STANDARD 7 APRIL 2021 HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT.

ENGLISH.

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your name, class and phone number in the spaces given.
2. Do ALL questions ONLINE and in your Homework EXERCISE BOOK.
3. Bring your exercise book to school when school opens.
4. After you finish doing your work online, SUBMIT. It will be marked immediately. Check and do Corrections.

Theme: AGRICULTURAL SHOW.
Topic: A visit to the Show ground.


Look at the picture above.

• What is happening?
• Do you see school children?
• What are they doing?
• What else can you see?

A. VOCABULARY
 (i) With the help of your dictionary, find the meaning of the following words:

• arena
• acrobats
• parade
• guard
• crowd
• guest
• restaurant
• posters
• runners up
• display
• exbition
• sticker
• company
• queue
• stand
• parachute prize show.

(ii)  Choose the correct word to complete the following passage.
           Last year, we visited the Central Kenya Agricultural ___i___. After showing the guard our tickets, we were allowed in. Before we could decide which ___ii___ to visit, we heard the sound of a helicopter flying above us. Suddenly a man jumped from it and a brightly coloured ___iii____ opened above him, bringing him down slowly.
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At the ___iv___, a group of dancers was performing to amused crowds after which different traditional dancers entertained the spectators. Towards evening, the members of the Armed Forces ___v___ at the marked sections of the field.
   At the livestock stand, there were several ___vi___ of dairy cattle like ___vii____ and ayrshire, which were being examined by the judges. The ___viii___ were soon strapped on their shoulders.
   The Agricultural stand was beautiful with ___ix____ plots with vegetables growing in each of them. The ___x___ at the neighbouring wildlife stand kept looking at these green plots.
   Many guests spent quite a lot of their time at ___xi____ stands especially those that exhibited machines. Every time a machine was sold, a sticker was put on it saying 'sold'.

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(iii) Choose the correct word.
1. Put something where people can easily see it ___

2. Second position__

3. A stock of things provided or available____

4. A large notice usually with a picture on it___

5. A place where meals are prepared, served and eaten_____

B. GRAMMAR
I) Phrasal verbs
Read the following sentences.

•  The guest of honour took off after the speech.
• The price of carrots has gone up at the market.
• The price of cabbages will go down after the rains.
• The boy will look after cattle during the holidays.
• We looked for the lady all morning without success.

In the above sentences:

• took off means went away.
• takes after means look like.
• gone up means price has increased.
• look after means take care of
• go down means price will decrease.
• looked for means tried to find.

Complete the following sentences with the correct phrasal verb.
1. After the rains, the price of vegetables is likely to _____

2. They ______ immediately it stopped raining.

3. Have you heard of a lioness which _____ a baby oryx as if it were its own cub?

4. I shall buy cereals now, wait until the prices ______ then sell them to make profit.

5. Kiptoon _____ his father in appearance.

6. After ______ the thief the whole day, the villagers got tired and went home.

II) Use of ~ness.
Example: He was punished because he was lazy.
Lazy is an adjective.
He was punished because of his laziness (a noun).
We add suffix ~ness to an adjective to form a noun.
Other examples : 

• kind - kindness
• ill - illnessn
• serious - seriousness
• bright - brightness
• dark - darkness

Now use the above nouns to complete the following sentences.   
1. Malaria is a very serious _____ caused by the female anopheles mosquito.

2. Do not read in the sun, its _____ can damage your eyes.

3. Nzioka refused to walk in the night. The ____ made him afraid.

4. People with HIV and AIDS should be treated with ______

5. The _______ of the matter made the headteacher to cancel the trip.

III) Choose the best word to fill the blank spaces.
1. Neither Rose nor her sisters _____ come for the party.

2. She neither studies ____ performs well at school.

3. Neither Dr. Okumu of R.F.R. nor his children ________ the crush.

Choose the best word that means the same as the highlighted one.

4. They bought the shoe dearly

5. Mother hardly ever purchases fish these days.

6. She is calm and very pretty.

7. Mary has achieved her goals in life.

C. WRITING
Write an interesting composition and end it with the words given below.
............................................... . It was the most exciting agricultural show I had ever attended.


NB: Part two of English homework shall be posted on Thursday 8/4/2021. Make sure you do it!