English Questions and Answers - Form 1 Mid Term 1 Exams 2023

1. What is the name of the two brothers?   (1mark)
2. What did the two brothers agree on?   (2marks)
3. Mention the two tricks in the story.    (2marks)
4. What did the father of the two brothers instruct Mjuzi to go and tell Mjanja?   (2marks)
5. Which name is given to this type of a narrative?    (1mark)
6. What moral lesson do you learn from the story?   (2mks)

Cloze test   (10marks)

1. Fill in the blanks with the plural form of the words in brackets.       (3marks)
   1. My mother asked me to keep the ______________ safely.  (knife)
   2. Take your _______________to the room.    (luggage)
   3. There were many _______________in the granary. (mouse)
2. Fill in the blank spaces with the appropriate pronouns.           (3marks)
   1. Wafula worked so hard. _________ passed his exams.
   2. Where is mary? Can you find __________for me please?
   3. This book belongs to me. It is __________.
3. Read the following paragraph and indicate the type of noun the underlined word is.   (4marks)
   The late Professor Wangari Mathai is one of Kenyans most celebrated women. A lot can be said about what she did but the most outstanding achievement was winning the Nobel peace prize in 2004. This made the first Kenyan as well as the first African woman to win the coveted prize.

Oral Skills   (15 marks)

1. Define oral literature.  (2 marks)
2. Mention any three genres (categories) of oral literature.   (3marks)
3. Give one proverb and explain the meaning of the proverb.  (2 marks)
4. Provide words which are pronounced the same as the words below.  (5 marks)
   1. Farther………………………………………………………………………
   2. Storey………………………………………………………………………
   3. Boy…………………………………………………………………………
   4. Steel…………………………………………………………………………
   5. Tee…………………………………………………………………………
5. Identify the letters which are not pronounced in the following words. (3 marks)
   1. Debt……………………………………………………………………………
   2. Comb……………………………………………………………………………
   3. Knife……………………………………………………………………………

MARKING SCHEME

1. Mjuz and Mjanja (Should have an initial capital letter)
2. They agreed that they would look after their two cows in turns.
3.  
   
   1. When mjanja tricks Mjuzi that his (mjanja’s ) bull had calved
   2. When mjuzi tells Mjanja that their father haddied in childbirth.
4. He told Mjuzi to go and tell Mjanja that he died in childbirth.
5. Trickster narrative
6. We should tell the truth. (should be expressed positively)
   Accept any other relevant lesson.

Cloze test

1. The                     
2. A                     
3. A                      
4. The                
5. A       
6.  The   
7. The   
8. The   
9. The   
10. The              

1.  
   1. Knives       
   2. Luggages     
   3. Mice
2.  
   1. He               
   2. Her               
   3.  Mine
3.  
   1. Proper         
   2. Abstract       
   3. Proper     
   4.  Common.

Oral Skills

1. It is the acted, spoken or performed art whose medium is the word of mouth
2. Oral narrative, poems, songs, proverbs, riddles
3. Award for any appropriate proverb (1mark) and explanation (1mk)
4.  
   1. Farther - further
   2. Storey - story
   3. Boy - buoy
   4. Steel - still
   5. Tee - tea
5.  
   1. Debt
   2. Comb
   3. Knife