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Nandi North District - English Paper 1 Question Paper
Nandi North District - English Paper 1
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Mock question papers
Exam Year:2007
Name………………………………………………… Index No. …………………….
School ………………………………………………...
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
(Functional Skills)
JULY / AUGUST
2 HOURS
NANDI NORTH DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION-2007
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
(Functional Skills)
JULY / AUGUST
2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
• Write your name, School and Index number 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
QUESTION 1 (20 MARKS)
Imagine you sat for your K.C.S.E examination last year and attained an A mean grade. You also recorded grade A in English, the first ever in your former school’s history. You are invited to give a speech to the current Form Four Class on the secret behind your sterling performance in English. Describe what you are engaged in at the moment as you wait to join the university and what your future plans are. Write a speech that you would deliver on this occasion.
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QUESTIOIN 2
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate word.(10mks)
Early last month, the court of appeal supported a decision by the high court to
(1) ………………………………… a man to death after he had (2) ………………………….. a
young girl. The interesting aspect to this case was that the (3) ……………………………….., Maina, was not charged with a sexually related offence, in particular the offence of defilement, (4)………………………………………. with murder.
The facts of the case are as follows; On October 7, 2006 at 4.oop.m, a girl aged about seven years was playing with her (5) ……………………………….. sister who was about three years (6)
…………………………………., outside their parent’s home. Her mother was at home, busy with the
domestic (7) ………………………………………………….
Maina, who lived about two farms away, approached the fence and asked (8) ……………………… her
husband was (9) ……………………………… When informed that he was not around, he (10)
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Question 3
a) (i) Point out the odd word, in each group of words according to the pronunciation of the underlined letter.
(2mks)
Stomach tomb
Result too
Salt today
ii) Identify, by underlining, the letter that is silent in the pronunciation of the following words.
(2mks)
debris
fracas
iii) Add another homophone to the following pairs of words (2mks)
pair, pare, ………………………………………………………………………………………
road, rode, ………………………………………………………………………………………
b) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow. (14mks)
The Secret of the machines
We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine,
We were melted in the furnace and the pit_
We were cast and wrought and hammered to design,
We were cut and filed and tooled and gauged to fit.
Some water, coal and Oil is all we ask,
And a thousandth of an inch to give us play:
And now if you will set us to our task,
We will serve you four and twenty hours a day!
We can pull and haul and push and lift and drive,
We can print and plough and weave and heat and light,
We can run and jump and swim and fly and dive,
We can see and hear and count and read and write!
and so on.
Rudyard Kipling
(i) Describe the rhyme scheme in the poem above. (2mks)
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(ii) Explain ways through which the poet has achieved rhythm in the poem above. (4mks)
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(iii) How would you say line 12 of this poem? (2mks)
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c) The long lorry rolled along the Limuru road.
(i) Classify the genre above. (2mks)
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(ii) Identify and illustrate two sound features employed in the genre above. (2mks)
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(iii) State two functions of the genre above. (2mks)
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d) Imagine that you wish to vie for a parliamentary seat in Budalangi Constituency. You have been invited to the KNN television studio for an interview on why you have shown interest in the same. Fill in the spaces of the interview below. (Read through the conversation first before writing your responses) (10mks)
Interviewer: Good evening and welcome to our show tonight. Can you begin by
introducing yourself?
You : ……………………………………………………………………………………
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(2mks)
Interviewer: If I may ask, what has prompted you to join politics?
You : ……………………………………………………………………………………
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(2mks)
Interviewer: Are you, in any way suggesting that the incumbent member of parliament
doesn’t stand a chance of being re-elected?
You :
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(3mks)
Interviewer: (interrupting) And how do you intend to achieve all this?
You : ……………………………………………………………………………………
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(2mks)
Interviewer: Finally, which population do you wish to target as you go out for your
campaigns?
You : ……………………………………………………………………………………
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(1mk)
Interviewer: Thank you very much for being our guest tonight. We wish you all the best
during this electioneering year
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