Task 1: Read the conversation below then answer the questions 1-5

Joan:  May I use your camera to take a photograph of my sister on her birthday?
Juma: Yes, please. Take a picture of the cake as well
Joan:  Did you buy this camera in the month of June
Juma: Yes, I also bought a phone and a laptop
Joan:  Does it make you happy when you take photos?
Juma: Yes, during my leisure time, I upload the photos on my laptop and share them
Joan:  That sounds interesting. I will try it too.

1. Who is asking for a camera to take photos
   1. Joan
   2. Joan's sister
   3. Juma
   4. Juma's sister
2. Which month of the year did Juma buy the camera?
   1. January
   2. July
   3. June
   4. April
3. Juma uploads the photos on his laptop and share them during
   1. his leisure time
   2. the weekend
   3. the holidays
   4. the school days
4. Whose birthday was it?
   1. Juma's brother
   2. Juma's sister
   3. Joan's brother
   4. Joan's sister
5. Name the feeling that Joan thinks Juma gets after taking photos
   1. sad
   2. angry
   3. annoyed
   4. interesting

Read the passage below then answer the questions that follow 6-9.

Our bodies regularly need exercises as this is the only way to remain strong and healthy. Physical education is a lesson that should be taken very seriously in schools. It helps the pupils to relax their muscles and aids in the muscle growth. Sporting activities in our country are highly respected. Some athletes have come out successfully thus earning money and time.

Winners in athletes are awarded prizes as their teams cheers in excitement. Would you like to win a gold medal? Then start practising simple athletics activities during your sport day.

6. What makes our bodies strong and healthy?
   1. Eating a lot of sugarcane
   2. Playing football
   3. Exercises
   4. Passing exams
7. In our country, sporting activities are
   1. respected
   2. ignpored
   3. hated
   4. not helpful
8. People taking part in athletics may be called
   1. runners
   2. pupils
   3. athletes
   4. students
9. What happens to those who win races?
   1. They are given prizes
   2. They are laughted at
   3. Nothing is done to them
   4. They are sent home

Read the passage below and then answer questions 10-12

Mary and Tom, her brother were spending Christmas at their grandmother's home. Grandmother lways reminded them to say prayers before they went to bed.

One evening a few days before Christmas, the children knelt down beside their beds and started praying. Tom prayed in a very loud voice. "I pray for a ball" Pray for Christmas clothes, I pray for a bicycle..."

"Shhh!," his sister Mary leaned over to him and whispered, "Why are you shouting your prayers, God is not deaf..."

"I know," Tom whispered back," "But grandfather is"

10. How often did grandmother remind the children to pray
    1. sometimes
    2. often
    3. few times
    4. before going to bed
11. Where were the children spending Christmas
    1. At their home
    2. At their neighbours
    3. At their grandmother's home
    4. At their friends home
12. At what time of the day did the children kneel down to pray
    1. past dawn
    2. afternoon
    3. midday
    4. at night

Read the passage below and answer questions 13-15

My grandmother is as wise as an owl. I like spending my holidays with her since she teaches me a lot. Last holiday, I went to visit her for a week.

One evening, we heard a knock on the door. As calm as a deep river. I walked to the door and slowly opened it. Before me stood a tall man with a fully bearded chin. I smiled broadly and asked how I could help.

With a voice as sour as vinegar, man wanted to know who was looking after my grandmother's cattle that day. I sensed something was wrong, so I handled his question like a hot potato.

13. According to the story grandmother was
    1. as wise as a grasshopper
    2. as busy as a bee
    3. as wise as an owl
    4. as brave as a lion
14. When the door was slowly opened, who stood in front of the person telling the story?
    1. A tall bearded woman
    2. A short full bearded man
    3. A short bearded woman
    4. A tall fully bearded chin man
15. How did the author handle the question asked by the man
    1. like a tomato
    2. like a hot potato
    3. like a hot sauce
    4. like a sour potato

For questions 16-17 Choose the correctly spelt word.

16. Mercy visited the ___________________________________ for her teeth were hurting.
    1. dentist
    2. dentest
    3. detist
    4. denitist
17. The chairman donated ___________________________________of bread the school.
    1. leaves
    2. lives
    3. loaves
    4. loafs

Choose the opposite of the underlined words.

18. My sister's knife is blunt
    1. sharper
    2. sharp
    3. Foolish
    4. Clever
19. Deep holes can be dangerous
    1. low
    2. high
    3. shallow
    4. dip

For question 20-21 choose the best adjective to fill in blank spaces.

20. Kibet jumped ______________________________ than all the other pupils
    1. high
    2. higher
    3. highest
    4. more higher
21. Wangari left home ___________________________ than Wanjiku
    1. earliest
    2. more earlier
    3. earlier
    4. more early

Complete the following with the correct sounds (s).

22. A snake ______________________________________
    1. bleats
    2. slithers
    3. roars
    4. hisses
23. We could hear the _________________________________ of monkeys from far.
    1. clicking
    2. jumping
    3. chattering
    4. roaring

For question 24 make a doing word

24. Drop
    1. dropped
    2. droping
    3. drops
    4. dropping
25. Write the plural of the word puppy
    
    1. Pappies
    2. Puppys
    3. Pupies
    4. Puppies

Broken passage

Fill in the blank space numbers 26-30 use the best answers.

Long time ago __26__ lived __27__ old man __28__ Pakuch.  He was very hard working. He always woke up __29__ before everyone else in the homestead. Pakuch owned a big__30__of cattle which earned him alot of money. Everyday he looked after them and in return they gave him milk, manure and meat.

COMPOSITION

Write an interesting composition using the title below.

                                                                   OUR FARM

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________________

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MARKING SCHEME

1. A
2. C
3. A
4. D
5. D
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. A
10. D
11. C
12. D
13. C
14. D
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. C
20. B
21. C
22. D
23. C
24. A
25. D
26. C
27. B
28. B
29. C
30. C

Read the following dialogue and answer questions 1-5.
 
Plumber :     Hello. Could you please direct me to Mr. Kimani's house?
Mr. Kimani : Hello. I am Mr. Kimani. Are you the plumber?
Plumber :     Yes I am. Are you the one who called?
Mr. Kimani : Yes, I have a broken pipe in laundry room. Please come in and have a look.
Plumber :     OK. Are you talking about that leaking drainage pipe?
Mr. Kimani : Yes, can you repair it please?
Plumber :     Yes, it will take about forty minutes
Mr. Kimani : How much will that cost?
Plumber :      I will charge you a service fee of five hundred shillings. We will also replace the broken pipe with  
                      a new one.
Mr. Kimani :  What is the cost of the new pipe?
Plumber :       It costs two hundred per metre and we need three metres.
Mr. Kimani :  OK. You can start working on it.

1. According to the dialogue above, had the plumber visited Mr. Kimani's home before?
   1. Yes
   2. We aren't told
   3. Not sure
   4. No
2. How much did Mr. Kimani pay for the new pipe?
   1. Kshs. 600.
   2. Kshs. 200.
   3. Kshs. 500
   4. Kshs.1100
3. How much did Mr. Kimani pay for work and material?
   
   1. Kshs. 600
   2. Kshs. 200.
   3. Kshs. 500
   4. Kshs.1100
4. A laundry room is the room where we _____________________
   1. store tools
   2. repair pipes 
   3. wash our clothes
   4. buy new pipes
5. If the repair work took twenty minutes longer than the plumber had expected, how long did it take the plumber to finish the job?
   1. Twenty minutes 
   2. Forty minutes
   3. One hour
   4. Two hours.

Read the poem below and answer questions 6 to 8

To everyone her ear she lend,
But to nobody her heart.
She wondered how to change that,
But she didn't know where to start,

She would smile more to herself,
Than the world would ever see,
For the only time her smile was real,
Was only in her own company.

People didn't know how she felt
They never even ever asked,
It seemed she had fooled them all,
They couldn't see past her mask at all,

If they were to be with her at dusk.
When the world was going to sleep,
Maybe she would let them read,
Through the secrets that she kept,

But when she looks keenly around,
Nobody was ever there not a sound,
And she realizes why she hides her heart,
Is because no-one really cares.

6. The poem is talking about ______________________
   
   1. secrets of a boy
   2. a lady's smile
   3. a lady's secrets
   4. a lady's heart
7. When was the lady's smile real?
   
   1. When with people
   2. When asleep
   3. When alone
   4. At dusk
8. Why does the lady keep her secrets to herself?
   
   1. People don't even care
   2. Nobody is ever there
   3. She does't lend anyone her heart
   4. People don't ask

Read the passage below and answer questions 9-11

There was once a young shepherd who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest. It was rather lonely for him all day, so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement. He rushed down towards the village calling out "Wolf, Wolf," and the villagers came out to meet him, and some of them stayed with him for a  considerable time but there was no wolf. This pleased the boy so much that a few days later, he tried the same trick, and again the villagers came to his help but they saw no wolf. Shortly after this, a wolf actually came out from the forest. The boy of course cried out "Wolf, Wolf," louder than before. This time the villagers, who had been fooled twice before, thought the boy was again deceiving them, and nobody came to his help. So the Wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock, and when the boy complained, the wise man of the village said, "A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."

9. What plans did the shepherd think of?
   1. To call the villagers
   2. To shout wolf! wolf!
   3. To stay with the villagers
   4. To let the wolf eat the sheep.
10. We say as ______________________as a wolf. 
    
    1. cunning
    2. dagerous
    3. fast
    4. hungry 
11. The statement: Wolf made a good meal off the boy's flock means
    
    1. the wolf cooked a good meal
    2. the wolf ate the sheep.
    3. the boy killed the wolf
    4. the wolf ate the boy and the sheep

Read the following passage and answer questions 12-15.

A young Man had been caught while stealing and had to be killed for it. He expressed his wish to see his mother, and to speak with her before he was killed and of course, this was grunted. When his Mother came to him, he said, "I want to whisper to you," and when she brought her ear near him, he completely bit it off. All the bystanders were horrified, and asked him what he meant by such brutal and inhuman conduct. He said that when he was young he began with stealing little things, and brought them home to her. Instead of rebuking and punishing him, she laughed and told him that it would not be noticed. It was because of her that he was there. "He is right, woman," said the judge. The judge said, "Train your child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will never depart from it.

12. Why was the boy going to be killed?
    
    1. For biting his mother
    2. For expressing his wish.
    3. The judge said so
    4. For stealing
13. What was the boy's feeling towards his mother?
    
    1. Joyous
    2. Happy
    3. Embarrassed
    4. Bitter
14. According to the judge who was to blame?
    
    1. The mother
    2. The bystanders
    3. The boy
    4. The judge
15. The best proverb to use in the story is _____________________
    
    1. A stitch in time saves nine
    2. You reap what you sow
    3. Like mother like son
    4. Judge not that you may not be judged.

Read the passage below keenly. It contains blank spaces numbered 16 to 20. Fill in the spaces using the best alternative from the choices given.

Thousands of traders held demonstrations in the city's central business district today citing intrusion of the Kenyan ___16___ by Chinese business people.

The local traders said the Chinese traders had ___17___ them out of business, claiming they were offering goods at affordable prices. One of the ___18___ said that he was protesting ___19___ the Chinese traders' invasion of the Kenyan market. He added that the intruders were playing the manufacturer's and seller's role at the same time, which ___20___not be the case. "They have locked us out of business in our own country."

For questions 21 to 23 choose the word that can be a verb and also a noun. 

21.  
    1. object
    2. advice
    3. practise
    4. write
22.  
    1. plane
    2. protect
    3. roll
    4. read 
23.  
    1. agree
    2. book
    3. Library
    4. tile

For questions, 24 to 26 choose the correct possessive pronoun from the given choices.

24. The dog started wagging _________________ tail when the owner arrived
    
    1. it is
    2. it's
    3. its
    4. it
25. We cheered when ____________________ team scored a goal. 
    
    1. we
    2. our
    3. my
    4. us
26. They carried _________________________ bags into the hotel. 
    
    1. there
    2. they're
    3. them
    4. their

For questions, 27 and 28 select the correct degree of adjective.

27. The country has the _______________________people in East Africa. 
    
    1. taller
    2. tall
    3. most tall
    4. tallest
28. That is the ____________________ answer
    
    1. more accurate
    2. accurate
    3. most accurate
    4. less accurate

For questions, 29 and 30 select the correct order of adjective. 

29. The president gave our school ___________________ bus
    
    1. well-shaped, new, big
    2. new, big, well-shaped
    3. new well-shaped, big
    4. big, well-shaped, new
30. We had a swimming lesson in the _____________________ swimming pool.
    
    1. old, circular, big
    2. big, circular, old
    3. circular, old, big
    4. circular, big, old

COMPOSITION

You have received an invitation letter from your best friend inviting you to attend her birthday party. Write a friendly letter as a reply to the letter.

MARKING SCHEME

1. D
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. C
6. C
7. C
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. B
12. D
13. D
14. A
15. B
16. A
17. C
18. B
19. C
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. B
24. C
25. B
26. D
27. D
28. C
29. D
30. B

Read the conversation below then answer the questions that follow 1-5 

Joan: Good morning John 
John: Good morning Joan and how are you today? 
Joan: I am fine thank you 
John:The weather today is quite cold 
Joan: Yes it is chilly and windy 
John:What did the teacher say we wear in such weather? 
Joan: Teacher Hamala, Our science teacher said we must wear warm clothes to keep our bodies warm 
John: Does anyone in class know that the headteacher is also looking for those who did not dress warm to punish them. 
Joan: 'Look' I have a sweater a jacket, gloves, socks and a marvin. I am warm enough. 
John: I am warm too. 

1. What is Joan and John discussing? 
   1. Classwork
   2. The school
   3. The weather
   4. Meals
2. Which one of the following words means the same as cold.
   1. Windy
   2. Chilly
   3. Warm
   4. Weather.
3. What is the name of the Science teacher mentioned in the passage?
   1. Joan
   2. John
   3. Headteacher
   4. Hamala 
4. The headteacher in the school where Joan and John's learn looks for pupils who have not dressed warm to
   1. greet them
   2. know them
   3. punish them 
   4. gift them 
5. Choose a list of warm clothing according to the passage
   1. Sweater, jacket, dress, marvin
   2. Shoes, Jacket, dress, a short
   3. Jacket, a tie, a pair of trouser
   4. A marvin, a jacket, gloves, socks and

Read the passage below then answer the questions that follow 6 -10

One day Lion was ill. he could not go to hunt for food. He felt that he was going to die. Lion thought of a plan. He sent word to all the animals that he was very ill. He invited them to come and visit him one by one. A number of people had gone to visit him one day. A number of animals had also gone to visit him and it was fare's turn. As the Hare walked towards the Lion's den, he noticed a strange thing. All footprints pointed towards the same direction, to the Lion's house. 

Hare was suspicious but he walked on and knocked at Lions door. "Please come in” said Lion in a very low voice. Hare knew Lion wanted to eat him. "I am cry you are sick. But excuse me, why is it that all footprints of all animals that come to see you point in one direction?" 

Lion knew that hare had discovered his trick. He pounced on him but hare was too fast for him. He escaped death narrowly. 

6. Why could the Lion not go to hunt? 
   1. He was lazy 
   2. He was old 
   3. He was sick 
   4. He was too fast 
7. What would happen to Lion if he did not get food soon? 
   1. He would eat other animals 
   2. He would die 
   3. He would kill himself 
   4. He would move to another country 
8. How did Lion want the animals to visit him? 
   1. All together 
   2. Three at ago 
   3. Two by two
   4. One by one
9. Which animal was the last to visit Lion? 
   1. Hare
   2. Elephant
   3. Giraffe
   4. Hyena 
10. What strange thing did hare notice? 
    1. There were many footprints
    2. The footprints were small
    3. The footprints were different
    4. Alll footprints pointed in one direction 

Task 2 

For question 11-13 choose the opposite of the underlined word. 

11. The poor girl got help from a stranger 
    1. clever 
    2. rich
    3. rude
    4. reach
12. The school has been closed today.
    1. opened
    2. bottom
    3. entered
    4. sealed
13. The old man lives alone in a dirty house.
    1. rich
    2. young
    3. smart
    4. educated

For questions 14-16 write the plural of the underlined word. 

14. The house had been opened using a key 
    1. keyes 
    2. keys 
    3. skys
    4. que
15. The children had alot of luggage in the bus
    1. luggages
    2. luggagies
    3. lugagges
    4. luggage 
16. Lizz has a beautiful eye
    1. eye
    2. eeyes
    3. eyes
    4. ears

For questions 17-19 select the Bastiense of the following words. 

17. Drink
    1. drunk
    2. drank
    3. drinks
    4. drunked
18. Cut
    1. cuted 
    2. cutted
    3. cut
    4. cutting
19. Play
    1. play
    2. played
    3. playing 
    4. plays 

For questions 20 choose the correct word to fill in the blank space. 

20. We  __________________ every morning before we leave the house. 
    1. play
    2. prey
    3. apply
    4. pray

TASK 3-Broken passage 

Fill in the blank space numbers 21-30 use the best answers. 

I ___21___  up very early on the day I was to go to school. I had not slept at ___22___ I was very ____23___ I was the first to wake up that ___24___.  ____25____ was taken to a ___26___ where I met thirty two other___27___. The ___28___ came to class and she said good ___29___ to us. After the bell___30___ she left the class. 

Task 4: COMPOSITION 

Write an interesting composition using the title below. 

MY FRIEND 

1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. D
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. C
17. B
18. C
19. B
20. D
21. C
22. A
23. A
24. D
25. B
26. A
27. B
28. A
29. C
30. B