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Bomet District English Paper 1 Question Paper

Bomet District English Paper 1

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
JULY / AUGUST 2008
2 HOURS

BOMET DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)2008

101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2008

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

? Write your name and index in the spaces provided above.
? Answer ALL the questions in this question paper.
? ALL your answers must be written in the spaces provided in the question paper.

For Examiner’s Use Only
Question Maximum Score
1 20
2 10
3 30
TOTAL SCORE

This paper consists of 7 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 have applied for a job with a company. Write a Curriculum Vitae(CV) that you will submit alongside your application.
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Q2. Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate
word. (10 marks)

When President Kibaki and Prime Minister – designate Raila Odinga (i)...........................the National Accord and Reconciliation, .............................(iii) the country celebrated.
The celebration soon (iii)................................. way to anxiety, (iv)...............................was anticipating the (v)................................. of a lean coalition cabinet, (vi)..................................is obviously expected to cause (vii) ..................................... to Kenyans.
The future is (viii)............................ if the trend that has been set in the last 100 days is anything to go (ix).............................................................
Many Kenyans may be lamenting about the (x)......................................food prices and high cost of living, but the worst is yet to come.
(SUNDAY STANDARD 6-4-08)
Q3.
(a) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

A MILITANTS POEM
Mother
I have a gun of iron
Your own son
He whom one day you saw
Chained
(and wept
as though the chains had bound
and cut
Your own hands, your own feet)
Your Son is free now, mother,
Your Son has a gun of iron
My gun,
I will shatter all the chains
I will open all the prisons
I will destroy all the tyrants
I will give the land back to our people.
Mother, it is beautiful to fight for freedom
In every bullet I shoot, there is a message of justice
And old dreams wake like birds
In the hour of Combat, in the battle front
Your image comes close to me,
It is for you too, I am fighting, mother
That you should not have tears in your eyes.
By Jorge Rebelo

(i) Identify a pair of rhyming words (2mks)
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(ii) Which word would you stress in line 12? Explain your answer. (2mks)
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(iii) Why do you think line 5 is very short? How would you recite it? (2mks)
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(iv) What makes line 17 musical and rhythmic? (2mks)
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(v) From the poem, identify two different pairs of words that are pronounced in the same way. (2mks)
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(b) Study the following tongue twisters and answer the questions that follow.
1. Peter piper picked a piece of peckled brown paper
2. Better Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter
3. Whence, weary woman, wailing worn with work.
4. When wounded womb, will wisdom, will.
(i) For each tongue twister, identify instances of use of alliteration (2mks)
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(iii) Why is the use of alliterations an important feature in tongue twisters? (2mks)
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(c ) Koech was part of the audience listening to a speech delivered by the director of
Youth Affairs on how to empower youth. After the speech the Director asked them questions on the key issues which featured in the speech, Koech could not remember much. What do you think Koech failed to do during the speech? (4mks)
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(d) For each of the words below give another word with the same pronunciation. (6mks)
(i) Wet ………………………………………………….
(ii) Soar …………………………………………………
(iii) None ………………………………………………….
(iv) Would …………………………………………………
(v) Mail ………………………………………………….
(vi) Tide …………………………………………………
(e) Complete the following dialogue.
Secretary: Hello, Biashara Academy. Can I help you?
You:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………....................................................................................... (2mks)

Secretary: He is not available right now. Is it that urgent?
You……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….................................................................. (2mks)

Secretary: In that case shall you leave a message or .....
You : (Interrupting………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ........................................................................................... (2mks)

Secretary: Okay, you are welcome.

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