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📘 Paper 1 – Functional Writing, Cloze Test & Oral Skills (60 Marks)

Functional Writing (20 marks):

• Internal Memo (10 marks): As patron of the Motivation Talks Club, write a memo to the Principal recommending three guest speakers:

  • Name of each speaker

  • Reasons for each recommendation

  • Topic each speaker will cover

  • Date each speaker is to be invited

• Thank You Note (10 marks): Write a thank you note to the Principal for supporting your club

Cloze Test (10 marks):

• Complete a passage on Good Governance, featuring:

  • Responsible management of affairs

  • Living in harmony

  • Alleviating poverty

  • Creating conducive political and legal environment

  • Maintenance of the rule of law

  • Fighting corruption

Oral Skills (30 marks):

• Poetry Analysis – Read the poem about a rabbit in a snare

  • How rhythm is achieved (rhyme, repetition, assonance)

  • Performance of line 16 (gestures, facial expressions, stage movement)

  • Mood of the audience (anxious/worried, desperate)

• Sound Grouping – Classify words according to /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/ sounds

• Silent Letters – Provide words with silent letters (r, h, t)

• Oral Narrative Performance – How to arouse and sustain audience attention

• Intonation – Identify falling/rising intonation

• Telephone Dialogue – Complete a dialogue with a receptionist about a media college course

📗 Paper 2 – Comprehension, Literary Appreciation & Grammar (80 Marks)

Comprehension (20 marks):

• Read and answer questions on a passage about Faith, Spirituality and Health

• Topics covered:

  • What going to church guarantees (good health, mental stability, stress-free life)

  • Correlation between faith and health

  • Baby boomers searching for depth and meaning

  • Organized religion providing social support

  • Why churchgoers live longer (social support, less depression)

  • Carol Hawsman’s quote

  • Reasons for slow change in attitude

  • What shortens life spans (depression, loneliness)

  • Vocabulary: skeptical, chipping away at the wall, piety

Literary Appreciation – Excerpt (25 marks):

• Analyze an excerpt from Paul B. Vitta’s Fathers of Nations (Mr. Walomu and Professor Kimani)

• Key focus areas:

  • Immediate context (Kimani discovers Walomu intends to marry Asiya)

  • Character traits of Mr. Walomu (calm, confident, persuasive)

  • Themes (love and relationships, marriage, conflict, freedom of choice, jealousy)

  • Stylistic devices (dialogue, rhetorical questions, symbolism, irony)

  • Events after the excerpt (conflict intensifies)

  • Vocabulary: steal my wife, old is gold

Poetry (20 marks):

• Analyze the poem “Grandmother” by Sameeneh Shirazie

• Key focus areas:

  • What the poem is about (relationship between persona and grandmother)

  • What the speaker asks her grandmother

  • Figures of speech (personification, similes)

  • Theme (love and relationship)

  • Speaker’s feelings (regret)

  • Attitude towards grandchild (pity)

  • Meaning of specific lines

Grammar (15 marks):

• Idioms (pulling my leg, wool over his eyes, tall order)

• Parenthetical expressions (inserting parentheses)

• Word forms (availability, publicity)

• Sentence transformation (Use happening…, so…, Had…)

• Meaning of idiomatic expressions (no love lost, world was her oyster, placed on tenterhooks)

• One-word replacements (pack, pen)

📙 Paper 3 – Imaginative Composition & Set Text Essays (60 Marks)

Imaginative Composition (20 marks):

• Option A: Write a composition beginning with: “As I walked along the lonely path that evening, it was evident that I will reach home late…”

• Option B: Write a composition that explains the saying: “Pride comes before a fall.”

Compulsory Set Text – The Samaritan by John Lara (20 marks):

• Essay topic: “Leaders who are motivated by greed subject their citizens to suffering.”

• Key characters to discuss:

  • Ramdaye – Deputy Mayor; embezzles road funds; poor roads; sells fake title deeds

  • Ted – Secretary for Health; “eats” a whole hospital; no drugs; poor waste disposal

  • Jaden – Principal Judge; corrupt rulings; Rodengate scandal; hawks justice

  • Seymour – Secretary for Planning; bribes for approvals; drug trafficking; Black Swan gang

  • Mossi – Mayor; municipal capture; refuses to launch Samaritan App; embezzlement

Optional Set Texts (20 marks) – Choose ONE:

Option A: Talking Money by Stanley Gazemba (from A Silent Song and Other Stories)

• Essay topic: “Failure to listen and heed good advice by people around us can result in suffering.”

• Key points:

  • Disagreement with brothers – Mukidanyi throws out Ngoseywe and Agoya; bitter wrangles

  • Conflict with wife Ronika – Assaults her with hippo-hide whip for advising him

  • Warning about Galos – Ignores Ronika’s warning; money starts “talking”

  • Mockery from wife – Ronika forces him to return money; embarrasses him

  • Returning the money – Mukidanyi’s long, frightening journey to return the briefcase

Option B: Parliament of Owls by Adipo Sidang

• Essay topic: “Women and people from minority groups can rise against all odds to bring change without necessarily using violence.”

• Key points:

  • Oyundi – Mobilizes day birds; stages coup; becomes queen

  • Tel Tel – Refuses to spread propaganda; arrested but frees herself

  • Iron Lady Owl – Calls out corruption; defends justice

  • Little P – Reporter exposing schemes; reveals Arum Tidi’s dossier

  • Osogo – Honest and determined; exposes Red String’s propaganda

Option C: An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro

• Essay topic: “War has a way of affecting not only property but also people’s lives.”

• Key points:

  • Loss of son Kenji – Killed crossing mines; ashes mixed with comrades

  • Suichi transformed – Bitter after war; questions elders

  • Hirayama boy – Beaten for chanting military songs

  • President commits suicide – Apology for wartime culpability

  • Pleasure district deserted – Kawakami’s place has few customers

  • Ono’s house destroyed – Bomb damage; expensive to repair

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✅ Authentic Prediction IV Material

These are actual Prediction IV Examination papers prepared by experienced educators, known for producing high-quality KCSE preparation materials.

✅ Up-to-Date Content

All questions, passages, and topics are current and aligned with the latest KCSE syllabus for 2026.

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Clear instructions, ample writing space, and a self-evaluation section encourage independent learning and self-improvement.

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✅ Comprehensive Coverage

All three papers cover the entire KCSE English syllabus with detailed marking schemes.