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English Language · Paper 2 · 2020
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Questions (51)
Section A
1.
1 mark
What is the title of the book?
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(c)
Make meaningful sentences by using the underlined words from the passage above.
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2.
4 marks
Comment on the two (2) themes of the book.
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3.
2 marks
What do we learn from the title of the book?
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(d.i)
Goose ___________
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(a))
Rewrite the following sentences as instructed.
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(e.i)
A TV is a machine ____________ shows moving pictures. (Fill the blanks with ‘which’ or ‘who’).
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(iii)
They have not come to school today.
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(iv)
We spend a lot of money daily.
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(v)
Yesterday, we saw (many/much) people in the streets.
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(vi)
We did not see __________ thing good in town.
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(b.i)
I have worked ______________ morning.
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(c.i)
Doctor Lukman (i) ______________ (worked) at Faraham Hospital.
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(e.ii)
This is the school _____________ I studied. (Put ‘where’ or ‘when’).
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(a) i.)
“I have done my homework” Anna said.
(Rewrite into reported speech)
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(b.ii)
I have never eaten an octopus ____________ I was born.
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(c.ii)
He (ii) ______________ (arrived) at the Hospital in the morning,
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(d.ii)
___________ lice
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(b.iii)
He has slept ______________ twenty minutes.
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(c.iii)
he (iii) ______________ (signed) the attendance book.
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(d.iii)
Baby ___________
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(e.iii)
The girl has burnt _____________. (Put ‘herself/himself/itself’).
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(a) ii)
They have not come to school today.
(Change into affirmative form)
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(d.iv)
Am ___________
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(c.iv)
After that, he (iv) _____________ (attended) to the out –patients who are waiting to see him.
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(b.iv)
Andrew has not visited his parents ___________ 1992.
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(e.iv)
If I ___________ wings like a bird, I would fly to many places. (Put ‘have’ or ‘had’ in the gap).
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(b.v)
I have not seen my mother ___________ several months.
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(a) iv)
We spend a lot of money daily.
(Change into passive form)
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(c.v)
He (v) _____________ (left) for a tea break at 10:30 am and a lunch break at 1:00 pm.
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(d.v)
___________ those
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(e.v)
If we do not work hard, we will not get a lot. (Rewrite using: Unless…………)
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(c.vi)
At 4:30 pm, he (vi) _______________ (went) back home.
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(a) v.)
Yesterday, we saw (many/much) people in the streets.
(Underline the correct word in the brackets)
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(e.vi)
Halima is sick ___________ she comes to school. (Put ‘because’, ‘but’ or ‘so’).
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(d.vi)
___________ aunts
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(b.vi)
It has been raining ___________ many days.
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(a) vi)
We did not see __________ thing good in town.
(Put any or some in the blank)
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(b))
Use ‘for’ or ‘since’ to complete the following sentences.
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(b) i.)
I have worked ______________ morning.
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(b) ii)
He has slept ______________ twenty minutes.
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(b) iv)
Andrew has not visited his parents ___________ 1992.
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(b) v.)
I have not seen my mother ___________ several months.
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(b) vi)
It has been raining ___________ many days.
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(c))
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in the brackets.
Doctor Lukman (i) ______________ (worked) at Faraham Hospital. This is his
daily routine. He (ii) ______________ (arrived) at the Hospital in the morning, he
(iii) ______________ (signed) the attendance book. Then, he walks around the
wards to see the admitted patients. After that, he (iv) _____________ (attended)
to the out –patients who are waiting to see him. He (v) _____________ (left)
for a tea break at 10:30 am and a lunch break at 1:00 pm. At 4:30 pm, he (vi)
_______________ (went) back home.
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4.
3 marks
Choose one (1) main character and explain his/her role in the story.
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(a)
Role 1:
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Role 2:
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5.
2 marks
Mention two (2) events that have been shown in the book which attract you.
(a)
Sub-element 1:
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(b)
Sub-element 2:
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(c)
Sub-element 3:
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(d)
Sub-element 4:
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Section B
0.
5 marks
v. Show two (2) possible themes from this poem.
(d) i.)
Goose ___________
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(a)
Show two (2) possible themes from this poem.
5 mk
(e) i.)
A TV is a machine ____________ shows moving pictures. (Fill the blanks with ‘which’ or ‘who’)
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(e) ii)
The girl has burnt _____________. (Put ‘herself/himself/itself’)
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(d) ii)
Baby ___________
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(d) iv)
Am ___________
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(e) iv)
If I ___________ wings like a bird, I would fly to many places. (Put ‘have’ or ‘had’ in the gap)
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(d) v.)
___________ those
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(e) v.)
If we do not work hard, we will not get a lot. (Rewrite using: Unless…………)
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(d) vi)
___________ aunts
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(e) vi)
Halima is sick ___________ she comes to school. (Put ‘because’, ‘but’ or ‘so’)
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6.
150 marks
Write a story about one hundred and fifty (150) words on The Day Which You Do not Forget in Your Life.
(i)
The original place where animals live is _______________.
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(none)
Write a story about one hundred and fifty (150) words on The Day Which You Do not Forget in Your Life.
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(a)
Write a story about one hundred and fifty (150) words on The Day Which You Do not Forget in Your Life.
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(ii)
____________________ is the unique area where red colubus monkeys are obtained.
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(b)
____________________ is the unique area where red colubus monkeys are obtained.
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(c)
The ______________________ was very serious at the work place when someone tried to go against him.
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(iii)
The ______________________ was very serious at the work place when someone tried to go against him.
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(d)
_________________________ is the source of income in the country.
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(iv)
_________________________ is the source of income in the country.
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(e)
The ______________________ swung from one tree to another.
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(v)
The ______________________ swung from one tree to another.
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9.
0 marks
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow. Thin and red Skinny and bald The boy groans on the ground. Ten years old He looks older than ten And younger than young And so small “Mother” shouts the boy “When I grow up I will carry a gun And not a pen”. “My son” shouts the mother “My son” cries the mother “You will never live to carry a gun” “There is no meat for us”.
(i)
What is the poem about?
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(ii)
How many stanzas does the poem have?
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(iii)
How many verses does the second stanza have?
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(iv)
What did the poet say in the last verse of the last stanza?
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(v)
Show two (2) possible themes from this poem.
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Section C
10.
25 marks
Select one class reader you have read from the given list and answer the questions that follow.
(list )
LIST OF THE READING
Fast Money - K. R. Cripwell (1978), Willam & Collins
Sons Company L. t. d., Great Britain.
Hawa the Bus Driver - R.S. Mabala (1988), Ben & Company,
Dar-es-Salaam.
Kalulu the Hare - F. Worthington (1937), Longman, England.
Mabala the Farmer - R. S. Mabala (1988), Ben & Company,
Dar-es-Salaam.
The Death Factory - B. Mapalala (1996), Heinemann
Eduacational Publishers, Great Britain.
The Magic Garden - K.R. Cripwell (1977), Willium & Collins
Sons Company L.t.d., Great Britain.
The Pearl - J. Steinnbeck (1948), Willium Heinemann
L. t. d., Great Britain.
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(i)
What is the title of the book?
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(ii)
Comment on the two (2) themes of the book.
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(iii)
What do we learn from the title of the book?
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(iv)
Choose one (1) main character and explain his/her role in the story.
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(v)
Mention two (2) events that have been shown in the book which attract you.
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Section D
7.
0 marks
Answer the following questions. i. Briefly explain the term riddle. ii. Give one (1) example of a riddle. iii. Differentiate between fables and anecdote stories. iv. Mention two (2) roles of literature in the society. v. Outline four (4) sub-elements of content of literature.
(i)
Briefly explain the term riddle.
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(ii)
Give one (1) example of a riddle.
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(iii)
Differentiate between fables and anecdote stories.
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(iv)
Mention two (2) roles of literature in the society.
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(v)
Outline four (4) sub-elements of content of literature.
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8.
5 marks
Answer the following questions.
(i)
Define the term free-verse poem.
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(ii)
What is alliteration?
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(iii)
Differentiate between rhyme and rhythm.
2 mk
(iv)
What do we call a person who writes a poem?
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(v)
What do we call a single line in a stanza?
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