ENGLISH PAPER 2 - KCSE 2019 MARANDA MOCK EXAMINATION

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  1. Read the following passage and then answer the questions that follow   (20mks)
    Government housing policy should deliberately promote affordable housing to avoid mushrooming of slums and create decent accommodation for lower and medium income households. Housing still remains unaffordable for the majority of Kenyans because of an insensitive housing policy and declining incomes. The government’s lip-service regarding affordable housing means that a majority of Kenyans especially those residing in Nairobi continue to wallow in housing poverty having only slums as their accommodation. As a matter of facts, very few estates in Nairobi can escape the UN definition of a slum. This is because they lack the essential facilities that are deemed to provide decent accommodation. It is not uncommon to find a household made up of six adults staying in a one-roomed house. This invades personal space, reduces creativity and makes life just mere survival. Residents are normally pre-occupied with survival instead of building the nation. Several factors combine to create this housing crunch. These include salaries and wages that have not kept pace with housing costs. Many employers do not factor the cost of housing in their compensation packages. Pushed by tough economic times and the profit maximization motive, many employers are happy to give a consolidated pay. It is up to the employees to allocate their income to get decent accommodation. Also most jobs are low paying. Statistics shows that a majority of Kenyans earn less than 10,000 per month.

    This small sum is meant to meet accommodation needs, beside other equally important family obligation. With poor wages, most people cannot afford decent accommodation. Since housing for lower and middle-income groups does not offer good returns, investment in this sector is diminishing by the day. The return here is way below what developers get in up market housing. With the economy now registering 4.3 percent growth there are high hopes that there will be a huge demand for housing. According to international practice, housing is considered “affordable” if it costs no more than 30 per cent of the monthly household income for rent and utilities. If your household Income is Ksh 10,000 per month, you should pay more than Ksh 3000 monthly for your rent and utilities. That is why affordable housing is an indispensable proposition in Kenya today. Affordable housing is a concept that can serve Kenya well and offer a solution to the social –economic development of lower and middle – income households. 

    Affordable housing should serve young families, a stable place to get back to after a hard day building the nation. It. Is a cost-effective living situation for persons with special needs. Affordable housing developments normally meet local building standards and designs requirements. Professional on-site resident management includes stringent tenant selection and quick responses to maintenance requirements. In other developed economies. Private developers, mostly non-profit co-operative societies, develop affordable housing using a combination of rental income, private funding and government subsidies. Over the past decade, it has become increasingly clear that partnerships among local government, non-profit housing developers, community leaders and private financial institutions can create attractive and affordable housing that not only serve residents, but is an asset to the broader community, The benefits that accrue from affordable housing are immense. It provides housing for the local workforce, especially lower wage earners, besides revitalizing distressed, Affordable housing is also used to direct economic benefits to the local community, e.g. increased jobs, reduced traffic and better air quality. It is upon the government to come up with policies which promote partnerships with the private sector to ensure affordable housing for all Kenyans

    QUESTIONS 
    1. Why should the government housing policy promote affordable housing?   (2mks)
    2. Show why the housing has remained out of reach to many Kenyans.     (2mks)
    3. Residents are normally pre-occupied with survival instead of building the nation
      (Begin; Instead………………           (1mk)
    4. What are the repercussions of congestion?   (3mks)
    5. With poor wages most people cannot afford decent accommodation.(add a question tag).       (1mk)
    6. When is housing considered affordable?   (1mk)
    7. Give the antonyms of the following words.(2mks)
      1. Promote
      2. Asset
    8. State three expectations that could be achieved from affordable housing?(3mks
    9. Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage. (5mks)
      1. mushrooming-
      2. Lip-service
      3. wallow-
      4. Considerated pay-
      5. indispensable-
  2. A DOLL’S HOUSE

    Nora: But it was absolutely necessary that he should not know! My goodness cant you Understand that? It was necessary he should have no idea what a dangerous condition he Was in. It was to me that the doctors came and said that his life was in danger, and that the only thing to save him was to live in the south. Do you suppose I didn’t try, first of all, to get what I wanted as if it were for myself? I told him how much I should love to travel abroad like other young wives; I tried tears and entreaties with him; I told him that he ought to remember the condition I was in, and that he ought to be kind and indulgent to me ; I even hinted that he might raise a loan. That nearly made him angry , Christine. He said I was thoughtless, and that it was his duty as my husband not to indulge me in my whims and caprices- as I believe he called them. Verywell, I thought you must be saved-and that was how I came to devise a way out of difficulty-
    Mrs. Linde: And did your husband never get to know from your father that the money had come from him?
    Nora: No, never. Papa died just at that time. I had meant to let him into the secret and beg him never to reveal it. But he was so ill then –alas, there was never was any need to tell him. 
    Mrs. Linde : Good heavens, no! How could you think so? A man who has such strong opinion about these things! And besides how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything! It would upset our mutual relations altogether; our beautiful happy home would no longer be what it is now. Do you mean never to tell about it?
    Nora: (meditatively and with a 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 Torvald is no longer as devoted to me as he is now; when my dancing and dressing –up and reciting have paled 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 greatest 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 been by no means easy for me to meet my engagements punctually. I may tell you that there is something that is called in business, quarterly interest and another thing called payment ininstallments and it is always so dreadfully difficult to manage them. I have not been able to put a side much from housekeeping money for Torvald must have a good table. I could not let my children be shabbily dressed; I have felt obliged to use up all he gave me for them, the sweet little darlings.

    Questions
    1. Briefly describe what happens before the events in this extract.     (3mks)
    2. State and explain any two aspects of style used in this extract.   (4mks)
    3. How is Mrs. Linde depicted in this extract?(4mks)
    4. What is the attitude of Mrs. Linde towards Nora? Explain   (3mks)
    5. Explain how the “imprudence” of Nora later complicates the events of the play.(2mks)
    6. Who is a shadow character in a play? In this extract identify one shadow character. What is his\her significance in the play/ (3mks)
    7. Add a question tag:
      A wife cannot borrow money without her husband’s consent (1mk)
    8. Explain the meaning of the following words. (4mks)
      1. Indulgent
      2. Thoughtless
      3. Caprices
      4. Devoted
  3. POETRY
    READ THE FOLLOWING POEM AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLLOW (20MKS)

    The light of the whole being,
    The illuminator of my very self,
    In your presence darkness exists no longer,
    You make me feel bright and shining all over,
    Oh! My moon. 

    My moon is still not yet fully full,
    My moon is three-quarter full,
    Still becoming what it will be,
    But the brightness of my moon surpasses all other moons,
    Oh! My moon. 

    My moon is uncomparable,
    My moon has possession of the natural beauty,
    The sight of my moon makes hearts stop a beat or melts hearts’
    The smile of my moon makes the whole of my being hot and boiling,
    Oh! My moon.

    My moon when will you become a full moon?
    I have waited long enough and my patience is fading away,
    I may end up devouring my moon before it is fully ripe,
    My moon my moon without you then I am not;
    Oh! My moon

    From when I wake I think only of you my moon,
    At noon you are still dwelling in my mind,
    In the evening I die just to see you,
    And in the dark night I am restless and sleep never comes,
    Oh! My moon.

    By NYagilo. C

    QUESTIONS
    1.  
      1. classify the poem.   (2mks)
      2. What does the term moon refer to. (1mk)
    2. What do you think the persona means when he says that his moon three quarters full? (1mk)
    3. Give the character traits of the persona. (4mks)
    4. Identify any other words the poet uses to refer to the moon?(2mks)
    5. State how the moon affects the persona’s mind at different times. (4mks)
    6. Which aspects of style has the poet employed? (4mks)
    7. Give the meaning of the following words as used in the poem. (2mks)
      1. Devouring
      2. Surpasses
  1. GRAMMAR
    Answer all questions in this section.           (6mks)
    1. Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each. Do not change the meaning any more than is necessary.
      1. The lady has screamed. This could cause a cobra attack. (Rewrite beginning withIf……….. 
      2. The child hoped that he would take after his father when he grew up.( Replace the phrasal verb with one word.)
      3. The tide was strong and fierce, frightening most people. (Use a participle phrase).
      4. Eagles flew on. John run after them. (combine the two sentences placing the comma in its rightful position)
      5. My mother worked so hard! (rewrite using inversion)
      6. My uncle……………………….             the job reluctantly.   (ectadep) (Rearrange the letters to make a word to fill in the blank space.)
    2. Use correct form of the word given in brackets.   (2 mks)
      1. Few (know, knows) about the state of Kenya teachers.
      2. Is it possible that anyone (is, are) so silly to worry.
      3. Someone (make, makes) a .noise downstairs.
      4. Neither of the two cats (like, likes) Mr. Otiende.
      5. It seemed (like, as if) night came quickly.
    3. Correct the errors in the following sentences.(4mks)
      1. My mother took Mary and I to see our cousin.
      2. Us believe that everyone should explore nature.
      3. The story had a strange effect on the listeners.
      4. The poem was more funnier than the one we read last week.
    4. Use the words given to complete the sentences below.   (1 )
      Effective, effectiveness, ineffective.
      1. The fever remained because the medicine was ……………………..
      2. She learned her lessons well because her method of studying was …………………
      3. The …………………of the play was proved by audience’s enthusiastic approach.
    5. Replace the underlined words with one word.   (1mk)
      1. Her handwriting was extremely careful.
      2. The yellow star made her very visible.


MARKING SCHEME

  1. Comprehension
    1. Avoid mushrooming of slums.
      Create decent accommodation for lower and medium income households.(2mks)
    2. Insensitive housing policy.
      Declining incomes.(2mks)
    3. Instead of building the nation, residents are normally pre-occupied with survival.(1mk)
    4. Invades personal space
      Reduces creativity
      Makes life just mere survival(3mks)
    5. can they?(1mk)
    6. If it costs not more than thirty percent of the monthly household income for rent utilities. (1mk)
    7. Promote-demote
      Asset- liability(2mks)
    8. offer a solution to the social-economic development of lower and middle income households
      Provide a stepping stone for young families, a stable place to get back to after a hard day building the nation.(3mks)
    9.  
      1. mushrooming- growing/coming up at a high rate
      2. Lip-service- what is said is not done practically
      3. Wallow- Swim in
      4. Consolidated pay- combined salary
      5. Indispensable- Something that one cannot do without/unavoidable.(5mks)
  2. A doll’s house
    1. Linde comments that a wife is not allowed to borrow a loan. Nora thinks if the woman is business minded it is in order to borrow. Christine does not agree. Nora conceals part of the loan transaction. Nora lies that she got money from an admirer. Christine thinks of her as mad and imprudent.(3mks)
    2. It is through flashback that Nora reveals to Mrs. Linde how she borrowed a loan from Krogstad.(4mks)
      Flash-forward. Nora tells the readers about a time in the future. She says she will disclose the secret to Helmer when she gets old. This reveals Nora as secretive
      Irony. it is ironical that Nora borrows money to cater for expenses aimed at taking care of the health care of Helmer yet she keeps it a secret to Helmer himself.
    3. She engages Nora in a conversation that reveals Nora’s secretive nature.(4mks)
      Critical. She thinks of Nora as imprudent for not informing her husband about the loan issue. She is all questions to Nora.
    4. Sympathetic . she sympathizes with Nora who had chosen to clear the loan debt all alone…..”poor Nora”…..So it had all to come out of your own necessaries of life . poor Nora.(4mks)
    5. She signs the bond three days after her father’s death. She forges her father’s signature. Krogstad is to use it in the court as it is an illegality. He uses the issue to mount pressure so as to keep his job. He intends to use the press to blackmail Helmer.(2mks)
    6. A character who is not present in the lifespan of the play. Papa. His significance is in the plot development. Nora uses him to build her argument on injustices meted on women.(1mk)
    7. ….can she?(1mk)
    8.  
      1. Lenient/tolerant
      2. Careless
      3. Desires
      4. Committed\dedicated. (4mks)
  3. POETRY(20mks)
    1.  
      1. Love poem- the light of whole being
        Without you then am not. (2mks
        Praise poem – in your presence darkness exists no longer
      2. A girl\woman. (1mk)
    2. He means that his lover is not fully mature.(1mk)
    3. Loving- you are the light of my whole being
      Praiseworthy – without you then am not My moon is uncomparable. (4mks)
    4. Light Illuminator. (2mks)
    5. In the morning he is thinking of her only. At noon she’s still dwelling in his mind In the evening he is dying to see her. At night he is restless and sleep never comes. (4mks)
    6. Repetition-oh
      my moon
      Imagery (metaphor)- my moon- refers to his lover
      Rhetorical question-my moon when will you become a full moon?(4mks)
    7. Devouring- eating hungrily. (2mks)
      Surpasses- exceeds, goes beyond
  4. GRAMMAR(15 MKS)
    1. if the lady had screamed, this could have could have caused a cobra attack.
    2. Resemble
    3. Frightening most people, the tide was strong and fierce.
    4. So hard my mother worked!
    5. Accepted
    6.  
      1. know
      2. Is
      3. makes
      4. likes
      5. as if
    7. me
    8. We
    9. effect
    10. funnier
    11.  
      1. ineffective
      2. effective
      3. effectiveness
    12.  
      1. meticulous
      2. conscipicous 
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