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ENGLISH
FORM TWO
AUGUST 2016
2 HOURS.
NGINDA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
TERM 2 - 2016 HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
ENGLISH
FORM 2
QUESTION PAPER
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your name, Admission No., School, Date and Sign in the spaces provided.
2. Answer all the questions in the spaces provided.
3. All answers MUST be in English
4. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed and that no
questions are missing.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
Question Maximum score Candidate’s score
1. 20
2. 20
3. 10
4. 15
5. 25
6. 10
Total score 100
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1. Write a letter to your friend informing him how the term has been and the activities you have been
involved in (20mks)
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2. Read the following narrative and then answer the questions that follow (20mks)
“THE GREEDY HYENA AND THE STUMP”
Long, long ago, there was a bee-keeper who went to check on his bee-hive in the forest. It
was late in the evening when he arrived at the tree where his bee hive was hanging. He lit some fire
and climbed on top of the tree to collect the honey from the bee-hive. After collecting enough
honey, he descended the tree. As he stood on the ground, he heard some queer noise in a bush close
by, but he could not see the bush clearly.
After tying a bunch of piece of wood and lighting it so as to use it as a torch, he started on
his journey homewards. Hardly had he gone a short distance when he heard the same noise he had
heard before. This time the noise was trailing him. He stopped and when he moved, it also moved
towards him. He went on and when he was near his home, he stopped. Looking behind he saw the
same hyena a short distance away from him. He thought and thought. How could he stop the hyena
from following him? He saw a stump of a tree in front of him. He decided to cover the remaining
distance to it in darkness.
He placed the torch of pieces of wood beside the stump. Meanwhile, the hyena had receded
out of his sight and did not see him go. It thought the man had placed the fire on the ground and
slept. What a feast it would have, the hyena thought! It waited in an adjacent bush till the flames of
the fire went off. It came towards the dim burning charcoal and mistook the stump beside the fire
for the man’s head. It went stealthily towards the stump. Its teeth sunk deep into the stump and got
stuck. The hyena tried to pull its teeth out but all was in vain. The teeth remained stuck to the
stump. It struggled, it tugged and tugged but all in vain.
The hyena stayed in that condition the whole night. Very early the following morning a
young girl who was going to fetch water from the river saw it struggling. She ran back home and
reported what she had seen. Her father sent an alarm for the village warriors to take up their
weapons and kill the hyena. After a short while, the men were gathered near the hyena ready to kill
it. The man who had been followed by the hyena the previous night was there.
When he saw the hyena’s long teeth stuck in the stump he told the men that he would have
been the victim had he not placed the fire beside the stump. The hyena was killed.
Questions.
a) Giving your reasons, classify the above narrative (2mks)
b) Why was it risky for the bee-keeper to go harvesting honey at night? (2mks)
c) What did the man and the hyena have in common? (2mks)
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d) How does the man prove that he is creative? (3mk)
e) Identify one feature of narratives from the above story (1mk)
f) Which action by the hyena proves its stupidity? Illustrate your answer (3mks)
g) What do you think the man felt when he finally got home? (2mks)
h) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the story. (3mks)
(i) Receded
(ii) Adjacent
(iii)Stealthily
i) What lessons do you learn from this passage? (2mks)
3. Fill in the gaps in the following passage with the most appropriate verb. (10mks)
Nicholas (1)…………… a spacious house last year. When the construction was (2)……………..he
sat at the verandah and enjoyed the view. He saw a scorpion (3)……………under the door and
realized that the crack had to be (4)………………Then he remembered that his sick mother was in
his new house and feared she would be (5)……………….by the scorpion. He started
(6)………………..out for his aunt who (7)……………………out of the kitchen in time to see it
(8)………………………under the carpet. She took a broom and
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(9)…………………………………..the scorpion a blow that
(10)…………………………………..it instantly.
4. Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow. (15mks)
THE SHEPHERD AND HIS FLOCK
1 The rays of the sun
2 are like a pair of scissors
3 cutting through the blanket
4 of dawn from the sky
5 The young shepherd
6 drives the master’s sheep
7 into the veld
8 His bare legs
9 kick the grass
10 and spill the dew
11 like diamonds
12 on a cutter’s table
13 A lamb strays away
14 enchanted by the marvels
15 of a summer’s morning
16 the ram
17 rebukes the ewe
18 “Woman! Woman!
19 watch over the child!”
20 the sun wings up
21 a flaming petal
22 of a sunflower
23 He perches on an antheap
24 to play the reed flute,
25 and to salute
26 the farmers children
27 going to school
28 And dreamily asks,
29 “ O! wise sun above
30 will you ever guide
31 me into school?”
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(Oswaid Mbuyiseni Mtshau-South Africa)
QUESTIONS
1. Why are the rays of the sun like a pair of scissors? (2mks)
2. Is the young shepherd poor? Give reasons for your answer (2mks)
3. Why does the lamb stray away? (2mk)
4. What does the poet imagine that the ram says to the ewe (2mk)
5. Look at lines 20-22 this is not a scientific description of a sun flower. Why does the poet
describe the flower and the sun in this way? (2mks)
6. Identify any two stylistic devices used by the poet (4mks)
7. What is the meaning of the word ‘perches’ in line 23 (1mk)
5. Grammar (25mks)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate pronouns. (4mks)
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(a) Maria lost her book so I gave her……………………………........
(b) We will fight for what is…………………………………………..
(c) Mwaniki wished the boat was………………………………….....
(d) Lisa is the best doctor in this hospital…………………….loves her profession.
B. Complete the sentences below with the appropriate reflexive pronoun (4mks)
a. I will do it…………………………………..........................................
b. Mueni has hurt…………………………...............................................
c. We gave…………………a treat of chocolate for passing the test.
d. I cannot bring………………….to do it.
C. Write down the comparative and superlative forms of the following words (10mks)
Positive Comparative Superlative
Silly - -
Bad - -
Deadly - -
Good - -
Little - -
D. Give the plurals for the following nouns (4mks)
(a) Knife -
(b) Mouse -
(c) Sheep -
(d) Lady -
E. Fill in the blanks with appropriate verbs. (3mks)
a) The cost of living………………….too high.
b) There…………………..no teacher in class when the headmaster walked in.
c) Every boy………………gone to the market.
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6. Listening and speaking skills. (10mks)
A. Identify the silent letter in each of the following words.(5mks)
(a) knee -
(b) honourable -
(c)Psychology -
(d) debt -
(e) comb -
B. Fill in each of the gaps below with appropriate responses.
Student:____________________________(1mk)
Teacher: Yes Peter, what can I do for you?
Student:________________________________________________(1mk)
Teacher: Peter, you know you are supposed to ask for permission to go to
hospital during the lunch hour. It is only the second lesson now.
Student:______________________________________(1mk) I will come during lunch hour.
Teacher: Next time do not forget school rules.
However, if the problem is serious you may leave now.
Student:_____________________________________________________________(2mks)
Teacher: You are welcome. Good day too.
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