CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word. (10 Marks)

As a teenager, Rebecca ---------------------- (1) about reproductive health from her biology class. Outside of
school, the changes in a ----------------------(2) body were not readily discussed. Rebecca ended ----------- …
(3) feeling confused and isolated in her journey as she grappled with a mixture of --------------------------
(4) that were hard to explain – from severe cramps, bloating, constipation and unusual cravings to heavy
bleeding, headaches and fatigue that left her bedridden for days. Unfortunately, because many of her
peers -----------------------(5) mild cramps, her ‘discomforts’ were often dismissed as ‘typical menstrual
issues.’ Now a 35-year-old mother, she looks back at her experience. “I thought I was just unlucky,”
Rebecca --------------------------(6).

“My friends would talk about ---------------- (7) period cramps, but what I felt was on a whole different
level. I’d miss school because the pain was so bad.” The turning -------------------------------(8) came in her
late twenties when she was finally --------------------(9) with endometriosis. “Endometriosis is a condition
where tissue similar to the lining inside the uterus grows outside. When these cells undergo bleeding
during menstruation, it leads to pain,” explains Dr Ezekiel Mecha a senior -----------------------------(10) at
the department of Biochemistry, university of Nairobi. (Adapted from “Why Chronic Menstrual Pain is
Often Misunderstood”

The Standard, Monday, June 17,2024)

3. ORAL SKILLS (30MARKS)

A. Read the oral narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
Hyena and Fox said to one another, “Let us go and eat food together”. They walked to Hyena’s place and
here they ate some old bones. Then they went to Fox’s home and here they were given some honey.
Hyena had never tasted such sweet food before. He ate and ate and greedily licked his fingers. “Do you
relieve yourself after eating this sweet food?” he asked. “No, we do not,” replied Fox. “What do you do to
ensure such sweetness remains inside you?” he asked. “A person is sewed tightly as quickly as possible,”
Fox explained. The Hyena was sewed and he went back home. After two days, Hyena was dying to
relieve himself. So, he went back to Fox. “Fox unsew me now so that I can go to the bush to relieve
myself”. “Oh no, why should we relieve you of sweetness,” said Fox running away. Hyena was now
desperate, he kept fighting and making funny noises. “Why are you behaving like that?” Crow asked. “I
have plenty of meal bothering me. Would you pull this thread so that you can eat some?” said Hyena. The
greedy Crow quickly undid the thread and ‘pooaa’ came out the unwanted stuff from inside Hyena. It
gushed out at a terrific speed and covered the Crow completely. The Crow could not move until it rained.
The rain washed off Hyena’s excrement but Crow had a white patch on his neck. He still has it to this day.

I. How would you would prepare yourself to effectively tell the story? (3 Marks)
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participating in the performance. (2 Marks)
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III. III. ‘Let us go and eat food together…’ Which words would you stress in the sentence above
and why? (2 Marks)
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IV. B. Underline the silent letters in the following words. (4 Marks)

I. comb
II. coup
III. Guilt
IV. Sword

C. Classify and then identify the dominant sound feature in each of the short forms
given below. (4 Marks)
I). A good wife and health are man’s best wealth.

II. Ken can can a can of curled kales.

D. The underlining indicates which word is stressed in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each
sentence means. (3 Marks)
I. My chair broke.

II. My chair broke.

III. My chair broke.

E. Mention any three ways you would use your voice effectively when asked to give a speech during
assembly. (3 Marks)
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F. You have been elected the Chairperson of your English study group. Explain three things you would to
do during an upcoming discussion to ensure it is productive. (6 Marks)
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G. Read the dialogue below and answer the question that follow.
Kamau: (Looking distraught) Oh what do I do now?
Jane: Hi Kamau. How are you?
Kamau: Oh, Jane, my mother…
Jane: What a coincidence! My mother is in town!
Kamau: That is great,
Jane. As I was telling you, my mother has just been admitted to hospital.
Jane: Is everyone’s mother unwell? Mine called and said she wants money to buy medicine; a lot of
money. These people back at home think money grows on trees!
Kamau: Jane, she is your mother. Surely you should help her if you can.
Jane: I have only twelve thousand shillings and it is all for buying an outfit and shoes. I have to look
good at that dinner next week.
Kamau: Well, I have to look for some money and send it to my mother. See you later,
. Jane: Wait, don’t you want to know where I am going for that dinner next week?

I. Identify three shortcomings in Jane’s responses. (3 Marks)

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