English Questions and Answers - Grade 7 Opener Exams Term 2 2023 Set 4

QUESTIONS

SECTION A (10 marks)
Read the passage below and then write the summary.

Everyone can be a good leader 

Some people say that leadership is reserved for certain people. Others would say that everyone can be a good leader. All these opinions could make us wonder who a leader really is and what a leader does.

It is clear that women and men have had different roles in society for a long time. These different roles are known as gender roles. It is important to note that gender role differences are slowly fading. Women are taking up roles that were traditionally reserved for men. We might find women at construction sites or at garages. Women can also be found operating heavy machinery. More and more men are working as beauticians.

Each person, regardless of gender, has a role to play in the society. For our communities to progress, all members must participate equally in performing different roles. We should not allow a traditional definition of gender roles to determine our careers and professional paths. Gender roles should also not define who can or cannot be a leader.

Effective leaders focus on the team rather than themselves. Whatever duty is at hand, they bring people together to find a solution. Skilled leaders are good communicators and listeners. If you were the class leader, you would be expected to speak fluently and clearly when explaining the plans you have for your class. You should be willing to listen to the comments and suggestions of others Members are motivated to stay in a team when the leader is willing to listen and learn from them.

In short, a set of skills is needed for a leader to succeed. Let boys and girls alike take up leadership roles faithfully.

Questions:
Write a summary on 'Everyone can be a good leader'. Your summary must

1. not be more than sixty words.
2. be in continuous writing.
3. be written in one paragraph.

Close Test (10 marks)
Read the passage below. It contains blank spaces numbered 1 - 10. For each blank space, choose the best alternative from the words in the brackets.
Writing is a ...................1.................. of expression. Therefore, our handwriting must be neat and ...................2.................. especially when writing ...................3..................  that will be read by someone else. When our handwriting is poor, we may appear lazy ...................4.................. incompetent. Good handwriting involves  ...................5.................. letters in a straight line. We must shape letters properly ...................6.................. space them neatly ...................7.................. words. Letters should not be too squeezed, ...................8.................. should they be spread too far apart. There should also be enough space ...................9.................. words. Moreover, it is  ...................10.................. to write letters using the correct height.
(form, variety, legible, illegible, anything, something, and, or, writing, shaping, as well, as well as, with, within, either, neither between, among, necessary, important)

Grammar (15 marks)
Underline the noun and identify it either as a common or proper. (2 marks)

1. I did my English homework on Monday afternoon.
2. We learnt that Nairobi is the capital city of Kenya.

Fill in the blanks below with singular or plural forms of the nouns in brackets. (2 marks)

1. The teacher told the learners that they should carry clean,.............................. to school daily. (handkerchief)
2. The dentist told me that I must brush my.....................................after every meal. (tooth) 

Rewrite the sentences below. Change the underlined verbs into the tense given in brackets. (3 marks)

1. Paul sends an email to his aunt in Mumias. (Past tense)
2. We take personal hygiene seriously to avoid illnesses. (Future tense)
3. My family went for a trip to Malindi during the December holidays. (Present tense)

Construct a sentence for each of the following words to bring out the difference of a verb and a noun. (2 marks)

1. permit
2. suspect

Use the correct degree of the adjective to complete the sentences given. (3 marks)

1. I think her nephew is the......................................... learner in our class. (popular)
2. She held the......................................end of the rope and pulled. (thin)
3. Uncle Tom bought my......................................brother a tablet for his birthday. (young)

Underline the adverbs in the following. sentences and identify them. (3 marks)

1. The counsellor patiently explained to Keli the terrible effects of cocaine.
2. Kamau is sitting under a tree thinking about the dangers of smoking he learnt in school.
3. The government will soon begin rehabilitating drug addicts in this town.

SECTION C: Literature (15 marks)

Trickster Narrative (7 marks)

Read the story below and then answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, Fox was taking an afternoon stroll in the forest when he saw Crow flying off with a huge, juicy piece of meat that he had snatched from a butcher. Crow flew gracefully and settled on a high branch of a nearby tree.

"It has been long since I ate delicious meat," Fox thought to himself, his mouth watering. He walked to the shade at the foot of the large tree and looked up at Crow. He quickly came up with an idea.

"How well you look today, Miss Crow! And your feathers, how glossy! Your eyes have a sparkle and your dress makes you look stunning. I am sure your voice must also be spectacular, surpassing all other birds' voices."

Crow fluttered her wings proudly and became more attentive to the Fox. "I shall henceforth call you Queen of the Birds because you are truly a queen. Why don't you sing to me one of your beautiful songs?"On hearing this, Crow cleared her throat, tilted her head and got ready to sing in her best voice.

No sooner had she opened her beak than the piece of meat fell right into the open mouth of the Fox. Fox quickly gobbled it down much to Crow's dismay.
"That will do for now," Fox said smiling. "I future, do not trust flatterers!" he then walked away all smiles.

1. Identify and write down the main events in the story. (2 marks)
2. Identify the trick in the story. (1 mark)
3. Write the meaning of the following words as used in the story: (2 marks)
   • Stroll
   • Gobbled
   • Sparkle
   • Mouth watered
4. Describe the character of Fox and Crow. (2 marks)

Poetry (8 marks)
Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
This Town!
There is a town, where I once lived,
Dirt and litter, all in one thrived,
Plastic bottles, waste paper bags,
Lay by the gutters in huge chunks,
No one wanted to get rid of the dirt.

Then came rain, on one cloudy day.
Which swept the waste, down all the way,
Blocked every gutter and flooded every place,
Mud filled the roads, toilets filled up too,
Everyone agreed to get rid of the dirt.
People came together and saved the town.
Collected all the garbage and cleared the drainage,

Together they resolved to keep the town clean,
It is now the cleanest town ever,
Not a single gutter is blocked.

1. How many stanzas does the poem have? (1 mark)
2. Write a pair of rhyming words from stanza 1 and 2. (3 marks)
3. The words to get rid of have been used to mean? (1 mark)
4. Draw the structure of the above poem. (3 marks)

COMPOSITION

Write a narrative paragraph. Begin with the following topic sentence.

Yesterday, our teacher taught us about safety measures to observe at home.....................................................

MARKING SCHEME

Summary: Read and mark accordingly considering the given instructions.
Cloze test

1. form 
2. Legible 
3. Anything 
4. Or 
5. Writing 
6. As well as 
7. Within 
8. Neither 
9. Between 
10. important

Grammar

1. English-Proper, homework-Common, Monday-Proper
2. Nelrobi-Proper, city-Common, Kenya - Proper

1. handkerchiefs
2. teeth

1. Paul sent an email to his aunt in Murias.
2. We shall take personal hygiene seriously to avoid illnesses
3. My family goes for a trip to Malindi during the December holidays.

Accept answers like:

1. They will permit (verb) you into the stadium If you have an entry permit. (noun)
2. I suspect (verb) that the suspecí (noun) has hidden my father's tablet in that bag.

1. most popular 
2. Thinner
3. Younger youngest

1. Patiently - Adverb of manne
2. Under - Adverb of place
3. Soon - Adverb of time

Narrative

1. Crow has managed to snatch a piece of meat from the butcher.
   Crow intends to enjoy the meat alone during the stroll.
   Fox's greed drives him to trick the Crow.
   Crow successfully flatters Fox and gets the piece of meat.
2. Fox uses flattery to trick the Crow and get the juicy piece of meat.
3. Stroll is to walk around in a leisurely way. Gobble is to eat something humedly and noisily. Sparkle means to shine brightly with flashes of light. Mouth watered means to arouse somebody's appetite
4. Fox is very intelligent Crow is foolish

Poem

1. Three
2. Live/thrived
   Day/way
3. do away with/dispose of/discard
4. Title of the poem           Stanza 1          5 Lines
   This Town                     Stanza 2          5 Lines
                                        Stanza 3          5 Lines