Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises KALA Trial English Paper 2 2026 Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE English Paper 2 (101/2) mock examination prepared for secondary school candidates.

  This paper tests advanced analytical competencies across unseen reading comprehension, set text literary appreciation, poetry analysis, and applied grammatical structures.

  • Month Administered: July 2026
  • Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
  • Total Marks: 80 Marks
  • Number of Questions: 4 Questions (Questions 1 - 4)
  • Structure: Compulsory four-part paper comprising Reading Comprehension, Literary Set Text Excerpt, Poetry Appreciation, and Grammar

  It covers the following topics:

  • Question 1 (Comprehension):
    • Unseen passage on academic examination pressure, psychological well-being, and parental expectations
    • Analytical comprehension, identifying irony, tonal analysis, note-making skills, and vocabulary in context
  • Question 2 (Literary Set Text - Excerpt):
    • Contextual excerpt analysis testing plot comprehension, characterization of Engineer Tahir, and thematic concerns
    • Stylistic device evaluation, authorial language use, vocabulary interpretation, and set text recall
  • Question 3 (Poetry):
    • Literary appreciation of the poem "When Africa Writes" by Sr. Esther Jeruto
    • Analysis of poetic devices, thematic concepts of colonial narratives and justice, persona's tone, and figurative phrases
  • Question 4 (Grammar):
    • Sentence rewriting using conditional inversions, preference constructions, and active-to-passive voice transformation
    • Word formation using correct derivative forms of base words
    • Phrasal verb replacements with precise single-word verbs
    • Pronoun case selection and usage
    • Syntactic order of adjectives
    • Appropriate prepositional usage in context
• File Size:

  198.21 KB
• Length:

  9 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  English
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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