English Paper 1 Questions and Answers - Form 3 Term 3 Opener Exams 2023

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING   (20mks)
   Since last year, third term, your class form 4 Green’s academic performance has been drastically going down. This has raised a lot of worries in the entire school, and it was one of the issues that came up during the release of the first examinations’ results of this term. After that meeting, the school principal summoned you as the class prefect to his office and requested you to find out the reason for such a performance. Write a report that you would present to him in two weeks’ time underlining the caused for this performance by your class and the recommendations that you suggested.
2. CLOZE TEST   (10mks)
   The skill __1_____________ decent self-presentation is called grooming. _2______________________  grooming has two important aspects; inner grooming and outer grooming. Inner grooming _3______________________ a matter of attitude; it _4_________________________ alertness, confidence and sincerity. Outer grooming on the other _5___________________ encompasses the physical details to _6______________ a well groomed_7____________________ should pay attention. The secret of successful _8___________________ is the ability to harmonize the inner qualities with the outer features. One _9__________________ of grooming without the _10_________________ is not acceptable.
3. ORAL SKILLS   (30mks)
   1. Identify the silent letters in the following words. (5mks)
      1. Sachet
      2. Gnaw
      3. Debris
      4. Juice
      5. Whore
   2. Give another word that is pronounced the same as the following. (5mks)
      1. Wet
      2. Due
      3. Key
      4. Earn
      5. Law
   3. Against each of the following sentences, indicate whether you would end with a rising or falling intonation. (5mks)
      1. You actually saw the pyramids __________________________
      2. My younger sister has identical twins_______________________
      3. Why did you oversleep___________________________
      4. Could I come with you please?____________________
      5. What a tragic experience that was_________________
   4. Fill in the blank spaces by choosing the correctly stressed word. (5mks)
      1. A nationwide ________________ was carried out. (‘survey/sur’vey)
      2. I really want to _________________ my public speaking skills. (‘perfect/per’fect)
      3. The rumour has caused a huge _______________ among us. (‘upset/up’set)
      4. We really ought to ___________________ the right image. (‘project/pro’ject)
      5. Who will _____________________ for Subukia parliamentary seat? (‘contest/con’test)
   5. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
      WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING OF THE BIRDS
      INDIAN TALE
      
      WHY is it that Crows torment the Owls as they sleep in the daytime? For the same reason that the Owls try to kill the Crows while they sleep at night Listen to a tale of long ago and then you will see why.
      
      Once upon a time, the people who lived together when the world was young took a certain man for their king. The four-footed animals also took one of their numbers for their king. The fish in the ocean chose a king to rule over them. Then the birds gathered together on a great flat rock, crying:
      
      "Among men there is a king, and among the beasts, and the fish have one, too; but we birds have none. We ought to have a king. Let us choose one now."
      
      And so the birds talked the matter over and at last they all said, "Let us have the Owl for our king."
      
      No, not all, for one old Crow rose up and said, "For my part, I don't want the Owl to be our king. Look at him now while you are all crying that you want him for your king. See how sour he looks right now. If that's the cross look he wears when he is happy, how will he look when he is angry? I, for one, want no such sour-looking king!"
      
      Then the Crow flew up into the air crying, "I don't like it! I don't like it!" The Owl rose and followed him. From that time on the Crows and the Owls have been enemies. The birds chose a Turtle Dove to be their king, and then flew to their homes.
      
      
      1. You have been asked to narrate the above story to a group of young people. What four things would you do to attract their attention? (2marks) 
      2. If you were narrating the above story to young children, how do you ensure you sustain their attention for the entire course of the narration?     (2marks)
      3. How would you say the line “I don't like it! I don't like it!"?    (2marks)
   6. Read the following telephone conversation and answer the questions that follow.
      Secretary: (Phone rings) Hello, Purpose Drive Secondary school, may I help you?
      Caller: I want to speak to the principal.
      Secretary: May I know who is calling please?
      Caller: (Impatient and irritated) I have said I want to speak to the principal, period
      Secretary: Excuse me I am sorry He is in a meeting with the board of management, could you please call later, Sir?
      Caller: (Shouting) are you stopping me from talking to your boss, do you know who I am? Had you even heard of the supplier of your stationery?
      Secretary: (Politely) Oh,Mr. Erickson? I am sorry you cannot talk to him now call after an h    our or may I take a message to him please?
      Caller: (Bangs the receiver)
      
      1. Identify two instances that show the caller lack of telephone etiquette. (2marks)
      2. How can you tell that the secretary observes professional conversational skills in the above telephone conversation?  (2 marks)

MARKING SCHEME

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING    (20mks)
   Since last year, third term, your class form 4 Green’s academic performance has been drastically going down. This has raised a lot of worries in the entire school, and it was one of the issues that came up during the release of the first examinations’ results of this term. After that meeting, the school principal summoned you as the class prefect to his office and requested you to find out the reason for such a performance. Write a report that you would present to him in two weeks’ time underlining the cause for this performance by your class and the recommendations that you suggested.
   Format
   • Heading: (eg A REPORT ON THE DECLINING PERFORMANCE OF FORM 4 ) (1mk)
   • Introduction ( ½ mk)
   • Terms of reference ( ½ mk)
   • Procedure/methodology ( ½ mk)
   • Findings (causes for the poor academic performance) ( ½ mk)
   • Conclusion ( ½ mk)
   • Recommendations ( ½ mk)
   • Signing off ( report complied and written by signature)
     Name of the report writer
     Designation of the report writer) (1mk)
     
     Content
   • Introduction (the issue to be investigated, its prevalence the names of the committee members, the officer who has called for the report   (2mks)
   • For example
   • For the two terms, form 4 has been tailing in the examinations done  in the school. This is a departure from the excellent performance it had previously been posting. This necessitated the Principal to call the class perfect and requested him together with the other class leaders to go and find out the reasons for this. The committee members were:
     1. Kyengokaluma – Chairperson
     2. Sandra Barbie – Secretary
     3. Nikita Kiev – Member
     4. Omushambulizi – Member
     5. Priestly Elvis - Members
   • Terms of Reference   (the duration that the investigation is to take, the area(s) the investigation is to be done. (1mk)
   • For example:
   • The report was to concentrate on the times the members of this class were in class and what they would do in their dormitories during private study time. It was to be presented in two weeks’ time to the Principal.
   • Procedure 
   • The methods that have been used for the collecting the information, interview, observation, questionnaire (1mk)
   • For example
   • The class members were interviews individually by the committee members. A questionnaire was also given to the school prefects who are member of this class to give reasons for the deteriorating performance.
   • Findings (g noise making in class, insufficient assignment, poor reading culture, poor time management e.t.c.) (3mks)
   • Must be subtitled and explanation written in prose in grammatically- correct sentence.
   • For example
     1. Noise making in class.
        • The committee members discovered/noticed/found out that the members would make a lot of noise anytime there was no teacher in class.
     2. Insufficient assignment
        • It was noticed that the students had little work for the evening preps.
   • Conclusion ( a comment on the necessity for quick/prompt action) (1mk)
   • For example
   • Conclusion.
   • There is an urgent need for the school administration to take prompt action to salvage the class from further decline in performance as they have now been registered for the national examinations.
   • Recommendation (e.g. silence in class, giving enough assignments) (3mks)
   • For example:
     1. The members recommended that the notorious noise makers need to be suspended for a week from school.
        Language    (4mks)
        • It can be presented in the passive or from the third person perspective.
        • It must be presented in a formal language and tone.
        • Tense mostly in the past and minimal use of the present and conditional tenses
          
          
2. CLOZE TEST     (10mks)
   The skill __1 of___ decent self-presentation is called grooming. _2__Good_____  grooming has two important aspects; inner grooming and outer grooming. Inner grooming _3_is__ a matter of attitude; it _4__comprises__ alertness, confidence and sincerity. Outer grooming on the other _5__hand___ encompasses the physical details to _6_which__ a well groomed_7__person___ should pay attention. The secret of successful _8_grooming_ is the ability to harmonize the inner qualities with the outer features. One _9_aspect__ of grooming without the _10__other__ is not acceptable.
   
   
3. ORAL SKILLS    (30mks)
   1. Identify the silent letters in the following words. (5mks)
      1. Sachet - t
      2. Gnaw - g
      3. Debris - s
      4. Juice - i
      5. Whore - w
   2. Give another word that is pronounced the same as the following. (5mks)
      1. Wet – whet 
      2. Due  - dew
      3. Key  - quay
      4. Earn - urn
      5. Law - low
   3. Against each of the following sentences, indicate whether you would end with a rising or falling intonation. (5mks)
      1. You actually saw the pyramids __falling____
      2. My younger sister has identical twins__falling __
      3. Why did you oversleep_falling __
      4. Could I come with you please?_rising __
      5. What a tragic experience that was__rising____
   4. Fill in the blank spaces by choosing the correctly stressed word. (5mks)
      1. A nationwide _’survey_ was carried out. (‘survey/sur’vey)
      2. I really want to _per’fect___ my public speaking skills. (‘perfect/per’fect)
      3. The rumour has caused a huge _’upset____ among us. (‘upset/up’set)
      4. We really ought to _pro’ject____ the right image. (‘project/pro’ject)
      5. Who will _con’test_ for Subukia parliamentary seat? (‘contest/con’test)
   5. Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
      WHY THE OWL IS NOT KING OF THE BIRDS
      INDIAN TALE
      WHY is it that Crows torment the Owls as they sleep in the daytime? For the same reason that the Owls try to kill the Crows while they sleep at night. Listen to a tale of long ago and then you will see why.
      
      Once upon a time, the people who lived together when the world was young took a certain man for their king. The four-footed animals also took one of their numbers for their king. The fish in the ocean chose a king to rule over them. Then the birds gathered together on a great flat rock, crying:
      
      "Among men there is a king, and among the beasts, and the fish have one, too; but we birds have none. We ought to have a king. Let us choose one now."
      
      And so the birds talked the matter over and at last they all said, "Let us have the Owl for our king."
      
      No, not all, for one old Crow rose up and said, "For my part, I don't want the Owl to be our king. Look at him now while you are all crying that you want him for your king. See how sour he looks right now. If that's the cross look he wears when he is happy, how will he look when he is angry? I, for one, want no such sour-looking king!"
      
      Then the Crow flew up into the air crying, "I don't like it! I don't like it!" The Owl rose and followed him. From that time on the Crows and the Owls have been enemies. The birds chose a Turtle Dove to be their king, and then flew to their homes.
      
      
      1. You have been asked to narrate the above story to a group of young people. What four things would you do to attract their attention? (2marks) 
         • Signing a song
         • Posing a riddle
         • Clapping my hands
         • Banging the table
         • Whistling
      2. If you were narrating the above story to young children, how do you ensure you sustain their attention for the entire course of the narration?     (2marks)
         • Appropriate tonal variation
         • Effective gestures
         • Appropriate facial expression
         • Mimicry or imitation
      3. How would you say the line “I don't like it! I don't like it!"? (2marks)
         • Stressing the word, ‘don’t like’ because they are emphatic words.
         • I would shake my head as I say them to how my dislike for what has been decided.
         • I would raise my tone to emphasize the message. (any 2 suitable answers 1 mark)
   6. Read the following telephone conversation and answer the questions that follow.
      Secretary: (Phone rings) Hello, Purpose Drive Secondary school, may I help you?
      Caller: I want to speak to the principal.
      Secretary: May I know who is calling please?
      Caller: (Impatient and irritated) I have said I want to speak to the principal, period
      Secretary: Excuse me I am sorry He is in a meeting with the board of management, could you please call later, Sir?
      Caller: (Shouting) are you stopping me from talking to your boss, do you know who I am? Had you even heard of the supplier of your stationery?
      Secretary: (Politely) Oh,Mr. Erickson? I am sorry you cannot talk to him now call after an h    our or may I take a message to him please?
      Caller: (Bangs the receiver)
      
      
      1. Identify two instances that show the caller lack of telephone etiquette. (2marks)
         • He failed to identify himself at the beginning of the call.
         • Talks rudely to the secretary
         • Talks too loudly/shouts
         • He hangs up on the secretary.
         • Engages in an argument with the secretary.
      2. How can you tell that the secretary observes professional conversational skills in the above telephone conversation?  (2 marks)
         • She identifies, herself at the beginning of the call.
         • She is patient and courteous.
         • She is polite and does not shout.
         • Holds her cool
         • She is pleasant in the entire conversation.