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Nyamira District Mock - English Paper 1 Question Paper
Nyamira District Mock - English Paper 1
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Mock question papers
Exam Year:2007
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101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
(FUNCTIONAL SKILLS)
JULY / AUGUST
TIME: 2 HOURS
NYAMIRA DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION-2007
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
(FUNCTIONAL SKILLS)
JULY / AUGUST
TIME: 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all the questions in this question paper.
• All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in the 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)
Recently, in the Daily Nation advertisement, a vacant position of a sales trainee was advertised. In response to this, write a detailed curriculum vitae (resume) that would enable you to secure the
vacancy.
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2. CLOSE TEST
Read the passage below and put the most appropriate word. (10mks)
Circumcising men routinely across Africa (1) ………………………………………. prevent
millions of (2) ………………………………. from Aids, World Health organization
researchers and colleagues (3) ……………………………………. today. (4)
………………………………… analysed data (5) ………………………………………. trials
that showed men (6) …………………………………….. has been circumcised had a
significantly lower risk of infection with the Aids virus.
Researchers believe (7) ……………………………………. helps cut infection risk
(8) …………………………………………. the foreskin is covered in cells the virus seems
able to ( 9) ………………………………………….. infect. The virus may also survive better
in a warm, wet (10) …………………………………….. like that found beneath a foreskin.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)
i) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow
THE CROW
Crows on the swing!
What grace as they sing.
Rising and diving
Like fish in the billows
In the willowy air;
or softly as feathers
From broken pillows
Crows on the swing;
What a symphony sings
The wind in their wings
As they swoop and they rise
To the see; to the skies
As they float in the light
Air, like fragments of night.
Questions
a) Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem. (2mks)
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b) (i) Comment on the rhythm of the poem. (1mk)
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ii) Describe how the rhythm has been achieved. (2mks)
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c) How will you say the 2nd line of the first stanza. (1mk)
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d) Which two words will be stressed in the 3rd last line. Explain. (3mks)
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ii) There was a break-in in the dormitory last night and you as the dormitory prefect went
to report to the principal. Complete the dialogue below.
Principal : Come in Matunda. How can I help you?
You : ……………………………………………………………………………
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Principal : By who and at what time? I don’t understand.
You : ……………………………………………………………………………
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Principal : Was anything stolen?
You : ……………………………………………………………………………
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Principal : Do you have any suspect? I mean could it have been done by one of
you?
You : ……………………………………………………………………………
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Principal : Motieri? I which form four class? I have never come across him.
You : ……………………………………………………………………………
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Principal : Oh! I see. That is the boy who came in after being expelled from
Makonkori High School.
You : ……………………………………………………………………………
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Principal : Fine, How do we pick up from here? Well, ask Motieri to see Mr. right
now.
You : ……………………………………………………………………………
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Principal : Tell them to make an inventory of what they have lost and let them see
me at break time. Anything else?
You : ……………………………………………………………………………
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Principal : It’s ok and keep your eyes open and your ears on the ground.
(8mks)
iii) Provide words that are pronounced similar to the following words. (5mks)
a) awe ………………………………………………..
b) blew ……………………………………………….
c) guilt …………………………………………………
d) idol ………………………………………………..
e) profit ………………………………………………..
iv). Assuming you are a nursery school teacher and you are teaching them English, they seem to be disinterested and un attentive. Explain what you would do to make them get the content of
your lesson. (3mks)
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v) Read the following genre and answer the questions that follow.
(i) Proper prior planning prevents poor performance.
(ii) Boys of poor background behaving properly perform.
Questions
a) Identify the genre. (1mk)
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b) Which sounds are being drilled in (i) and (ii) above. (2mks)
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c) Write an example of the above genre from your own community. (1mk)
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d) What would be lost if your (c ) above is translated into English. (1mk)
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