Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education: Instructions To Candidates
Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education: Instructions To Candidates
Kenya Certificate of Secondary School Education: Instructions To Candidates
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
SECTION A
Composition (20mks)
1. Write a composition entitled ‘The effects of Modern Technology on the Youth Today.’
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SECTION B
2. Cloze Test (10mks) Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word.
Most of us know 1__________________ our human rights are. We often demand that they be respected. This is
as it should be. Unfortunately, some of us do 2__________realize that others have rights too. For instance, you
have the right to 3________________ loud music. You have to consider if the music would be a nuisance to
other people who want peace and 4________________ . What about the way we dress? Should we dress to
please ourselves? Should we dress to please others? Definitely, we come first. We must not dress in a way that
5________________the modesty of others. Also, many people defend the right to 6 _______________. They
know how harmful this is to our health. I, however, strongly believe that smoking should not be done I
7________________. Doing so denies others the right to enjoy a pollution free environment and 8____________
their health. Remember nobody is likely to 9_____________________ your rights if you do not respect those of
others. Long live 10_______________ human rights.
SECTION C
3. Oral Skills (10mks)
A. For each of the following words provide a word pronounced in the same way. (5mks)
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i. bury __________________
v. flecks __________________
v. poignant __________________
SECTION D
Comprehension (20mks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow
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i. According to the information given in paragraph 2, how can pleasure affect a man? (2mks)
iii. Rewrite the following statements according to the instructions given after each.
a) Addiction can happen with things like tobacco and alcohol: It can also happen with drugs (Begin Not
only …………..) (2mks)
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v. How can pleasure become harmful to other people? (2mks)
vi. Pick any four adverbs of sequence used in the passage (2mks)
vii. State the author’s definition of true pleasure according to the last paragraph (2mks)
viii. Find out the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage (5mks)
a) Controversial
b) Over-indulgence
c) built –in-risk
d) Ilicit relationship
e) annexes
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SECTION E
Poetry (10mks) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow
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ii) To what effect does the poet use rhyme. in the poem (2mks)
SECTION F
Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow:
This thinghappened long time ago when people first appeared on earth. One day, the people were told
that if they didn’t want to die, they should send chameleon with a fat piece of meat to take to the moon
who would pass it to
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Questions
b) Describe the character of the following as brought out in the narrative (4mks)
i. Lizard
ii.Chameleon
c) Identify and illustrate three oral features that make the above an oral narrative (3mks)
d) Give three functions of the narrative that you have identified in (a) above (3mks)
e) Identify and illustrate one economic activity of the community from which this narrative is drawn (2mks)
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f) Explain the meanings of the following words and phrases as used in the narrative (1mks)
i.Sniggered
ii.immortality
GRAMMAR (15MKS)
A. Complete the following sentences by filing in the blanks with the correct proposition (3mks)
i.She knows as well as _________________________ that food is not permitted in the dormitories (me,
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ii.There’s not much difference between you and ______________________(he,him)
iii.I am taller than _______________ (she, her)
C. Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions given after each (4mks)
i.He went to look for a window – cleaner since he could not do the work himself (rewrite to change the
compound noun to plural)
ii.“I greeted the president this morning, “Esther exclaimed (change to indirect speech)
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iii.If you have nothing more to contribute, we will stop the fundraising now (Begin: Unless…..)
iv.The favourite colour of Bosire is blue (correct the sentence where necessary)
D. Rewrite the following sentences using the present perfect tense form of the verb in brackets (3mks)
E. Complete the following idiomatic expressions with the correct word. (2mks)
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