By Elimu Assistant Team 
ORAL SKILLS(30MARKS)
Read the following narrative and answer the questions that follow.
Many years ago, the elephant on his way to the forest came across the children of the frog by the side of a river. To him they were ugly and being in his way, he ruthlessly crushed them. On coming back and seeing the mess which previously was his children, the frog cried and cried.Eeeiii………..She eventually decided to take revenge on the elephant. So off she went coining across a cheetah, she sang this:
Mbaa Nzui
Mbaa Nzui
Mwambonea Yambanagie tumudnalali
Tumundalali
Ngauunya syana va thuita thuita
The clan of cheetah
The clan of cheetah
Have you seen (for me)elephant elephant
He has spoiled my tadpoles, tadpoles
Where shall I get children thuita thuita
The cheetah informed her that elephant had passed by two days previously. On she went to other animals, who told her the elephant had gone by, that morning. Frog leapt forward. In a matter of minutes she caught up with the elephant.² Why did you kill my children? piped frog.”Get on your way or else go the same way as your ugly things. “Said elephant scornfully. The frog then insulted elephant. Infuriated elephant tried to step on the frog. The latter side stepped and jumped into elephant’s trunk killing him instantly. From that day onwards, elephants put up their trunks whenever they see frogs.
QUESTIONS
A) i. Identify and illustrate two sound features in the narrative (2 marks)
ii. Suggest the right tone that the narrator would use for the song and explain (2marks)
iii. State two things that might have been lost in English translation of the song from the source language (2marks)
iv. How would you perform the dialogue between Elephant and Frog to bring out the difference in character (2mks)
(B)Which polite expressions would you use in the following situations? (3marks)
- When your teacher is in class and you want to leave for a short call.
- Your next door neighbour at home has given you boiled maize.
- When you visit a friend of yours in hospital and want to wish him/her well.
(C)Underline the stressed syllables in the following words(4 marks)
- Photographically
- Overflow(noun)
- Reply(Noun)
- Reply(Verb)
(D)Write the homophones of the following words(5marks)
- Censor
- Through
- Laps
- Whacks
- Ruff
(E)You have been invited for an interview, list aspects of your appearance and grooming that you would pay attention to before going for an interview.(4mks)
(F)Identify the silent consonant in the word below.
(i) Fasten
(G)Imagine that you are to present a speech on behalf of your school principal to members of Young Christian Students gathered at your school from the neighbouring schools in your subcounty.What important aspects would ensure that your speech is delivered effectively. (5marks)
