By Elimu Assistant Team 
ENGLISH GRAMMAR QUESTIONS
a)
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions given. (5mks)
i. The students were advised to consider the consequences of their behaviour by the visitor. (Rewrite indirect speech) …………………………………………
ii. He was amazed to hear that he was considered the best speaker in his school. (Rewrite to use “amazement”) …………………………………
iii. The fans lined up along the pitch. They cheered on their team. (Combine into one sentence beginning with a present participle) ………………………………………
iv. Why can’t my mother buy me a bicycle on Sunday? (Begin: I wish………….) ………………………………………………
v. The doors of the bank opened and at once a crowd of customers burst in. (Rewrite using “Hardly”) …………………………………………………
b) i) Explain the difference in meaning among the three sentences below. (3mks)
a) Mwangi went in with his cap on. ……………………………………………
b) Mwangi just went in with his cap on. ……………………………………………
c) Just Mwangi went in with his cap on. ……………………………………………………
c) Fill in each of the sentences below with the correct form of the underlined words. (2mks)
i. The motor was___________________ but the defect was not defected in time.
ii. It is ___________________to hold items obtained through crime.
d) Rewrite replacing the underlined word with a phrasal verb formed from the verb in brackets.(2mks)
i. She supported him even when the rest of the committee did not. (back) ………………………………………………………
ii. Idleness causes poverty and want. (bring) ……………………………………………
e) Answer as instructed after each. (3mks)
i. We like him because he is gentle and ________(child) (Complete using the correct form of the word in bracket)
ii. Poor handwriting enhances _________ of a student essay. (legible) (Complete using the correct form of the word in brackets)
iii. The Vice Chancellors ate the humble pie and returned to the negotiation table. (Explain the meaning of the underlined idiom) …………………………………………
GRAMMAR MARKING SCHEME
a)
i) “You should (need to) consider the consequences of your behaviour, “ the visitor advised the students
Or
“consider the consequences of your behaviour”,
The visitor advised the students.√1mk
ii)
He heard, to his amazement, that he considered the best speaker in his school. 1mk
or
To his amazement, he heard that he was considered the best speaker in his school.
iii) Lining up along the pitch, the fans cheered on the team. 1mk
iv) I wish my mother could buy me a bicycle on Sunday. 1mk
v) The doors of the bank had hardly opened when a crowd of customers burst in. 1mk
or
Hardly had the doors of the bank opened when a crowd of customers burst in.√1mk
b)
i) Mwangi had nothing also on but his cap. 1mk
ii) Mwangi went in a while ago. 1mk
iii) Only Mwangi and no one else went in with his cap on. 1mk
c)
i) Defective
ii) Criminal
d)
i) backed him up
ii) brings about
e)
i) childlike
ii) illegibility
iii) gave in to their demands/accepted his mistake
