English Paper 1 Questions with No Answers - Maseno Mock Exams 2020/2021

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
101/1- ENGLISH - Paper 1
(FUNCTIONAL SKILLS)
2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MARKS)
   
   Your principal recently appointed seven members of your class to help in keeping the Covid 19 safety protocol after the gradual resumption of studies. You were mandated to carry out a survey within two weeks and come up with the recommendations on what best can be done by the students to ensure their safety in school. Some of your recommendations included; putting on the face mask, observing the social distance and thorough washing of hands by the students among others. The team is meeting for the second time to finalise on the report before presenting it to the principal, you invited the school nurse. One member informed the chairperson that he won’t attend the meeting. As the secretary of the task force, write down the minutes of the meeting. (20 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)
   
   Read the following passage and fill in the gaps with the most appropriate word.
   
   Social media has now been with us for …1…………………………………..sometime. In fact almost every person…..2…………………..hooked on more than one…3………………………… of social media. As much as it is…4…………………………………, it destructive nature…5……………………………..been revealed more than once. Relationships are ruined….6……………………………….individuals spends more time on social media…7………………………………….with their families. Social media connects people….8………………………………great distances. They make deals……9………………………………..ease just as they…10……………………………………do face to face.
3. ORAL SKILLS ( 30 MARKS)
   1. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follows
      
      GOOD TIMBER
      
      The tree that never had to fight
      For the sun and sky and air and light
      But stood out on the open plain
      And always got its share of rain
      Never become a forest king
      But lived and died a scrubby thing
      
      The man who never had to toil
      To gain and farm his patch of soil
      Who never had to win his share
      Of sun and sky and light and air
      Never become a manly man
      But lived and died as he begun
      
      Where thickest lies the forest growth
      We find the patriarchs of the both
      And they hold counsel with the stars
      Whose broken branches show the scars?
      Of many winds and much of strife
      This is the common law of life
      1. Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem above (2marks)
      2. Apart from rhyming words identify two features that would make this poem easy to recite. ( 4marks)
      3. How would you perform the last line of stanza two? (2marks)
   2. Complete the table below ( 4 marks)
      

      Word	Number of syllables	Stressed syllable
      aloud
      always
      premature
      unsuccessful

   3. For each of the following words, provide another word that is pronounced in the some way (5 marks)
      1. Queue
      2. Need
      3. Seem
      4. All
      5. Alms
   4. The following is the conversation between Fonto and Jack.
      
      Fonto : Hello there
      Jack: And you, where are you from?
      Fonto: I have just alighted from that bus and I am new around….
      Jack: So? I am not a tour guide.
      Fonto: Kindly listen to me. I feel unwell. Where can I find the nearest health centre?
      Jack: See, I told you I am neither a doctor nor a nurse.
      Fonto: Please assist me. It will only take you one minute.
      Jack: Well, if you insist , just go ahead until you see one, I guess there is one ahead. I have been there myself, if you are lucky you might find the nurse on duty.
      1. From the above conversation, what makes Fonto an effective communicator? (3marks)
      2. What makes Jack a poor communicator? (3marks)
   5. You have been invited to an interview for the post of the school captain
      1. Explain how you will introduce yourself to the panel (3marks)
      2. State the etiquettes to observe when you embrace handshake as a form of greeting during an interview. (4marks)