INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
- Answer all the questions in this paper.
- Candidates must answer the questions in English
- FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20mks)
Drama Club, for which you are a member, needs to raise a sum of Kshs 20,000/= to aid them on their trip to Muranga for a Drama Contest. To yours and the other members astonishment, the school Principal has offered to give you Kshs 15,000/=.- Write a memorandum to the other club members inviting them to a meeting to discuss;
- how to raise the remaining amount
- rehearsal for the contest (12 mks)
- Travelling logistics
- Write the Principal a note to sincerely thank him/her for his/her generosity. (8mks)
- Write a memorandum to the other club members inviting them to a meeting to discuss;
- CLOZE TEST
Read the passage below and fill each blank space with the most appropriate word. (10 marks)
It is an indisputable fact that agriculture (1) _______________ the backbone of the economy. It is therefore (2) ________________ that we stop over-relying on the rain-fed agriculture. Israel is a classic (3) ________________ of a country that has reclaimed its deserts and put them (4) __________________ use. Land which was (5) _______________ ‘useless’ has been turned around and (6) ____________________ useful. Egypt which solely depends on (7) ______________________ River Nile is a leading exporter of fruits and cereals. For our country to (8) _______________________ self-sufficiency in food production and to get a (9) ________________________ for export, land should be utilized to the (10) _________________. This is only possible with irrigation. - ORAL SKILLS (30 marks)
- Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow.
I can see the rain
As I walk along the lane
I can hear the lion roar
Just as lions did of yore
I can learn to run a race
And I can ravel out some lace
I can fly and I can row
Let my rich imaginations flow- Comment briefly on the rhyme scheme used in the poem. (2mks)
- Identify any two pairs of rhyming words. (2mks)
- Apart from rhyme, how else has the poet achieved rhythm. (2mks)
- How would you effectively perform line 7 in the poem above. (2mks)
- Identify the silent letters in each of the following words (4mks)
- comb……………………………………………………………………………….
- Parliament ……………………………………………………………………….
- Leopard………………………………………………………………………….
- gnaw………………………………………………………………………………
- The words in bold indicates the stressed word in the sentences below. Briefly explain what each sentence mean . (3mks)
- The lady in a red dress lost her purse.
- The lady in a red dress lost her purse.
- The lady in a red dress lost her purse.
- State what type of intonation you would use in the following sentences. (3 marks)
- When were you born? ……………………………………………….
- Did you complete your work? ………………………………………..
- What a beautiful car you have bought!..........................................................
- Read the genre below and answer the questions that follow. (6mks)
The great Greek grape growers grow great Greek grapes.- Classify the above subgenre. (1mk)
- Identify two sound patterns used in the above genre. (4mks)
- State one functions of the above sub-genre. (1mk)
- You are attending an English symposium for all students in your sub county. When a student from your school takes the podium, you notice that he/she is afraid. Give three indicators of this behavior and suggest how it could be overcome. (6mks)
- Read the following poem then answer the questions that follow.
MARKING SCHEME
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- Internal Memo
- Format
- Name of the school
- Intern memo
- Reference number
- Name and position of the sender
- Name of the recipient – All members of
- Date of communication
- Subject
Format 41/2 mark- Name of the school 1/2
- Title eg internal memo ( should be in capital and underlined)
- Refernce1/2
- From : ( must be followed) 1/2
- To: 1/2
- Date 1/2
- Subject - Drama Club meeting 1/2
- Name and position of the sender1/2
- Border lines 1/2
- Content 31/2
The candidate should bring out the following:- Acknowledgement of the Principals support. 1/2
- Mention ways on how to raise the remaining amount. 1
- Rehearsal 1
- Travelling logistics eg Day, date, time 1
- Closing 1 mark
Language and tone – 3marks- Language 2 marks
- Tone 1mark
- Format
- Thank you note
- Format
- address
- Date
- salutation
- Body – must begin with ‘Thankyou’
- Reason for gratitude
- Show how the financing has helped in the facilitation of the trip.
- Encourage the Principal to continue helping others.
- Closing tag
- Name – Position
- Grammar + tone – 2mks
- Format – 2½ mk
- Border – line ½ mark
- Body 3 mrks
Total 8mks
- Format
- Internal Memo
- CLOSE TEST
- is
- necessary
- example
- into
- rendered
- become
- the
- attain
- Surplus
- Maximum
- ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)
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- aabbccdd.Regular rhyme scheme.
- rain/lane, roar/yore, race/lace and row/flow
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- Alliteration - ……run……race…..
- Consonance - …………can………run………..
- Uniformity of lines
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- Through use of gestures – I would use my hands to show “fly” and “row”
- Through facial expressions – I would show/ wear a happy face to show fly and row (enjoyment of flying and rowing)
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- b
- i
- o
- g
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- It is not any other person but a lady
- Not any other color of the dress but red
- Not any other thing but the purse
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- Falling
- Rising
- Falling
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- Tongue twister
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- alliteration-…great Greek grape growers……
- assonance-……great…….grape
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- Signs of fear/stagefright
- Trembling hands
- beadsof sweat on the forehead
- avoiding eye contact with the audience
- stammering and trembling lips
- shaky paper/reading material
Any other relevant answer
- How to overcome;
- Taking a deep breath before presentation
- Mastering the content
- Looking over the audience instead of looking at them directly
- Organizing the presentation in a logical manner
- Rehearsing well before the presentation with a friend or infront of a mirror
Any other correct answer
- Signs of fear/stagefright
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