English Paper 1 Form 3 Questions and Answers - Term 3 Opener Exams 2021

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided in this paper.
• Candidates must answer the questions in English.

QUESTIONS

1. You are the secretary of drama club in your school. The chairperson has asked you to send notice of the second meeting to plan the stage of Henrik Ibsen’s play, A Doll’s House. During the meeting, you will need to appoint the director of the play, set up a date for selecting the cast, discuss the budget for the play, and the dates of rehearsals and the final performance.
   1. Write the notice of this meeting which you would send to the members of the drama club. (13mks)
   2. Write the agenda that you would attach to the notice.(7mks)
2. Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.(10mks)
   When food gets (1)_______________ people are forced to resort to desperate measures. (2)_______________ families resort to eating wild fruits, tubers and vegetables. For example, in Turkana South, people eat a hard highly (3)__________________ wild fruit called ‘elamarch’ which they have to boil for over ten hours before it becomes safe for human (4)__________________ . Sadly, by the time it is cooked, some people would have (5)_________________ of hunger. The most (6)____________________ twist to famine situation is when food poisoning occurs, it aggravates an already (7)______________ situation because it also deprives human (8)____________food. The (9)_______________ poisonous substance found in contaminated food is aflotoxin B1. Aflotoxin in mainly found in (10)_______________ stored maize.
3. ORAL SKILL(30 MKS)
   1. Read the poem below and answer the question that follows.
      Make me a grave where’er you will,
      In a lowly plain, or a lofty hill,
      Make it among earth’s humblest graves,
      But not in a land where men are slaves.
        
      I could not rest if around my grave,
      I heard the steps of a trenching slave;
      His shadow above my silent tomb,
      Would make it a place of fearful gloom.
            
      I could not rest if I heard the tread
      Of a coffee going to the shambles led,
      And the mother’s shriek of wild despair
      Rise like a curse on the trembling air
      ( by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper)
      1. Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem above. (2mks)
      2. Apart from rhyme, identify two other ways rhythm has been achieved. (4mk)
      3. Mention two ways in which you would know that your audience is fully participating during the recitation of the above poem. (2mks)
      4. How would you say the last line of the poem? (2mks)
   2. Which intonation would you use to say each of the underlined words? (4mks)
      Malusu: Omenda what time is the meeting tomorrow?............................
      Omenda: (surprised) Tomorrow!...............................
      Malisu: You didn’t forget, ……………….. did you?.............................
      Omenda: I’m afraid I did. ………………………………
   3. For each of the following words, write another word that is pronounced the same. (4mks)
      1. Male                                               ………………………
      2. Blue                                               ……………………….
      3. Hire                                               ………………………
      4. Ewe                                               ……………………..
   4. Identify the odd one out according to the highlighted vowel sound. (4mks)
      1. delete               emperor             religion     …………………………
      2. gone                 tone                   bone         ……………………………
      3. said                  paid                   laid         ……………………………
      4. food                 fool                    book       …………………………….
   5. Read the telephone conversation below and answer the questions that follows:
      (A Mr. Kamau calls wishing to speak to Mr. Onyango , the store-keeper, who is not in at the time of the call. Mr. Mwema receives the call and record the message for Mr. Onyango.)
      Miss Mwema:          Good morning,Homebased Care for Youth Counselling,
                                    How may I help you?
      Mr Kamau:              Good morning to you. May I speak to Mr Onyango please?
      Miss Mwema:           I ‘m afraid he is not in at the moment. May I take a message for him?
      Mr Kamau :             Yes please.Tell that Mr Kamau of Graphic Designs Centre called to Confirm the order for the
                                    display posters.
      Miss Mwema :         I will. May I have your contact please?
      Mr Kamau:             My telephone number is 0711200232
      Miss Mwema :        0-7-1-1-2-0-0-2-3-2 ( As she writes down)
      Mr Kamau :            Yes, that is the number. Who am I speaking to?
      Miss Mwema :        Miss Mwema the receptionist.
      Mr Kamau :            Thank you Miss Mwema . Have a good day.
      Miss Mwema:          Have a good day too and thank you for calling.
      1. Identify four telephone conversation skills that have been exhibited by the speakers in the conversation above to make it successful. (8mks)

MARKING SCHEME

1.    
   1. Notice.
      • Must be a notice if not deduct 2AD
      • Must bear the label NOTICE(½ mk)
      • Date when notice was written( ½ mk)
      • Name of school and club (1mk)
      • ust state that it is meant for members of the named club (1mk)
      • Must state date and time, venue for meeting( 1 ½ mk)
      • Validation – Name/ secretary (1mk)
      • Language should be formal and precise (4mks)
      • Indicate there is an attachment (1mk)
      • Borders to give an enhanced/attractive appearance.( ½ mk)
        

        NOTICE     BANITA SECONDARY SCHOOL DRAMA CLUB   20th September, 2019 Notice is hereby given of the second meeting of the dramaclub members to be held on Friday 18th October, 2019, in the Dining Hall at 4:30p. m to discuss matters on the agenda attached herewith.      Yours faithfully, Aramato Rakoi Secretary.

        
        
        
        
        
   2. Agenda(7mks)
      

      BANINTA DRAMA CLUB (1 mk) Agenda (1/2) The following will be the agenda for the second meeting: i) Preliminaries(1/2) ii) Confirmation of previous minutes(1/2) iii) Matters arising.(1/2) iv) Appointing director of the plays.(1/2) v) Date of selection of cast/auditions.(1/2) vi) Budget for the production of the play.(1/2) vii) Date for rehearsals.(1/2) vii) Date for the final performance.(1/2) ix) Any other business.(1/2) x) Adjournment and next meeting.(1/2) Please be punctual. (1/2) mark for each item 10 × (1/2) = 5 mks Border = (1/2)

2. Cloze test
   1. scarce
   2. Many- M must be capitalized
   3. poisonous / toxic
   4. consumption
   5. died
   6. disappointing
   7. worse
   8. of
   9. common
   10. improperly
3.  
   1.  
      1. Rhyme scheme aa bb cc dd ee ff (1mk)   regular – (1mk)
      2.    
         • Alliteration make , me /m/                   lowly , lofty /l/
         • Consonance   could , around         could , heard
         • Assonance   in, hill /I/           rise, like /ai/         step, trebling/e/
           ( 1mk identification, 1mk illustration)   (2 × 2)
      3.    
         • Maintaining an eye contact.
         • Sitting upright and leaning towards the speaker
      4.   
         • Gestures- lift my hands to demonstrate rising.
         • Falling intonation to depict the sadness of the speaker
         • Stress the words rise, curse and trembling air to emphasis the sad mood the persona is in.
           (any point and must be qualified to get 2mks) 2 × 1=2mks
   2. Intonation
      • tomorrow ↓  falling intonation (wh- question)
      • forget ↓ falling intonation you ↑  rising intonation (question tag expressing doubt)
      • did ↓ falling intonation (statement)
        (award if an arrow is used correctly) (1mk)
   3. Homophones
      1. Mail
      2. blew
      3. Higher
      4. You
         ( 1 × 4 )
   4. Vowel sounds (1mk each) 1 × 4
      1. emperor /e/
      2. gone / /
      3. said /ei /
      4. book / u /
   5. Dialogue
      1. Greetings to create a rapport…… Good morning….
      2. Good morning to you.
      3. Both parties introduce themselves…. Home based care for Youth counseling…. Mr. Kamau of Graphic Designs.
      4. Receive (receptionist) offers assistance….. How may I help you?
      5. Speakers observe turn- taking – there was no interruption.
      6. Use of public/ courteous language – please thank you.
         ( Identification and support/ illustration- 2mks each); no score for mentioning only