KCSE ENGLISH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: CLOZE TEST MODEL 20241017005

ENGLISH CLOZE TEST (10 mks)

Fill in the blank space with the most appropriate word.

The police frequently 1……………………………….our slum village in search of hidden illicit brews. It was one of 2……………………………….raids that constable Amkatwende earned himself unexpected honour 3……………………………….respect for his detective skills. 4……………………………….chang’aa brewers in the village had devised several smart ways of hiding their liquor in spots 5……………………………….even the nosiest cops would not dream of looking. A new favourite trick was to put the chang’aa 6………………………………. twenty-litre jerrycans, close them tightly, tie strong sisal ropes 7……………………………….the necks and dangle them down pit 8……………………………….. This of course necessitated boring extra openings at the back of the toilet structures for the jerrycans to be let down before the holes were ingeniously covered and disguised 9……………………………….soil, refuse or even grass. No policeman in his right 10……………………………….was going to start looking for hidden chang’aa down a toilet pit, surely.

CLOZE TEST MARKING SCHEME

1. raided
2. those
3. and
4. the
5. where
6. into
7. round
8. latrines
9. with
10. senses