2026 Form 3 Kiswahili Mid Term 2 Exam with Marking Scheme

This paper covers the following topics:

• Ufahamu — Reading Comprehension (Alama 15)
  • Narrative passage about a truant student (Mhepa) — answering comprehension questions including vocabulary in context, proverb interpretation, and idiomatic expressions
• Ufupisho — Summary Writing (Alama 15)
  • Argumentative passage on terrorism and police use of mass raids in Kenya
  • Summarising the author’s views on terrorism (60–70 words)
  • Summarising the last two paragraphs (up to 50 words)
• Matumizi ya Lugha — Language Use (Alama 40)
  • Phonology — identifying characteristics of the sound /sh/
  • Word structure — writing a word with a given syllable pattern (V-C-C-V)
  • Antonyms and sentence rewriting
  • Stress marking (shadda) in Kiswahili words
  • Uses of the hyphen (kistari kifupi)
  • Negation of sentences in plural form
  • Polysemy — constructing sentences showing different meanings of the word paka
  • Phrase classification (aina za virai)
  • Using the word -refu as a noun, pronoun, and adjective
  • Sentence analysis (uchanganuzi kwa mistari)
  • Identifying multiple meanings in a sentence
• Isimu Jamii  (Alama 10)

• Jumla ya Alama / Total Marks: 80
• Idadi ya Maswali / Number of Questions: 4 questions
• Muundo / Structure: Ufahamu (15 marks), Ufupisho (15 marks), Matumizi ya Lugha (40 marks), Isimu Jamii (10 marks)