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Peng 011: English Question Paper

Peng 011: English

Course:Pre-University Programme (Pre-University)

Institution: Kabarak University question papers

Exam Year:2011

KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2011 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE CERTIFICATE OF PRE-UNIVERSITY ENGLISH
PENG 011: ENGLISH
DAY: THURSDAY DATE: 22/03/ 2011
TIME: 2.00 – 4.00 P.M. STREAM: SEM 1

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Answer ALL the questions in this paper.
2. All your work must be neat.

SECTION A: 15 MARKS
1. Explain the following grammatical concepts giving suitable illustrations for each
(a) Subject
(b) Predicate
(c) Phrase
(d) Clause
(e) sentence

SECTION B: 15 MARKS
2. (a) Give five functions of capitalization. (5 mks)
(b) Describe any two functions of the following punctuation marks and for each
an illustration. (10 mks)
(i) Colon
(ii) Comma
(iii) Full stop
(iv) Quotation marks
(v) Hyphen

SECTION C: 15 MARKS
3. (a) Distinguish between the following: (10 mks)
a) Common and proper nouns (2 mks)
b) Mass and collective nouns (2 mks)
c) Main and auxiliary verbs (2 mks)
d) Transitive and intransitive verbs (2 mks)
e) Attributive and predicative adjectives (2 mks)
(b) Change the following sentences from active to the passive voice
i) Juliet arranged the books (2 mks)
ii) Apii will announce the thief today (2 mks)
iii) KDF bombed Alshabaab hide outs (2 mks)
iv) Bill Gates invented the computer
v) Alex Ferguson lost the trophy (2 mks)

SECTION D: 15 MARKS
4. (a) Describe the airstream mechanism employed in the production of English
language speech sounds. (2mks)
(b) Distinguish between voiced and voiceless sounds and for each give examples.
(4mks)
(c) Explain the difference in the production of the following speech sounds
and for each give examples. (4mks)
i. Nasal sounds
ii. Oral sounds
(d) Describe the manner of a stimulation of the following sounds and give examples
for each.
i) Plosives
ii) Fracatives
iii) Laterals
(e) Give the phoretic symbolic for each the underlined speech sound
i) judge
ii) church

SECTION E: 15 MARKS
5. (i) What a paragraph (1mk)
(ii) State three types of paragraphs (3mks)
(iii) Give three characteristics of a well written paragraph (3mks)
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(iv) Give instances of the following types of reading (3mks)
a) skimming
b) scanning
c) intensive reading

Peng 011: English Question Paper

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