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  The PDF document comprises Grade 8 Targeter Wings 004 2026 Exams with Marking Schemes Booklet.

  This booklet is a comprehensive Grade 8 assessment compilation covering Christian Religious Education, Social Studies, English (Paper 1 and Paper 2), Creative Arts and Sports, Mathematics, Kiswahili (Lugha and Insha na Utangulizi wa Fasihi), Integrated Science, Pre-Technical Studies, and Agriculture.

  Christian Religious Education consists of 2 sections structured as follows:

  • Section A is a 20-item multiple-choice section covering the first and second creation accounts, how God showed love to Adam and Eve after the fall, the importance of redemption, classification of Old Testament books into Epistles, Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah and the title Wonderful Counsellor, the call of Abraham and those who did not move with him to Haran, how God prepared Moses for leadership, the covenant ceremony animals given to Abraham, reasons Israelites demanded a king during Samuel's time, lessons from Saul's leadership, Jesus at the temple at age twelve, the healing of blind Bartimaeus, characteristics of ungodly covenants, reasons against kingship in Israel, the gifts and fruit of the Holy Spirit, causes and consequences of early marriages, irresponsible sexual behaviour among youth, effects of gambling addiction, peer influence on smoking, and life skills against alcohol and drug abuse.
  • Section B is a structured and essay section requiring learners to outline five ways Abraham demonstrated faith in God, state five historical books of the Old Testament, give five reasons for kingship in Israel, list five lessons Christians learn from the failures of King Saul, state five lessons learnt from the miracle of calming the storm, and state five consequences of engaging in sex before marriage.

  Social Studies consists of 2 sections structured as follows:

  • Section A is a 20-item multiple-choice section covering entrepreneurial opportunities related to Social Studies, materials and instruments used for weather measurement, effects of the revolution of the earth, ways of upholding the Kenyan constitution, early visitors to the East African coast and the origin of Swahili, reasons Africa is regarded as the cradle of mankind, the scramble and partition of Africa and colonial powers, historic built environments in Mali, Prof. Wangari Maathai's Nobel Peace Prize contributions, children's rights in Kenya, importance of healthy relationships, steps in community service learning projects, arms of government and interpretation of laws, methods of conflict resolution using a court case scenario, items obtained from the North during the Trans-Saharan trade, types of maps drawn to scale, methods of data collection, and a map-reading exercise on climatic regions and historical kingdoms in Africa with a time zone calculation between Kinshasa and Mogadishu.
  • Section B is a structured section based on the Pima Area map requiring identification of the direction of the lake from the forest and two main economic activities practised in the area, outlining four challenges faced during fieldwork, describing the three layers of the earth's internal structure, outlining three factors affecting population distribution in Africa, identifying four best practices from the Swahili civilisation and their contribution to the modern world, outlining four importance of fossil recording in relation to the scientific theory of evolution, outlining three factors contributing to the presence of African diasporas across the world, and highlighting three impacts of emotions on self and others.

  English Paper 2 (Composition and Literary Analysis) consists of 4 tasks structured as follows:

  • Task 1 is a composition task requiring learners to write a reply to a friend named Sarah who has invited them to her home in Mombasa over the holiday.
  • Task 2 is an oral literature task based on a narrative about a baboon claiming to be the "lord of the water" and a fight with a zebra and its son, requiring learners to classify the story, identify the main characters, identify a feature of style used, explain performance techniques lost when read silently, and state the moral lesson learnt.
  • Task 3 is a poetry task based on William Wordsworth's poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," requiring learners to explain the message of the poem, identify the speaker, identify and illustrate two features of style, identify the statement showing the flowers were numerous, and write two similes from the poem.
  • Task 4 is a novella extract task based on a story involving the narrator, Chao, and their teacher Ms Kanene at a dispensary after a high-tide incident, requiring learners to describe the setting, explain what is happening at the beginning of the story, explain why the writer's shoes were wet, state where the writer and his friend were, explain why the teacher was to blame, and identify one feature of style used in the extract.

  English Paper 1 consists of multiple-choice sections structured as follows:

  • A comprehension section based on a passage on healthy eating, covering why healthy eating is important, nutrients mentioned, reasons fast foods are discouraged, who should encourage healthy eating habits, recommended drinks, and the best title for the passage.
  • A comprehension section based on a passage on public libraries, covering the main purpose of public libraries, why students visit libraries, why libraries help students concentrate, benefits of reading competitions, and rules mentioned in the passage.
  • A comprehension section based on a passage on transport, covering how transport helps people, problems caused by traffic congestion, transport methods mentioned, suggested solutions to congestion, and benefits of good transport systems.
  • A logic and riddles section using given information to answer questions on a farmer's sheep, a plane crash on a border, a pencil lead riddle, and a keyboard riddle.
  • A conversation completion section set at the Sunrise Hotel reception, requiring selection of appropriate responses for a customer complaining about a delayed and cold lunch order.
  • A best-response section covering scenarios on a desk mate's false accusation over missing snacks and consoling a bereaved church member.
  • A cloze passage section on Iceland's geography, ice caps, volcanic soil, and fishing industry.
  • A grammar and vocabulary section covering reported speech, prevented from making noise, too tired to finish homework, relative pronouns, subject-verb agreement, conditional sentences, adjective ordering, noun phrase ordering, tag questions, odd-one-out word sets, opposites of landed, miserable, and generosity.

  Creative Arts and Sports (Theory) consists of 2 sections structured as follows:

  • Section A is a 20-item multiple-choice section covering descant recorder fingering and note identification, notes on a G major scale and sharps, French rhythm names for note patterns, qualities of a good melody, elements of a story including characters, persona in a verse, types of songs addressing crime, instrumental ensemble music, sprint races in athletics, handball team composition, cool-down exercises, activities enhancing endurance, identifying a handball skill from images, tinting in painting, painting techniques such as graded wash, collage artwork from cut materials, drawing techniques for texture such as cross-hatching, radial balance in a flower design, dry media used in drawing, and appropriate materials for block printing.
  • Section B Part I (Performing Arts) requires defining time signature and key signature, and listing two performance directions for a descant recorder rhythm, plus composing a 3/4 time melody on a G major scale.
  • Section B Part II (Sports) requires highlighting two footwork skills in netball, listing two major passes in netball, and answering one optional question on either swimming safety precautions and skills, or an indigenous rope game from the learner's community and its benefits.
  • Section B Part III (Visual Arts) requires explaining complementary colours, drawing a seascape outline, explaining tone in visual arts, and naming and justifying a favourite colour.

  Mathematics consists of 2 sections structured as follows:

  • Section A is a 20-item multiple-choice section covering temperature changes involving negative numbers, fraction subtraction with cloth measurements, converting recurring decimals to fractions, surface area of a cube, arc length of a semi-circle, standard form of a small measurement, area of a square plot divided into pieces, volume and percentage of water in a swimming pool, simultaneous equations using elimination or substitution, average speed of a rally car, percentage increase in production rate, solving an inequality, parallel lines and transversal angle calculation, rounding off decimals, right-angled triangle measurement sets, percentage salary increase, finding a number from its square, ratio increase of eggs, recasting a solid cube into smaller cubes, and a pictograph on how learners spend their Saturdays.
  • Section B is a structured section requiring evaluation of an algebraic expression with given values, construction of a triangle with given measurements and measuring an angle, calculating the area of a circular garden and surrounding path, preparing a shopping bill for items from a mini-supermarket and determining change from a payment, calculating the height of water in a cuboid tank given its volume, determining total revenue from watermelon sales cut into twelfths, interpreting a pie chart on a teacher's salary spent on rent versus savings, calculating the area of a sector of a circle, comparing ratios to find the smallest value, and evaluating a number raised to a power using square tables.

  Kiswahili (Insha na Utangulizi wa Fasihi) Karatasi ya Pili ina sehemu mbili zilizopangwa kama ifuatavyo:

  • Sehemu A ni zoezi la insha linalohitaji mwanafunzi kuandika insha ya masimulizi yenye maneno kati ya 300-350 yenye mada "Dhiki Inayomkabili Punda".
  • Sehemu B ina mazoezi manne: Zoezi la Fasihi Simulizi linalotegemea wimbo wa kazi unaohusu kurudi nyumbani baada ya kupotea mbali, linalohitaji kubainisha kipera cha wimbo, mbinu za kuwasilisha wimbo, sifa za nyimbo za aina hiyo, sehemu zinazoimbwa wimbo, na sababu za watu kuimba nyimbo za aina hiyo; Zoezi la Novela linalotegemea dondoo kuhusu Tito katika Mkahawa wa Shibe na watu wanaojiingiza kwenye mitandao ya kijamii kuhusu uhalifu na ufadhili, linalohitaji kueleza mandhari, masuala yanayoshughulikiwa, sifa za Tito, mbinu za lugha zilizotumiwa, na umuhimu wa ploti; Zoezi la Tamthilia linalotegemea onyesho la pili kuhusu Neema na Mule wakiwa na wasiwasi kuhusu mtoto wao Kasembi aliyepotea, linalohitaji kutambua mandhari, umuhimu wa maandishi ya mlazo, sifa za Neema, na tamathali za lugha zilizotumika; na Zoezi la Ushairi linalotegemea shairi kuhusu haki za watoto na elimu, linalohitaji kutambua wanaozungumziwa, manufaa ya kusoma kwa mujibu wa shairi, na suala kuu linalojitokeza.

  Kiswahili: Lugha Karatasi ya Kwanza ina sehemu mbili zilizopangwa kama ifuatavyo:

  • Sehemu A ni maswali ya kuchagua jibu sahihi yanayotegemea vifungu vitatu vya ufahamu: kifungu cha kwanza kuhusu kuwahudumia watu wenye mahitaji maalum na jukumu la jamii, kifungu cha pili kuhusu urafiki kati ya Simba na Swara unaogeuka kuwa uadui, na kifungu cha tatu kuhusu umuhimu wa kuweka akiba na nidhamu ya fedha, pamoja na maswali ya msamiati kama maana ya 'unyanyapaa' na 'muhali', mbinu za lugha kama tashbihi na nahau, na jedwali la vyakula vinavyoliwa na wanafunzi kwa siku tano.
  • Sehemu B (Sarufi) ina mazungumzo kati ya Yuda na Kobia kuhusu novela aliyokuwa akisoma, kifungu cha kujaza nafasi kuhusu ukuaji wa teknolojia na mawasiliano, na maswali ya sarufi kuhusu ukanushaji, viambishi, vitendawili, mpangilio wa maneno wa kamusi, siku za juma, nahau, hali ya kuagiza, wakati uliopita hali timilifu, kauli za kutendesha, ngeli za nomino, na udogo na wingi wa majina.

  Integrated Science consists of 2 sections structured as follows:

  • Section A is a 20-item multiple-choice section covering elements used to make cooking items, first aid for acid spills, definitions of compounds, scientific skills used in predicting weather, hazard symbols on chemical containers, methods of separating mixtures such as solvent extraction, arrangement of particles in the gaseous state, immediate action during an electrical fire, dangers of fire from digital research, magnetic materials, filtration setups, residues collected during filtration, boiling point of pure substances, functions of the testis in the human reproductive system, simple circuit components and conductivity, the smallest particles in chemical reactions, changes during adolescence in boys, chemical symbols for elements such as gold, effects of impurities on boiling and melting points, and the function of the Liebig condenser in fractional distillation.
  • Section B is a structured section requiring identification of the force produced by a bar magnet and observations when like poles are brought close, calculating the magnification of an objective lens and naming parts of an animal cell observed under a microscope, stating the uses of a conical flask and a microscope, naming a labelled part of the female reproductive system and its function plus physical changes in girls during adolescence, completing a table classifying descriptions as elements or compounds, writing a word equation for heating Copper (II) Nitrate and identifying the type of change, writing chemical symbols for chlorine, lead, and nitrogen, writing a word equation for the formation of carbon dioxide, outlining causes of Class A and Class B fires from images, and naming a labelled part of a plant cell, stating the function of the nucleus, and stating how to use and care for a light microscope.

  Pre-Technical Studies consists of 2 sections structured as follows:

  • Section A is a 20-item multiple-choice section covering the role of Pre-Technical Studies in junior school, identifying learning areas based on a carpentry scenario, protective measures against personal property risks, identifying types of artistic drawing from a portrait sketch, materials used to make tyres and shoe soles, fire-fighting techniques using a CO2 extinguisher, the purpose of dividing a plain scale into smaller units, errors in a technical drawing showing a dimension line and radius, identifying dashed lines as centre lines, reading an ammeter used by an electrician, documents used to record business transactions, benefits of setting financial goals, the first step in establishing a production unit, factors to consider when choosing a location for a café, safe disposal of an old computer, factors to consider when purchasing a computer input device, types of computer software, the function of a clipboard icon in a word processor, and examples of visual programming languages.
  • Section B is a structured section requiring stating two differences between artistic and technical drawing and giving two real-life examples of technical drawing, listing three measuring tools seen during a workshop visit and stating one use of each, grouping descriptions of materials as metallic or non-metallic, stating an electronic device for presentations, explaining the meaning of entrepreneur and stating three qualities of a successful entrepreneur, formulating a financial goal for John based on his savings plan and stating its importance, outlining two features of microcomputers and naming two examples purchased by a school, and stating the use of the "Next costume" code block in Scratch.

  Agriculture consists of 2 sections structured as follows:

  • Section A is a 20-item multiple-choice section covering methods of soil conservation shown in a diagram, drying coloured clothes to maintain colour, labelling honey containers, importance of soil bunds in collecting rainwater, thinning in crop production, steps in preparing a chicken for cooking and removal of offal, siting a kitchen garden near a water source, kitchen gardening using sacks and containers, reasons for removing branches from fruit trees, leftover feed removal during animal feeding, challenges of repairing poultry fold wire mesh, algae growth affecting rainwater harvesting, predators of poultry chicks, materials used to cover poultry folds, sorting yarns by colour and thickness in knitting, accessibility as a factor in site selection, soil texture suitable for planting seeds, and a rooftop water harvesting setup shown in a picture with its advantages.
  • Section B is a structured section requiring stating two poultry rearing practices carried out daily in fold structures, identifying a soil conservation method shown in a picture (stone lines) and explaining how it conserves soil, explaining how improper disposal of plastic waste causes soil pollution and stating two ways of controlling it, outlining crop management practices for a vertical garden structure and stating two reasons such gardening is suitable for schools, listing three materials needed for making soap at home and stating one safety measure when handling chemicals, explaining why washing vegetables before cooking conserves vitamins, outlining three steps done to preserve fresh fish after harvest, explaining the term crop pest and giving an example of a sign and symptom of pest and disease damage, explaining two ways learners could add value to harvested potatoes for monetary value, and identifying and describing a knitting skill shown in a picture used to make a household article.

  Towards the end of the booklet, a complete marking scheme is provided covering all 10 subjects, giving correct answers for every multiple-choice question, detailed model answers for structured and essay questions, full workings for mathematical and scientific calculations, sample diagrams and sketches, and guidance notes for examiners on acceptable alternative answers.

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