nationality and in which year was she born? (2 marks).
c) Why does the writer use rhetorical questions in the first paragraph? (2 marks)
d) Why does the writer mention Howard Hughes and Wiley Post in the second paragraph?
(2 marks)
e) In note form, state three likely ways by which Amelia Earhart is thought to have disappeared.
(4 marks)
f) What proves that Amelia Earhart’s disappearance is truly interesting? (2 marks)
g) Why is the fate of Amelia Earhart still fascinating to investigators? (3 marks)
h) Rewrite the sentence below to begin with the present participle clause. (1 mark)
The Coast Guard and later the Navy, believing the distress calls were real, adjusted their searches,
and newspapers at the time reported Earhart and her navigator were marooned on an island.
a) Give the passage an appropriate title. (1 mark)
b)Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the passage. (2 marks)
(a) vanished into thin air………………………………………………………………..
(b) hoaxer……………………………………………………………………………….
1. Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow: (25 marks)
Mrs. Linde: (Smiles sadly and strokes her hair). It sometimes happens, Nora.
Nora: So you are quite alone. How dreadfully sad that must be. I have three lovely children. You
can't see them just now, for they are out with their nurse. But now you must tell me all about it.
Mrs. Linde: No, no; I want to hear about you.
Nora: No, you must begin. I mustn't be selfish today; today I must only think of your affairs. But
there is one thing I must tell you. Do you know we have just had a great piece of good luck?
Mrs. Linde: No, what is it?
Nora: Just fancy, my husband has been made manager of the Bank!
Mrs. Linde: Your husband? What good luck!

Nora: Yes, tremendous! A barrister's profession is such an uncertain thing, especially if he won't
undertake unsavory cases; and naturally Torvald has never been willing to do that, and I quite
agree with him. You may imagine how pleased we are! He is to take up his work in the Bank at
the New Year, and then he will have a big salary and lots of commissions. For the future we
can live quite differently —we can do just as we like. I feel so relieved and so happy, Christine!
It will be splendid to have heaps of money and not need to have any anxiety, won't it?
Mrs. Linde: Yes, anyhow I think it would be delightful to have what one needs.
Nora: No, not only what one needs, but heaps and heaps of money.
Mrs. Linde: (smiling) Nora, Nora, haven't you learned sense yet? In our schooldays you were a
great spendthrift. (Laughing) Yes, that is what Torvald says now. (Wags
Nora: her finger at her.) But 'Nora, Nora' is not so silly as you think. We have not been in a
position for me to waste money. We have both had to work.
Mrs. Linde: You too?
Nora: Yes; odds and ends, needlework, crotchet-work, embroidery, and that kind of thing.
(dropping her voice) And other things as well. You know Torvald left his office when we were
married. There was not prospect of promotion there' and he had to try and earn more than
before. But during the first year he worked early and late; but he couldn't stand it, and fell
dreadfully ill, and the doctors said it was necessary for him to go south.
Mrs. Linde: You spent a whole year in Italy, didn't you?
QUESTIONS
a) Place the excerpt in its immediate context. 5mks
b) Identify three styles that are used in the excerpt. State their effectiveness. 6mks
c) But 'Norah, Nora' is not so silly as you think. What proves that Nora has not been as silly as she
was thought to be by many. 4mks
d) What theme is brought out in the excerpt? 3mks
e) What character traits of Nora and Mrs Linde are brought out in the excerpt? 4mks
f) So, you are quite alone. (Add a question tag). I mk
g) What is the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt? 2mks
• Barrister—
Spendthrift —
1 Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow: 20 marks
Remains by Simon Armitage
On another occasion,
we get sent out
To tackle looters raiding a bank.
And one of them legs it up the road.
Probably armed, possibly not.
Well myself and somebody else and somebody else

Are all of the same mind,
So all three of us open fire
Three of a kind all letting fly, and I swear
I see every round as it rips through his life –
I see broad daylight on the other side.
So, we’ve hit this looter a dozen times
And he’s there on the ground, sort of inside out,
Pain itself, the image of agony.
One of my mates goes by
And tosses his guts back into his body.
Then he’s carted off in the back of a lorry.
End of story, except not really.

His blood-shadow stays on the street, and out on patrol
I walk right over it week after week.
Then I’m home on leave.
But I blink
And he bursts again through the doors of the bank.
Sleep, and he’s probably armed, possibly not.
Dream, and he’s torn apart by a dozen rounds.
And the drink and the drugs won’t flush him out –
He’s here in my head when I close my eyes,
dug in behind enemy lines,
not left for dead in some distant,
sun-stunned, sand-smothered land
or six-feet-under in desert sand,
but near to the knuckle, here and now,
his bloody life in my bloody hands.
QUESTIONS.
a) What is this poem about? (3 marks)
b) What can you infer from the title of the poem? (3 marks)
c) The language in this poem is colloquial and slang. Explain the significance of using such language.
(2 marks)
d) Pick out a statement that shows the soldier has had to deal with such similar situations. (1 mrk)
e) Identify an example of repetition and explain its effect in the poem. (2 marks)
f) Describe the speaker’s feelings about his actions in stanza 2 and 3. (3 marks)

g) Basing your answer on the last three stanzas, how is the speaker affected by his earlier actions in
the poem? (3 marks)
h) Explain the meaning of the following phrases as used in the poem: (3 marks)
i) legs it up ………………..…………………………………………………………..
ii) sort of inside out…………...………………………………………………………..
iii) carted off..…………………………………………………………………………
4. Grammar (15 marks)
a) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blanks. (4marks)
i) The damage caused by the floods was so severe that it was........……..……………(repair)
ii) In rural Kenya, clean drinking water is a…………………………………(rare).
iii) I have……………………………………..(ring) this bell five times.
iv) If I had studied something different in university, my life ………………………….(be) very
different.
a) Rewrite the following sentences as instructed (4 marks)
i) Manchester United beat Liverpool at Old Trafford. (Rewrite in the passive)
ii) He was absent from work for three days without permission. He wrote a rude letter to the
manager.(Rewrite as one sentence beginning: Not only....)
iii) 'We have to set out early tomorrow if we are serious about getting back the same day,'one member
suggested. (Rewrite in indirect speech)
iv) Onyango regretted renting the house in that estate. (Begin: Onyango wished................................)
b)The sentence below has two meanings. Explain clearly the two different meanings. (2 marks)
The Manager was anxious to please his customers as his staff.
d) Fill each blank space in the following sentences with the correct preposition (3 marks)
i) Sometimes it is quicker to go………………..foot than ……………….bus.
ii) Sign your name …………….the dotted line …………the bottom of the page.
iii) There is something exciting ………………football. Throughout Kenya, football matches are
played ……………………capacity crowds.
e) Replace the words in italics with a phrasal verb which begins with the word in brackets to
convey the same meaning. (2 marks)
i) Good students constantly revise their work in preparation for the examination (go).
ii) Atieno is usually so smartly dressed that she is easy to notice in the midst of other girls (stand).


EXAMINATION TRIAL 4
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:

a)Answer three questions only.
b) Question one and two are compulsory.
c) In question three choose only one of the optional set text you have prepared on.
d) Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional text. Only the first one to appear
will be marked.
For Examiner’s Use Only:
1 20
2 20
3 20
TOTAL SCORE 60


QUESTIONS
1. Imaginative composition (Compulsory) (20 marks)
Either
a) Write a composition ending with the sentence: “I knew for sure that good upbringing is all that a
child needs.”
Or
b) Write a story to illustrate the saying: “Misfortunes never come singly”
2. The compulsory Set Text (20 marks)

H.R. Ole Kulet, Blossoms of the Savannah (20 marks)
'Determination leads to success.' Show the truth of this statement in reference to Resian in Ole
Kulet'sBlossoms of the Savannah.
3.The Optional Set Texts (20 marks)

Answer any one of the following three questions
Either
a) The Short Story, A Silent Songs and Other Stories
Action speaks louder than words. Discuss the truth of this saying using illustrations from Leonard
Kibera's A Silent Song.
Or
b) Drama David Mulwa, Inheritance. Drawing illustrations from Mulwa’s Inheritance, write a
composition on what Causes misery in leadership in Africa are those who are close to ruler.
Or
c) Novel An Artist of the Floating World,
"Political turmoil leads to imperialism among citizens." Basing your argument on ono in Artist
of floating world, validate this statement.


EXAMINATION TRIAL 5
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided.
b) Sign and write the date of the examination.
c) Answer all the questions in this question paper
d) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided.
e) Candidates should answer all the questions in English.
QUESTIONS MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATE’S SCORE

1 20
2 10
3 30
TOTAL

1. FUNCTIONAL SKILLS (20MKS)

This year your country experienced a severe famine caused by drought. A commission was
set up to investigate ways of preventing a similar calamity in future. As secretary to the
commission write the report.
2. CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

Imagine that while walking along a road, you saw a large shiny bag sitting ………………….. (1) ,
unattended. You look around and there is no one else…………………..(2) would you do?
Would you walk…………………….(3) from the bag as most cautious people would? Maybe
your curiosity would get the …………………(4) of your caution and the urge to know what the
……………………….of the bag are might overwhelm you. If you looked into the bag and
found it full of crisp new ……………………………..(6) , would you make attempts to
find……………………….(7) owner of the bag? Might you be tempted to keep the money
……………………….(8)yourself? After all, there is always so much in our lives that we can
buy or pay for. ………………………………..(9) you choose to keep the bag, would you do so
with a ………………………………..(10) conscience, or would you forever be plagued by the
idea that you kept money, which was not yours?
3. ORAL SKILLS: (30 MARKS)
a) Read the oral poem below and then answer the questions that follow: (5 marks)
He couldn’t wait, eh!
For the child of my mother
To finish school
He begged, eh!
That man begged
He begged and begged
He couldn’t wait, eh!

For the child of my mother
To dress up
Questions.
i) What makes this oral poem rhythmic? (2mks)
ii) Which word are you likely to stress in the second line of the first and last stanzas and why?
(2mks)

iii) How would you say the last line of the poem? (1mk)
b) Identify the word with the odd underlined sound from the following sets of
words. (5 marks)
(i) Pooh poop pool poor
……………………….
(ii) Tortoise boy join ploy
……………………….
(iii) Scuttle scythe scullery sculpture
……………………….
(iv) Gingivitis gigolo gist gender
……………………….
(v) Cannibal caesura calcium cachet
c) Provide another word that is pronounced the same as the following words (3 marks)
(i) Not ………………………………………………….

(ii) Pain ………………………………………………….
(iii) key ………………………………………………….
d) Study the genre below and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)
The short child shot a shot of his short white wash.
(i) Classify the genre. (2 marks)
(ii) Identify any sound pattern used in the genre above. (2 marks)
(iii) State two functions of the genre above. (2 marks)

e) (i) You are invited as a motivational speaker to give a talk to a group of people. State
three factors about the audience that you must consider before giving the speech. (3 marks)
(ii) State three factors the listener ought to observe in order to gain from the speech (3 marks)
iii) Two friends, Wepukhulu and Khaseve have a debate. Wepukhulu strongly feels that
a man should marry more than one wife. Khaseve on the other hand argues that a man should only
marry one wife. Advise them on five things they should do in order to disagree in an agreeable
manner so that their conversation does not degenerate into a quarrel. (5 marks)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 5
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
1. Write your details in the spaces provided above.
2. Answer all the questions in this paper.
3. Answer the questions in English
EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

QUESTION MARKS CANDIDATE’S SCORE
1 20
2 25
3 20
4 20
5 15
TOTAL 100

1. COMPREHENSION
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow
The process of developing social skills among children at an early age is important. Researchers
have cited rejection by peers as the greatest challenge children face in their quest to build
meaningful social skills. It has been reported that children who get bullied and snubbed by peers
are more likely to have problems in relating with others. In recent times, researchers have found
at least three factors in a child’s behaviour that can lead to social rejection. The factors involve a
child’s inability to pick up on and respond to nonverbal cues from their pals. In the United states
10 to 13 percent of school-going children experience some form of rejection by their peers. In
addition to causing mental health problems, bullying and social isolation can increase the
likelihood of a child getting poor grades, dropping out of school,, or developing substance abuse
problems.
It is reported that the social skills that children gain on the playground or elsewhere could show up
later in life, according to Richard Lavoie, an expert in child social behaviour. He says that children
experiment with the relationship styles they will have as adults during unstructured playtime-
when children interact without the guidance of an authority figure. Researchers say that the
number-one need of any human is to be liked by other humans. However, researchers have
expressed concern that our children are like strangers in their own land. They don’t understand
the basic rules of social behaviour and their mistakes are usually unintentional.
Children who face rejection may have problems in at least one of three different areas of nonverbal
communication, which is the reason they are rejected. These are reading nonverbal cues;
understanding their social meaning; and coming up with options for resolving a social conflict. A
child, for example, simply my not notice a person’s scowl of impatience or understand what a
tapped foot means. In another situation, a child may have trouble reconciling the desires of a
friend with her own. Anyone trying to help children on their social skills should try to pinpoint
the weaknesses a child has and then build those up.
When children have prolonged struggles with socializing, “a vicious cycle begins,” children who
are shunned by others have few opportunities to practice social skills whereas popular children
have more than enough opportunities to perfect theirs. However, having just one or two friends
can be enough to give a child the social practice he or she need.
Parents, teachers and other adults in a child’s life can help, too. Instead of reacting with anger or
embarrassment to a child who, say, asks Aunt Vera if her new hairdo was a mistake, parents
should teach social skills with the same tone they use for teaching numeracy skills or proper
hygiene.If presented as a learning opportunity, rather than a punishment, children usually
appreciate the lesson. It is important to note that most children are so desperate to have friends
that they just jump on board.

To teach social skills, Lavoie advises a five-step approach in his book. The process works for
children with or without learning disabilities and is best conducted immediately after a
wrongdoing has been made. First, ask the child what happened and listen without judgment.
Second, ask the child to identify their mistake. Often children only know that someone got upset,
but don’t understand their own role in the outcome. Third, help the child identify the cue they
missed or mistake they made, by asking something like: “How would you feel if Emma was
hogging the tyre swing?” Instead of lecturing with the word “should,” offer options the child
“could” have taken in the moment, such as “You could have asked Emma to join you or told her
you would give her the swing after your turn. “Fourth, you can create an imaginary but similar
scenario where the child can make the right choice. For example, you could say, “If you were
playing with a shovel in the sand box and Aiden wanted to use it, what would you do?” Lastly,
give the child” social homework” by asking him to practice this new skill, saying: “Now that you
know the importance of sharing, I want to hear about something you share tomorrow.”
(Adapted from livescience.com-Tue Feb 2, 2010)
Questions
a) In one sentence, explain what this passage is talking about? (2mks)
b) What is the number one need of any human being? (1mk)
c) What are cited as the causes for social rejection according to the passage (2mks)
d) What is social rejection likely to lead to (2mks)
e) What vicious cycle is referred to in this passage (2mks)
f) How can a parent make children appreciate the lesson on social skills? (2mks)
g) “How would you feel if Emma was hogging the tyre swing?” Re-write in reported speech.1mk)
h) Make notes on the five-step approach to teach children social skills (5mks)
i) Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as used in the passage (3mks)
i. Authority figure
ii. Shunned
iii. Jump on board
2. Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow (25mks)
A Doll’s House:
Krogstad: (Controlling himself) Listen to me, Mrs. Helmer. If necessary, I am prepared to fight
for my small post in the Bank as if I were fighting for my life.
Nora: So it seems
Krogstad: It is not only for the sake of the money; indeed, that weighs least with me in the
matter. There is another reason-well, I may we well tell you. My position is this. I daresay you
know, like everybody else, that once, many years ago, I was guilty of an indiscretion.

Nora: I think I have heard something of the kind.

Krogstad: The matter never came into court; but every way seemed to be closed to me after that.
So I took to the business that you know of. I had to do something; and, honestly, I don’t think
I’ve been one of the worst. But now I must cut myself free from all that. My sons are growing up;
for their sake I must try and win back as much respect as I can in the town. This post in the Bank
was like the first step up for me – and now your husband is going to kick me downstairs again
into the mud.
Nora: But you must believe me, Mr. Krogstad; it is not in my power to help you at all.
Krogstad: Then it is because you haven’t the will; but I have means to compel you.
Nora: You don’t mean that you will tell my husband that I owe you money?
Krogstad: Hm! – suppose I were to tell him?
Nora: I would be perfectly infamous of you. (Sobbing) To think of his learning my secret, which
has been my joy and pride, in such an ugly, clumsy way – that he should learn it from you! And
it would out me in a horribly disagreeable position-
Krogstad: Only disagreeable?
Nora: (Impetuously) well, do it, then! – and it will be the worse for you. My husband will see for
himself what a blackguard you are, and you certainly won’t keep your post them.
Krogstad: I asked you if it was only a disagreeable scene at home that you were afraid of?
Nora: If my husband does get to know of it, of course he will at once pay you what is still owing,
and we shall have nothing more to do with you.
Krogstad: (Coming a step nearer)Listen to me, MrsHelmwe. Either you have a very bad
memory or you know very little of business. I shall be obliged to remind you of a few details.
QUESTIONS
a) What happens just before this excerpt? (2mks)
b) Identify and illustrate any two themes evident in the excerpt. (4mks)
c) Using about fifty words, summarise why Krogstad is prepared to fight for the small post in the
bank (5mks)
d) Identify and illustrate any two character traits of; (4mks)
i. Krogstad
ii. Nora
e) Identify and illustrate any two stylistic devices used in the excerpt. (4mks)
f) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the extract (2mks)
i. Compel
ii. Blackguard
g) “I shall be obliged to remind you of a few details”. Which are those details? (4mks)

3. Read the following narrative then answer the questions that follow (20mks)
Once upon a time Hare and Hyena were very good friends. They visited each other every day and
herded their cows together.
There came a time when the cows started dying one after the other. The two friends wanted to find
out why the cows were dying. Hare said, ‘Let us go and kill our mothers and take out their livers.
We shall then cook and taste these livers. The bitter liver will show whose mother was making
the cows die. At once Hyena went and killed his mother. He took out the liver and cooked it. Hare
went and hid his mother in the garden in bushy banana plants. He then went and killed an antelope,
took out its liver and cooked it.
The two friends met to eat their livers. “My liver is very bitter”, said the Hyena. “Mine is very
sweet,” said Hare, “So it was your mother who was making the cows die.” Hyena kept quiet and
went home feeling sad. He moved from the old house to a smaller one because now he had no
mother. Hare did the same
After a short time, there was great famine in the land. The two friends decided that each of them was
to look for food on alternate days sharing, on an equal basis what was available. When it was
Hyena’s turn, he went and found only honeycombs without any honey. When Hyenabrought
these, Hare refused this because he had secretly gone to his mother who had given him some
bananas. This went on for many days, and Hyena grew thinner and thinner. Then he started
wondering. “How does my friend remain fat and he doesn’t eat anything. I will find out.”
One day he followed Hare. Hare went to his mother as usual. ‘Mother, mother, I have come’ and the
mother dropped some bananas which Hare ate quickly. He then looked for some honeycombs and
took them to the friend. “This is all I could find my friend.” The Hyena kept quiet. The next day
he went to the banana plant and called. His voice however was very deep and no bananas were
dropped for him.
There was an old hyenawho was staying at the end of the forest and used to give advice to people.
So Hare’s friend went to her and told her his problem. “Go and put your tongue on the path of
black ants,” He was told, “Let them bite your tongue until it hurts. That’s how your voice will be
soft.”
Hyena went and did as he was told. When he went to Hare’s mother his voice was as soft as Hare’s.
“Mother, mother I have come.” And Hare’s mother dropped bananas for his him. Then he told
her to come and greet him. When she came down and saw it was Hyena she screamed but there
was nobody near to help. Hyena killed her immediately.
Hyena went and met Hare as usual saying nothing about Hare’s mother. The following day it was
Hare’s. “Mother, mother I have come.’ And Hare’s mother dropped bananas for his him. Then he

told her to come and greet him. When she came down and saw it was Hyena she screamed but
there was nobody near to help. Hyena killed her immediately.
Hyena went and met Hare as usual saying nothing about Hare’s mother. The following day it was
Hare’s turn. He went to his usual place. “Mother” he called again. He climbed up. There was
nobody. Having seen some blood on the ground, Hare knew what had happened to his mother.
When Hare got back to Hyena’s house, he said nothing. At night, Hare took all cows including
Hyena’s and went away to live in another part of the country. That ended the Hare and Hyena’s
friendship. And that is the end of my story to you.
Questions
a) With illustrations, classify the above narrative (2mks)
b) Identify three features of narratives (3mks)
c) Identify three features in this story that are characteristics of oral narratives (3mks)
d) Briefly explain the character traits of the following (4mks)
i. Hare
ii. Hyena
e) What moral lesson do you learn from this story? (2mks)
f) Identify two socio-economic activities from the community in which the narrative is taken from.
(2mks)
g) You have been selected for a fieldwork research to collect the above item.
i. Briefly explain two ways in which you would collect information on the item. (2mks)
ii. Identify two challenges you might encounter during the field work and state how you would solve
them. (2mks)
h) Then he started wondering “How does my friend remain fat and he doesn’t eat anything. I will
find out”. (Re-write into indirect speech) (1mk)
i) Describe the irony in the fifth paragraph (2mks)
4. GRAMMAR (15MKS)
a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given (3mks)
i. He will not be given a driving license. He passes the road test (Rewrite as one using ‘unless’)
ii. The woman left the child with a neighbor and went to the market. (Begin: leaving….)
iii. The boys went to play in the field (underline the adverbial)

b) Supply the correct preposition to complete the sentences given. (3mks)

i. Property worth millions of shillings went up …………………….flames.
ii. The three boys shared the bread ……………………………..themselves.
iii. We should strive to live …………………………………our means.
c) Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill in the blank spaces in the sentences
(3mks)
i. The audience was offended by the ……………………….………..(sense) of the speaker.
ii. The ………………………………………..(acquire) of a university degree is a great milestone
to a student.
iii. Everyone should obey the law ………………………………of their position in the society.
d) Use the correct alternative to complete the sentences below (4mks)

i. Teaching ……………………………………(practice/practice) is not an easy job for teacher-
trainees.
ii. The prophet’s ……………………………….(prophesy/prophecy) was misleading to his
audience.
iii. He …………………………………….((insured/ensured) his car with Madison.
iv. Mwita ………………………………..(hanged/hung) the chart on the wall.
e) Write the following sentences in indirect speech (1mk)

“These are juicy mangoes,” Ken said.
f) You do not require to cheat to pass (1mk)
(Supply a suitable question tag).


EXAMINATION TRIAL 5
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:

a) Answer three questions only.
b) Question one and two are compulsory.
c) In question three choose only one of the optional set text you have prepared on.
d) Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional text. Only the first one to appear
will be marked.

1 20
2 20
3 20
TOTAL SCORE 60

QUESTIONS
1. IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION (COMPULSORY) (20 MARKS)
a) Write a composition ending with the words:
From that day, I learnt never to trust anybody.
OR
b) Write a story to illustrate the saying

Pride comes before a fall.
1. COMPULSORY SET TEXT (Blossoms of the Savannah) (20 MARKS).

Our greatest enemies are those close to us; support this statement with illustrations from the text.
2. OPTIONAL SET TEXTS (20 MARKS)

EITHER
a) The short story: A Silent Songs and other stories

Write a composition showing how war ruins communities making reference to Boyi by Gloria
Mwaniga
OR
b) The Novel: Artist of the Floating World

How does Ishiguro distinguish the atmosphere of the “floating world” from that of the regular
world using imagery and figurative language?
OR
(c) Drama David Mulwa: Inheritance

'Lacuna Kasoo is a callous man devoid of any moral values.' Discuss this statement using
illustrations from Inheritance by David Mulwa.


EXAMINATION TRIAL 6
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
1) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
2) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
3) Answer all the questions in this paper.
4) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in the question paper.
For Examiner’s Use Only

1 20
2 10
3 30
TOTAL SCORE

Q1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MRK)

Imagine you are the secretary of the wildlife club in your school. Your club is meeting for the
second time this term. Six members attended but two could not and gave apologies. The patron
is invited and is attending as well. Agenda include: registration of new members, club elections
and club prefects for 2021. AOB include invitation of guest speakers and end of the year party.
Write minutes of the proceedings of the meeting.
Q2. CLOZE TEST – 10MKS

Read the following passage and fill in the blank spaces with the most suitable word.
Precis writing is a very fine exercise in reading. Most people (i) ……………….carelessly and
retain only a vague idea of what they have read. You can easily test the (ii)……………….of
your reading. Read in your usual way a chapter or even a page of a book and
(iii)…………………having closed your book, try to put down briefly the (iv)………………..of
what you have read. You will probably find that your memory of it is (v)…………………and
muddled. Is this because your memory is (vi)…………………………? No, it is because your
attention was not fully (vii) ………………….. on the passage while you were reading. The
memory cannot (viii)………………..what was never given to hold; you did not remember the
passage properly because you did not properly (ix)………………….it as you read it.
Now précis writing forces you (x)………………………..pay attention to what your read; for one
cannot write a summary of any page unless he has clearly grasped its meaning.
Q3. ORAL SKILL – 30MKS)

a) Read the oral narrative and the answer the questions that follow. (9mks)
The Chameleon and The Hare
Chameleon and the hare had always misunderstandings. They always quarrelled over who between
them could run faster than the other.
“Chameleon, you are the slowest animal on earth,” laughed the hare. “you cannot compete in any
race, even among the slowest animals,, including the snail.”
“My friend hare, please avoid blowing your own trumpet. I am certain you cannot defeat me in a
race. I will finish the race and have enough time to take a meal and a nap before you arrive.
And the great competition was set. Then the day came.
“On your marks, set, goo!”The elephant started off the race.
No sooner had the race started than the chameleon jumped on the hare’s tail. The hare ran like he
had never run before. At the finishing line, he started celebrating but when he attempted to sit
down and wait for the chameleon, the chameleon shouted, “wooii! Please do not sit on me! I
arrived long enough to have a meal and a nap. You can never defeat me in a race! Shame on you!”

Questions
i. State two ways in which you would capture the attention of the audience before starting the
performance of this narrative. (2mk)
ii. If you were the narrator of the story, explain three ways in which you would know that you had
captured and retained the attention of the audience. (3mks)
iii. Identify two possible cues that the audience was not listening to you keenly. (2mks)
iv. “Wooi!...” comment on the narrative style of this statement. (2mks)
b) Identify the silent letters in the following words. (6 marks)

i. Practically
ii. Ballet
iii. Bristle
iv. Guilt
v. Baguette
vi. Psychotic
c) Pick out the word in which the underlined part is pronounced differently (3mks)
i) Leisure, measure, pressure, pleasure
ii) Arch, March, search, monarch
iii) Trough, dough, tough cough
d) Underline the stressed syllables in the following words. (3 marks)
i. Palatial
ii. Rejuvenation
iii. Police
e) You have arrived late for work and you are talking to your boss. Fill up the blanks. (9mks)
You:…………………………………………………………………………………(1mk)
Boss: Good morning Albert. Why have you come late?
You: …………………………………………………………………......................(1mk)
Boss: It must been really a huge traffic jam. You are two hours late.
You: …………………………………………………..............................................(1mk)
Boss: But on often come late, it’s your habit.
You:……………………………………………………………………………… …(2mks)
Boss: (Interrupting) I think you should resign and look for another job.
You:………………………………………………………………………………… (2mks)
Boss: You have already got many chances. How will this office run if the staff come late?
You:………………………………………………………………………………….(1mk)
Boss: I will give you the last chance. Now, get up and go to your work.
You: …………………………………………………………………………………(1mk)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 6
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
1. Write your Name, Admission Number and Class in the spaces provided above.
2. Answer all the questions in this question paper.
3. All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.

1 20
2 25
3 20
4 15
Total 80

Question 1: Reading Comprehension

Read the following passage and then attempt the questions that follow
As the biometric registration for the National Integrated Identity Management System prominently
referred to as HudumaNamba is being rolled out, there is, justifiably, growing whimpers of
scepticism among Kenyans. There has been a lot of speculation, rightfully so, because in this day
and age of data piracy, people need assurances that the data collected under the HudumaNamba
will not be used for nefariousactivities.
These doubts have created room for the spread of misinformation and extensively contributed to the
registration apathy witnessed since its commencement. It is therefore incumbent to clearly
explain to Kenyans what, precisely, HudumaNamba is and what it is not.
According to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 16.9), everyone should obtain legal
identity by 2030. The World Bank estimates that today, one in six people are unable to prove their
identity because there is a dearth of information about their background. In this era of
globalisation, integrated information is critical to identification. With that in mind, a snippet of
information from the Swedish replica of HudumaNamba gives hope for what the government
must do to boost public confidence about the overriding unique value proposition of NIIMS.
A Swedish friend was carrying around an electronic card with a personal number and I got
inquisitive. He first mentioned to me that the personal number is called Personnummer in
Swedish. He expounded that some of the details contained in the chip include family members,
spouses, employment status, employer’s name, health insurance number, residential area and his
exact location of his home.
With such information, the Swedish government, being a welfare state, is able to plan and provide
social services easily. Unemployed adults can be mapped out for their monthly stipend;
governments can know where more schools, hospitals, colleges and industries are needed; number
of vulnerable people in need of social support and it can track down suspected criminals thus
enhancing security.
Furthermore, the security of the data is strong. The first few Personnummer digits are accessed by
anyone (they are merely the person’s birthdate) while the remaining digits are only accessible by
a specific legally mandated government department.
Clearly, NIIMS is quite similar, from face value and intention, to the Swedish one. What is now
needed is strategic dissemination of information to reach out to a majority of Kenyans to enhance
public knowledge about HudumaNamba and its attendant benefits.
For efficient public service delivery, integration of data is imperative in planning, resource allocation
and reducing unnecessary red tape. For instance, it is easy for the government to know the number
of employed and unemployed people in order to develop a strategy for placement and absorbing
them.
Again, centralised data provides a neatly weaved base of facts and figures that can be easily
harnessed to provide information about the public sector, its performances and project/services

prioritization. This will further inform rational budgetary allocation and logical channeling of
resources to productive but needful public sectors.
Another advantage of HudumaNamba is that it will cure the skewed issuance of Identity Cards,
especially during the electioneering periods where devious politicians can sometimes
disenfranchise voters by withholding of IDs. This is made possible because any Kenyan above
the age of six years is entitled to HudumaNamba. When they get to 18, the ball will be on their
court to either register as a voter or not thus enhancing their civic rights. The HudumaNamba
comes in handy in sealing the loophole of intentional voter disenfranchisement.
Kenya has been on the receiving end of organised terror attacks. This has posed an existential threat
to our peace and security. But with HudumaNamba, pieces of information about individuals can
be put together. Hence, it will be quite easy to compare the biometric data given vis-a-vis suspects
of organised crimes.
Ultimately, the reservations Kenyans have should be fully addressed owing to the history of our
country that has been characterised by unlawful profiling. HudumaNamba will streamline service
delivery and reduce the number of documents one needs to access government services.
(Daily Nation, 30th April, 2019)
QUESTIONS
a) Why has there been growing whimpers and skepticism among Kenyans on registration of
HudumaNamba.? (2mks)
b) What in the opinion of the writer can stop HudumaNamba registration apathy? 2mks.
c) In note form, outline the benefits of the Swedish personnummer. 4mks
d) What step should the government take to enhance knowledge about the HudumaNamba and its
benefits? 2mks
i. How according to the writer is the HudumaNamba going to solve voter disenfranchisement?
2mks
e) What is the attitude of the writer towards HudumaNamba registration? 2mks
f) Huduma Namba will streamline service delivery. Add a question tag. 1mk
g) Comment on the tone the passage ends in. 2mks
h) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage. 3mks
i. registration apathy…………………………………………………………………………….
ii. nefarious……………………………………………………………………………………….
iii. stipend……………………………………………………..........................................

Question 2:
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Linde: No, indeed; I only feel my life unspeakably empty. No one to live for anymore. (Gets
up restlessly) That is why I could not stand the life in my little backwater any longer. I hope it
may be easier here to find something which will busy me and occupy my thoughts. If only I could
have the good luck to get some regular work – office work of some kind –
Nora: But Christine, that is so frightfully tiring, and you look tired out now. You had far better go
away to some watering-place.
Mrs. Linde: (walking to the window) I have no father to give me money for a journey, Nora.
Nora: (rising) Oh, don’t be angry with me!
Mrs. Linde: It is you that must not be angry with me, dear. The worst of a position like mine is
that it makes one so bitter. No one to work for, and yet obliged to be always on the lookout for
chances. One must live, and so one becomes selfish. When you told me of the happy turn your
fortunes have taken – you will hardly believe it – I was delighted not so much on your account as
on my own.
Nora: How do you mean? – Oh, I understand. You mean that perhaps Torvald could get you
something to do.
Mrs. Linde: Yes, that was what I was thinking of.
Nora: He must, Christine. Just leave it to me; I will broach the subject very cleverly – will think of
something that will please him very much. It will make me so happy to be of some use to you.
Mrs. Linde: How kind you are, Nora, to be so anxious to help me! It is doubly kind of you, for
you know so little of the burdens and troubles of life.
Nora: I --? I know so little of them?
Mrs. Linde: (smiling) My dear! small household cares and that sort of thing! You are a child,
Nora.
Nora: (tosses her head and crosses the stage) You ought not to be so superior.
Mrs. Linde: No?
Nora: You are just like the others. They all think that I am incapable of anything serious.
Mrs. Linde: Come, come –
Nora: That I have gone through nothing in this world of cares.
Mrs. Linde: But my dear Nora, you have just told me all your troubles.
Nora: Pooh! – those were trifles. (lowering her voice) I have not told you the important thing.
QUESTIONS
1. Mrs. Linde says, “I only feel my life unspeakably empty,” Briefly explain what happens to her
before this excerpt regarding this statement. 4mks
2. Identify and explain any major theme brought out in this excerpt. 2mks
3. Identity and illustrate any character trait brought out in this excerpt regarding. 4mks

a. Nora
b. Helmer
4. Identify and illustrate any two forms of style in the extract. 4mks
5. Nora says that she has not told Mrs. Linde ‘the important thing’. Briefly explain what this is.
3 mks
6. From this excerpt, Nora promises to get Mrs. Linde a job. From elsewhere in the text, how does
this decision affect Nora? 3mks
7. You are just like the others. (Add a question tag) 1mk
8. “I have no father to give me money for a journey, Nora.” 2mks
What is ironical about this statement?
9. Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the extract. 2mks
a. backwaters
b. trifles
QUESTION 3:
Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow.
IF
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But can make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired of waiting,
Or be lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or being hated don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise.
If you can dream and not make dreams your master;

If you can think and not make thoughts your aim
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with worn out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings

And risk it on one turn of pitch- and –toss,
And lose and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the will which says to them: “Hold on!”
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,

Or walk with kings – nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run
Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it,
And- which is more-you’ll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling
QUESTIONS
(i) Identify the persona of the poem. 2mks
(ii) How does the persona suppose our view of life should be? 2mks
(iii) In stanza two, the words ‘Triumphant and Disaster ‘are capitalized. Give a reason for the
capitalization. 2mks
(iv) With illustrations, identify two features of style used in the poem. 4mks
(v) What is the dominant tone of the poem? 2mks
(vi) With close reference to stanza three line 1-4, comment on the attitude of the persona towards
losing. 2mks
(vii) Explain the meaning of the following lines. 3mks
(a) And stoop and build ‘em up
(b) And never breath a word
(c) Walk with kings
(viii) What 4 things according to the persona does it take for one to be a ‘Man’? 4mks

QUESTION 4: GRAMMAR
(a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. (3mks)
(i) If Ochieng had asked, I would have been able to assist. (Begin: Had……….)
(ii) If I were the minister for National Security, I would ensure tighter security checks at the
borders. (Begin: Were I…)
(iii) The games teacher found out how fast Onesmus was when he started the race.
(Begin: It was not...)
(b) Fill the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets. 2mks
(i) Their bodies had suffered ………………………………… as a result of malnutrition. (Contort)
(ii) The manager made several …………………………on the original invoice. (delete)
(c) Use the correct form of adverb from the words in brackets to complete the sentence.
2mks
(i) The excitement went …………………, their neighbours filed a complaint. (board)
(ii) The remark that came from ………………… angered the adjudicators. (stage)
(d) Complete these sentences using the correct order of the words in the brackets. 2mks
(i) He gave his wife an expensive ring in a ……………………………………………………….
box.(metal, square, jewelry, small)
(ii) The Kenyan ……………………………………………………. (military, combined,
powerful) forces soon overwhelmed the Somali terrorists.
(e) Fill the blanks with the correct preposition. 4mks
(i) All his colleagues condoled………………. him……………. his bereavement.
(ii) Could we meet …………….church …………. exactly nine tonight.
(f) Explain the difference in meaning in the following pairs of sentences. 2mks
(i) I am sorry for disturbing you.
(ii) I am sorry to disturb you.
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EXAMINATION TRIAL 6
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
1) . write your name, index number and the name of your school in the spaces provided
2) . Answer any 3 questions
3) . Question one and two are compulsory
4) . Choose one question in question 3
5) . Each essay must not exceed 450 words

1 20
2 20
3 20
TOTAL SCORE 60

Imaginative composition
1 (a) write a composition to illustrate the proverb: (20 MARKS)
“As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.”
OR
(a) “Education is the surest way to achieve the much needed national integration in Kenya
today. “Write a composition supporting or opposing this statement.
2. THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT: (20 MARKS)

The novel; Blossoms of the Savannah by Henry ole kulet.
Bad decisions can adversely affect our lives. Using Blossoms of the Savannah, write an essay in
support of the statement with illustrations from the novel.
3. OPTIONAL SET TEXT (20 marks)

Answer any of the following questions
(a) A Silent Songs and other stories.
(b) The novel: Artist of the Floating World

Flashback as a style provides crucial information to the main plot of events in the Novel -Artist of
floating world. Discuss.
(c) The play: inheritance by David Mulwa.

‘Lacuna is an epitome of evil.’ Drawing examples from David Mulwa’s inheritance, write an essay
illustrating the truth of the statement


EXAMINATION TRIAL 7
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
 Write your Name, Admission number and Class in the spaces provided above.
 Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
 Answer all questions in this question paper.
For Examiner’s Use Only:

1 20
2 10
3 30
TOTAL SCORE 60

1. QUESTION 1 : FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 mks)

You have recently read an interesting novel which you feel can be recommended as a class reader
for the form two students. Write a book review of that novel.
2. Read the passage below and fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. (10mks)
Addiction is an escape (1)……………………..reality, and different people will find different
(2)……………………. to escape from the real word. They can be addicted to food water,
power, work, gambling, sex, love (3) …………………… even to destructive relationships. Do
these belong in the same category (4)……………… alcohol or drugs? And if so, does recovery
from those “people addictions” work the same way as with alcohol and drugs?
Addicts look for substitutes, and (5)………..…….reason behind this is always the same: to escape,
to close one eye and not to (6)………………..the facts. By becoming fat, the overeater insulates
himself from the world around. It is better to be rejected (7)………………….the way they look,
than for who they are as a person. Thus, being fat becomes a way to avoid the risk of intimacy.
There are people who are (8)………………… to work. (9)……………………………..will go
home late, just to avoid interaction with the family. Workaholism is a dysfunctional attempt to
earn self – esteem by …………….Productive.
3. Oral skills (30marks)

(a) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
I wonder by the edge
Of this desolate lake
Where wind cries in the sledge
Until the axle break
That keeps the stars in their round
And hands hurt in the deep
The banners of east and west
And the girdle of light is unbound,
Your breast will not lie by the breast
Of your beloved in sleep
(i) Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem. (2mks)

(ii) Identify and illustrate any two sound pattern used in the poem (4mks)
(iii) How would you say the last two lines of the poem? (2mks)
(iv) Give homophones for the following words used in the poem (2mks)
Wonder –
Break-

(b) Underline the word that is said differently from the sets of words given below. (4mks)
(i) Fairy ferry furry
(ii) Floor flower flour
(iii) Pear pare peer
(iv) Canal kernel colonel
(c) During a presentation you were interrupted severally by some members of the audience.
Give three reasons why the audience would do so. (3mks)
(d) Classify the words below according to the pronunciation of sounds /s/ and /z/
See, raise, miser, pieces, waste, days (3mks)
(e) You have been summoned in a court of law after being arrested in a swoop targeting
hawkers.
You have been put on your defence
(10marks)
Prosecutor: is your name James Wambua
You: (2marks)
Prosecutor: (addressing the magistrate) sorry for that mix – up your honour the name is James
Wambura not James Wambua.
( to the defendant) You are accused of contravening the city by laws CAP 16/2B of the county
Government by hawking goods without a license. What is your plea?
You: (2marks)
Prosecutor: If you were truly coming from school, would you prove to this court that you are
really a student?
You: (2marks)
Prosecutor: (passing some document to the magistrate) your honour the document looks genuine
and has a school stamp (To the defendant) but exactly where were you arrested and what were
you doing there at that time?
You: (2marks)
Prosecutor: (to the magistrate) your honour since the accused is a minor, I have no intention of
proceeding with the prosecution of this case.
Magistrate: alright: case dismissed.
You: (2marks)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 7
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
 Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided.
 Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
 Answer all questions in this question paper.
 Answers to all questions must be written in the spaces provided in this booklet.

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORES CANDIDATE’S SCORES
1 20
2 25
3 20
4 15
Total Score 80

QUESTION 1 (20mks)
Cities and towns are experiencing massive population growth the world over receiving huge numbers
of migrants ever year.
In 1950, urban population accounted for only 29 percent of the world population, according to the
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). At the turn of the
century, the figure had risen to 45percent. This was enough to declare the Twentieth Century the
century of urbanization and city life. Now the figure is projected to hit 70 percent by 2025.
In Africa, urbanization is most intense in Algeria, Tunisia and South Africa, which have more than
50 percent of their population living in urban areas. Generally, cities in the developing world are
growing at a rate of 3.5 per cent per annum.
These figures indicate that there is a continuous massive movement of people from rural to urban
areas worldwide. Driven by the desire for better living conditions, they flock to cities in droves in
search of greener pastures. But, slowly the illusion disappears, and is replaced by harsh realities
of urbanism: unemployment or underemployment, crime, poverty, hunger and life in the slums.
To cope with this fast – moving wave of rural flight requires new strategies for urban planning and
the use of urban spaces. Thus urban planners, policymakers and governments seek pragmatic and
timely ways of addressing this challenge. The process of urbanization transforms land use and
farming systems, patterns of labour force participation, infrastructural requirements, and natural
resource systems. When cities grow, their population expands, putting a strain on food production.
As a way of easing the food shortage, many urban households, particularly the poor, have taken to
growing food on small plots. Today, if you take a walk through some of the residential estates in
Nairobi such as Ngara, Eastleigh and Buru Buru, you might be forgiven for thinking that a green
revolution is under way. And on the outskirts of the city, green – houses and ponds compete for
space with small gardens planted with flowers, vegetables and fruits. Banana plants and palm trees
dwarf wrought – iron gates, their green dotting the skyline, Kale, cabbage and maize gardens
sprout in the middle of urban squalor. In this unusual rare blend, urban features and rural agrarian
patterns are combined in a new form of settlement and one might call ‘garden cities.’
Although it is often not given much attention, urban agriculture is steadily increasing. The practice
involves cultivating, processing and distributing food in and around a town or city. It also
encompasses an array of activities including horticulture, aquaculture, animal husbandry and bee
keeping.
a) What are the challenges facing major cities and towns (2mks)
b) What does the mention of 70% by 2025 reveal? (2mks)
c) What do we learn about urbanization in Africa from the passage (2 mks)
d) Mention the reason for rural to urban migration (2mks)
e) How are urban households easing the problems of food shortage? (3 mks)

f) What is meant by the term ‘garden city?’ (1mk)

g) In note form, list the influences of urbanization (4 mks)
h) Urban populations accounted for only 29% of the world population (1 mks)
(Rewrite the statement adding a question tag)
i) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage (3 mks)
i) Illusion
ii) Pragmatic
iii) Squalor
QUESTION 2: THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT (25 MARKS)

Nora: (jumping up and going to him) oh, dear, nice Doctor Rank, I never meant that at all. But
surely you can understand that being with Torvald is a little like being with Papa –
(enter MAID from the hall)
Maid: if you please, ma’am. (Whispers and hands her a card)
Nora: (glancing at the card) oh! (Puts it into her pocket)
Rank: is there anything wrong?
Nora: No, no, not in the least. It is only something – it is my new dress –
Rank: what? Your dress is lying there.
Nora: Oh, yes, that one: but this is another. I ordered it. Torvald mustn’t know about it –
Rank: Oho! Then was the great secret.
Nora: Of course. Just go in to him: he is sitting in the inner room. Keep him as long as –
Rank: Make our mind easy; I won’t let him escape (goes into HELMER’S room)
Nora: (to the MAID) And he is standing waiting in the kitchen?
Maid: Yes; he came up the back stairs.
Nora: But didn’t you tell him no one was in?
Maid: Yes, but it was no good.
Nora: He won’t go away?
Maid: No; he says he won’t until he has seen you, ma’am.
Nora: Well, let him come in – but quietly. Helen you mustn’t say anything about it to anyone. It is
a surprise for my husband.
Maid: Yes, ma’am, I quite understand. (exit)
Nora: This dreadful thing is going to happen! It will happen in spite of me! No, no, no, it can’t
happen – it shan’t happen!
QUESTION 2 (25 marks)

a) Place this excerpt in its immediate context (3 mks)

b) Identify and illustrate the character trait of the following characters (4 mks)
i)Rank
ii)Nora
c) Who is in the kitchen and why has he come? (3mks)
d) Identify and illustrate the dominant theme in the excerpt. (2mks)
e) “……… being with Torvald is a little like being with papa” what does Nora mean by this
statement? (2mks)
f) Explain an incidence of dramatic irony from the excerpt. (2mks)
g) Why is Nora quick to usher Dr. Rank out of the room? (2 mks)
h) “This dreadful thing is going to happen. “Rewrite in reported speech. (1mk)
i) Explain the dreadful thing that Nora fears might happen? (2 mks)
j) Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt. (3 mks)
i) Make your mind easy –
ii) I won’t let him escape –
iii) It was no good –
iv) Dreadful -
QUESTION 3: ORAL LITERATURE (20marks)

Read the narrative below and then answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, all animals in the jungle were of the same plain colour but when they were invited
by king lion for his son’s wedding, they decided to decorate themselves for the occasion. The
tortoise was given the task of making the dye to be used. Though he was slow, he was the most
intelligent.
The big day was fast approaching but the tortoise had only managed to make one big pot of black
dye. He called a meeting and they all decided to use the available dye to make various patterns in
their skins.
The leopard was allocated the job of painting the rest of the animals. The zebra was the first on queue
followed by the giraffe, then the donkey and all the other animals were to follow. The giraffe and
the zebra were painted and they looked very beautiful.
Then the donkey’s turn came but he was undecided on the pattern to choose. The leopard decided to
paint him like a zebra and got down to work. He had a long line along the donkey’s spine from
head towards the tail. On reaching the tail, the donkey started giggling. The leopard continued and

the donkey jumped and threw him his hind legs saying the brush was tickling and he could not
contain himself any longer.
He had thrown his hind legs so hard that he hit the pot containing the dye. The dye spattered all over
the animals on the queue. The cheetah got speckles all over his body, the leopard got spotted and
the crow who happened to be passing by with an urgent letter for the king hanging on its neck was
splashed by the dye which covered him the whole body apart from the neck where the letter was.
On seeing this, the hyena started laughing but got a large splotch on his mouth.
All the animals rushed to the stream to try and wash out the dye but it was already dried and had
become permanent. Nobody could get off the spots, streaks, speckles and splotches. And that is
how the donkey was responsible for the various patterns we see on animal’s bodies today.
a) Classify the narrative above. (2mks)
b) Identify and illustrate any two social aspects of society from which this narrative is taken
(4 mks)
c) Identify and illustrate any three features peculiar to oral narratives evident in this narrative.
(6mks)
d) Identify and illustrate any two character traits of the Leopard. (4 mks)
e) Who would be the target audience of such a narrative (2mks)
f) If you were to collect this narrative from the field, what preparations would you make before
the actual field work (2mks)
QUESTION 4: GRAMMAR (15 mks)

(a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not
change the meaning.
1. The children welcomed the teachers.
(Begin with: The teachers)
2. John does not take Lunch. His sister does not take Lunch.
(Begin with: Neither)
3. Gatwiri asked, “Can we meet here tomorrow morning?”
(Rewrite in direct speech)
4. This novel is far better than the one I bought last week.
(Rewrite using the word ‘superior’)
5. It is not necessary to collect the garbage today.
(Rewrite being: You do not )
(b) Rewrite the following sentences to correct the errors.

1. Of the two books, the first is longest
2. The quarter of the three girls sleeps earlier.
3. I did not find any fellow colleagues in class when I arrived late.
(c) Supply the appropriate question tags in the blank spaces in the following sentences.
1. We needn’t worry about tomorrow,
2. Let me have a taste,
3. They’ll come early in the morning,
(d) Replace the underlined words with phrasal verbs formed from the words in brackets
1. Lucy asked Julius not to involve himself with her personal matters. (keep)
2. My mother accidentally met me along Jamhuri highway in the town (run)
(e) Use the words in bracket in their correct form to replace the underlined words.
1. The candidate was not popular amongst the electorate. (famous)
2. The vehicle that was moving very fast caused the accident. (speed)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 7
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
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INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:-

 Answer THREE QUESTIONS in this paper
 Question 1a or 1b (20mks)
 Question 2 is compulsory (20 mks)
 Question 3a or 3b or 3c (20mks)
 Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional text, only first one to appear will
be marked.
 All answers to be written in the answers booklet provided.
For Examiners Use Only.

Question Maximum Candidate’s score
1 20
2 20
3 20
Total Score 60

1. IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION
(a) Write a story ending with;
………………. truth be told, we strongly believe that he was innocent. (20mks)
Or
(b) Write a story to illustrate the saying:
A fool and his money are soon parted
2. THE COMPULSORY SET TEST (20MKS) (20mks)

“People who do bad deeds to others never go unrepaid”
Show the validity of this statement with reference to Henry Ole Kulet’s novel. Blossoms of the
savannah”
3. THE OPTION SET – TEST (20mks)

Answer only one of the following questions
Either
(a) The short stories
Godwin Siundu, A Silent songs and other stories
People with admirable traits stand out. Basing your illustrations on Vrenika Pather's Ninema,
write an essay to validate this assertion.
Or
(b) Drama
David Mulwa, inheritance
“Pretenders are worse than murderers.” Write an easy to show the truthfulness of this statement
basing your answer on the inheritance by David Mulwa.
Or
(c) The novel
Kazuo Ishiguro, Artist of the Floating World
The author has been able to effectively employ irony to bring out the message of the text. Illustrate
the effectiveness of this style in the text An Artist of The floating world by Kazuo Ishiguro


EXAMINATION TRIAL 8
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
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 Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided.
 Answer ALL the questions in this question paper.
 All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.

QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE CANDIDATES SCORE
1 20
2 10
3 30
Total Score 60

A. FUNCTIONAL WRITING -20 MARKS.

1. You are the chairperson of The Peer Counsellors club in your school. You have realized that
many students have challenges in selecting careers for further studies. You decide to invite three
speakers to give a talk on different careers.
(a) Write a memo to the club patron to request him/her to allow you to invite these speakers.
i)Mention each speaker and what they do.
ii)Why you think it is important to invite him /her
iii)The day, the date and time each speaker will come. (12 marks)
(b) One of the speakers was extremely good in the topic of the career that he/she handled. Your
patron has requested you to thank the speaker. Write a thank you letter. (8 marks)
B. CLOZE TEXT- 10 (MARKS)

Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word. ( 10 marks)
New roads will be built to _______1_________ various parts of Nairobi while ______2________
ones will be expanded in an ambitious plan to transform it into a modern and attractive city. The
plan, which was launched yesterday _________3________ proposes to demolish old estates in
Eastlands suburbs to pave way for highrise buildings where city _____4_________ can work
and live. It also proposes to revamp railway ______________5_____ to ease the
__________6______ of people into and out of the city in a move that will reduce reliance on
matatus and private __________7_______. Under the plan launched yesterday, a special lane
will be set ______8___________ for buses in the bold plan to change public transport, one of the
biggest challenges ________9________ the city that is also the national capital. It is expected
that vast tracts of land owed by the Kenya railways_______10______ be used to build a railway
city while electricity way -leaves will provide additional land for infrastructure development.
C. ORAL SKILLS. 30 (MARKS)

1. Read the oral narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (10mks)
WHY TURTLES LIVE IN WATER.
Story, story!
Turtles used to live on the land, they say, until the time a clever turtle was caught by some hunters.
They brought him to their village and placed the turtle before the Chief, who said, “How shall we
cook him?”
“You’ll have to kill me first, “said the turtle, “and take me out of this shell.”
“We’ll break your shell with sticks,” they said.
“That we’ll never work,” said the turtle, “why don’t you throw me in water and drown me?”
“Excellent idea,” said the Chief. They took the turtle to the river and threw him into the water to
drown him.
They were congratulating themselves on their success in drowning the turtle, when two little green
eyes poked up in the water and the laughing turtle said,” Don’t get those cooking pots out too
fast, foolish people!” As he swam away he said, “I think I’ll spend most of my time from now on,
safely in the water.”
It has been that way, ever since!
Questions
i) What is the significance of using the words- Story, story! (2 marks)
ii). How would you prepare to perform this narrative to an audience? (2 marks)
iii)Which two devices of performance would you employ to make your narration interesting?(4 mk)
iv) How would you say the following sentences (2 marks)
(a) Why don’t you throw me in the water and drown me?
(b) It has been that way ever since!
2. You are in a supermarket shopping over the holiday and you bump into your desk mate who
happens to be your friend too. You start talking about the current affairs. What cues will you
employ to ensure that you have a productive conversation? (3 marks.)
3. a) Imagine that you have been given a chance during one of your school assemblies to talk to the
rest of the students about peer pressure. How will you introduce your talk? (4 marks)
b) Explain three ways in which you will make effective use of your voice during the talk. (3 marks)
4. Underline the odd one out in the following set of words. (4 marks)
i) Chef chief sachet
ii) Gateway gesture gel
iii) Whole hole hall
iv) Niche Chick chic
5. Read the following telephone conversation and answer the questions that follow.
Caller: I want to talk to my father.
Secretary: Good morning, may I know who is on the line please. (Impatient and irritated)
Caller: (Impatient and irritated) You mean you don’t know me and my father is your boss?

Secretary: Oh, you are Mr. Baraka’s son?

Caller: (shouting) Put him on the line now.
Secretary: ( Politely) I am sorry it is not possible to speak to him now. He is in a...
Caller: It is urgent!
Secretary: Kindly leave a message and he will call you back.
Caller: Nonsense! (Bangs the phone)
QUESTIONS
i) Mention three short comings of the caller. (3 marks)
ii) Identify any three areas where the secretary observes telephone etiquette. (3 marks)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 8
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
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1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
2. Sign and write date of examination in the spaces provided above.
3. Answer all questions in the question paper
4. All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper

1 20
2 25
3 20
4 15
TOTAL SCORE

Q1. COMPREHENSION (20 MARKS)

Read the passage below then answer the questions that follow:
My favourite aunt is a woman anyone would admire, both her physical features and character. She
is the kind of person you want to be with all the time.
She is the eldest in my father’s family but she looks the youngest. Though in her mild-sixties, she
looks twenty years younger. It is as if she has signed a contract with perpetual youth. I have heard
countless people ask her what her secret is, upon which she readily replies with a winsome smile.
“I don’t look back in regret or look around in worry. Instead, I always look up in hope.” I don’t
know, but I am tempted to believe that this philosophy has kept away the gnawing tooth of time.
At about five feet, her height wouldn’t catch the eye of a basketball coach. However, it goes well
with her body on which there isn’t an ounce of flabby flesh. Actually, the ravages of multiple
childbirth and age have not robbed her of her waistline and shapely figure. For one who has never
heard of a gym let alone worked out in one, she is nicely put together.
One grudge that I have against her is that she inherited the very best that her parents had to offer in
terms of hair, leaving my dad with stingy strands that you can almost count. No wonder mine
defies even the most qualified stylist. When she was younger, my aunt liked to display hers in
fancy hair-dos. I have seen earlier photographs in which it is shinny black, shoulder length and
full bodied. Today, it has thinned a little and is no longer as long due to breakage. Shy streaks of
gray are appearing but if you consider that some people twenty years her junior are already white-
haired then you must concede that it is one of her best features. She usually plaits it into two thick
knots, one at the front and the other at the back. She then covers it with a headscarf as is required
by her denomination.
She denies it but I bet that her face earned her many male stares when she was young. Dark in
complexion, it is still smooth and even in tone though edged with tiny lines----- I don’t like to call
them wrinkles. Her eyes are bright with hope and wisdom. Even when she is sad, they retain their
luster and intensity. Her arched bushy eyebrows seem to be guarding these gems zealously. To
complete the picture, her nose and mouth complement her rounded face perfectly. Her husband,
my uncle, often teasingly tells her that her lips are a little too thick. Being one to never lack a quick
response or take offense easily, she quips: “Well the thicker the better to declare my overflowing
love for you.” For me, they are a reflection of her generous spirit.
Although she is not a fashion enthusiast, my aunt knows a thing or two about dressing smartly and
elegantly. Her ankle – length pleated dresses are always neatly pressed and matched with the
headscarf. She is fussy about who makes her outfits because she wants them to come out just right.
I am sure she had sampled several seamstresses before she settled on her current one to whom I

have been introduced. Navy blue is her favourite colour. I have heard it said that it is the colour
of confidence and if my aunt is anything to go by, I think it is true.
In the entire neighbourhood, she is known as “Mama Safi.” A former customer of hers tells me the
nickname is two-fold. “years ago, she used to run a shop named so and she grew to become
synonymous with it, hence the nickname. But the story doesn’t begin there. When she opened the
shop, it was simply known as “Duka”. She would sweep in front of it every so often and sprinkle
water to keep away dust. Inside the items were neatly arranged according to their types and sizes.
If she accidently spilt substances like milk and sugar, she would immediately clean up the mess.”
Perhaps you are wondering why I like Auntie Joyce so much. Well, we, her nieces and nephews
concur that she does many things for us. She spoils us the way only a grandmother can, she advises
us the way only an aunt can, imparting pearls of wisdom when the girls confide their men’s
troubles in her; she supports us the way only friends can – listening to our side of the story when
our parents fail to.
(Taken from Secret from Beyond; Oloo Oliver, unpublished)
QUESTIONS
a). According to the passage why is the narrator’s aunt her favourite. (2mks)
b). What is the secret behind the narrator’s aunt’s youthful appearance? (2mks)
c). Why does the narrator begrudge her favourite aunt? (2mks)
d). ‘Although she is not a fashion enthusiast, my aunt knows a thing or two about dressing smartly
and elegantly.’ (Rewrite beginning Dressing....) (1mk)
e). How can we tell that the narrator’s aunt is aging? (2mks)
f). Describe the relationship between the narrator’s aunt and her uncle. (2mks)
g). Explain why ‘gym’ is mentioned in this passage. (2mks)
h). What evidence is there in the passage to show that the narrator’s aunt wants her to follow in her
footsteps. (2mks)
i). List why the narrator’s favourite aunt is liked by the nieces and nephews. (2mks)
j). Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the passage. (3mks)
i).Signed a contract with perpetual youth. ______________________________________
ii). Earned her many male stares. _____________________________________________
iii). Pearls of wisdom. _____________________________________________________

Q2. Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (25 Marks)
Nora: And I?
Helmer: You too, of course; we are both saved, both you and I. Look, he sends you your bond
back. He says he regrets and repents – that a happy change in his life – never mind what he says!
We are saved, Nora! – no one can do anything to you. Oh, Nora, Nora! – no, first I must destroy
these hateful things. Let me see – (takes a look at the bond) No, no, I won’t look at it. The whole
thing shall be nothing but a bad dream to me. (Tears up the bond and both letters, throws them all
into the stove, and watches them burn.) There – now it doesn’t exist any longer. He says that since
Christmas Eve you – These must have been three dreadful days for you, Nora.
Nora: I have fought a hard fight these three days,

Helmer: And suffered agonies, and seen no way out but -. No, we won’t call any of the horrors
to mind. We will only shout with joy, and keep saying, “It’s all over! It’s all over” Listen to me,
Nora. You don’t seem to realize that it is all over. What is this? – such a cold, set face! My poor
little Nora, I quite understand; you don’t feel as if you could believe that I have forgiven you. But
it is true, Nora, I swear it; I have forgiven you everything. I know that what you did, you did out
of love for me.
Nora: That is true.
Helmer:You have loved me as a wife ought to love her husband. Only you had not sufficient
knowledge to judge of the means you used. But do you suppose you are any the less dear to me,
because you don’t understand how to act on your own responsibility? No, no; only lean on me; I
will advise you and direct you. I should not be a man if this womanly helplessness did not just
give you a double attractiveness in my eyes. You must not think anymore about the hard things I
said in my first moment of consternation, when I thought everything was going to overwhelm me.
I have forgiven you, Nora; I swear to you I have forgiven you.
Nora: Thank you for your forgiveness. (she goes out through the door to the right)
QUESTIONS
1. We are both saved”. What is Helmer referring to?. (2mks)
2. Who is the’ he’ referred to in the excerpt. Explain the happy change that has taken place in his
life. (3mks)
3. Identify the main issue brought out in this excerpt. (3mks)
4. Comment on the dominant mood depicted in this passage. (3mks)
5. Give one character trait of (4mks)
i). Norah ______________________________________________________________
ii). Helmer _____________________________________________________________

6. Comment on any two aspects of style used in the excerpt. (6mks)

7. Supply the correct question tag.
The whole thing shall be nothing but a bad dream to me. (1mk)
8. Explain the meaning of this phrase as used in the excerpt ...moment of consternation. (1mk)
9. What happens immediately after this excerpt?. (2mks)
Q3. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. (20 marks)
SEVEN LADIES AND WILD FRUITS
A Taita tale by Mshila Mercy Soko
Once upon a time there lived seven ladies. These ladies were great friends and they lived in the same
village. They performed all their chores. They fetched water together, gathered firewood and went
to the forest to eat fruits together.
One day they went to the forest to collect wild fruits. Before they began collecting, the fruits they
agreed that they were going to pick them with closed eyes, ‘Fine’ they agreed then they began
picking the fruits. Six of them touched each other and they opened their eyes. The seventh girl
was not alerted and so she continued picking unripe fruits.
When they had picked enough, they agreed that they shouldn’t look at their fruits until they are half
way home. When they looked at their fruits, the seventh girl realized she had picked all unripe
fruits, but the others had picked ripe ones.
‘All my fruits are unripe. What will I do?’ she asked ‘Go back and pick others, ‘ they said firmly.
The girl decided to go back to the forest and pick some fruits for herself. On her way back before
she could reach where the other girls were waiting, she met an ogre.
‘Young lady what are you carrying?’ it asked. The girl answered ‘it’s my wild fruits.’ ‘Give me one
I eat.’ It ate very fast and asked for more until the girl had nothing to give. Then the ogre asked
for the girl’s finger, the hand, the leg and finally swallowed the girl. The other girls waited for her
until they gave up and went home. When the parents asked them where San was they explained
she had gone back to collect ripe fruits and she never returned.
Mwandime her elder brother listened to the story and took his quiver and spear. He went straight to
the path they used when they go to the river to drink water. When the first ogre arrived, he asked
it ‘ Who has swallowed San my sister?’ It sang. ‘The one who has swallowed San is at the far end
making noise gwa gwa goat gwa gwa.
Mwandime let it pass. The second ogre came and he asked the same question and he got the same
answer. The third came and the same was repeated until the tenth and the last one came. It was
fat and heavy and walked with a lot of difficulty. Mwandime stopped it and demanded to know
who had swallowed his sister San. The ogre tried to sing ‘The one who swallowed your sister.........
the one who has swallowed.....’ ‘Talk properly, sing properly.’ Retorted Mwandime. The ogre
was unable to sing because it was the one that had swallowed Mwandime’s sister.
Mwandime took out his spear and aimed at the ogre’s stomach. The stomach opened and San with
the others who had suffered the same fate came out. Mwandime took San by the hand and they
ran towards home and the other ogres in hot pursuit to avenge their friend’s death. ‘Frog we are
being pursued by the ogres can you help us’ said Mwandime. ‘Come closer. I will swallow you
and take you home and the ogre wont get you and take you.’ Replied the frog.
So the frog swallowed San and Mwandime took them to the other side of the river and hoped towards
their home. On the way, it met a chameleon and the frog sang.
Don’t push me
I am taking San home
San has some wood
San has some sugarcane
It passed. When it came to San’s home, women were pounding maize. ‘How come this
Frog is so fat’ remarked one. ‘Push it away.’
Mm mm don’t push me
I am taking San home
San has some wood
San has some sugar cane
It vomited San and Mwandime at their home. They came out carrying precious things to the home.
The family members and their friends were very happy to receive them home. The ogres were
surprised when they came to the river they lost track of these two and so they gave up and went
back home. A party was organized by San’s family members so that friends and neighbours can
make merry and be happy. He was given a bride to marry and he settled down.
My story ends here.

QUESTIONS
a). What do the ogres represent in the narrative? (2mks)
b). Explain the use of fantasy in the narrative. (3mks)
c). What is the significance of the song in the narrative? (3mks)
d). Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the passage. (2mks)
i). Suffered the same fate.
ii). In hot pursuit
e). Give one character trait for each of the following.

i). Mwandime - (2mks)

ii). The girls - (2mks)
f). Comment on any two features of this sub-genre (4mks)
g). Describe two economic activities of the community in the narrative. (2mks)
Q4. GRAMMAR (15 MARKS)

a). Fill in the blank space with the correct form of the word in blackest. (4mks)
i. The prices of the items were not____________________. (negotiate)
ii. The students were quite_______________ to the new teacher. (receive)
iii. The case received a just verdict because the judge is____________. (corrupt)
i. The students’ _______________ of staying in school to going home for half term was welcome.
(prefer)
b). Fill in the blank spaces with the correct preposition (3mks)
i. We danced________ the rhythm of their drums.
ii. I have placed the coffee table __________ the shade of that tree.
iii. The thief dashed__________ the house when he saw the police officers.
c). Fill in the blank spaces with a suitable phrasal verb formed from (3mks)
the word in brackets.
i. We surely cannot _____________________such insults. (put)
ii. The captain _________________________ his crew throughout the trial. (back)
iii. Students have to work very hard to____________________ for lost time. (make)
d). Rewrite the following sentences to have one clear meaning (2mks)
i. I don’t like controlling people
ii. The teacher left the class feeling frustrated.
e). Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. (3mks)
i. As soon as the students completed the exams, they returned all the books to the library (Begin:
No sooner).
ii. If you invite him, he will come to the party (Rewrite.............. unless....................)
iii. My class teacher intervened. I was not sent home (combine into one sentence using ‘but
for’)


EXAMINATION TRIAL 8
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
a) Answer three questions only.
b) Questions 1 and 2 are compulsory.
c) In question three, choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
d) Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
e) You must answer the questions in English.
f) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that no question is missing.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.

QUESTION TOTAL MARKS CANDIDATE’S SCORE
1.Imaginative Composition 20
2.The Compulsory Set Text 20
3.The Optional Set Text 20
TOTAL 60

QUESTIONS
1. Imaginative Composition (Compulsory) (20 marks)
Either
(a) Write a composition beginning:
It seemed like a very ordinary day. In fact, I assumed it would be uneventful. But how wrong I was…
Or
(b) Write a story to illustrate the saying:
Every cloud has a silver lining.
2. Compulsory Set Text (20 marks)

H.R Ole Kulet, Blossoms of the Savannah.
In life, one needs to be firm and purposeful in order to succeed. With reference to the life of Resian
write an essay in support of this statement drawing your illustrations from Blossoms of the
Savannah.
3. The Optional Set Text (20 marks)

Either
(a) The Short Story
Godwin Siundu, A Silent Songs and Other Short Stories.
Wrongful conviction and imprisonment is a notable thematic concern in, ‘God Sees the Truth
but waits’ story by Leo Tolstoy. Support this statement with illustrations from the ‘A Silent
Song’s and other stories’.
Or
(b) Drama
David Mulwa, Inheritance
‘Pretenders are worse than murderers.’ Write an essay in support of this statement drawing your
illustrations from David Mulwa’s Inheritance
Or
(c) The Novel
Kazuo Ishiguro, Artist of the Floating World.The author has been able to effectively employ
symbolism to bring out the message of the text. Illustrate the effectiveness of this style in the
text An Artist of The floating world by Kazuo Ishiguro


EXAMINATION TRIAL 9
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
a) Write your name, school and admission number in the spaces provided.
b) Sign and write the date of exam in the spaces provided.
c) Answer all the questions in this paper.

S/No. Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score
1 Functional Writing 20
2 Cloze Test 10
3 Oral Skills 30
TOTAL 60

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MARKS)

You are the environment club chairperson in your school. You have been invited to give a speech on
how to conserve the environment during the “Environmental Awareness Day” in county. The
Governor, sub-county director of environment, the area chief, students, the club patrons and
members from the community will attend.
In your speech you will address the following issues: deforestation, pollution and waste disposal. Write
the speech that you will deliver. (20 marks
2.Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.(10 mks)
Curriculum reform in education is a worldwide-practiced phenomenon that is involved in striving for
the (i)........................educational practices, primarily with the demands of the twenty-first-century
knowledge economy. African (ii)........................immediately after
independence had to inherit the colonial education system, which (iii)....................................
discriminative and which demanded realignment to societal and cultural demands of the nation.
Coincidentally, curriculum (iv)............................. in most African nations adopted the content or
knowledge-based approach. Not long, the Knowledge-based curriculum dissatisfied most countries
for its products were too academic, but lacking skills and knowledge (v)..............................the
applicability as required by the demands from the workplace. Kenya and Tanzania adopted a
curriculum with the philosophy of education for self-reliance;(vi) .......................... due to the
inadequately trained teachers and insufficient resources, it ended up being
(vii).......................examinable and losing its goal. That (viii)........................to unemployment,
increased vices, and rampant dropouts, among other factors. Currently, due to technological
advancement, most countries have opted (ix).............................a competency-based curriculum
(CBC), which appears as worldwide trends in offering skills that match with the requirements of
companies’ employers. (x).....................question shall be: does the job market currently determine
the curriculum reforms in education?
3. a) Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow: 30 MARKS
The Song of the Engine by Worsely Benison
With a snort and pant the engine dragged
Its heavy train uphill,
And puffed these words the while she puffed
And laboured with a will:
“I think-I can-I think-I can

I’ve- got- to reach- the top.
I’m sure- I can- I will- get there
I sim-ply must-not stop.”

At last, the top was reached and passed,

And then-how changed the song!
The wheels all joined in the engine’s joy,
As quickly she tore along.
“I knew I could do it; I knew I could win,
Oh, rickety, rackety, rack!
And now for a roaring rushing race
On my smooth and shining track!”
i) How has the poet made the above poem rhythmic? (4 marks)
ii) How would you say the last two lines of the poem? (2 marks)
b) The underlining indicates the stressed word in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each
sentence means. (3 marks)
I bought a camera for you.
c) Write another word with a similar pronunciation for each of the ones given below. (4 marks)
(i) Clime................................................................................................
(ii) Packed.............................................................................................
(iii) Blew................................................................................................
(iv) Serial................................................................................................
d) Your friend wishes to visit you over the December holidays but she has never been to your place.
She requests you to give her directions that will enable her reach your home. How would you
ensure that the directions you give enable her to reach her destination? (4 Marks)
e) Imagine you have been invited to give a speech on the topic “Devastating effects of Covid19.”
State three introductory strategies of your speech. (3 Marks)
f. Study the genre below and answer the questions that follow.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper
picked?
i) Giving a reason, classify the genre. (2 marks)
ii) Identify the dominant sound pattern used in the above genre. (2 marks)
iii) State two functions of the genre above. (2marks)
iv) If the above genre was to be translated to another language, what would be lost? (1 mark)

g. Indicate whether you would use falling intonation or rising intonation in the sentences below.
(3mks)
i) Did you remember to buy tomatoes? ………………………………………………
ii) Where did you buy these? ………………………………………………………..
iii) Open the window! ………………………………………………………………


EXAMINATION TRIAL 9
101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
1. Write your name, class, Admission number, signature and date in the spaces provided above.
2. Answer ALL questions in this question paper.
3. Write ALL your answers in the spaces provided.
4. Write legibly and neatly preferably in blue ink.
For Examiner’s use only.

Question Maximum Score Student’s Score
1. Unseen Passage 20
2. Extract 25
3. Oral Literature 20
4. Grammar 15
Total 80

COMPREHENSION
Even though tattoos are sometimes associated with rebellion, they have long standing history among
community. Tahitians, for instances used tattoos as a permanent way of preserving their culture
and to show social ranking. Early Christians, on the other hand, often had the sign of a cross
tattooed on their bodies, particularly their faces and arms, representing a permanent mark of the
believer’s faith.
The word ‘tattoo’ is derived from a Tahitian word tatau that means to mark. Tatau has been suggested
to be the onomatopoeic sound tap, tap made by the tapping of a tattoo instrument as it works on
skin while ‘au’ is associated with the cry of pain a person gives when being tattooed.
The first ever tattoo to be found on a human being was found on a mummified iceman in 3,300BC
with 58 tattoos on his body, which contained lines and dots. This is nothing, however, compared
to Scottish Tom Leopard, recorded as the world’s most tattooed person, with 99.9 percent of his
body covered in leopard, skin design. Guinness world records record that the only part of his body
that remained is the skin between his toes and inside of his ears.
When receiving a tattoo, the skin is pierced between 50 to 3,000 times per minute by a needle in the
tattoo machine. Most tattoo machines consist of four parts: the needle, the tube that holds thje ink,
an electric motor, and a foot pedal that controls the movement; almost similar to how a sewing
machine works.
Sterilization and disposable materials are crucial to tattooing because tattoos are created by thousands
of puncture marks to the skin, each of which could be infected. The autoclave is a safe popular way
to sterilize any tattoo equipment that is not disposable. A combination of heat, steam and pressure
kills all bacterial and organisms to prevent infection.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, tattoos were dangerous to have. European ‘head hunters’ caused a terror
by collecting tattooed Maori heads. As the odd sport became popular, more Maoris were murdered
to meet the demand. In the time, slaves began being tattooed so that their heads could be cut off
and sold. Luckily, however, Christian missionaries in the cook island condemned the practice of
tattooing quoting the Bible “....do not cut your bodies for the dead or put marks on
yourself......”They tried to stamp out the custom going as far as trying to remove tattoos by rubbing
the skin with sandstone in a practice was known as ‘holy stoning’. This was the primitive
forerunner to modern tattoo removal known as dermabrasion, where the skin is ‘sanded’ to remove
layers, dermabrasion has now largely given way to laser surgery as a popular means of tattoo
removal.
While tattoos bring colour to humanity, research has shown that unclean tattooing practices can
transmit diseases such as hepatitis B. Some pigments used in tattoos contain metals that can cause
pain during a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) test, or even affect the resulting MRI image.
Because of the possible negative effects tattoos pose to humans, those keen on
getting one have to be very careful before they get one. That said, it is important to note that presently,
many tattoo artistes earn a good living out of the art.
QUESTIONS
a) From paragraph one; state two historical uses of tattoos. (3mks)
b) According to the writer state the origin of the word tattoo. (1mk)
c) What is most striking about Tom leopard? (2mks)
d) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage. (4mks)
-Mummified
-Sterilize
-Pigment
-Earn a good living.
e) What was the risk associated with tattooing in the 18th and 19th centuries. (2mks)
f) State two modern ways of tattoo removal. (2mk)
g) Many tattoo artists earn a good living out of the art. (Add a question tag) (1mk)
h) In note form state the negative effects of tattooing. (3mks)
i) What are the benefits of tattooing as suggested in the passage? (2mks)
2. Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow. (25 marks)
Krogstad: Are you aware that is a dangerous confession?
Nora: In what way? You shall have your money soon.
Krogstad: Let me ask you a question: Why did you not send the paper to
your father?
Nora: It was impossible: papa was so ill. If I had asked him for his signature, I should have had to
tell him what the money was to be used for: and when he was so ill himself, I couldn’t tell him
that my husband’s life was in danger – it was impossible.
Krogstad: It would have been better for you if you had given up your trip abroad.
Nora: No, that was impossible. That trip was to save my husband’s life. I couldn’t give that up.
Krogstad: But did it never occur to you that you were committing a fraud on me?
Nora: I couldn’t take that into account: I didn’t trouble myself about you at all. I couldn’t bear
you, because you put so many heartless difficulties in my way, although you knew what a
dangerous condition my husband was in.
Krogstad : Mrs. Helmer, you evidently do not realise clearly what it is that you have been guilty
of. But I can assure you that my one false step, which lost me all my reputation, was nothing
more or nothing worse than what you have done.
Nora: You? Do you ask me to believe that you were brace enough to run a risk to save your
wife’s life?
Krogstad: Foolish or not, it is the law by which you will be judged, if I produce this paper in
court.
Nora: I don’t believe it. Is a daughter not to be allowed to spare her dying father anxiety and care?
Is a wife not to be allowed to save her husband’s life? I dont know much about law: but I am
certain that there must be laws permitting such things as that. Have you no knowledge of such
laws – you who are a lawyer? You must be very poor Mr Krogstad.
Krogstad: Maybe. But matters of business – such business as you and I have had together – do
you think I don’t understand that? Very well. Do as you please. But let me tell you this – if I
lose my position a second time, you shall lose yours with me. (He bows and goes out through the
hall) Nora (appears buried in thought for a short time, then tosses her head) Nonsense! Trying to
frighten me like that! – I am not so silly as he thinks. (begins to busy herself putting the
children’s things in order) And yet-? No it’s impossible! I did it for love’s sake.
QUESTIONS:
a) Briefly describe the dangerous confession Nora admits to in the onset of the excerpt.(3 marks)
b) Explain why Nora did not send the paper to her father for signing. (3 marks)
c) Explain two themes evident in the excerpt above. (4 marks)
d) Contrast Krogstad’s and Nora’s views on the law (2 marks)
e) How is Krogstad portrayed in the excerpt (2 marks)
f) The law cares nothing about motives. (Add a question tag) (1 mark)
g) Krogstad informs Nora that “one false step, lost him all reputation.” Briefly explain how.
(2 marks)
h) “……….If I lose my position a second time, you shall lose yours with me.” From elsewhere in
the play, show the truth of this statement (2 marks)
i) What is the general tone in this excerpt? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
j) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt. (2 marks)
(a) defiantly
(ii) false step
3. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow
The in mates
Huddled together
Cold biting their bones,
Teeth chattering from the chill,
The air oppressive,
The smell offensive
They sit and they reflect
The room self-contained,

At the corner the ‘gents’ invites
With the nice fragrance of ammonia,
And fresh human dung,
The fresh inmates sit thoughtfully.
Vermin perform a guard of honour,

Saluting him with a bite here,
And a bite there,
‘Welcome to the world, they seem to say.
The steel lock of the door,

The walls insurmountable
And the one torching tortorous bulb
Stare vacantly at him.
Slowly he reflects about the consignment
That gave birth to his confinement
Locked in for conduct refinement
The reason they put him in the prison.
The clock ticks

But too slowly
Five years will be a long time
Doomed in the dungeon
In this hell of a cell
QUESTIONS
a) Who is the persona in the poem? (1mk)
b) Briefly explain what the poem is about. (2mks)
c) Identify and illustrate three a aspects of style in the poem. (6mks)
d) Give evidence from the poem which indicates the inmates are suffering. (3mks)
e) Why is the fresh inmate in prison? (2mks)
f) Identify and explain the mood of the new convict. (2mks)
g) Explain the meaning of the following lines as used in the poem
i) That gave birth to his confinement. (1mk)
i) The room is self contained. (1mk)
h) What does the steel lock of the door and the insurmountable walls suggest? (2mks)
GRAMMAR
A) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. (3mks)
i) It is not necessary for my parents to come. (Begin: There is..............................
ii) I am sorry you missed lunch. (Begin: I regret........................................
iii) But for my daughters prompt action, I would be dead by now.(Begin: Had it..........................
b) Change the following sentences into the passive. (3mks)

i) The farmer had planted the beans
ii) The principal gave the education officer the forms
iii) We expect the strike to end soon.
c) Fill in each blank space using the correct form of the words in brackets (3mks)
i) The hen had..................................................................eggs in the bushes near
the house. (lay)
ii) Tell me, ..............................................................a wise person search for
knowledge? (do)
iii) The watchman...............................................the lamps when he heard
commotion behind the office. (light)
d) Change the following sentences from direct speech. (2mks)
i) “You are invited to my birthday on Sunday,”Mwikali told me.
ii) “I will cook supper,” Wangui offered.
e) Fill in the blank spaces with the appropriate form of the word in brackets. (2mks)
i) His....................................................is amazing high. (popular)
ii) The shepherd travelled.....................................................in search of pasture. (east)
f) Rewrite the following sentences replacing the underlined idiomatic expressions. (2mks)
i) His friends made him lose heart on carrying out the project
ii) He was green with envy


EXAMINATION TRIAL 9
101/3
ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
(a) Write your name, admission number and class in the spaces provided above.
(b) This paper has three sections: A, B and C.
(c) Answer ONE question from each section.

Section Maximum Score Candidate’s Score
1 20
2 20
3 20
Total 60


QUESTIONS
1. Either (20 marks)
(a) Write a story entitled “Pride comes before a fall”
Or
(b) Write a story beginning with the words:
The whole neighbourhood was full of shouts…
2. Compulsory set book: “Blossoms of the Savannah”. (20 marks)

Mama Milanoi’s submissiveness results in the break up of her family. With clear illustrations
from the novel, Show the truth of this statement.
3. OPTIONAL TEXTS Either: (20 marks)

(a) “Inheritance’’ by David Mulwa.
Drawing illustrations from David Mulwa’s Inheritance, write an essay to show how moral
decadence among leaders affects the society.
Or:
(b) “Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro.

Intergenerational Conflicts are dominant in modern society. Basing your illustrations on An Artist
of The floating world, write an essay to validate this assertion.
Or:
(c) A silent Songs and Other Stories by Godwin Shiundu

In the face of affliction, faith is essential for man's survival. Write an essay to validate this
statement in reference to Leo Tolstoy’s God Sees the Truth, but Waits.


EXAMINATION TRIAL 10
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
a) Write your name, school and admission number in the spaces provided.
b) Sign and write the date of exam in the spaces provided.
c) Answer all the questions in this paper.

S/No. Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score
1 Functional Writing 20
2 Cloze Test 10
3 Oral Skills 30
TOTAL 60

FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 marks)

1. Imagine you are the principal at Kilimambogo Teachers Training College. Lydia Moraa, a former
employee at the college, has been invited to attend an interview at Rift Valley Institute of
Technology. The principal has written to you requesting that you provide information about
Moraa’s; professionalism, inter-personal relationship, reliability, mastery and content delivery and
her general conduct. Send this information to the principal via an email. Copy in, the chairperson
of the board Rift Valley Institute of Technology without the principal knowing that the chair has
the same information.
CLOZE TEST
2. Read the passage below and fill the blanks provided with a suitable word. (10 marks)
Conducting a job search 1__________________the Internet has definitely 2____________-
________how job seekers contact hiring 3______________________. The availability of copying
and pasting a text version CV into a format 4_________________________company’s Website has
laid the foundation for an easier and 5_______________________ convenient process.
6___________________ the Internet’s convenience, a breeding ground for scam artists continues
to 7_____________each year as well. Identity thefts have increased to an overwhelming 10 million
8______________________ per year and many of them are the result of phishing-not surprisingly,
the employment industry is 9_____________________ attack as well. Knowing what to look for
and how to stop fraud can be the best deterrent to ensuring you have a safe experience while
conducting your 10___________________________ search.
ORAL SKILLS (30mks)

3 a. Read the narrative below and then answer the questions that follow.
There was a great famine in the land where Obunde and his wife, Oswera, lived with their nine
children. The only creatures who had some food were the ogres and before they would part with
their food, they demanded a lot of things.
One day, Oswera went to one ogre’s home and asked him for some food, for by then her children
were almost dying of hunger.
“I have no more food except sweet potatoes, the ogre told her.
“I shall be happy to have the potatoes. We have nothing not a grain of food at my house and the
children are starving. Please let me have some and I shall repay you after the harvest.”

“No, if you want food you must exchange with something right now. Will you give me one of your
children in exchange for my potatoes? Oswera hesitated, her children were dear to her, but then
they would die without food.
“Yes, I shall let you have one of them for this meal, if only you could let us have some potatoes,”
Oswera answered. Then she took a big basket full of potatoes and told the ogre the exact time he
could go to her home to collect one of her children for a meal.
Oswera thought hard and she decided she should not give a single one of her children to the ogre
for a meal. She therefore cut young bananas stalks and cooked them nicely.
When the ogre came, she gave them to him and the beast greedily went away satisfied, Soon the
potatoes were finished and she had to go to the ogre again.
Oswera and Obunde, her husband kept on cooking banana stalks for the ogre each time he came for
one of their children, until one day, she had no more banana stalks to cook for the animal.
“You have now eaten all my children, yet we still need the potatoes. What shall we give you now?”
Oswera asked in despair.
“Then I shall come for you and your husband,” the ogre replied angrily as he helped Oswera to load
her basket on her head.
“Yes, come tomorrow at the usual time in the afternoon and get me. I shall have cooked myself for
you,” Oswera said calmly.
The following day the ogre went promptly as Oswera had told him and he found the home almost
deserted. He looked everywhere but a part from Obunde there was no trace of anybody. Then he
looked at the usual place and found a huge bowl of a big meal Oswera had cooked for him. The
ogre did not realize they had prepared a dog instead of Oswera. When he had eaten the ogre told
Obunde he would come for him the following day. Obunde got very worried and the night he could
not sleep. The following day he started crying.
“Ah Oswera my wife, how did you cook yourself and how shall I cook myself for the ogre.” He
sat down in the dust of his compound and wept. Oswera became very annoyed with her husband.
You, you stupid, foolish man! Why sit and cry there all day long? How do you think I cooked
myself? Take one of the dogs and quickly prepare it for the ogre!”
Very quickly Obunde got up, caught, killed and prepared a dog for the ogre. Then he joined his
wife and children in a huge hollow part of a tree in his compound where they had hidden. That day
the ogre knew he was going to have his last meal of juicy human flesh. Being a generous and
unselfish ogre, he brought many of his fellow ogres. They were going to have a feast.
Suddenly as they were eating, they heard a man singing very happily. No, they could not believe
it! It was Obunde singing! And he was boasting of how he had cheated the ogre.
The greedy ogre ate banana stalks
Not my family;
The greedy ogre ate a dog
Not Obunde Magoro!
The greedy ogre at banana stalks
Not my family;

Now come and get Obunde,

His children and wife.
Obunde sang the words and the ogres got very angry. The first ogre rushed into the hollow of the
tree, but Oswera had heated a long piece of iron until it was white. She pushed the iron into the
ogre’s mouth. The beast fell down dead. The next one rushed into the hollow and Oswera killed
him in the same way. In this way she killed all the ogres and saved her husband and all their
children.
My story ends there.
QUESTIONS.
i) Identify three features that show that this story is an oral narrative. (3 marks)
ii) Give two ways you would use to capture the audience attention before narrating the story.
(2 marks)
iii) How would you say the words of the ogre, “I have more food except sweet potatoes”? (2 mks)
iv) As a narrator, what would indicate to you that your audience is not attentive? (3 marks)
b. From the list below, classify words according to the sound of the underlined letters. An example
of each sound has been given. (4 marks)
(Branch, Chauvinism, Champagne, Cholera, Cholesterol, Machete, Chaos)
/s/ /tf/ /k/
machine chips charisma
c. You have just been invited for an interview to work as an accountant in a certain company.
What would you require to do before and during an interview to ensure you succeed? (4 marks)
d. In the words below, underline the part that should be stressed. (5 marks)
i) Chal.lenge
ii) Pro.se.cute
iii) A.larm
iv) A.gree.ment
v) Ap.proach
e. Read the following telephone conversation between Mato and the secretary and then answer the
questions that come after it.
Mato: I am Mato and want to speak with the manager.
Secretary: Why? What do you want with him?
Mato : That is none of your business. I want to speak with the manager now.
Secretary: He is not in. Say what you wanted and I will tell him.
Mato: Why are you wasting my time? Tell him to call me.
Secretary: How will he reach you? What is your telephone...

(Phone is disconnected)
Identify any four instances of lack of telephone conversations etiquette in the above conversation.
(4marks)
f. The underlining indicates the stressed word in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each
sentence means. (3 marks)
i) Amanda rode the bus to school
ii) Amanda rode the bus to school
iii) Amanda rode the bus to school


101/2
ENGLISH
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
(a) Write your name and admission no. in the space provided.
(b) Sign and write the date of exam in the space provided.
(c) Answer all the questions in this paper.
(d) All your answers must be written in the space provided.

Question Maximum score Student’s score
1 20
2 25
3 20
4 15
Total score 80

1. COMPREHENSION (20MKS)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
The plan by the national government to import doctors and other health specialists from Cuba to
plug a “shortage” of workers has been warmly welcomed by county government through the
council of governors.
In the deal, the national government will pay the medics’ salaries while the counties foot the
transport, accommodation and security bill.
As per the 2010 constitution, which ushered in devolution, health was to be managed as a shared
responsibility between the two levels of government in a vertical and horizontal manner.
But the transition authority, in this hurry, devolved health and seconded healthcare workers to
counties without proper legal framework to address the challenges of this complicated cadre.
Devolution was meant to increase inclusivity and have resources enjoyed at the local level without
political favors as it had been. Previously, many areas had been neglected, with little access to
healthcare professionals, let alone specialists.
At the height of devolution debate, the drafters of the constitution agreed to have healthcare shared
so that marginalized parts of the country would get the necessary attention through efforts such as
equalization funds.
As rightly captured in the Bomas Draft, a health service commission (HSC) was to be informed to
ensure issues of personnel are dealt with at the national level. This was in a bid to have adequate
resource sharing, proper retention of scarce resources (specialists) and promotion of training to
achieve the recommended population-to-health worker ratio.
The commission was, however, somehow excluded from the Constitution by the committee of
experts in a process that lacked wide participation.
As it were, the devolution of healthcare was done hurriedly and the chicken has come home to roost.
It is clear that something has gone very wrong with the management of this important national
resource. Health sector strikes which should rightly be frowned upon, have become common
place. The media are awash with reports of tribalism, nepotism and “countysm” in recruitment.
Lack of equipment, medication and common supplies is also rampant. The national government
stepped in with medical equipment leasing (MES) scheme, which saw high-tech tools and
machines supplied to much-unprepared institutions, putting to question the whole structure of
what exactly is devolution of health.

One must still support the tension of devolution but question its implementation. Unable to attract,
train and retain specialists, the counties are salivating at the prospect of receiving “free” Cuban
doctors. This is a clear admission that the devolved units are quite incapable of managing this vital
resource.
Accepting human resource sourced and managed for them is to lend credence to the belief that this
is a role that at best coordinated by the national government. Daily nation, June 6 2018
Questions
a) Referring to the first paragraph, why is the term “shortage” put in quotation. 2mks
b) What shared responsibilities are highlighted in the hiring process? 2mks
c) For the drafters of 2010 constitution, what was envisaged under a new constitution order
pertaining to healthcare? 2mk
d) According to the Bomas draft, what was the work of the health service commission? 2mks
e) What evidence is given to show that health sector is in crisis. 3mks
f) In note form, show according to the passage, how devolved units are un-prepared to handle
health. 4mks
g) Identify a case of idiomatic expression in the passage. 2mks
h) Give the meaning of the following words and phrases. 3mks
i) Ushered-
ii) Marginalized parts-
iii) Incapable
2. Read the excerpt below and then answer questions that below.
Helmer (calls out from his room).Is that my little lark twittering out there?
Nora (busy opening some of the parcels). Yes, it is!
Helmer. Is it my little squirrel bustling about?
Nora. Yes!
Helmer. When did my squirrel come home?
Nora. Just now.
(Puts the bag of macaroons into her pocket and wipes her mouth.)
Come in here, Torvald, and see what I havebought.
HELMER. Don’t disturb me.
(A little later, he opens the door and looks into the room, pen in hand.)
Bought, did you say? All these things? Has mylittle spendthrift been wasting money again?

Nora. Yes but, Torvald, this year we really canlet ourselves go a little. This is the first
Christmasthat we have not needed to economise.
Helmer. Still, you know, we can’t spend moneyrecklessly. Nora. Yes, Torvald, we may be awee
bit more reckless now, mayn’t we? Just atiny wee bit! You are going to have a big salaryand
earn lots and lots of money.
Helmer. Yes, after the New Year; but then it willbe a whole quarter before the salary is due.
Nora. Pooh! We can borrow until then.
Helmer. Nora! (Goes up to her and takes her playfullyby the ear.) The same little featherhead!
Suppose, now, that I borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the Christmas week,and
then on New Year’s Eve a slate fell onmy head and killed me, and–
Nora (putting herhands over his mouth). Oh! don’t say such horridthings.
Helmer. Still, suppose that happened,–whatthen?
Nora. If that were to happen, I don’t suppose Ishould care whether I owed money or not.
Helmer. Yes, but what about the people whohad lent it?
QUESTIONS
(a) State four actions that take place just before this excerpt. (4marks)
(b) What pet names do Helmer call Nora in the excerpt? (3marks)
(c) “This is the first Christmas that we have not needed to economise.” Why does Nora say
they don’t have to economise. Refer to what happens in the rest of the play. (3marks)
(d) Helmer calls Nora a little spendthrift. Why is this the case? (2marks)
(e) Explain two character traits of Nora as brought out in the excerpt. (4marks)
(f) Rewrite by replacing the underlined word with a group of words. (3marks)
i. Don’t disturb me.
ii. Oh! Don’t say such horrid things.
iii. If that were to happen, I don’t suppose I should care whether I owed money or not.
(g) Discuss one theme evident in the exceprt. (3marks)
(h) What happens immediately after this excerpt? (3marks)
3. Read the narrative below and then answer questions that follow.
There was a great famine in the land where Obunde and his wife, Oswera, lived with their nine
children. The only creatures who had some food were the ogres and before they would part with
their food, they demanded a lot of things.
One day, Oswera went to one Ogre’s home and asked him for some food, for by then her children
were almost dying of hunger.
‘I have no more food except sweet potatoes, the ogre told her.
‘I shall be happy to have the potatoes. We have nothing, not a grain of food at my house and the
children are starving. Please let me have some and I shall repay you after the harvest.
‘No, if you want food you must exchange with something right now. Will you give me one of your
children in exchange for my potatoes? Oswera hesitated, her children were dear to her, but then
they would die without food.
‘Yes, I shall let you have one of them for his meal, if only you could let us have some potatoes,’
Oswera answered. Then she took a big basket full of potatoes and told the ogre the exact time he
could go to her home to collect one of her children for a meal.
Oswera thought hard and she decided she would not give a single one of her children to the ogre for
a meal. She therefore cut young banana stalks and cooked them nicely.
When the ogre came, she gave them to him and the beast greedily went away satisfied. Soon the
potatoes were finished and she had to go to the ogre again.
Oswera and Obunde, her husband kept on cooking banana stalks for the ogre each time he came for
one of their children, until one day, she had no more banana stalks to cook for the animal.
“You have now eaten all my children, yet we still need the potatoes. What shall we give your now?”
Oswera asked in despair.
‘Then I shall come for you and your husband,’ the ogre replied angrily as he helped Oswera to load
her basket of potatoes on her head.
‘Yes come tomorrow at the usual time in the afternoon and get me. I shall have cooked myself for
you,” Oswera said calmly.
The following day the ogre went promptly as Oswera had told him and he found the home almost
deserted. He looked everywhere but a part from Obunde there was no trace of anybody.
Then he looked at the usual place and found a huge bowl of a big meal Oswera had cooked for him.
The ogre did not realize they had prepared a dog instead of Oswera. When he had eaten the ogre
told Obunde he would come for him the following day. Obunde got very worried and that night
he could not sleep. The following day he started crying:
“Ah Oswera my wife, how did you cook yourself and how shall I cook myself for the ogre?” He sat
down in the dust of his compound and wept. Oswera became very annoyed with her husband.
You, you stupid, foolish man! Why sit and cry there all day long? How do you think I cooked myself?
Take one of the dogs and quickly prepare it for the ogre!’
Very quickly Obunde got up, caught, killed and prepared a dog for the ogre. Then he joined his wife
and children in a huge hollow part of a tree in his compound where they had hidden.
That day the ogre knew he was going to have his last meal of juicy human flesh. Being a generous
and unselfish ogre, he brought many of his fellow ogres. They were going to have a feat.
Suddenly as they were eating, they heard a man singing very happily. No they could not believe it!
It was Obunde singing! And he was boasting of how he had cheated the ogre.
Not my family;
The greedy ogre ate a dog
Not Obunde Magoro!


Not my family;
Now come and get Obunde,
His children and wife.
Obunde sang the words and the ogres got very angry. The first ogre rushed into the hollow of the
tree, but Oswera had heated a long piece of iron until it was white. She pushed the iron into the
ogre’s mouth. The beast fell down dead. The next one rushed into the hollow and Oswera killed
him in the same way. In this way she killed all the ogres and saved her husband and all their
children.
My story ends there.
QUESTIONS
(a) Classify the above narrative. (2marks)
(b) Whom do you consider to be the champion in this story? Why? (2marks)
(c) Where do you think the pace setting of the story? Give a reason. (2marks)
(d) Compare Obunde and the ogre as they are presented in this story. (2marks)
(e) Illustrate two features of the story that makes it an oral narrative. (4marks)
(f) Explain the moral lesson of this story. (2marks)
(g) If you were to collect the above from the informant,
i. What methods of data collection would you use? (3marks)
ii. What challenges are you likely to face? (3marks)
4. GRAMMAR
(a) Use the most suitable form of the word in bracket to fill in the blank space. (3marks)
i. I believe in his …………………………………….. . (innocent)
ii. Her _______________ cost her life. (deceive)
iii. Such an _____________ had never been seen. (Occur)
(b) Rewrite according to instructions given without changing the meaning.(3marks)

i. Neither Ann nor the girls are studying French.
Begin: Neither the girls….
ii. Two buses and a train go to the Eiffel Tower.
Correct the error

iii. The sun shines brightly.

End: ….shines
(c) Combine the following sentences using the words in brackets. (3marks)
i. She is intelligent. She is beautiful. (…both..and…)
ii. Jerry is not rich. Jerry is not famous. (neither…nor)
iii. He is intelligent. He is very funny. (…not only…but also…)
(d) Fill in the most suitable preposition. (3marks)

i. Solomon was famous ……………………his wisdom.
ii. She guessed …………….the answer.
iii. He derived the meaning ………………..the context of the sentence.
(e) Choose a more suitable pronoun to fill the blank space. (3marks)
i. The ones responsible are Charles and ………………. (she, her)
ii. ………………..did you give it to? (who, whom)
iii. It’s …………..who arrived first. (me, I)


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ENGLISH
PAPER 3
TIME: 2½ HOURS
NAME……………………………………………………………………………………
SCHOOL……………………………………………… SIGN………………………
INDEX NO…………………………………………. ADM NO………………….
INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer three questions only
● Question 1 and 2 are compulsory
● In question 3 , choose only one text that you have prepared for.

CANDIDATE
QUESTION MAXIMUM SCORE
SCORE
1 20
2 20
3 20
TOTAL 60

QUESTIONS
Question 1 IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION (COMPULSORY) (20mks)
Either
1 a) write a composition beginning with the following sentence
“The night was different from all the previous nights…..”
Or
b) Write a composition explaining the importance of co-curricular activities in achieving a
wholesome education in Kenya schools.
2. QUESTION 2(COMPULSORY) (20 mk)

Though Resian goes through the valley of death her determination leads her to a victorious life.”
Write a composition to show the validity of this assertion. Using Blossoms of the savanna.
3. SHORT STORIES (20 mk)

Answer any one of the following
Either
a) Godwin Siundu, A Silent Songs And Other Short Stories
Or
b) Drama David Mulwa: Inheritance
Life has a way of paying back our actions, good or bad, in full measure. Using illustrations from
Inheritance, discuss this statement.
OR
c) Artist of the Floating World, Godwin Siundu
Drawing illustrations from “artist of the floating world”, write an essay about the theme of
loyalty.

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Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.

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1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING ( 20 MARKS)

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We cannot understand that call

We with our quick dividing eyes

The forest burns, the tree frog dies

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f) The recipe for happiness cannot be given in any single word.

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As we sat close and cherished our moon of honey

As one year later he slapped me again and again

Defacing and eroding the beauty he so much praised

iii) I shall be saved a lot of trouble by that. ( Begin: That)

b) Rewrite the following sentences to remove gender bias. (3 marks)

c) Explain the difference between this pair of sentences. (2marks)

e) Replace the underlined idiomatic expressions using a single word. (1 mark)

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Answer three questions only.

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2. The Compulsory Set Text

3. The Optional Set Texts

(b) The Novel

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b)Provide words that are similar in pronunciation to the following 4marks

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