Grade 9Kiswahili

What your child actually learns this year

Every strand and every topic in the Grade 9 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 tatu: kusikiliza kwa makini na kuzungumza kwa ufasaha, pamoja na semi, methali na vitendawili.13 topics·90 questions

  • Kusikiliza na Kujibu: Mjadala

    3 skills

  • Kusikiliza kwa Kina: Sauti /b/ na /mb/

    2 skills

  • Semi: Tashbihi, Sitiari na Methali

    4 skills

  • Semi: Vitendawili na Nahau

    5 skills

  • Ufahamu wa Kusikiliza

    3 skills

  • Kusikiliza kwa Kufasiri

    3 skills

  • Kusikiliza kwa Kutathmini

    9 skills

  • Uzungumzaji wa Kushawishi

    4 skills

  • Kusikiliza kwa Kina: Sauti /j/ na /nj/

    3 skills

  • Mazungumzo: Malumbano ya utani

    4 skills

  • Uzungumzaji Katika Sherehe

    4 skills

  • Ufahamu wa Kusikiliza: Matini ya kusikiliza

    3 skills

  • Mazungumzo: Mawaidha

    9 skills
2KusomaMada kumi na mbili, zikiwemo ushairi kwa kina: sifa zake, maudhui, mandhari na wahusika.12 topics·105 questions

  • Kusoma kwa Ufahamu: Kifungu cha Simulizi

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Mapana: Matini ya kujichagulia

    8 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Ushairi (Sifa za ushairi)

    3 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufasaha

    9 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufahamu

    3 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Ushairi (Maudhui na Dhamira)

    3 skills

  • Ufupisho

    6 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Ushairi (Mandhari na Muundo)

    5 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufahamu: Kifungu cha kushawishi

    3 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Ushairi – Wahusika katika shairi

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Kina: Ushairi - Mbinu za lugha

    4 skills

  • Kusoma kwa Ufahamu: Kifungu cha mjadala

    3 skills
3KuandikaMada kumi: insha za kubuni na za kiuamilifu, barua rasmi, hotuba na viakifishi.10 topics·85 questions

  • Viakifishi: Koloni na Semi koloni

    3 skills

  • Insha za Kiuamilifu: Barua ya kirafiki

    4 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Masimulizi

    10 skills

  • Insha za Kiuamilifu: Shajara

    6 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Methali

    3 skills

  • Insha za Kubuni: Maelezo

    8 skills

  • Viakifishi: Mabano na Kistari kifupi

    2 skills

  • Barua Rasmi ya Kuomba Kazi

    3 skills

  • Hotuba ya Kushawishi

    3 skills

  • Kujibu Baruapepe

    2 skills
4SarufiMada kumi na tano juu ya muundo wa lugha: vihusishi, vielezi, ngeli, nyakati na aina za sentensi.15 topics·120 questions

  • Vihusishi: Vihusishi vya mahali na Vihusishi vya wakati

    2 skills

  • Vihusishi: Vihusishi vya -a unganifu na Vihusishi vya sababu

    2 skills

  • Vihusishi: Vihusishi vilinganishi na Kihusishi na

    2 skills

  • Nyakati na Hali: -ki- ya masharti na -ka- ya kufuatana kwa vitendo

    2 skills

  • Hali za Masharti: -nge- na -ngali-

    3 skills

  • Vielezi: Vielezi vya namna na Vielezi vya wakati

    2 skills

  • Vielezi: Vielezi vya mahali na Vielezi vya idadi

    2 skills

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

    3 skills

  • Ngeli na Upatanisho wa Kisarufi: Ngeli ya LI, KU na PA-KU-MU

    3 skills

  • Vinyume vya Vihusishi

    3 skills

  • Mnyambuliko wa Vitenzi: Kauli ya: Kutendana, Kutendeana na Kutendesha

    2 skills

  • Aina za Sentensi: Sentensi tata

    3 skills

  • Ukanushaji: Hali ya masharti -nge-, -ngali- na -ki-

    3 skills

  • Udogo na Ukubwa wa Nomino

    2 skills

  • Usemi Halisi na Usemi wa Taarifa

    2 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 9 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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