Grade 8Kiswahili

What your child actually learns this year

Every strand and every topic in the Grade 8 Kiswahili curriculum, exactly as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. Written so you can read it in one sitting, without a teaching qualification.

1Kusikiliza na KuzungumzaMada kumi na tano: kusikiliza kwa makini na kuzungumza kwa ufasaha, pamoja na mahojiano, mighani na visasili.15 topics·121 questions

  • Kusikiliza na Kujibu: Mahojiano

    4 skills

  • Kusikiliza kwa Kina: Sauti /g/ na /gh/

    4 skills

  • Hadithi: Mighani

    4 skills

  • Hadithi: Visasili

    4 skills

  • Kusikiliza Maagizo

    4 skills

  • Kusikiliza kwa Kufasiri

    4 skills

  • Usikilizaji Husishi

    4 skills

  • Uzungumzaji wa Papo kwa Hapo

    4 skills

  • Kusikiliza kwa Kina: Sauti /ch/ na /sh/

    4 skills

  • Hadithi: Hurafa na Hekaya

    4 skills

  • Kuzungumza kwa Kutumia Vidokezo vya Hoja

    4 skills

  • Kusikiliza kwa Makini

    4 skills

  • Hadithi: Wahusika

    4 skills

  • Hadithi: Matumizi ya Lugha

    4 skills

  • Usikilizaji Husishi (Miktadha Rasmi na Isiyo Rasmi)

    4 skills
2KusomaMada kumi na tano: ufahamu, ufasaha na kusoma kwa mapana, zikiwemo tamthilia na ushairi kwa kina.15 topics·124 questions

  • Kusoma kwa Ufahamu: Kifungu cha Simulizi

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Mapana: Matini ya Kujichagulia (Mada 2)

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Tamthilia

    3 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufasaha

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufahamu

    3 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Tamthilia (Maudhui na Dhamira)

    4 skills

  • Ufupisho (Mada 7)

    3 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Tamthilia (Mandhari na Ploti)

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufahamu: Kifungu cha Kushawishi

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Wahusika katika Tamthilia

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Mapana: Matini ya Kujichagulia (Mada 11)

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufasaha (Makala)

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Tamthilia (Mbinu za Lugha)

    3 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufahamu: Kifungu cha Mjadala

    4 skills

  • Ufupisho (Mada 15)

    4 skills
3KuandikaMada kumi na tano: insha za kubuni na za kiuamilifu, barua za kirafiki, viakifishi na mbinu za lugha.15 topics·120 questions

  • Viakifishi: Alama ya Hisi na Ritifaa

    3 skills

  • Barua ya Kirafiki: Barua ya Kirafiki ya Kutoa Shukrani

    2 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Insha ya Masimulizi

    2 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Insha ya Masimulizi (Mbinu za Lugha)

    4 skills

  • Insha ya Maelekezo

    4 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Insha ya Mdokezo

    4 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Insha ya Maelezo

    3 skills

  • Viakifishi: Alama za Mtajo na Mshazari

    3 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Insha ya Masimulizi (Ukuzaji wa Wazo katika Aya)

    3 skills

  • Barua Rasmi: Barua ya Kuomba Msaada

    3 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Insha ya Maelezo (Vipengele)

    4 skills

  • Insha ya Kiuamilifu: Hotuba ya Kutoa Ufafanuzi

    4 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Insha ya Maelezo (Mahali)

    4 skills

  • Insha za Maelekezo

    3 skills

  • Baruapepe ya Kiofisi

    3 skills
4SarufiMada kumi na tano juu ya muundo wa lugha: viwakilishi, nyakati na hali, vivumishi na aina za sentensi.15 topics·135 questions

  • Viwakilishi vya Nafsi, Vionyeshi na vya Idadi

    3 skills

  • Viwakilishi vya Sifa, vya Pekee na Viulizi

    3 skills

  • Viwakilishi Vimilikishi na Visisitizi

    3 skills

  • Nyakati na Hali: Hali ya Mazoea na Hali Timilifu

    4 skills

  • Nyakati na Hali: Wakati Uliopita Hali Timilifu na Wakati Ujao Hali Timilifu

    4 skills

  • Vivumishi vya Sifa na Viashiria

    3 skills

  • Vivumishi Vimilikishi na vya Idadi

    3 skills

  • Ngeli na Upatanisho wa Kisarufi: Ngeli ya I-ZI na I-I

    4 skills

  • Ngeli na Upatanisho wa Kisarufi: Ngeli ya U-U na U-YA

    4 skills

  • Vinyume vya Vitenzi na Vielezi

    4 skills

  • Mnyambuliko wa Vitenzi: Kauli ya Kutendeka, Kutendewa na Kutendatenda

    3 skills

  • Aina za Sentensi: Sentensi Changamano

    4 skills

  • Ukanushaji kwa Kuzingatia Hali: Hali ya Mazoea na Hali Timilifu

    4 skills

  • Udogo wa Nomino

    4 skills

  • Usemi Halisi na Usemi wa Taarifa

    4 skills

Why you can take this page at face value

Straight from the KICD design

The strands and topics on this page are the Grade 8 Kiswahili curriculum as the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development sets it out. We have not chosen them, reordered them or left any out.

Nothing here is a sample

Every topic below is covered in our question bank, not a selection of the easy ones. The numbers beside each strand are the real counts.

Marked by a machine, written by a person

Each question carries its full working and a note on why every wrong answer is wrong, so a child who misses one is told what they were thinking, not just that they were wrong.

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