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QUESTION I: FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MKS)

Your best friend, who is in a boarding school, had expressed interest in paying you a visit during Christmas holiday. Write a letter inviting him/her to visit you. Remember to ask how he/she has been progressing in academics as well as in co-curricular activities.

QUESTION 2 CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

Fill in each of the blank spaces in the following passage with the most appropriate word.

Skimming refers to the process ___1___ reading only the main ideas within a passage to get __2___ overall impression of the content of a reading section. In skimming, details are overlooked and the __3___ aims at getting the key points of an article or passage.

There are several skimming __4___. First, one needs to read the title. In most writings, a title is a summary of what the passage is about. However, care must be taken because sometimes titles can be ironic in nature hence mean the __5___ opposite of what the passage is about.

___6___ read the introduction or the first paragraph. Usually, this is a summary __7___ brief of what the rest of the paragraphs will have. The first paragraph gives you a glimpse of what the passage is about. In a human body, one could compare the first paragraph with the head. When __8___ see somebody’s head, you are most likely to tell a lot about the person: his age, race and even gender.

The first sentence of each subsequent paragraph helps one to get an idea of what each paragraph __9__. Most first sentences introduce the rest of the paragraphs. If the first sentence is __10___ helpful, then it is advisable to go further and read the second and third sentences.

QUESTION 3: COMPREHENSION 20 MARKS

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

Child labour is an unfortunate practice where children under fifteen years are employed to work in factories, arms, households or even as hawker in the market place. The most common forms of child labour are working in industries or companies, where small children of age fifteen to fifteen years are employed to do manual jobs such as loading and unloading transport vehicles and working in homes as domestic workers.

There are several causes of child labour, among them being lack of parental love and care. Parents might tend to treat their children in a harsh manner making the home unfavourable to them. This leads them to find an alternative place to call home making them susceptible to exploitation. Also if one parent or both died and other family members or relatives showed no concern for the children left behind, then they would be forced to look for jobs to earn a living. Poor financial background also makes children seek employment. If the family is poverty stricken, then there will not be enough money to send the children to school and earn them a good living at the same time. Sometimes parents do lure children to do odd jobs so their work load of bringing them up may be lessened.

Misunderstanding and family break-up are also other causes of child labour. Children feel rejected and lack basic needs. Thus, they turn to child labour as the only solution to their problems. Competition among different families at times also leads to child labour whereby a child from a poor family feels disadvantaged compared to one from a rich family. Such children will sneak out of home to go and find somewhere where they can get money for luxuries.

To solve this problem, the government has played a crucial role. First, it has enacted and enforced laws which will protect children. Anybody found employing children will face a heavy punishment. Also, it introduced free primary education and secondary education so that children from poor families do not drop out for lack of school fees.

Unemployment should be reduced. Welfare organizations and churches should also give a helping hand by collaborating with the government to educate the nation about the dangers of child labour such as stagnated child growth and poor bone formation on the one hand. On the other hand, the benefits of having one’s daughter or son educated especially in this modern world should be emphasized as well.

QUESTIONS

What is child labour according to the passage? (3mks)
Which are the two most common forms of child labour? (2mks0
Explain how lack of parental love and care leads to child labour.(2mks)
Using the information given in the passage, explain how poverty causes child labour. (2mks)
Does competition among different families at times lead to child labour? Give reasons for your answer. (2mks)
Give two ways in which the government has tried to solve the problem of child labour. (2mks)
Apart from the efforts the government puts to solve the problem of child labour, cite three other ways that can be used to solve this problem. (3mks)
Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage: (4mks)
1. manual
2. exploitation
3. crucial
4. Collaborating

QUESTION 4: GRAMMAR (20MKS)

Use the correct form of adjective in brackets to fill in each of the gaps. (5mks)
1. The MCA spent ______ money for campaign than he had planned for. (much)
2. This dress is the ______ that you have ever bought me! (bad)
3. Today is _____ than yesterday. (hot)
4. A cobra is ____ than a python. (poisonous)
5. Muli and Nzioka are twins; Nzioka is the _____ of the two. (old)
Form adverbs from the adjectives in the brackets and use them to complete the sentences. (5mks)
1. All students should submit their homework for marking ______ (frequent) if they want to succeed.
2. Agnes arranges her clothes ______ (neat) in her suitcase.
3. Susan ______ (rare) comes late to school.
4. I cannot do my homework now; I feel ______ (extreme) tired.
5. ______ (lucky) he got a well-paying job.
Fill in each of the blank spaces with an appropriate preposition. (5mks)
1. I wish to go to Mombasa ______ December.
2. We will start our exams _______ Monday
3. The boy drowned as he tried to swim ______ the river.
4. The old man died ______ pneumonia.
5. Let us discuss this question ______ lunch hour.
Join each of the following pairs of sentences using a coordinating conjunction. (5mks)
1. Ruth will join the university. Ruth will join a college
2. We should buy meat for the party. We should buy wheat flour for the party.
3. The farmers did not harvest anything this season. The rains came at the right time this season.
4. Will you eat ugali? Will you eat chapati?
5. Working hard is necessary for success. Being focused is necessary for success.

QUESTION 5 POETRY (15mks)

Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

Song of the Worker

We squat
We move
Left center right
Breaking stones
Kwa! Kwa!
Kwa! Our hands
sour Our heads
ache Our knees
numb

Our backs break
Breaking
stones Kwa!
Kwa! Kwa! We
squat
We move
Back center forward Tiling the
land Kwa! Kwa! Kwa!

Our song sorrow
Our tears we eat
In rags we move
Tramping the land
Kwa! Kwa! Kwa!
To them
It’s dance They roar in laughter While we sweat and bleed

To them
It’s pleasure
They weep with laughter
While we stumble and tumble
Burdened and hungry
Kwa! Kwa! Kwa! Kwa!
Kwa!

QUESTIONS

Mention two types of work the speaker in the poem does. (2mks)
Does the speaker enjoy doing the work? Give three pieces of evidence to support your answer. (3mks)
Giving evidence in the poem, give two basic needs of the speaker that are not met. (4mks)
“They roar in laughter.” Who do you think the people referred to in the poem as “They” are? (2mks)
Mention two pieces of evidence that show that the people referred to as “them” in the poem are cruel. (2mks)
Suggest another title for the poem. Give reasons for your answer. (2mks)

QUESTION 6 ORAL SKILLS (15MKS)

A flea and a fly flew up in a flue.
1. Name the above genre. (1mk)
2. Which is the dominant sound pattern in the genre? (1mk)
3. Give four functions of the genre. (4mks)
  
  The following is a riddling session. Indicate the name of the stage in each space provided. (4mks)
  A: Riddle! Riddle! (i)
  B: Riddle come! (ii)
  A: My child lives amongst thorns and is never pricked.
  B: Pineapple… (iii)
  A: Wrong. Give me a prize.
  B: We give you Nairobi city.
  A: I went to NAIROBI and enjoyed watching tall buildings.
  The answer is tongue… (iv)
Supply words that are pronounced the same as the following ones: (5mks)
1. heir
2. blew
3. sent

MARKING SCHEME

Informal letter FORMAT 5MKS

Address 1mk
Date 1mk
Salutation 1mk
Closing tag 1mk
Name 1mk

CONTENT 7MKS

Introduction 1mk
Invitation 1mk
Enquiry about academics 2mks
Enquiry about co-curricular activities 2mks
Conclusion 1mk

LANGUAGE 8MKS

QUESTION 2 CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

of
an
reader
steps
complete
Secondly
or
you
contains
not

QUESTION 3 COMPREHENSION 20 MKS

It is a practice where children under fifteen years(1mk) are employed to work in factories, farms, households(1mk) or as hawkers in the market. (1mk)
These are working in industries or companies (1mk) and working in homes as domestic workers. (1mk)
When parents treat their children in a harsh manner, the children find the home unfavourable leading them to find an alternative place to call home thereby making them susceptible to exploitation. (1mk) Also, when one or both parents die, and other members of the family show no concern for the children, the children are forced to look for jobs to earn a living. (1mk)
Poverty makes the family not have enough money to send children to school(1mk) and to earn them a good living(1mk) and this makes it necessary for children to engage in child labour.
Yes. This is because a child from a poor family feels disadvantaged compared to one from a rich family (1mk) thus he sneaks out of home to go and find somewhere he can get money for luxuries (1mk)
The government has enacted and enforced laws that protect children against child labour (1mk), and has introduced free primary education so that children from poor families do not drop out pf school for lack of fees. (1mk)
Unemployment should be reduced(1mk), welfare organizations should collaborate with government to educate the nation about the dangers of child labour( 1mk), and emphasis put on the benefits of having one’s daughter or son educated in this modern world.(1mk)
1. involving using the hands or physical strength
2. being taken advantage of
3. important
4. working together with

QUESTION 4 GRAMMAR (20MKS)

1. more
2. worst
3. hotter
4. more poisonous
5. older
  (1mk @. Total= 5mks)
1. frequently
2. neatly
3. rarely
4. extremely
5. Luckily
  (1mk @. Total= 5mks)
1. in
2. on
3. across
4. of
5. during
  (1mk @. Total= 5mks)
1. Ruth will join the university or a college.
2. We should buy meat or wheat flour for the party.
3. The rains came at the right time this season but the farmers did not harvest anything.
4. Will you eat ugali or chapatti?
5. Working hard and being focused are necessary for success. (1mk @. Total= 5mks)

QUESTION 5 POETRY (15MKS)

Work in a quarry. “Left center right, breaking rock” (1mk) Work on farms. “Tilling the land” (1mk)
No. “Our song sorrow”, “Our tears we eat”,“while we sweat and bleed”, “While we stumble and tumble” (Any 3, 1mk @)
Need for clothing. “ in rags we move” (2mks)
Need for food. “ Burdened and hungry” (2mks)
The masters (1mk) of the speaker who supervise them as they work. (1mk)
“They roar in laughter//While we sweat and bleed”, “They weep with laughter// While we stumble and tumble” (2mks)
Any well-supported title e.g. Tormenting work, Hard Labour, etc