English Paper 1 Questions And Answers - Form 3 Term 2 Opener Exams 2021

ENGLISH
PAPER 1
TERM 2 OPENER EXAM

INSTRUCTIONS

• Answer all the questions in this paper

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
   
   Imagine you are the secretary of the committee planning for a fundraising ceremony aimed at raising funds to construct a hall for your school. 
   Design an invitation card to be sent to the guests. (12 marks)
   Write a thank you note that you will send to the area MCA who had graced the occasion. (8 marks)
   
   
2. CLOZE TEST 
   Fill each of the blank spaces with the most appropriate word. (10 marks)
   
   I passed all the 1.___________ courses that I took at my university, but I could never pass botany. 2._________ was because all botany students had to spend several hours a week in a laboratory 3.____________ through a microscope at plant cells, and I could never see through a microscope. I never once saw a 4.____________ through a microscope. This used to enrage my lecturer. She would wander 5._____________ the laboratory pleased with the progress all the students were making 6.___________ drawing the involved and, so I am told, interesting structure of flowers cells, 7.____________ she came to me. I would just be standing there. “I can’t see anything,” I would say. 8.__________ would begin patiently enough, explaining 9.__________ anybody can see through a microscope, but she would always end up in a fury, 10._______________ that I too could see through a microscope but just pretended that I couldn’t…!
   
   
3. ORAL SKILLS
   1. Read the story below and answer the questions that follow.
      
      A long time ago, there was a child who used to trouble his parents at night by crying. The mother tried to stop him from crying but in vain. Then, the mother warned the child and said, “If you don’t stop crying, I will throw you out to the wizard!” But the child kept on crying. When the mother could stand it no longer, she stood up and threw the child outside. Unfortunately, there was a wizard who was listening outside and he picked the child up and ran with him. Suddenly, the father realized that the child’s cries were dying away. He stood up, took his panga and went after the wizard. When the wizard heard the footsteps following him, he quickly placed the child in the fork of the tree nearby and ran away. From that day, the child never cried again.
      
      
      1. What two features of oral narratives are evident in this story?                         (4marks)
      2. How would you perform the line…“there was a wizard who was listening outside and he picked the child up and ran with him.”       (2marks)
      3. How would you make the story interesting if you were to narrate it to your class? (4mks)
      4. Describe how you will introduce this story to your audience.        (2marks)
      5. State two things that will assist you to know if your audience is attentive.       (2marks)
   2. Based on the pronunciation of the letters in the boldface, write the odd word out. (3marks)
      1. Enough    staff              dough
      2. Machine chess chef
      3. Spatula punch butter
   3. If you are to attend the Great Debaters Contest hosted by a television station in Kenya;
      1. How would you prepare for the contest?         (3marks)
      2. Which non-verbal heckles would you use while your teammate is presenting to encourage the judge to take note of the points?           (2marks)
   4. Fail not to first carve a learn calf, four fat calves and five fine vine leaves.
      1. Identify the genre that the above item belongs to? (1mark)
      2. State two features of the above genre. (2marks)
      3. State any two functions of the genre. (2marks)
   5. Provide a word which the following letter is silent.     (3marks)
      1. p
      2. t
      3. z 

MARKING SCHEME

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
   1. Invitation card
      Format/ content     (8 marks)
      1. Sender
      2. Cordially invites,   (½ mark)
      3. Recipient title and a dash to fill the name   (1/2  mark)
      4. Event 
      5. Aim of event
      6. Venue, date, time of even
      7. Guest of honor
      8. Regulation
      9. RSVP
         Language    (4 marks)
         * Deduct 1 mark if not enclosed.
   2. Thank You Note
      1. Format    (2 marks)
         • Sender’s address (without senders name)
         • Date
         • Salutation (official)
         • Signing off                                          each ½ mark
      2. Content   (2 marks)
         • Expression of gratitude/appreciation      ½ mark
         • Reason for appreciation      ½ mark
         • Mention the importance for MCA’s attendance     1 mark
      3. Language   (4 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST
   1. other    
   2. This   
   3. looking
   4. cell
   5. around
   6. in
   7. before
   8. she 
   9. that
   10. shouting
3. ORAL SKILLS
   
   1.       
      1.    
         • Opening formulae e.g long time ago…
         • closing formulae e.g from that day….
         • Use of dialogue e.g “if you don’t stop crying…..”
      2.          
         • I would dramatize by running to show how the wizard ran with the child. I would pick up a book to indicate how the baby was picked up by the wizard.
         • I would use appropriate gestures by placing my hand behind my ear to show how the wizard was listening to the child’s mother.
      3.          
         • Tonal variation; mother reprimanding the child, 
         • Mimicry; imitating the child crying. 
         • Dramatization; mother throwing away the child.
         • Sing a relevant song.
         • Use costumes and props.
         • Use of gestures; the father following the wizard. 
      4.     
         • Sing a relevant song e.g a lullaby
         • Give a relevant proverb/ riddle
      5.      
         • If they maintain eye contact with me
         • If the audience asks relevant questions. 
         • If they nod their heads in approval. 
         • If they maintain an upright sitting position/posture.
         • If they applaud at the end of the narration.
   2.      
      1. dough
      2. chess
      3. butter
   3.    
      
      1.    
         • researching on the topic.
         • take notes of the main points.
         • rehearsing and practicing properly.
         • decently dressing and grooming.
      2.       
         • stamping , rapping palm
         • rapping the knuckles
   4.      
      1. tongue-twister 
      2. it is difficult to pronounce because of similar sounds placed close together (alliteration)
      3.     
         •  it is short and brief. 
         • sometimes, it may not make meaning/ it is non-sensical.
         • test speed and accuracy of pronunciation.
         • it is a form of entertainment.
         • it fosters socialization.
   5.     
      1. psychology, psalm.
      2. sachet, often, 
      3. rendezvous (give a mark for any other correct word)