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English Paper 1(2006) Question Paper

English Paper 1(2006)

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2006

101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
(FUNCTIONAL SKILLS)
OCT./NO.2006
2HOURS
THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
K.C.S.E
ENGLISH PAPER 1

TIME: 2HOURS
Question 1 (20mks)
You are the chairperson of your school?s Wildlife Conservation Association (WICA).
Your group has just come back from a visit to a national park in a neighbouring country.
Write a report to the patron of WICA about the trip. In your report indicate what you
accomplished, the problems you experienced and what cautionary measures you would
take during trips.
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Question 2 (10mks)
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate word.
There was time when telecommunication 1………………Africa was nearly non-existent.
With the 2……………of one or two more developed nations, most African countries
3 …………… infrastructure and telephony was out of reach for 4………………. of the
population. But mobile telephony has 5……………. a lot of that and has demonstrated
Africa?s 6……………. to leap-frog older technologies with new ones more 7………….
to the environment.
Telecommunication in Africa is growing 8………….. there is room for improvement and
development. A number of new networks 9………. coming up all over the continent and
the African telecommunication market is growing 10………. The driver of this growth?
Mobile telephony.
(Adapted from African Business, May 2004)
Question 3
a) Read the oral narrative below and then answer the questions that follow.
Nyasaye (God) wanted to put a stop to the rampages of death-death which claims the
lives of everyone
Young and old
Boys and girls
Men and women
Strangers and kinsmen;

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Death which kills
The innocent and the guilty
Chiefs and their subjects
The healthy and the sick
The wise and the foolish.
So one day he sent a servant to earth with a message for all his people. “send me an
offering of fresh, untainted fat,” he ordered. “It should be as clean and sparkling as the
moon.” Hearing this, the people slaughtered a goat, removed its pure white fat, and
placed it in a clay dish overspread with fine fresh leaves.
Now they summoned Ngo?ngruok, also known as Haniafu the Chameleon, and ordered
him to take their offering to Nyasaye. They also fashioned a long pole that reached up to
heaven where Nyasaye dwells in his glory. This was the path Ng?ongruok would follow
when carrying their offering.
But Ng?onguruok accidentally soiled the fat with his clumsy feet, and on his arrival
before Nyasaye, presented a dirty and unsightly offering. Nyasaye was furious and
rejected it, shouting: “tell the people of earth that because of this insult they must
continue to die, just as their ancestors have done!”
Ng?ongruok descended from heaven delivered Nyasaye?s message, and returned the
offering to the people. Ever since then, alas death has continued to ravage human beings.
For his clumsiness, Ngo?ngruok was cursed by the people. Hence, he must always walk
on all fours, and his steps must be hesitant and slow. That is why you will always see him
carrying one leg raised from the ground as he tries to decide exactly where to tread.
(Adapted from: keep my words by B. Onyange-gutu and A.A Roscoe)
i) What would you do in order to capture the audience?s attention before you begin
to tell this story? (2mks)
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ii) Explain two ways in which you would make the narration of lines 20 to 23 of the
story effective (4mks)
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iii) Mention two ways in which you would know that you audience in this story is
fully participating in the performance. (4mks)
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b) For each of the words below write another word that is pronounced in the same
way.
Heir…………………………………………………
Weather…………………………………………….
Base………………………………………………..
Mourning………………………………………….
c) Read the poem below and answer the question that follow.
Isatou died
When she was only five
And full of pride
Just before she new
5 How small a loss
It brought to such a few
Her mother wept
Half grateful
To be so early bereft.
10 And did not see the smile
As tender as the root
Of the emerging plant
Which sealed her eyes
The neighbours wailed
15 As they were paid to do
And thought how big a spread
Might be her wedding too
The father looked at her
Through marble eyes and said;
20 “Who spilt the perfume
Mixed with morning dew?”
Lenrie Peters
(From: The Earth Is Ours. Edited by Ian Gordon)
i) Identify any two pairs of rhyming words in this poem. (2mks)
ii) Which words would you stress in line 2 of this poem, and why? (2mks)
iii) How would you say the last two lines of this poem? (2mks)
d) You have lost your luggage on your way back to school. You decide to report the
matter to the nearest police station. Below is part of the conversation between you and the
police officer at the reporting desk. Fill in the other part. (Read through the conversation
first before writing your responses).
You:…………………………………………………………………………………………
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(2mks)
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Police Office: (Interrupting) Easy. I am sorry about what happened but before you go
into the lost items, please give me your full name and address.
You:…………………………………………………………………………………………
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(2mks)
Police Officer: That is good. Now go ahead and tell me what happened, without leaving
out any important details.
You:…………………………………………………………………………………………
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(3mks)
Police Officer: From which schools are the students who alighted before you? You see, it
is possible that your box was off loaded from the bus by mistake especially because
another box that nearly resembles yours was left behind.
You:…………………………………………………………………………………………
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(2mks)
Police Officer: Good. At least that is a starting point; we will get the box from the bus
then go to that school to make enquiries.
You:………………………………………………………………………………
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