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Kirima District Mock - English Paper 1 Question Paper
Kirima District Mock - English Paper 1
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Mock question papers
Exam Year:2009
Name………………………………………………………. Index No. …………………………….
School …………………………………………………….. Candidates Signature…………………
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101/1
ENGLISH
(Functional Skills)
Paper 1
July/ August 2009
Time: 2 Hours.
KIRIMA JOINT EVALUATION TEST - 2009
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
101/1
ENGLISH
(Functional Skills)
Paper 1
Time: 2 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
• 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 6 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
1. One of your friends visited you recently and greatly enjoyed a meal you had prepared for him. He wants to prepare the meal for six friends who are visiting him soon. (20mks)
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Refrain
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2. Fill each blank space in the following space in the following passage with the most
appropriate word. (10mks)
Citizens used to (1)_______________________that political leaders would observe the principles of
good governance simply (2)___________________they were expected to.
(3)___________________; it appears most leaders on the continent have replaced intergrity with
reckless impunity that has (4)____________________Africa in chaos. (5)___________________ in office are also supposed to be (6)_____________________to the people that entrusted them with the (7)_______________________of leading them. (8)_____________________, the political elite in the
continent see people as a means to an end. In many counties these days, Kenya included, politics has
become the easiest way to make money. Electioneering is seen as an (9)___________________ with extremely lucrative returns when campaign loyalties are (10)________________________with
appointments in the government of the day.
3 (a) Underline the silent sound in the following words (4mks)
i) bourgeois
ii) breach
iii) Phlegm
iv) duvet
b) Read the following song and answer the questions that follow (7mks)
KANYANG’ANA (A KIDAWIDA SATIRICAL SONG)
Me-mrunde eeh, she really stole eeh
She stole a hen, she really stole eeh
Refrain
She stole a shed, no doubt she stole
She stole a walking stick, no doubt she stole
Me-mrunde eeh, she really stole eeh
She stole clothes, she really stole eeh.
Me-mrunde eeh, she really stole eeh
She stole a cat, she really stole eeh.
(Adapted from oral literature: A journal course by A.S. Bukenya and M. Gachanja)
QUESTIONS
(i) Give characteristics of an oral performance used in the song (2mks)
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(ii) What features of an oral performance are lost when this song is written down? (5mks)
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(c) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow (7mks)
THE SMILING FACE
Staring at me from the window
Down upon my head on the pillow
This legendary round cheese
Smiling from the sky with ease
So beautiful, so bright.
Bathing me in such a mellow comforting light.
i) Describe the rhyme scheme of this poem (2mks)
ii) If the poem were to be read aloud, what effect would the scheme described in (i) create?
(3mks)
iii) What kind of facial expressions would you exhibit as you recite the poem? (2mks)
d) You are addressing a group of standard one pupil. How can you tell that they are not paying attention to your speech. List five things (5mks)
e) A friend of yours calls to invite you to a birthday party. Below is part of the telephone conversation. Fill in the other part. (7mks)
Friend: Hello, can I talk to Cynthia?
Parent: Hello, please hold on.
(parent calls out and hands over the phone)
You: ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
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Friend: On Saturday at my home.
You: …………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Friend: At 2.00pm
You: …………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Friend: Oh! All our friends! Cherono, Njeri, Korir, Kemunto, John and others.
You: …………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Friend: A big cake, ‘nyama choma’, soda, biscuits and lots of music.
You: …………………………………………………………………………………………….
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Friend: Bring for me any gift you wish
You : ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
Friend: Thank you. Goodbye. See you then.
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