By Elimu Assistant Team 
Question
a) Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given after each (3mks)
i) She wondered loudly, “Will you listen to such a man?” (Rewrite in reported speech)
ii) “Do you suppose you know better than your own father?” jeered his angry mother. (Rewrite in reported speech)
iii) Few historians have written in a more interesting manner than Gibbon.
Rewrite using ……………interestingly.
b) Choose the correct word from those in brackets to complete the following sentences. (4mks)
i) I prefer the ………………………………….. proposition to the former. (later/latter)
ii) His ………………………… brother is in the Metropolitan police service. (older/elder)
iii) Rustam is the ………………………. of my uncle’s five sons. (oldest/eldest)
iv) I can’t walk any ……………………………; I am totally exhausted. (farther/further)
c) Fill the blanks with appropriate prepositions. (3mks)
i) His friends condoled……………………………… him ……………………… his bereavement
ii) He dispensed ………………………………………. the services of his dishonest clerk.
d) Complete these sentences using the correct order of the words in brackets. (2mks)
i) Their ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. (combined, military and powerful) forces soon overwhelmed the invaders.
ii) My aunt sent me a …………………………………………………………………………………………………..box.
(jewellery, small, metal, square)
e) Use the most appropriate words in the blanks below. (3mks)
The …………………………… driver was …………………………… down the steep slope when the accident
…………………………………… The police were censured for allowing the overloaded truck through the road
block earlier on.
