Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Navakholo Joint Evaluation Test 1 English Paper 2 March 2026 Pre-Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE English Paper 2 (Comprehension, Literary Appreciation, and Grammar) examination. This paper tests candidates' reading comprehension, literary analysis of set texts, and grammatical competence through four structured sections.

  • Month Administered: March 2026
  • Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Total Marks: 80
  • Number of Questions: 4 sections, all compulsory
  • Structure: Comprehension (20 marks); Excerpt/Literary Appreciation (25 marks); Poetry (20 marks); Grammar (15 marks)

  It covers the following topics:

  • Comprehension
    • Passage on ending extreme poverty by 2030 (World Bank target, poverty reduction trends, China's progress, Sub-Saharan Africa, frictional poverty definition)
    • Questions on evidence, author's attitude, irony, inference, vocabulary (ambitious, raft, daunting), question tag, and 40-word summary of poverty reduction achievements
  • Excerpt — Set Text
    • Excerpt involving Engineer Tahir slapping Ms Mahmoud during Libya's Heritage Week, her retaliation with a letter opener
    • Questions on what happens after the excerpt, character analysis, themes, and language use
  • Poetry
    • Analysis of set poems from the KCSE poetry anthology
  • Grammar
    • Sentence transformation, question tags, and structural grammar exercises
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  ENGLISH

Enter your details below to initiate a payment using MPESA.