DECEMBER HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 2023

FORM TWO: ENGLISH

1. Fill in the gaps using a suitable collective noun:

a). The unruly ____________ stoned cars and injured pedestrians.

b). The _____________ was amused when the priest’s phone rang in church.

c). The choir looked like a ______________ of angels in their white gowns.

d). Aisha is proud of her _________________ of chicken.

e). A ________________ of fish swam away from the fisherman on the boat.

2. Complete these sentences using the words in brackets:

a). The class _________________ a debate this morning. {contacted, conducted}.

b). Mogaka’s ________________ smelt of alcohol. { breathe, breath}.

c). If you _______________ the students, there will be unrest. { insight, Incite}.

d). The cabinet secretary is ______________ to holiday tuition. { opposed, oppressed}.

e). The student was unable to _________________ the speed of the bus. { compute, commute}.

3. Give any 3 functions of the Opening Formula in a story or narrative.

4. Imagine that you are the troop leader of your school’s choir. You are scheduled to perform at the regional music
festival finals at your county headquarters. Write a personal journal with 5 entries for the trip; covering the day you
travelled, the 3 days during which you performed, and the day you travelled back.

5. The following sentences are either in the active voice or the passive voice. Change those in the active voice to
the passive voice and vice-versa:

a). They make these tools out of plastic.

b). People must not leave bicycles in the driveway.

c). Some goat meat will be eaten during the ceremony.

d). You should take care when swimming in the ocean.

e) Shoes are made in this factory.

6. Using the correct conjunctions, join the following pairs of sentences:

a). Nzomo volunteered to do the work. He was very tired.

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 b). Those items must have been stolen. The party was going on.

c). The old woman is crying. Her money has been stolen.

d). I will not put the weapon away. I am assured of my safety.

e). He drove carelessly. A warning that the car was not in a good condition.

7. List any 3 features of each of the following genres of Oral Literatute :

a). Fables. b). Tongue twisters c). Legends d). Myths

8. List the six stages of a riddling session. For each stage, give an example from a riddle you know.

9. Identify the compound nouns in the following sentences, indicating the category that each of the two words
belong to. The first one has been done for you.

a). The washing machine has been taken for service in town. {Washing-----Verb/ Machine----Noun}.

b). We went to meet the football team at the airport.

c). He has a nosebleed every time the sun becomes too hot.

d). He uses a lot of toothpaste to brush his teeth.

e). Those hot dogs look delicious.

f). The death of his pet caused his heartbreak and depression.

10. Choose the correct quantifier from those in the brackets to fill in the gaps:

a). We had _______________ food and drink at the party. {plenty of/much of}

b). Ojwang spends _________________his time acting. { many of, much of}

c). _________________ the two competitors had prepared well. {neither of, none of}

d). Please help me with ________________ the questions because neither is easy. {both of, all of}

e). ________________ people have seen the need to conserve forests. {a great deal of, a lot of}

11. Spell the following words correctly. DO NOT USE a dictionary.

a). Occassion b). Adress c). Qeue d). Disscussion e). Suceed

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