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Nzambani District Mock-English Paper 1 Question Paper
Nzambani District Mock-English Paper 1
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Mock question papers
Exam Year:2011
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101/1
ENGLISH
(Functional Skills)
PAPER 1
JULY/AUGUST
2 HOURS
NZAMBANI DISTRICT JOINT EXAMINATION - 2011
Kenya certificate of secondary education (K.C.S.E)
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name in the spaces provided above.
Answer ALL the questions in this paper in the spaces provided.
This paper consists of 5 printed pages.
101/1 English paper 1
Candidates should check to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
1. Imagine that you have just collected your form four national examinations results. You have passed
extremely well in English. Write a thank you letter to your English teacher. (20 Marks)
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2. Cloze text.
Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word. (10 Marks)
Most of our villages are greatly (1)………….……………by the rising rate of insecurity. Barely does a day (2)………………………….. before one hears of a burglary here or a carjacking there. Majority of the (3)………………..…………….are innocent citizens (4)…………………….…………..have toiled for years to acquire the property they have. What is particularly (5)……………………………….is the fact that the authorities do not seem to be doing (6)……………………………… Although the police
(7)…………………………..has come up with the idea of community policing, a lot still remains to be done.
Sometimes it is (8)……………………….……..for people to reveal the identity of the culprits if they are members of their families. (9)……………………….……… this is the only way we can root out the bad elements from our communities. (10)………………….…………… this happens, we will always cry over
spilt milk.
3) a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:-
Rhythm of the pestle
Listen - listen
Listen to the palpable rhythm
of the periodic pestle,
plunging in proud perfection
into the cardinal cavity
of maternal mortar
At each succeeding stroke
The grain darts, glad to be scattered by the hard glint
of the pestle’s passion
By Richard Ntim
i) Explain with illustrations how the poem achieves its rhythm. (4 Marks)
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ii) If you were to recite this poem, what aspects would you use to enliven it? (3 Marks)
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iii) Identify three words from the poem with silent letters and underline the silent letter(s). (3 Marks)
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b) Write another word which is pronounced the same as the following words; (6 Marks)
i) Story
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ii) Blue
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iii) Led
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iv) Boy
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v) Queue
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vi) Heir
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c) Imagine that you have been requested to present a speech to form one students on the importance of
etiquette in speech. How would you ensure that your speech delivery is effective? (6 Marks)
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d) Underline the words with long vowel sounds (5 Marks)
Lot Loud Could
Farther Lord Card
Should Moan Sort
Showed More god
Father Shower
e) You are listening to Ngugi wa Thiogo giving a talk on the themes of colonialism. Explain what you
would do to ensure that you benefit from the talk. (3 Marks)
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