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English Paper 1(Functional Skills) Form 4 Term 2 Question Paper
English Paper 1(Functional Skills) Form 4 Term 2
Course:English
Institution: Form 4 question papers
Exam Year:2016
ENGLISH
PAPER I
(Functional skills)
2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS
Answer ALL the questions
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
The following is an invoice of books you had ordered from Hekima Book Suppliers. However, upon receiving the books you notice the mistakes in the invoice which include quantity books supplied and the prices charged. The mistakes are marked.
HEKIMA BOOKS SUPPLIERS INVOICE
QUANTITY----TITLE-------------------------PRICE
1. 200------The River and the source------350
2. 180*-----Poems Aplenty-----------------270
3. 130------Caucasian Chalk Circle--------300*
4. 150*-----When the Sun Goes Down--------350
i) As the H. O.D English, write a letter of complaint to Hekima suppliers. In your letter indicate your dissatisfaction and ask them to deliver the eight quantities at the prices earlier discussed.
(10 marks)
ii) Write a memo to members of the department to pick the books for their respective classes on a given date
(10 marks)
2. Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate word.
(10 marks)
A bill has finally…………………………..(i) introduced in parliament seeking to effect the much talked about………………………………….(ii) of the 8-4-4 education system. The bill seeks to restructure the education system to ……………………………. (iii) it to current global trends ………….. (iv) best practices in order to make competitive ………………………. (v)
The new education system will encourage students to …………………………. (vi) in areas they are good at early enough then take …………………….. (vii) paths that are related to that at ……………….. (viii) higher education level. …………………….(ix) dissuade students from rote learning that has steeped 8-4-4, the new system will focus on ……………………………… (x) learning that appreciates more than just books
3. a) Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
ADONAIS
I WEEP FOR Adonais – he is dead!
O, weep for Adonais! Though our tears
Thaw not the frost which binds so dear ahead!
And not thou, sad hour, selected fro all year
To mourn our loss, rouse thy obscure compeers,
And teach them their own sorrow say; with me
Died adonais; till the future dares
And echo and a light unto eternity.
i) Identify two pairs of rhyming words in this poem.
(2 marks)
ii) Illustrate instance of alliteration and assonance in the poem.
(2 marks)
iii) How does the punctuation in the first line of the poem influence the reading of the poem.
(2 marks)
b) Provided a word which sounds the same as each of the following.
i) Bail
ii)Cede
iii) Find
iv) Doe
c) Underline the odd word out in the following sets. (4 marks)
i) shelf film wolf folk
ii) Stock Stalk port court
iii) Look shook stood fool
iv) purse advise lose cause
d) Suppose you are a newspaper reporter who has been asked to interview an important person. How would you start off and conclude your interview?
(4 marks)
e) You are listening to your schoolmate as he is practicing his English verse for music festival. You noted that he has got it all wrong on the rate of presentation. Give him suggestion on how to avoid speaking too fast.
(4 marks)
f) Imagine you have visited a friend who has been bereaved. You are called upon to give your condolences. What should you put into consideration concerning your speech and its delivery
(3 marks)
g) Two people entered the staffroom in your school and tried to sell books. Although the teachers listened to their presentation very keenly, they did not buy any. They were simply not convinced. Evaluate the following message and point out why the teachers could not believe them.
(5 marks)
1st Salesperson:Good morning teachers
All teachers:Good morning to you
1st Salesperson:Well, we are selling a book here(displaying four books) entitled success
Assured; It has volume one and two. The book is specifically designed for
Candidates. It is written by experts and comprehensively covers all subject
This means you won’t have to buy other revision materials. Most revision
Books available at present are not exhaustive as this one. It provides
adequate preparation for your candidates.
2nd salesperson:And of course the price is pocket friendly. The book is very good I assure
You. Fancy yourselves celebrating great KCSE performance with your students.
We have been to several school and sold very many copies already. The book is
Hot cake.
1st salesperson:Oh yes! (pointing at the book on the table). AS you can see we have only
These ones left. But with your order, more can be delivered immediately. If
You persuade all your candidates to buy, your copies will be greatly
Discounted.
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