a) Your friend wishes to spend the Easter holiday at your home. However, she does not know how to get there. Write an e-mail to her giving her directions to your home from your nearest town, which is thirty kilometers away. (10mks) .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................................................................. ..................................................................................................................................................................

b) Imagine that you are the Principal in your school. You have discovered that there is a lot of wastage of water in your school. Write a memo to the members of the school community. Identify means through which water has been wasted and give suggestions on how this can be curbed. (10mks)

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The high cost of living today leaves little room for financial planning. Every 1 _____________ must be planned for and ensure realistic 2 ______________ set to ensure money is available when needed, and 3________ the amount needed. Lack of planning leads to a disastrous financial situation. Take the example of a mother who is 4__________________ smiles during the month of 5______________, around Christmas time, as she has just received her pay plus a generous bonus. Her 6_____________ is brimming with money. She decides to take 7_____________ family for a holiday in Mombasa where they 8___________________a great time. Come January, and she can hardly pay her 9_________________school fees, since she has no money. Where did she go 10____________? It was her lack of budgeting.

THE BEASTS WHO BOASTED. '
A long, long time ago, an elephant, a lion, a fox and a peacock met at a pond in the forest. The elephant began flapping its huge ears, looked down at the others from his great height and blew his trumpet.

"You have to agree that 1 am the strongest of all the beasts. With my long tusks. I can tear through the thickest forest. Trees are like twigs to me." he trumpeted. “You may be strong, "roared the lion, "but nothing compares to my bravery. It is because 1 am brave and I am the king of the forest.

"Not at all. Brains are ore important than bravery and mere strength." said the fox, "1 live extremely well just by my wits."

"To be able to crash through the woods, or leap into thin air. or sneak into the chicken yard is worthless, compared to beauty, "said the peacock. He demonstrated this by preening his colourful feathers in a dance . All this while, an ugly toad, whom no man had ever hunted, had been listening to the beasts bragging.

"Men kill the elephant to make boxes and jewellery from the ivory of his tusks, "he said."They hunt the lion and decorate their walls with his skin because his courage leads him to prey on their herds. Because he find his way into the farmyard, the fox's fur is used on the collar of a robe. The peacock's glorious blue gold feathers are used to make a fan for a lady. It is what you boast of that is indeed your downfall." [ Adapted from Oral Literature of the Asians in East Africa by Mubina Hassanali Kirmani and Sanaullah Kirmani Nairobi, East Africa Education Publishers 2002]

QUESTIONS

i. How would you render the opening words of this narrative. (2mks) .......................................................................................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................................................................................
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ii. In performing this narrative, you would be expected to put special emphasis on the word “pond”. Why is it so? (1mk) .......................................................................................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................................................................................

iii. Identify any two examples of onomatopoeia in this narrative. (2mks) .......................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................................................................................

iv. If you were to perform this narrative, how would you deliver the speech by the ugly toad? (3mks) .......................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................................................................................

v. At the end of your performance of this narrative, mention two things that would tell that the audience has enjoyed the presentation. (2mks) .......................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................................................................................
b) Consider the dialogue below. Identify the shortcomings in both the chairing and the participation. (6mks)

Chairperson: Our teacher has asked us to discuss the importance of poetry. As the chairperson I should begin by giving my observations about it. I find poetry exciting and have even tried to compose some....................

Member 1: Mr. Chairperson, we need to report back...

Chairperson: I will do the reporting.............

Member 2: But Mr. Chairman, can you chair and record what we are going to say at the same time? And is it proper?

Chairperson: I was appointed to chair. Do you want to take over? Member 3: I don't even know why people write poetry anyway. Why can’t they just write in a more straight forward way?

Member 4: For me, a poem tries to capture a moment of human feelings that are universal in
significance. And as readers...
Chairperson: You didn't allow me to finish. As I was saying...
Member 5: But have we resolved the question of procedure?
Chairperson: 1 give up. Somebody else can chair and report to the rest of the class.
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c) Write two sentences for each of the following words bringing out the difference in meaning. (4mks)

i) Bank .......................................................................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................................................................................

ii) Leaf ..........................................................................................................................................................................
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iii) Minute .......................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................................

iv) Mean ........................................................................................................................................................................... ..........................................................................................................................................................................

d) Supply a homophone for each of the following words. (5mks)

i) Blue .......................................................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................................................

ii) Few .......................................................................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................................................................................

iii) Cymbal .......................................................................................................................................................................... ..............................................................................................................................................................................................

iv) Bier ............................................................................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................................................................................

v) Won .............................................................................................................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................................................................................

e) Underline the silent letters in each of the following words. (5mks)

i) Honorarium

ii) Little

iii) Opera

iv) Whack

v) Rendezvous