THE 2025 KCSE CONTINOUS ASSESSMENT EXAMINATION
FORM TWO ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
ENGLISH
NAME………………………………...........……[Link]………………CLASS………..
Instructions to the candidates
Write your name and admission number in the spaces above.
Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.
Check to ascertain that the paper has all the questions.
The paper has 12 printed pages.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
MAXIMUM CANDIDATE’S
QUESTIONS SCORE SCORE
1. FUNCTIONAL
WRITING 20
2. COMPREHENSION 20
3. ORAL SKILLS 30
3. ORAL NARRATIVE 15
4. GRAMMAR 15
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1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)
In the coming academic term, your school will host the annual talent show. You intend to
invite nearby schools as well as the general public to the anticipated event. Write a public
notice announcing the event and inviting other schools and the general public to attend.
Remember to include: the names of the honoured guests, the various categories in which
the students will compete and the prizes to be won.
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2. COMPREHENSION (20 MARKS)
Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Mrs. Maneno’s twin sons, Kiprotich and Jowi had passed well in their KCPE examinations. She
decided to share her experiences as a Form One student with them. She hoped this would help
them know how to conduct themselves in the new schools.
“When I joined Marsabit Secondary School,” [Link] began, “I was very excited and settled
down quickly. The only thing that I did not like was taking a cold bath early in the morning.
Many of us were not used to this lifestyle and we dreaded it. Some girls would go to the shower
rooms, undress, and pretend to be bathing. However, what they actually did was to scoop water
with their hands and throw it over their shoulder to the wall behind them. They would then wet
their towels a bit for them to appear like they had been used. Such girls thought they were
fooling the whole school but in no time the secret was unveiled.
During the second week, our teacher complained about the odor in our classroom. They informed
the matron. When the matron asked us whether we had been bathing, everybody said yes. Of
course, she was not convinced and she promised to investigate further.
One afternoon after classes, we were all assembled in our dormitory. The matron threatened to
have all of us undressed and washed by the other girls while she watched. This was not a
welcome idea. After a brief tense moment, she ordered those who had not been bathing to step
forward. At first, no one moved, then one girl stepped forward timidly and several others
followed. They were ordered to go and scrub themselves clean and then report to the matron.
Later in the afternoon, the matron talked to us about cleanliness.
I remember her emphasizing the need to take a bath at least once a day, twice if possible. She
said that our bodies perspired a lot especially when it was hot, and there was a need which, if not
washed off, resulted in body odour. She also reminded us about brushing our teeth every day to
avoid dental problems and bad breath. She said toothpaste gives one fresh breath and kills germs.
At this point, one girl raised her hand and asked, “Is it wrong to share toothbrushes with friends
or family members?” Everybody turned to stare at her in disbelief. The matron told her it was
wrong and also unhygienic. She also added that clean teeth gave one the confidence to talk or
smile without fearing that there would be food particles on the teeth. In addition to that, she also
mentioned that some students had a bad habit of spitting all over the compound.
She cautioned us against this behavior.”
“Mum, do boys need to bathe daily like girls?” Kiprotich interrupted. “Yes, of course, they do,”
Mrs. Maneno replied. All the things I’m telling you apply to both boys and girls, and even
adults.” She then went on. “The matron informed us that the sharing of personal items like
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towels, basins, and other clothes was unhygienic and could lead to skin infections. She reminded
us to hang our towels and underwear out in the sun to air them and kill germs. After our meeting
in the dormitory, we went about our school routine, and were no more incidents of that nature.
The good thing about that incident was that from that day onwards, Maritha, one of the girls who
had not been bathing, became the cleanest girl in the school. At the end of the year, she was
awarded the coveted award for the cleanest and neatest girl in the school.”
At this point, Jowi interrupted and asked,” Mum, you mean you didn’t get the award?” Mrs.
Maneno smiled and said, “I had my problems combing my hair and I hardly washed it. On
several occasions, I had been sent out of class to comb my hair and polish my shoe.” The twins
looked at her, shock written all over their faces. They had always thought their mother had been
the cleanest student because of the many lectures she gave them about cleanliness.
“Many girls,” she continued,” got into trouble over their long nails.”
“What is wrong with keeping long nails?” Kiprotich wondered.
“Well, there is nothing wrong with long nails,” Mrs. Maneno said.
“The only problem is that many people don’t clean the surface under the nails. The nails,
therefore, become dirty and harbor germs. The best thing is to cut them short. Short nails are
easy to manage, just like short hair,” she concluded.
Questions
a) What did Mrs. Maneno find most difficult about adjusting to boarding school life?
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b) What did the girls who feared bathing do to seem to have bathed? (2 marks)
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c) According to the passage, why should people clean their teeth? (2 marks)
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d) Why is it important to take a shower daily? (2 marks)
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e) Give three unhygienic habits mentioned in the passage. (3 marks)
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f) Why do you think the patron said it is unhygienic to split all over? (2 marks)
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g) Why should our nails be kept short? (2 marks)
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h) From the passage, how can you tell that some girls changed their hygiene habits after the
matron talked to them? (2 marks)
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i) Which habits of good hygiene do you think students in your school can improve on?
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3. ORAL SKILLS
i) Underline the silent letter in the following words. (4 marks)
a) Damn
b) History
c) Sandwich
d) Comb
ii) Supply a homophone for each word. (5 marks)
a. Weak ______________________________________________________
b. Principle____________________________________________________
c. Bury_______________________________________________________
d. Seed_______________________________________________________
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e. Bread______________________________________________________
iii) Read the sub-genre below and answer the questions that follow.
Challenger: I have a house with no door
Respondent: An egg
1. Identify the genre. (1mark)
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2. State two features of the genre. (2 marks)
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3. Identify two functions of the genre. (2 marks)
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iv) Underline the odd one out in each of the following set of words. (4 marks)
a) Thailand, thigh, thought
b) Knight, kite, know
c) Chord, charm, chase
d) Photo, psychology, fish
v) The following words have been misspelled, correct the spelling. (3 marks)
a) Proffesor
b) Dissapoint-
c) Tommorow-
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vi) Find four pairs of words that are pronounced the same in the following list.
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Sea, mud, plain, cat, mourn, bred, mad, farther, plane, further, moan, see, cut,
bury, you, berry, ewe, bread.
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vi) In the following sets of words, identify the underlined speech sound that is odd from
the rest and write it down. (5 marks)
For example:
Cup, Queen, Kettle, Cease – Cease
i. Gene, Judge, June, Gap
ii. Chair, Chord, Chore, Chain
iii. Phase, Plight, Fame, Freight
iv. Think, Than, Theatre, Thought
i. Cynic, Census, Sugar, Sample
4. ORAL NARRATIVE
Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow. (15 Marks)
A Greedy Old Man and the Sausage
Once upon a time, there lived an old man. One day he paid a visit to his in-laws. On entering
the house of his mother-in-law, he found that she had been roasting some meat, among which
was a delicious-looking sausage and she was not in the house. He immediately took the sausage
and quickly put it into his quiver. And it so happened that a piece of live coal had got stuck on
the sausage but the old man didn’t know. He quickly shut the quiver.
No sooner had he sat down than the owner of the house came in. They sat down to talk about the
children’s health. When they had finished, it was time for the old man to return to his home. Just
then, the woman noticed smoke issuing from the quiver and asked the old man; “Paker, how
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come the quiver is smoking?” The man answered, “Oh. It’s some naughty fire stick with a soft
head that smokes whenever it comes into contact with soft wood and the arrows.” The woman
kept quiet and got up to escort her guest.
When they had walked only a short distance, the fire made a hole in the quiver and the arrows
fell out, tiak! Together with the stolen sausage. The lady, who was walking closely behind,
exclaimed: ‘See, had I not known it! Then the old man fears that his sausage might be eaten.
Shouted, “Oh, Mr. Paker, please do not eat it!”
So while the lady ran home in shame, the greedy old man continued with his journey in extreme
embarrassment. They showed each other their backs and there ends my story.
QUESTIONS
a) Who are the main characters in the story? (2 marks)
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b) What is the name of the old man in the story? (1 mark)
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c) Identify the oral features in the narrative. (3 marks)
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d) Identify one character trait of the old man in the story. (2 marks)
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e) What is the moral lesson in the story? (2 marks)
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f) You are asked to narrate the story to your classmate, how would you make it interesting?
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5. GRAMMAR
a) Fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate word. (3 marks)
i) Everyone attended the ……………………………………. (fist, feast)
ii) His speech was marred by his poor………………………………
(pronunciation, pronounciation)
iii) Write your names in the ……………………………. (foolscap, fullscap)
b) Fill in each gap with the correct article. (3 marks)
a) This is ……………………………………… useful device.
b) Of all the cats…………………….……………..cheetah is the prettiest..
c) I believe it was …………………………….……………… honest answer.
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c) Complete the given sentences with a reflexive pronoun. (2 marks)
a) She seems to be very proud of.......................................................................
b) Will the TV switch ................................................................................ off?
d) Change the following sentences using the correct degree of the adjective
given in the bracket. (3 marks)
i. The novel was …………………………… than the play. (exciting)
ii. I know I have a……………………..…..chance now than last time. (good)
iii. I didn’t agree with that Sharon is ……..…………. than her roommate.
(pretty)
e) Form adverbs from the words in the brackets and use them to complete the
sentences. (2 marks)
i). The teacher asked the students to walk …………….…….to the hall.
(quick).
ii. The team captain said the game was ……………..….. played. (perfect).
f) Give the plural of the following words. (2 marks)
a) Chief ………………………………….……
b) Goose ………………………………..……
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