English Questions and Answers - Grade 7 End Term 1 Exams 2023 Set 2

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATE

• Read each question carefully
• Answer ALL questions

SECTION: A

Read the following passage and use the information to answer the questions on it.

Drugs take you to hell disguised as heaven. This statement defines the meaning of drugs in a single line. You might think that not everyone takes drugs but surprisingly this has become a lifestyle of some people. You might think this only happens in movies or with movie stars but that is just a far fetched reality. Drugs are very much a part of people who were normal once upon a time due to many different reasons.

What exactly are drugs? Drugs are substances or a combination of substances that can alter the state of your mind in a way that you cease to see the reality about what is happening in your life. This is the most common reason for taking drugs among the youngsters today.

There is a wide range of negative effects drug abuse has among youth. Drugs can make such youngsters become aggressive towards their mates or even family members. Some of them may even find themselves indulging in such vices as robbing just in order to buy drugs. There have also been cases of attempted suicides associated with drug abuse. There are also very high chances of one dropping out of school when they get hooked to drugs. In extreme case and may also suffer depression.

Because once one gets addicted it is really difficult for them to stop, the best thing to do is not to start. Drug abuse has no proven benefit to our lives.

Questions

1. In point form, highlight the effects of drug abuse to the youth. (4mks)
2. In about eighty words write a summary of the above passage (6mks)

SECTION: B

Read the passage below then use it to answer questions 3 to 9.

There are many incidents in our lives that make us happy or sad. I was recently the victim of a snatch thief. This is one incident that I cannot forget. It was an incident that changed my life forever.

It was a Saturday morning, like any othe weekend and I was on my way to school for extra classes. I had to take the city bus to school. As I walked down the street from my house I noticed that the road was very crowded. Buses, cars, taxis, motorcylists and pedestrians created a hustle and bustle that would easily unnerve anyone. I kept my cool as I walked down the pedestrian path towards the bust stop. My thoughts were however far away, as I was preoccupied with the mid-term exam that was just around the corner. Suddenly, like a bolt from the blue, a motorcyclist who was just passing beside me, tugged at my bag, which was dangling from my shoulder.

I spun around and reeled from the force of the moving vehicle. I felt a harsh pull. Within a split second I was sprawled on the pavement. I felt numb and everything around me became blur. I heard people shouting, but I was too dazed to talk and too shocked to even get up. I did not remember anything after that. When I regained consciousness. I was in the hospital and my legs and arms were bandaged. Yet I felt no sensation or pain. I was just too weak to even move.

"What happened?" I kept asking myself. How could this have happened to me?" I thought. My parents, my sister and my brother were there and their grim faces told me that things were not right. The doctor finally broke the sad news to me. I was now paralyzed and would not be able to walk again. I was shocked and did not know what to say. There was a lump in my throat. The tears that rolled down from my eyes slowly wet my pillow.

I am now stronger but must learn to be more confident of myself. I have learnt to pray and hope that I will be able to move around in my wheelchair. It is one incident that has changed my life and I will never be able to forget.

3. Which incident changed the writer's life forever? (1mk)
4. Why was the write going to school on a Saturday? (Imk)
5. The phrase "hustle and bustle" as used in the passage means (2mks)
6. Why do you think the writer's thoughts were far away? (2mks)
7. How many family members probably visited the writer in the hospital? (1mk)
8. Do you think the writer sat for his/her midterm examinations? Explain (2mks)
9. What is the best title for the above passage? (Imk)

SECTION C GRAMMAR

Read the broken passage below then choose the correct answers.

Teaching __10__ learning involves the process of transferring. __11__ from, the one who is giving to the one who is receiving. Teaching process cannot be performed __12__ there is one element __13__ is missing.

Teaching and learning elements enhance __14__ process. Without __15__ of them there __16__ be no real teaching or learning process that will exist. __17__ important that should one miss out, nothing will be achieved on the process of learning.

The elements of teaching and learning process are the teacher, the learner and the good learning environment. All of the three play an important __18__ in the system. __19__three we can safely say, form the teaching and learning pyramid.

10. (or, and, with, in)    (1mk)
11. (sense, wisdom, energy, knowledge).      (1mk)
12. (if, when, as, unless).      (1mk)
13. (who, that, whose, whatever).      (1mk)
14. (the, a, some, which).      (1mk)
15. (some, all, any, a few).     (1mk)
16. (would, should, could, must).    (1mk)
17. (Really, Very, Quite, So).    (1mk)
18. (roll, job, task, role).     (1mk)      
19. (Those, These, That, This).      (1mk)
20. Provide words that are pronounced the same way as the ones given (3mks)
    1. boy
    2. flour
    3. pale
21. Identify the parts of speech in which the underlined words belong (4mks)
    1. We went to school on a bus.
    2. Peter ran quite fast.
    3. Yesterday evening was rather stormy.
    4. Ouch! That hurts!
22. Change this sentence into the direct speech (2mks)
    Mary said she had met my mother in town.
23. Use the words given in brackets in the correct forms to complete the sentences (5mks) 
    1. The teacher insisted that we ____________________________ silence. (maintenance)
    2. My ___________________________ got the better of me when the teacher came in. (coward)
    3. The ___________________________ of his story leaves a lot to desire. (deep)
    4. The boy is yet to develop ____________________________ fully. (speak)
    5. She was congratulated on her ____________________________ (promote)
24. Supply suitable question tags (4mks)
    1. I am in Grade seven, ____________________________?
    2. Mother has a good heart, ______________________________?
    3. Mr. Kimani rarely misses his lessons, ___________________________?
    4. Pass me the salt, ____________________________?
25. Write in the passive voice (Imk)
    The choir sang a nice song
26. Punctuate the sentence correctly.
    Wow what a beautiful baby (Imk)

SECTION D: POETRY

Read the following poem and answer questions 27 to 30.

It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has travelled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear foverer.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that's where the river will know
it's not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.
                                        (By Khalil Gibran)

27. Name two places the river passes through before entering the ocean. (2mks)
28. Why do you think the river fears to enter the ocean? (2mks)
29. The phrase "to go back is impossible in existence" teaches us that we should always (2mks)
30. Personification is when an object or animal is given human qualities. State three lines in the poem that shows that the river has been given human qualities. (3mks)

COMPOSITION

Write a recipe for any nfood of your choice for two people     (40mks)

MARKING SCHEME

1.  
   1. Being aggressive
   2. Suicide
   3. Dropping out of school
   4. Depression
2. Mark according to the following rubric
   1. Flow and consistency
   2. Proper sentence construction
   3. Punctuation
   4. Accuracy
3. Being involved in accident that paralyzed him/her
4. He had extra classes
5.  
   • Commotion
   • Full of activities and noise
   • turmoil
     (Any other relevant meaning)
6. He was preoccupied with the midterm exams that was just around the corner
7.  
   • They were about four
   • Parents mother and father
   • Sister and brother
8. No. He was involved in an accident and spent most of his time in hospital
9. An incident I would like to Forget 
   (Any other relevant title)
10. and
11. knowledge
12. if
13. that
14. the
15. any
16. would
17. so
18. role
19. These
20.  
    1. boy - buoy
    2. flower
    3. pale - pail
21.  
    1. preposition
    2. adverb
    3. adjective
    4. ! exclamation or interjection
22. Mary said, I have met your mother nin town
23.  
    1. maintain
    2. cpward
    3. depth
    4. speech
    5. promotion
24.  
    1. aren't I
    2. hasn't she
    3. does he
    4. will you
25. A nice song was sung (by the choir)
26. Wow! What a nbeautiful baby!
27.  
    • Forest
    • Village
28. The ocean is so vast and the fears that she night disappear
29.  
    • Never give up
    • Keep moving despite the challenges
30.  
    • She looks at the path she has travelled
    • And in front of her.......
    • She sees an ocean so vast