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Rarieda District Mock - English Paper 1 Question Paper

Rarieda District Mock - English Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2009

Name………………………………………………………. Index No. …………………………….
School …………………………………………………….. Candidate’s Signature…………………
Date……………………………………
101/1
ENGLISH
(Functional Skills)
Paper 1
July/ August 2009
Time: 2 Hours
RARIEDA DISTRICT SECONDARY SCHOOLS
JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
101/1
ENGLISH
(Functional Skills)
Paper 1
Time: 2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
• Write your Name and Index Number on the spaces provided above.
• Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
• Answer ALL the questions in this question paper.
• All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
This paper consists of 8 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
1. Imagine that you were in Nairobi selling household appliances. A valued customer writes to you
ordering a new store to heat the bath water in her farm house. It is unfortunate that the order
cannot be supplied from stock at the moment. Write an e-mail that you would send to her in reply
explaining how the item can be acquired from a nearby supermarket. Include attachment in the
e-mail suggesting what else might be done to heat her water. 20 mks)
2. Fill each blank space in the following passage with the most appropriate word. (10mks)
The weather is an important subject for many people (1)______________________two
acquaintances meet their (2)____________________remarks will often refer to the state
(3)____________the weather. We might look at the weather forecast in
(4)______________________to plan a day out (5)__________________ what to do at the
weekend, (6)__________________ for some organizations an accurate forecast can be
(7)____________________ to plan their operations and (8)_________________ even save lives.
For (9)_______________________, airlines must be aware of severe weather and the possibilities
of ice and snow at airfields. Even with regular daily flights, airlines can save money by getting
pilots to fly at altitudes that avoid strong head winds and so use (10)_____________________
fuel.
3. ORAL SKILLS
Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:
A. AN AFRICAN SCHOOL GIRL SONG
Beat, beat, beat, dears beat the golden grain,
For food builds up the sinears and stimulates the brain,
Just as you beat rice, dears, with your pestle in your hand,
You beat distrust and bloodshed, out of Africa our land.
Clean, clean, clean, dears, clean the silver fish,
Drop its shimmering, shinning scales, then lay it on the dish,
Tis destined in the future, young Africans, like you
Shall clean away the scale that hides true African from view.
Burn, burn, burn, dears, burn, the sweat palm oil,
And every mother’s son, dears, will thank you for your toil,
For in the years to come, dears while other nations shout,
You’ll burn the heart of Africa, till all its dress burns out.
Grind, grind, grind, dears, grind pepper ripe and red,
For they’re many hungry, eager, strong, black lads who must be fed.
Your dear black hands that guide the stone, will remain faithful still,
To guide and comfort Africa, when passing through life’s mill.
i) Describe the rhyme scheme for the above poem. 2mks)
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ii) Identify and explain any two (2) sound patterns used in the poem. 2mks)
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iii) What sound features are responsible for rhythm in the following lines? 2mks)
Line 6 ……………………………………………………………………………………….
Line 9 ………………………………………………………………………………………..
iv) Write another word that is pronounced the same way as the following words used in the
poem. 2mks)
a) For ……………………………………………………………..
b) Red …………………………………………………………….
c) You……………………………………………………………...
d) all………………………………………………………………..
B. Rabala ruo rabuon – Luo
(Baldhead man swallow potatoes - English)
i) Classify the above item. (1mk)
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ii) Identify and illustrate the most outstanding styles used in the genre. (2mks)
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iii) What is lost when the above item is translated from the original language?
(2mks)
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iv) What are the functions of the item above? (2mks)
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C. Choose the word with the correct stress in the following pairs of words given below.
(5mks)
a) ‘Common – com’mon
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b) ‘Happy – Ha’ppy
c) ‘Marry – Ma’rry
d) ‘Occur – Oc’cur
e) ‘Refer – Re’fer.
D. Imagine you have been invited to give a talk to members of a local youth group in your
village on the dangers of dung and substance abuse. What preparations would you make
in readiness to deliver the speech? (3mks)
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E. Read the following dialogue and then answer the questions that follow;
Supervisor: Linda why have you done this memo so badly?
Linda: I am sorry Sir, the computer…….
Supervisor: Stop giving excuses about the computer. Do you consider this work? It is
so unprofessional what did you learn in school?
Linda: Sir, it is just that the computer broke down and by the time it was repaired,
it was too late to do anything so I typed the memo in a hurry.
Supervisor: Do you consider this a memo? Were you ever trained or how did you get
the job?
Linda: Sir, I am sorry, let me write another one.
Supervisor: Your should have thought about that before doing such a shoddy job!
i) Give three reasons why the supervisor’s apporoach to problem solving is wrong. (3mks)
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ii) What does Linda do in order to resolve the conflict? (2mks)
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iii) Briefly explain the cause of the problem above and how it could have been resolved.
(2mks)
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