English Paper 1 Questions and Answers - Lanjet Joint Mock Exams 2023

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.

• Answer all questions in this question paper.
• All answers should be written in English.

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)
   You are the chairperson of the Drama Club in your school. The club has staged a successful dramatization of Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah at the school. You now want to take the performance to three other schools in your sub-county. The principal is offering the school bus but he/she wants you to look for a sponsor who would pay for the fuel and other expenses. You then decide to contact Daughters of Eve (NGO that advocates for protection of women against F.G.M). Write a letter to the Director and ask the NGO to sponsor these performances. Briefly explain why you think Blossoms of the Savannah presents a strong argument against F.G.M. Remember to write through the Principal.
2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)
   Read the passage below and fill each blank space with an appropriate word
   The National Health Insurance …………1…………once again in the eye of .......2....... storm after it paid Kshs 336.3 million to a law ..........3… that had not been prequalified to bid …………4………..tenders with health providers in the .......5….. scandal unearthed by Auditor-General, Nancy Gathungu. Curiously, the drafting fully paid for by the ......6….. was not part of the NHIF approved ......7… plan for 2018/2019- the period within……………8…………..the payment was done. This is ......9….. to the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act 2015. No money had been ......10… to pay for legal service and therefore, it went against Public Finance Management (PFM) Act.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)
   1. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow
      One afternoon, a big wolf waited in the dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket of food. Finally, the little girl did come along and she was carrying the basket of food. “Are you carrying the basket to your grandmother?” asked the wolf. The little girl answered, “Yes I am.” So the wolf asked the girl where her grandmother lived. When the girl told him he disappeared to the woods. When the little girl opened the door of her grandmother’s house, she noticed there was somebody in bed with a night cap and a night gown.
      She realized that it was the wolf, so the little girl took a dagger from her basket and stubbed the wolf dead.
      Questions:
      1. If you were narrating this story, how would you ensure your audience remains glued to it?(2 marks)
      2. How would you say the words of the wolf in your narration? (2 marks)
      3. How would you prepare yourself to tell the story effectively? (3 marks)
   2. Provide a word pronounced in the same way as each of the ones below (4 marks)
      1. Bald –
      2. Manna –
      3. Colonel –
      4. Liar –
   3. Insert the following words in the corresponding column to show whether it has a /θ/ /ʃ/ /Ʒ/ or /ð/ sound according to the underlined sound. Examples of words with those sounds have been given. (4 marks)
      Tenth, Sugar, Special, Father, Garage, Mathematics, Leisure, Themselves
      
   4. A leader of a Theatre Group is visiting your school to arrange for the staging of Literature Sets Books. You have been appointed by the class to negotiate for favorable entry fee for your class and you are meeting the leader for the first time. Explain 4 negotiation skills that you would employ to ensure successful negotiations. (4 marks)
   5. Mary cannot bear children
      1. Identify the above genre. (1 mark)
      2. Give the two possible meanings of the above (2 marks)
      3. Give one function of the above genre. (1 mark)
   6. Study the following situations and write down what you would say in each case.(3 marks)
      1. When walking along the corridor, you accidentally bump into somebody out of your own clumsiness.
      2. You are engaging in a conversation and you catch yourself interrupting the other person
      3. You want to introduce a point during a discussion which contradicts what the other person has said.
   7. Indicate the appropriate intonation at the end of each sentence. (4 marks)
      1. Have all the students been registered? 
      2. Stop wasting time.
      3. That was superb!
      4. There is hope for Cancer patients

                                                                             MARKING SCHEME

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MKS)
   You are the chairperson of the Drama Club in your school. The club has staged a successful dramatization of Ole Kulet’s Blossoms of the Savannah at the school. You now want to take the performance to three other schools in your sub-county. The principal is offering the school bus but he/she wants you to look for a sponsor who would pay for the fuel and other expenses. You then decide to contact Daughters of Eve (NGO that advocates for protection of women against F.G.M). Write a letter to the Director and ask the NGO to sponsor these performances. Briefly Explain why you think Blossom of the Savannah presents a strong argument against F.G.M. Remember to write through the Principal.
   
   Anestar Boys' Lanet
   P O Box 273-20100
   Nakuru.
   30 July 2023
   
   Thru’
   The Principal
   Anestar Boys' Lanet
   P O Box 273-20100
   Nakuru.
   
   The Director
   Daughters of Eve
   P O Box 1002-20100
   Nakuru.
   
   Dear Madam,
   RE:TRIP SPONSORSHIP
   I am the Drama Club Chairperson, Anestar Boys', Lanet. We recently staged a successful dramatization of Henry Ole Kulet's, Blossoms of the Savannah in our school. I am writing, on behalf of my club, to kindly request for your assistance in sponsoring us to stage this play in other schools within our sub-county.
   
   Madam, we made you our first choice due to your passion in dealing with matters pertaining to and affecting the girl child, especially, FGM. We appreciate and share most of what the Daughters of Eve stand for. As young stars, and with the knowledge we have acquired through school learning, it is our wish to be positive advocates of positive change for our generation.
   
   Blossoms of the Savannah, is a story of two girls who are born and bred in town their entire childhood and teenage life,only to be thrust into a rural wild which is their parents cradle, and where FGM is practiced, and those who oppose it are regarded as pariahs. They are derogatorily referred to as 'Nemangalana' which means, uncircumcised.
   
   In spite of the hard difficulties they go through, they stand out strong, fighting early marriage and female circumcision, and finally go to university. It is not easy as the younger one called Resian is literally 'sold' by her father to a man twice his own age in order to save his family house and business which were funded by this brute, Oloisudori. In an attempt to run away from them, she is lured by a man who had previously rescued her and her sister from the hands of two vagabonds who nearly raped them, with a promise to take her to her role model who was doing exactly what the Daughters of Eve does(NGO); fighting for the rights of girls. He took her to his home with the intention of making him his wife. She fought and finally escaped.
   
   Her elder sister who was the next victim of the evil designs of her father Ole Kaelo and Oloisudori, is not so lucky. She is lured by three village women with the help of her own mother. She is circumcised, but their role model, who had already received Resian, sends her team which succeeds in rescuing her from her abductors after being helped by a young school teacher, who unfortunately,loses his life in the hands of Oloisudori's men. These girls are sponsored by their role model to study at the University.
   
   Madam, the challenges of these girls and the troubles they go through are similar to those modern day Oloisudoris, Ole koelos, and such like brutes take our girls through. It is our resolve to use drama reach as many girls as possible. And this is why we are making this passionate appeal to your great organization.
   
   The school is providing a bus but we were requested to source for a sponsor to finance fuel and other related expenses.
   
   I remain, hoping that we shall get a positive response from your end at your earliest convinient time. Should you consider our prayer early enough, we shall be able to organize ourselves in good time to visit as many schools as possible.
   
   Thanks in advance.
   
   Yours faithfully,
   Sign
   Ogwella Nyathuon
   Drama, Chairperson
2. CLOZE TEST (10MKS)
   Read the passage below and fill each blank space with an appropriate word
   The National Health Insurance 1…is…once again in the eye of 2….the… storm after it paid Kshs 336.3 million to a law 3…firm…. that had not been prequalified to bid 4…for….tenders with health providers in the 5…newest…scandal unearthed by Auditor-General, Nancy Gathungu. Curiously, the drafting fully paid for by the 6…fund…was not part of the NHIF approved 7…expenditure…plan for 2018/2019- the period within8…which....the payment was done. This is 9…contrary…to the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act 2015. No money had been 10…allocated/ apportioned…to pay for legal service and therefore, it went against Public Finance Management (PFM) Act.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MKS)
   1. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow
      One afternoon, a big wolf waited in the dark forest for a little girl to come a long carrying a basket of food. Finally, the little girl did come along and she was carrying the basket of food. “Are you carrying the basket to your grandmother?” asked the wolf. The little girl answered, “Yes I am.” So the wolf asked the girl where her grandmother lived. When the girl told him he disappeared to the woods. When the little girl opened the door of her grandmother’s house, she noticed there was somebody in bed with a night cap and a night gown.
      She realized that it was the wolf, so the little girl took a dagger from her basket and stubbed the wolf dead.
      Questions:
      1. If you were narrating this story, how would you ensure your audience remains glued to it? (2mks)
         1. Through effective use of tone/ tone variation.
         2. Through appropriate/meaningful facial expression
         3. Dramatization
         4. Appropriate gestures
         5. Effective use of stage
      2. How would you say the words of the wolf and in your narration? (2mks)
         1. In a rising intonation. It is a YES/ NO response.
         2. I would use appropriate gesture- pointing my index finger to a person in the audience when saying “you”
            Award one mark for a verbal cue (tone, stress, volume, pitch) and one mark for an appropriate non-verbal cue (dramatization, body movement, facial expression)
      3. How would you prepare yourself to tell the story effectively? (3mks)
         • I would practice before a mirror/ mock audience
         • I would prepare appropriate props and costumes.
         • I would research about the audience.
   2. Provide a word pronounced in the same way as each of the ones below (4mks)
      1. Bald – bawled
      2. Manna – manner
      3. Colonel – kernel
      4. Liar – lyre
   3. Insert the following words in the corresponding column to show whether it has a /s/, /z/, /à/, /Ø/ sound as per the one underlined type (4mks)
      Tenth, Sugar, Special, Father, Garage, Mathematics, Leisure, Themselves
      
   4. A leader of a Theatre Group is visiting your school to arrange for the staging of Literature Sets Books. You have been appointed by the class to negotiate for favorable entry fee for your class and you are meeting the leader for the first time. Explain 4 negotiation skills that you would employ to ensure successful negotiations. (4 marks)
      1. I would greet him/her to create a rapport.
      2. I would introduce myself and ask to know his/her name
      3. I would ask him/her what their charges are.
      4. I would then give a proposal lower than theirs.
      5. I would route for a discount on the basis of our number. Being many, I would ask for a discount consideration.
   5. Mary cannot bear children
      1. Identify the above genre. (1 mark)
         • It is a pun
      2. Give the two possible meanings of the above (2 marks)
         1. Mary cannot tolerate or put up with children.
         2. Mary cannot give birth to children.
      3. Give one function of the above genre. (1 marks)
         1. It entertains since it is humorous.
   6. Study the following situations and write down. What you would say in each case (3mks)
      1. When walking along the corridor, you accidentally bump into somebody out of your own clumsiness.
         1. Sorry, I beg your pardon.
      2. You are engaging in a conversation and you catch yourself interrupting the other person
         1. I am sorry to interrupt you/ excuse me, sorry for the interruption.
      3. You want to introduce a point during a discussion which contradicts what the other person has said.
         1. Sorry, but……
   7. Indicate the appropriate intonation at the end of each sentence. (4 marks)
      1. Have all the students been registered? rising intonation...
      2. Stop wasting time. Falling intonation .
      3. That was superb! Falling intonation.
      4. There is hope for Cancer patients. Falling intonation