Name ………………………………… ADM No. ………….……. /………

101/1 Candidate’s Signature ……….………..

ENGLISH Date ……………………………….…… Paper 1

(Function Skills)

January 2021

Time:2 hours

MOI HIGH SCHOOL-KABARTONJO

P.O. Box 2197200400, Cell phone: 0721624897 Email: gradeplusconcept@gmail.com.

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1. Functional Writing (20 marks)

Assume you have completed your secondary school education. There is an advert in the ‘Daily News’ about scholarships in a South Africa university. Write to Sotho University of South Africa, P O Box 29701, Sotho land, South Africa, to enquire all the necessary details you require about the scholarship and send it via email.

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2. Cloze Test (10 marks)

Fill the dash with the most appropriate word.

When preparing for examinations, the use of the mind is encouraged 1——————- than dull rote learning. Thorough preparation for an examination

2———————– anxiety and helps in passing the examination. This can be achieved when one 3 ————————————good foundation at the outset.

To have a good foundation, the 4————————————-should make sure that essential points in a topic are understood 5—————————————-moving to another topic. One should also guard 6———————————————–being left behind, but should 7——————————————————- to cover the ground as the course progresses. The learner should also develop a 8——————————————of making notes 9————————————–What she/he learns and reviews 10——————————————– notes at intervals, starting with the simpler ones and progressing to the harder ones.

3. Oral Skills (30 marks)

( a) Read the following oral poem and answer the questions that follow.

The Mop by GatheruGathemia

What more do you see in me? What more than a mop to be used To wash once you have fed.

What more do you see in me? What more than a fridge

To store all your garbage ideas.

What more do you see in me?

What more than a dummy recorder

To reproduce the dictates of your tyranny.

What more do you see in me?

What more than a soft object

To toy with whenever you want game What more do you see in me?

(i) Identify three (3) features of oral poetry in the poem. (3 marks)

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(ii)If you were to perform the song how would you make it interesting? (3 marks)

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(iii) Which words would you stress in stanza 3 line 3 and why? (3 marks)

(iv) Give the homophone for each of the word below. (3 marks)

See——————————you—————————to————————–

Give two examples where each of the following letter are silent. (5 marks)
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Describe the intonation patterns in the sentences that follow. (5 marks)

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(iv) I would like tea not juice please. ————————————————————————–

(v) Who would have dreamt of such a long holiday! ——————————————————-

If you are the chairperson of a discussion group. What is your role in the group?

(5 marks)

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For each of the word given below, identify the number of syllables. (3 marks)

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PAPER 2 101/2

(Comprehension, Literary Appreciation and Grammar)

2021

2 ½ hours

1. Comprehension (20 marks)

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

In 1962, what began as an isolated fit of laughter in a group of schoolgirls in Tanzania rapidly rose to epidemic proportions. Contagious laughter spread from one individual to the next and between communities. Fluctuating in intensity, the laughter epidemic lasted for around two and a half years and during this time at least fourteen schools were closed an about a thousand people afflicted. Laughter epidemics, big and small, are universal. Laughter yoga an innovation of Madam Kataria of Mumbai, taps into contagious laughter of her Laughter Yoga clubs. Members gather in public places to engage in laughter exercises to energise the body and improve health. Kataria realized that laughter is only needed to stimulate laughter- no jokes are necessary. When we hear laughter, we become beasts of the herd, mindlessly laughing in turn, producing a behavioral chain reaction that sweeps through our group.

Laughter is a rich source of information about complex social relationships, if you know where to look. Learning to ‘read’ laughter is particularly valuable because laughter is voluntary and hard to fake, providing uncensored, honest accounts of what people really think about each other. It is a decidedly social signal. The social context of laughter was established by 72 student’s volunteers in my class, who recorded their own laughter, its time of occurrence and social circumstances in small note books (laugh logbooks) during a one-week period. The sociality of laughter was striking. My logbook keepers laughed about 30 times more when they were around others than when they were alone- laughter almost disappeared among solitary subjects.

Further clues about the social context of laughter came from the surreptitious observation of 1,200 instances of conversational laughter among anonymous people in public places. My colleagues and I noted the gender of the speaker and audience (listener), whether the speaker or the audience laughed, and what was said immediately before laughter occurred. Contrary to expectation, most conversational laughter was not a response to jokes or humorous stories. Fewer than 20% of pre-laugh comments were remotely jokelike or humorous. Most laughter followed banal remarks such as ‘Are you sure?’ and ‘It was nice meeting you too.’ Mutual playfulness, in-group feeling and positive emotional tone- not comedy- mark the social settings of most naturally occurring laughter. Another counterintuitive discovery was that the average speakers laughs about 46% more than the audience. This contrasts with the scenario of standup comedy – a type of comedy in which a non-laughing speaker presents jokes to a laughing audience. Comedy performance in general proves an inadequate model for everyday conversational laughter. Analyses that focus only on audience behavior (a common approach) are obviously limited because they neglect the social nature of the laughing relationship. Amazingly, we somehow navigate society, laughing at just the right times, while not consciously knowing what we are doing. In our sample of 1,200 laughter episodes, the speaker and the audience seldom interrupted the phrase structure of speech with a ha-ha. Thus, speakers may say ‘You are wearing that? Ha-ha,’ but rarely ‘You are wearing-haha-that?’ The occurrence of laughter during pauses at the end of the phrase, and before and after statements and questions suggest that neurologically based process governs the placement of laughter. Speech is dominant over laughter because it has priority access to the single vocalization channel, and laughter does not violate the integrity of phrase structure. Laughter in speech is similar to pronunciation in written communication.

What epidemic is the author talking about? (2 marks)
Why was the epidemic alarming? (2 marks)
The author describes laughter as contagious, what does he mean? (2 marks)
What is the relation between laughter and social circles? (2 marks)
Why did the author engage the 72 volunteers? (3 marks)
In note form, identify what the author discovered about laughter. ( 4 marks)
What do we deduce from the 1,200 conversations? (2 marks)

(h) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.

(3 marks)

i) Fluctuating in intensity
ii) Solitary subjects

iii)Surreptitious

Blossoms of the Savannah by H. R. Ole Kulet (25 marks)

Read the following excerpt an answer the questions that follow.

Joseph Parmuat felt differently. When he went back to his house that evening after coaching the girls, something seemed to have changed dramatically. He recalled Taiyo’s dazzling smile and the way her beauty filled him with enchantment. But the enchanting feeling seemed to have evaporated fast and in its place, his heart was now filled with a devastating feeling of hopelessness. There was a strange emptiness in him, a sort of hollowness he had never experienced before. His heart was desolate like a deserted house.

He could not place the problem. He had won the heart of the girl he ardently admired. That should have filled his heart with exhilaration. Instead, it was filled with a frightening premonition.

Yes, he now knew. He was like a fish that had just jumped out of water in pursuit of one morsel, but was now finding itself unable to breath and was on the verge of death. Yes, it had swallowed the morsel, but what good was it to its body if it died? It was now desperately trying to wriggle back into the water. Was the morsel worth the risk the fish had taken and nearly lost its dear life? The morsel was enticing, succulent and luscious, although they may not be equally attractive and enticing. Did he have to abandon Nasila culture in exchange of a woman who sneered at its tenets? Was she one who could, be tamed or was she like a wild donkey? Even if she could, how would he ever jump the hurdle of her status that negatively described her as being among intoiyenemengalana?

Briefly explain what happens before this episode. (4 marks)
Describe how Joseph was feeling and the reasons for this feeling. (3 marks)
What role was Joseph playing in Ole Kaelo’s house? (3 marks)
‘He was like a fish that had just jumped out of the water in pursuit of one morsel………but now on the verge of death.’ Explain why Joseph thinks of himself this way.

( 4 marks)

Apart from simile, identify two other stylistic devices in the excerpt. (4 marks)
What is the meaning of intoiyenemengalana? (2 marks)

(g) Explain the decision that Joseph finally makes concerning the matter at hand. (3 marks)

(h) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt. (2marks) i) desolate

ii)succulent

3. Poetry (20 marks)

Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

Alone With Everybody

the flesh covers the bones and they put a mind in there and sometimes a soul, and the women break vases against the walls

and the men drink too much

and nobody finds the one but keep looking crawling in and out of beds flesh covers the bone and the flesh searches

the hospitals fill

the graveyards fill

nothing else fills.

Briefly explain what the poem is about. (4 marks)
Explain the setting of this poem. (2 marks)

Identify three stylistic devices in the poem and their effect. (6 marks)
What is the tone of the poem? (3 marks)

f) How do people try to fill the emptiness in them according to the poem? (2 marks)

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3. Grammar

Rewrite the following sentences according to instructions given. (5 Mks)
- Martin is a man of integrity. He refused to take bribes. (Join using participle)

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My uncle talked to the doctor. The doctor was treating my aunt. (Join using a relative pronoun)

Each of the actors have been dressed and are ready to perform for half an hour. (Rewrite correctly)
Let the dog be freed. (rewrite in active voice)

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When Kamau bought this house he did not know that the planes passed over it every twenty minutes. (Rewrite using beginning: If….)

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Fill in the dash with the correct form of word in brackets. (5 Marks)
I have eliminated—————————————–customs demanded by (numeral)
The oil spill did —————————————– .harm to the beach. (repair)
You will be held —————————————If anything happens to the (count)
- Kipchoge openly criticized the plan as ———————————– (practice)

After the first few days of ———————————— the stalks are examined daily to test the progress of the retting. (immerse)

(c) Rewrite the following sentences using the words in brackets and turn the underlined words into either comparatives or superlatives. (5 marks)

(i) The adjudicators agreed that our play was good. (unanimously)

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ii) The prospective Olympian failed to lift small weights. (unable)

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(iii) Often, the unemployed youth everywhere turn to crime and this is especially true in the towns. (nowhere)

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(iv) Someone can compute as fast as a computer. (no one)

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(v) The two tennis players are as good as the rest of the contingent. (aren’t)

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101/3 ENGLISH

Paper 3 (Imaginative Composition and Essays based on Set Texts) 2021

2 ½ hours Paper 3

Imaginative composition (20 marks)

Either

Write a story and ensure it uses the following words: suitcase, letter, doctor Or

Write a story based on the following saying, “ What goes around comes around”

2.The Compulsory Set Text (20 marks)

Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House

True love drives individuals to conquer mountains. With illustrations from A Doll’s House, write an essay in support of the above statement.

3 The Optional Set Texts (20 marks)

A person’s inner will to live can see them through near death experiences. Support this truth basing your evidence from the short story, “No Need to Lie” by Rolf Schmid in the “Memories we lost and other stories” by Chris Wanjala.

Money cannot buy true joy. Write a composition to illustrate this statement using Inheritance by David Mulwa.

Sometimes in life, we miss out on things that we obsess a lot about. Justify the

truth of this statement using John Steinbeck’s, “The Pearl”

ENGLISH PAPER 1

TRIAL 4

2021

MARKING SCHEME

Functional Writing (20 marks)

Letter of Inquiry

Format of an official letteri.e sender’s address, date, recipients address, salutation, subject, valediction.

Body

Introduction- source of your information. Who are you? e.g a student who sat for the national exam and scored a grade A Explain in details which information you need:

Which degree programs are offered? When does the academic year begin?

Who qualifies for the scholarship?

Does the scholarship include accommodation and travel?

To: Recipients email address

From: Sender’s email address

Subject: Inquiry about Scholarship

Date: Time:

The official letter enclosed in here.

The letter should be enclosed in a frame and at the top include

	1. rather 2. reduces 3. lays	4. learners	5. before 6. against
	7. strive 8. habit 9. of	10. These
3.	Oral Skills		(30 marks)

(10 marks)

(a)(i) -Repetition – What more do you see in me?

-Metaphorical language – What more than a dummy recorder

– Direct address – Use of ‘you’ e.g ‘to wash once you have fed’

(ii) how to make the oral poem interesting in performance

use of gestures for instance line 1 of each stanza point on your chest

when enquiring

’What more do you see in me?’

-Use a sarcastic and annoyingly when answering “ What more than a mop/ a fridge/ but a

…dummy recorder, to illustrate the persona feels demeaned.

Facial expressions that are contorted and folded on the fore head and lips

slanting

down as if in disgust. Especially when asking ‘What more….

line 3 To reproduce the dictates of your tyranny. Stress falls on

-reproduce, dictates, tyranny they bring out the contempt the persona feels towards the subject who is harsh.

Homophone: see….sea, you….ewe to….two/too (b) words with silent letters examples:

/n/ – column, condemn, hymn

/g/ – gnat, align, reign. Sign

/u/ – guess, build

/s/ – apropos, chassis

To call upon individual members to contribute to the discussion.
To keep the discussion focused on the topic.
To keep the discussion rolling in terms of continuity.
To control the tempers of the speakers such that the discussion does not become a

(e) syllables: Cabinet- 3 syllables firewood – 2 syllables establishment – 5 syllables

ENGLISH PAPER 2

TRIAL 4

2021

MARKING SCHEME

Comprehension (20 Marks)

What epidemic is the author talking about? (2 marks)

The writer is talking about laughter epidemic that was in Tanzania in 1962. It started in one school and spread to about fourteen others.

Why was the epidemic alarming? (2 marks)

It was alarming as it had lasted almost two and a half years. It was contagious. It had spread to almost fourteen school.

The author describes laughter as contagious, what does he mean? (2 marks) Contagious means it is highly infectious from human to human. Anyone who was in contact with somebody with the laughter epidemic also got it.
What is the relation between laughter and social circles? (2 marks) That laughter is a rich source of information about complex social relations. Through observing people laugh one can gather information that explains their behavior.
Why did the author engage the 72 volunteers? (3 Marks)

The 72 were student volunteers who the other picked to research on when and why the laughed. They recorded their laughter and they laughed more when they were with others.

In note form, identify what the author discovered about laughter. ( 4 Marks)
- The students laughed more when in the company of others than in solitary subjects.
- Most conversational laughter is not a result of jokes or humour.
- Mutual playfulness, in-group feeling and positive emotional tone mark the social settings of most naturally occurring laughter.
- Most laughter occurs naturally as people interact with one another.
What do we deduce from the 1,200 conversations? (2 marks) Laughter occurs naturally not due to comedy or humour but as a way of sharing feelings in a conversation or in speech.
Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage.

(3 marks)

Fluctuating in intensity – to shift back and forth with power or more energy

Solitary subjects-alone with others in the study(72 volunteer students) involved in the study

Surreptitious- undercover/ secretive

Blossoms of the Savannah by H.R. Ole Kulet
- Taiyo had emotionally confessed to love Joseph and was ready to take the risk despite the Nasila culture considered them as siblings. Joseph had retaliated the same- loved Taiyo. Taiyo suggests that they should take it slow before exposing the affair to her father. She compares the affair to a war zone and is determined to win over the culture and in day join Emakererei in the venture.
- Joseph feels hopeless and helpless as reality sets in. He knows deep down it is a futile journey as the culture was stronger that their love.

Joseph Parmuat was coaching/ teaching the girls (Taiyo and Resian about traditional music and dance. This was after Taiyo had requested her father to let him. He was also to teach them some home truths.

The simile is used to illustrate that though Joseph had confessed to love Taiyo, he now realizes that was just but a moment of weakness. Just like a fish jumps out of water and kills itself, his decision could have far much terrible repercussions that could be tragic. It is also a premonition of what could happen later on in the novel as JOseph is killed in Taiyo’s rescue mission.
Rhetoric questions- e.g ‘Did he have to abandon Nasila culture in exchange for a woman who sneered at its tenets?’ Joseph is reconsidering if Taiyo was worth sacrificing his cultural ways considering that Taiyo was derided by the same culture.

Metaphor-Taiyo and other girls who have abandoned the ways of Nasila (had not undergone the cut) are referred to as morsels- something enticing for a moment but in the end not worthy dying for. (Do not accept other styles

already in the questions)

It is a derogatory term used in reference to Maa women/girls who have not been circumcised but have chosen
r of an Ilmolelian elder who was of Iloorasha-keneji like Joseph’s father, which means she was consider a sister by culture. Nasila culture was too valuable to be abandoned in exchange of a woman’s love. Therefore, his decision was to adhere to Nasila culture and decline Taiyo’s love affair.
desolate-unhappy and lonely succulent- juicy, admirable and enticing

Poetry (20 marks)
- The poem is about desperation and loneliness throughout one’s life and futility of physical attachment only. It brings out the futility of mankind without spiritual attachment and lack of fulfilment. What awaits each and every one is death. “they put a mind ….and sometimes a soul.

Nobody ever finds the one.

The setting is in the modern times or days where the spiritual and emotional unity of soul is lacking and our innermost desire for love and bonding remain unfulfilled.
The title of the poem ‘Alone with everybody’ is an oxymoron. Though the poem inflicts a sense of loneliness. The title means either we are alone even though many people surround us or the fact that we are alone like everybody else.
Repetition – ‘nobody finds the one’’ nobody ever finds the one’. Used to emphasise on the anguish of the lack of someone with whom to bond spiritually.

Symbolism – clumps, junkyards, symbolize trash. The hospitals, madhouses are symbols of sickness which leads to death- graveyard.

Metaphor – madhouse; a place of anguish.

The tone is hopeless or detached

The persona says that the creation of human being is completed but often the fulfilment of the soul isn’t: he says they put a mind and sometimes a soul. The persona describes the worthlessness of physical pleasures.

To fulfil the void and loneliness people turn to drinking and body pleasures. ‘ the men drink too much….but keep looking crawling in and out of beds

Grammar (15 marks)
- (i) Refusing to Martin is a man of integrity.
  - My uncle talked take bribes, to the doctor who was treating mu aunt.
  - Each of the actors has been dressed and is ready to perform for half an hour.
  - You, free the dog.
  - If Kamau knew that the planes passed here every twenty minutes, he wouldn’t have bought the
- (i) innumerable (ii) irreparable iii) accountable (iv) impracticable

immersion

((c) (i) The adjudicators agreed unanimously that our play was the best.

The prospective Olympian was unable to lift the smallest weight.
Often the unemployed youth everywhere turn to crime and nowhere is this more true than in the towns.
No one can compute faster than a computer.

(vi) The two tennis players aren’t better than the rest of the contingent

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ENGLISH PAPER 3

TRIAL 4

2021

MARKING SCHEME

(a.) This must be a flowing story and must make use of the three words: suitcase, doctor, letter. If not deduct 2AD.

1 (b.) It must be a story, if not deduct 4 marks. The story must illustrate the saying. The proverb means that our choices have consequences. The candidate should not explain the meaning of the proverb. The meaning of this saying should come out in the imaginative narration they give.

PENALIZE FOR GROSS ERRORS (agreement, tense, spelling, contractions, misuse of CAPS, sentence constructions and ridiculous use of vocabulary)
Check the candidates’ communicative competency (correctness, accuracy, fluency, pleasantness, intelligibility and accuracy)

COMPOSTION GRADING

– Competent communication (16-20 marks)
– Fluency (11-15 marks)
– Constrained communication (6- 10 marks)

D- No communication at all (1-5 marks)

2.Compulsory set text : A Doll’s House

True love drives individuals to conquer mountains. With illustrations from A

Doll’s House, write an essay in support of the above statement.

When people love their families genuinely, they overcome all barriers to make them happy. This is true in the case of Nora, Mrs. Linde in A Doll’s House

T1 NORA

Nora truly loves her husband, Helmer, and cannot stand to lose him. She takes a 250 pounds loan from Krogstad to ensure her husband recovers. To get this loan, she is ready to commit a fraud, forging her father’s loan as a woman in this society is not privileged to take up a loan and handle serious financial matters. She affords to take her husband to the South for almost a year as he suffered from overworking. This accessing of a loan is a selfless act done out of love. T2 MRS.

LINDE

Mrs. Linde jilts her lover, Nils Krogstad and gets married to an older, richer man whose prospects were promising unlike Krogstad’s. Mrs. Linde is actually a selfless and self-sacrificing woman who sacrifices her true love to Krogstad so that she can take care of her bedridden sick mother and her younger two brothers. She has to bear staying in a loveless marriage so long as she affords taking care of her sick mother and her helpless two brothers. This sacrificing of love is a selfless act done out of true love to her own family.

True love drives individuals to conquer mountains.

T3 ANNE THE NURSE

Nora confesses to Anne that she wonders how Anne could have the heart to put her own child out among strangers. Anne tells Nora that she did out of love to provide for her daughter and work was a chance a poor girl should be clad to have. The father of her child did not do a single thing for Anne, so she had to take care of Nora as a child, and later, Nora’s children. Anne sacrifices the chance to bring up her own daughter so as to provide for her for she was poor.p.50

. When Mrs. Linde offers herself to Nils so that they can be married, Nils is excited and sacrifices blackmailing The Helmers. He sends a letter to the Helmers saying he he regrets and repents blackmailing them and returns the loan bond. He says that a happy change in his life has made him to do this (p. 106). Krogstad’s true love to Mrs. Linde changes him from a fraud to a loving and caring man.

CONCLUSION

People can go to many lengths for their loved ones.

( a) . A person’s inner will to live can see them through near death experiences.

Support this truth basing your evidence from the short story, “No Need to

Lie” by Rolf Schmid in the “Memories we lost and other stories” by Chris Wanjala.

INTRODUCTION

Rolf survived the cancer battle mainly because his will to live was greater than his will

to die. This is evident from his memoir, “No need to lie”.

W1 FAMILY WILL

When Rolf is diagnosed with cancer, his will to live surpasses his will to die. He is determined and thought, if it is cancer, he could battle and win but if it were AIDS, it would not have been so. He was also determined to live for his children, his wife, and had a business and a future “No I am not going to die.”

W2 HIS RESILIENT PERSONALITY

Rolf had an ardent personality kept him from giving up. “When I was at my lowest, I summoned the faces of my children one by one as a visual reminder of the reasons I had for living.” He prayed and took a deep breath when he went for radiation treatment. He kept telling himself. “You can’t die, not now.”

W3 FEEDING METHOD

Rolf realizes that for him to beat cancer, on top of his self will to live, he needed to devise a method of eating .He would go to the bedroom with half inch rubber pipe, insert it in his throat and pour the fluid food and water through it right into his food pipe. Though it was painful and torturous, he knew it was the only way to beat cancer. W4 CHEMOTHERAPY

Rolf undertakes his chemotherapy sessions courageously. Even when he knew how sick it made patients feel, hair loss even going bald, he come to terms with it as he resolved to outlive this cancer. His attitude to chemo sessions even with its ugly side effects made Rolf survive cancer. His friend Alberto tells him his survival and reaction depended on mind over matter. He decides to prove that cancer is a process that requires a strong will power, food and optimism.

Conclusion

Rolf live to tell the story because of his will power, mental and physical strength against cancer

obsess about Kino’s pearl. “They got out papers so that they put their pearls in the desks for it is not good to let an inferior pearl be seen beside a beauty” p. 69. When they negotiate, ‘the dealers hand had become a personality.” P. 71 when Kino grabs the pearl from them, the dealers “knew they had played too hard they knew they would be disciplined for their failure

L2 THE SCORPION BITE

When Coyotito is stung by the scorpion, Kino and Juana rush him to the doctor. Although Kina is aware that the doctor was not of his people, and could kill the doctor more easily that talk to him. (p. 26). Later when the doctor learns Kino had found the pearl of the world, he has great expectations of benefiting from the pearl. He hopes to get a chance to go back to Paris and live his once prestigious life. He is willing to compromise a baby’s health so as to benefit in Kino’s pearl. He never got to be paid his dues as Kino did not sell the pearl in the city.

L3 THE PRIEST

When father heard that Kino had found great fortune, a great pearl, he goes to Kino’s home and tells him that he hoped “they will remember to give thanks, my son, to him who has given them this treasure….”( p.48). Expectations were that if the pearl was not bought, it could have been given to the church. (p. 42, 47, 63, 68)

L4 THE ATTACKERS

Attempts are made by thieves to make away wife Kina’s pearl. The night before he goes to sell his pearl, a thief comes to steal it but both Kino and the thief are hurt.

(p.59) .The thieves also pursue Kino his family as they go to sell the pearl.

Before he leaves the house, he is attacked and searched. When Juana’s went he throw the pearl away, Kino attackers her. He is as well attacked by an assailant when he kills. (p. 86)

He is further pursued to the mountains where he kills his assailants and his son Coyotito is killed. (p. 115)

L5 BEGGARS

When grapevine reaches beggars about the pearl of the world, they have great expectations for “they knew that there are no alms given in the world like a poor man who is suddenly lucky” (p. 42), Every man suddenly became related to kina’s pearl and kina’s pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the future, the wishes, the heeds, the lusts, the hungers….” (p.43)

L6 KINO

Kino and his family have great expectations from the pearl. In the pearl he saw Juana and Coyotito and himself standing and kneeling at the high alter…. being married, how they were dressed. Juana in a shawl stiff with newness…” Then to come with little things Kino wanted (p.44). He knew the pearl would see Coyotito join school.

CONCLUSION

Though it is good to have high hopes and expect to achieve our desires, it is also importance to know that sometimes we can fail and get frustrated.

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MAMUSUALWAJO JOINT EXAMINATIONS 2020

ENGLISH

PAPER 1

2 HOURS

Please ensure that your paper has 7 printed pages

1 FUNCTIONAL WRITING 20 MARKS

Although the government has announced that the rest of the students will report back to school next month, a lot has to be done in preparation. Your school Principal appoints a committee of six to look into the current state of the school facilities and draw recommendations on what needs to be done. The committee has been given three days to complete this exercise. As the secretary to this committee, write the report.

2.CLOZE TEST 10 MARKS

Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.

A figure of speech is the use of a word (1)…………………………. diverges from its normal meaning, (2)…………………………. a phrase with a specialized meaning not based (3)…………………………. the literal meaning of the words in it. This (4)……………………… metaphors, similes, or personification. Figures of speech are abundant in every form of writing; they (5)…………………………. provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity. (6)…………………………., clarity may also suffer from their use, as any figure of speech introduces (7)…………………………. ambiguity between literal and figurative interpretation. It’s helpful, though, to avoid certain clichéd figures of speech as they are worn out (8)…………………………. overuse, and can make your writing seem (9)…………………………. or uncreative. It’s best to use them sparingly in formal writing, like essays. Use a figure of speech if it (10)…………………………. something unique to the piece you’re writing.

(Adapted from Writerstreasure.com)

ORAL SKILLS 30 MARKS
a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

I summon up remembrance of things past,

I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought

And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste

Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,

For previous friends hid in death’s dateless night,

And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled woe,

And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.

Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,

And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er.

The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,

Which I now pay as if not paid before.

But if the while I think of thee, dear friend,

All losses are restored and sorrows end.

William Shakespeare

Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem above. (2mks)
Identify the most dominant sound pattern used in this poem. (2mks)
Which words would you stress in the last line and why? (2mks)
b) Read the following dialogue between Portia and the principal then answer the questions that follow.

Principal: Welcome Portia, please have a seat.

Portia: (After sitting down) Sir, why did you call me?

Principal: I would like us to have a little chat about…

Portia: I have not done anything wrong; you can even ask Ejidiah, the class prefect I

was with her the whole day yesterday.

Principal: Actually, the reason I called you is because…

Portia: Speak louder. I can’t hear you.

Principal: (in a louder voice). The reason why I sent for you is because I have just received

news from…

Portia: (shouting). Jacky! I knew that fool could not be trusted with a secret. Okay, its

true that Ejidiah and I sneaked out of school yesterday but we were hungry, really

hungry. All we did was buy a loaf of bread and then came back to

school.

Principal: Portia, I wish you could listen to me. The reason why I called you here is because

I have received news that you have won an award in the creative writing contest

that you entered last year. I have a cheque here for you. However, you have raised

a matter that I would love to attend to without further delay. Please go and call

Ejidiah. By the time you get back I will have decided on the best punishment for

you two.

How does the principal establish rapport with the student? (2mks)
b) Prove that Portia is a poor listener. (2mks)
c) What evidence is there in the dialogue to suggest that Portia demonstrates lack of etiquette in her speech? (4mks)
d) Pick out the word in which the underlined part is pronounced differently. (4mks)
Empty free key quay
Arch march search monarch
shepherd toughphase Physiotherapy
Cortege montage siege seizure
e) Read the oral literature item below and answer the questions that follow.

Slipperiness knows no king.

Identify an element of musicality contained in the proverb above. (2mks)
Explain how the audience would be involved in reciting this proverb. (2mks)

iii. Cite two things that would make you know that an audience has understood the proverb cited. (2mks)

You are having a group discussion with your colleagues on the set text ‘Blossoms of the Savanna.’ One of your group mates is contributing to the discussion but you are eager to chip in with something. State any three cues that would tell you that it is your turn to make a contribution. (3mks)
Imagine you have been invited to give a speech on the topic “ Devastating effects of Covid 19.” State three introductory strategies of your speech. (3mks)

SUKELLEMO JOINT EVALUATION TEST

KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

ENGLISH PAPER 2

101/2

COMPREHENSION, LITERARY APPRECIATION AND GRAMMAR

DECEMBER 2020

TIME: HOURS

COMPREHENSION

Read the passage and answer the questions.

At the start of this week, 1.3 million people had officially died on account of Covid-19 world-wide. According to the World Health Organisation, another 55 million people had contracted the virus. It was a bitter-sweet week as far as efforts to battle the virus are concerned. On one hand was the great news of a second vaccine with a 95 per cent efficacy rate. We also saw leading capitals tighten travel, school ban and other containment measures as the second wave of the pandemic batters many regions

Locally, the situation seems to mirror the global positions, albeit on a less scale, but the numbers of fatalities and infections are rising. We have lost 1,300 compatriots, with 73,000 more having encountered the virus. A casual glance on our neighbourhoods, social media and obituary pages back this, suggesting the official tally might be conservative due to unreported cases. The occasional infection of a public figure reminding us that we are not out of the woods yet. Medics and scientist continue burning the midnight oil to understand Covid-19 better and its symptoms, or lack of them witnessed in different people.

Though clear patterns of symptoms in fever, fatigue, breathing difficulty and loss of taste and smell were identified early, the last few months have seen some patients report a wide range of unexplained signs like longer infection periods and mental challenges such as anxiety, memory problems even depression. Even more intriguing has been the asymptomatic cases and cases of certain people in a family contacting the illness while others remain healthy. Add that to the fact that, Africa appears to suffer disproportionately lower rates of infection and mortality, its dilapidated health systems notwithstanding.

It is going to take time before someone can explain this incongruent picture. What is clear in the interim is that our world has dramatically changed, perhaps for the better. Traditionally, countries have spent colossal amounts of money building armies to deter global bullies. Now it appears potential threats to humanity must be re-assessed and budgets adjusted. It might be an unknown virus and not a nuclear bomb that will bring the world to its knees. The most secure nations are likely to be those with highly diversified risk registers and commensurate investment to build capacity to confront such.

The early travel bans and overflowing hospitals in the developed world was another rebuke to developing nations to prioritise health. The fact that some regions have been affected more than others is another sobering lesson. With the 21^st century having experienced its fair share of protectionist tendencies and inward-looking policies, the pandemic has highlighted the need for concerted effort to ensure no part of the globe is left behind in modernising its health systems. Who knows, a future pandemic, may see the less affected regions serving as refuge centres and provide manufacturing hubs for drugs.

Perhaps it is time to build longer bridges and not towering walls. The pandemic has shone the spotlight on the place and role of global information systems and co-operation among nations. The future will likely be more secure if pandemics and other threats are reported early and containment measures quickly activated. Covid-19 has painfully reminded us of the dividend of tackling a problem early and at source, before it grows wings.

Questions

Why are the efforts to battle the virus bitter-sweet? (2mks)
What measures were put in place to contain the 2^nd wave of infection? (2mks)
Explain these expressions as used in the passage; (2mks)
- … not out of the woods yet
Burning the midnight oil.
In note form what are the symptoms of Covid-19. (3mks)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Identify 2 instances of irony in the passage. (4mks)
In about 40 words, summarise the lessons the pandemic has highlighted. (4mks)

Rough draft

Final copy

Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage; (3mks)
Efficacy
Asymptomatic

………………………………………………………………………………………

Colossal

EXCERPT

Read the excerpt below and answer the questions

He was very helpful and he agreed to accompany them to the village where the girl was, and help them rescue her. They were about to give up the rescue mission after several attempts to distract the guards had failed. But the man from Nasila was able to lure the whole team of guards to a beer party at a nearby village, leaving the girl unguarded.

It was then that the rescue team stuck! Amidst screams of terrified women, the barking of fierce dogs, braying donkeys and mowing of cattle, they entered the hut where the weak and sickly girl lay. They carried her and scampered away fast, like men fleeing from a burning village for three kilometres, to the spot where they had left the vehicle. And they were lucky to have escaped, for immediately they put her onto the vehicle and they themselves had jumped into it, the fierce-looking guards arrived, breathless, but fuming furiously and brandishing all sorts of deadly weapons.

On seeing that they had been outsmarted, they resorted to throwing stones at them, but by then the four-wheel drive vehicle had shot past the range of their missiles.

Regrettably, they learnt later that the man who assisted them so much and enabled them to rescue the girl, was speared to death by those thugs who accused him of tricking them so the girl could be stolen. The girl had, however, arrived safely and she was in fair condition although she was shocked, traumatised and terribly emaciated. She said the girl still found it difficult to walk, for the injuries inflicted to her by the enkamuratani’solmurunyahad not yet healed.

Minik was thinking of how best to broach the matter in her mind. For a moment she wondered if it was the right time to bring out in the open the matter which she knew would be very painful to the girl who was just recovering from her own trauma. But she knew she could not hide the truth for long. It had to be revealed sooner so that counselling sessions could be put into place soon. Bracing herself appropriately, she quietly and coolly dropped the bombshell.

Questions

Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4mks)
In which place did the rescue team find the weak and sickly girl? (1mk)
‘bracing herself appropriately, she quietly and coolly dropped the bombshell.’ What was the bombshell? (2mks)
Describe the relationship of the man who assisted the rescue team with the weak and sickly girl. (2mks)
Discuss two outstanding themes in the excerpt. (4mks)
How is Minik portrayed in this excerpt. (4mks)
What is the role of Minik as shown in the rest of the text. (3mks)
How has hyperbole been used in the excerpt? (2mks)

‘but the man from Nasila was able to lure the whole team of guards to a beer party at a nearby village, leaving the girl unguarded.’ Rewrite this sentence beginning with a participle phrase. (1mk)
Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt. (2mks)

Scampered
Outsmarted

POETRY (20 MARKS)

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow

CIVIL WAR

In this land

Graveyards have no markers

For blood flows freely

Into the gutter

Where corpses abide

In restless sleep

In this land

Kinship is long dead

And the insiders prevail

A neighbours hand

In darkness hidden

Stifles yet another victim’s light.

In this land

The window blows across the neglected fields

Promising yet another spectacle

Of hollowed eyes and pinched skins

Trudging and falling to the unyielding trains

Of self-destruction

In the air

The whiter dove

Flutter with change

And perhaps

It would be better if this symbol of peace

Were established in the souls of the people

In this land

Questions

What is the poem about? (2mks)
Who is the persona in this poem? (2mks)
Identify any two features of style used in the poem and explain their effectiveness. (6mks)
Describe the tone of the poem. (2mks)
Explain the significance of the last stanza in relation to the title of the poem. (2mks)
Give the meaning of the following lines as used in the poem. (2mks)
i) kinship is long dead
ii) stifles yet another victims light.
What is the attitude of the persona towards the subject matter? (2mks)

What is the mood of the poem? (2mks)

GRAMMAR (15 marks)

Rewrite the sentence below filling in the gap with the correct form of the word in brackets. (1mk)

Annah was scolded for the ……………………………. (order) in her room.

Punctuate the following sentences appropriately (1mk)

In case of any disagreement the teacher said consult the principal

Underline the adjective in the sentence below and state whether it has been used predicatively or attributively. (1mk)

Your watch looks expensive

Choose the correct word from those in brackets. (1mk)

(All over sudden/ all of a sudden) ……………………………………………………………there was a loud bang on the door.

Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined idiomatic expression (1mk)

Advertising revenue in the new financial year has got off to a flying start.

Rewrite the following sentence using one word to replace underlined (1mk)

The workers jobs may be put at risk if you purchase the machine

Supply a question tag to the following statements. (1mk)

John hardly ever studies

Explain the ambiguity in this sentence. (1mk)

“Did you see the girls with a telescope?”

Combine the following sentence using a participle phrase (1mk)

I had seen the photographs of the place. I had no desire to go there.

Replace the phrasal verb underlined in the sentence below with one word that means the same. (1mk)

They fell out over the decision and hardly speak to each other anymore.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Rewrite the following sentence according to the instructions. (do not alter the meaning) (1mk)

This is the singer. Her songs are beautiful (join into one sentence using a relative pronoun)

Rewrite the following sentence using substitution. (1mk)

Neema passed with flying colours. Her sister Kinya passed with flying colours too.

Complete the following sentences with the correct order of adjectives in brackets. (1mk)

I used to drive……………………………………………………………………………………………. car. (blue, old, German, expensive, saloon)

Fill the gaps with a suitable preposition. (1mk)

I am vexed…………………………………. her for stealing my books.

Fill in the blank spaces with the correct article. (1mk)

What is…………………………………………………………………………. ewe?

101/3

ENGLISH PP3

DECEMBER – 2020

(Imaginative Composition and

Essays Based on the Set Texts)

TIME : 2 ½ hours

SUKELLEMO MOCK JOINT MOCK

Kenya Certificat of Secondary Education

Imaginative Composition (Compulsory) (20 marks)

Either

Write a story to illustrate the saying:

Do not judge a book by its cover.

(b)Write a story ending: I realized that the shortest way home is not always the quickest.

Compulsory Set Text (20 marks)

Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House

‘The price of great sacrifice and love in a marriage is the risk it won’t be paid.’ Using illustrations from Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House, write an essay in support of this statement.

3. The Optional Set Texts (20 marks)

Answer any one of the following three questions.

Either

(a) The Short Story

Chris Wanjala (Ed.), Memories We Lost

Drawing examples from Rolf Schmid’s short story “No Need to Lie’ write a composition on the topic: “Living with cancer does not have to be a death sentence.”

(b) Drama

David Mulwa, Inheritance

Illustrating your answer with examples from ‘Inheritence,’ write an essay entitled:

‘The effects of greed.’

John Steinbeck, The Pearl

Write an essay supporting the proposition that: ‘Juana is the embodiment of reason in Steinbeck’s novel, ‘The Pearl.’

SUKELEMO EXAM

Marking scheme

English paper 1

Functional writing (20mks)

Format (3mks)

acknowledge those present in order of seniority f1
Greetings f1

iii. Conclusion –thank the audience for listening f1

Body/ content (10 mks)

Should have preamble after greetings – I’m privileged to give this talk…. C1
Include the purpose of the speech C2

iii. Discipline C2

Academic excellence C2
Importance of sports and games C2
any other relevant information C1

Language (7 mks)

6-7 A

4-5 B

2-3 C

1 D

CLOZE TEST 10 MARKS

The dictionary defines integrity as ‘the state of being completely unified.’ When I have integrity, my 1 wordsand my deeds match up. I am who I am, no 2 matter where I am or who I am with. Sadly, integrity is a vanishing commodity today. Personal standards are crumbling in a world that has taken to hot pursuit of personal pleasure and short cuts 3tosuccess. A person with integrity does not have 4 dividedloyalties nor is he or she merely pretending. People with integrity are ‘whole’ people; they can be identified by 5 their single-mindedness. They have nothing to hide and nothing to fear. Their lives are open 6books . They have 7established/ developed a system of values against 8 which all their life is judged. Integrity is not what we do so much as who we are. And who we are in 9 turn determines what we do. Our system of values is so much a part of us that we cannot separate it from 10 ourselves

ORAL SKILLS 30 MARKS
a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

I summon up remembrance of things past,

I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought

And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste

Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,

For previous friends hid in death’s dateless night,

And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled woe,

And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.

Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,

And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er.

The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,

Which I now pay as if not paid before.

But if the while I think of thee, dear friend,

All losses are restored and sorrows end.

William Shakespeare

Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem above. (2mks)

aaaababacdceff

Regular rhyme scheme

Identify the most dominant sound patterns used in this poem. (2mks)

Alliteration – sessions of sweet silent

With old woes new wail
grieve at grievances

Which words would you stress in the last line and why?(2mks)

Losses, restored, sorrows, end – 1mk

the persona feels relieved from sad experience now that he/she has a friend to share the problems with. 1mk

Must pick out the 4 words to score a full mark.

b) Read the following dialogue between Portia and the principal then answer the questions that follow.

Principal: Welcome Portia, please have a seat.

Portia: (After sitting down) Sir, why did you call me?

Principal: I would like us to have a little chat about…

Portia: I have not done anything wrong; you can even ask Ejidiah, the class prefect I

was with her the whole day yesterday.

Principal: Actually, the reason I called you is because…

Portia: Speak louder. I can’t hear you.

Principal: (in a louder voice). The reason why I sent for you is because I have just received

news from…

Portia: (shouting). Jacky! I knew that fool could not be trusted with a secret. Okay, its

true that Ejidiah and I sneaked out of school yesterday but we were hungry, really

hungry. All we did was buy a loaf of bread and then came back to

school.

Principal: Portia, I wish you could listen to me. The reason why I called you here is because

I have received news that you have won an award in the creative writing contest

that you entered last year. I have a cheque here for you. However, you have raised

a matter that I would love to attend to without further delay. Please go and call

Ejidiah. By the time you get back I will have decided on the best punishment for

you two.

How does the principal establish rapport with the student? (2mks)

The principal addresses the student by name.
The principal welcome the student and offers her a seat.

What evidence is there in the dialogue to suggest that Portia demonstrates lack of etiquette in her speech? (4mks)

The student is disrespectful- commands/ orders the principal to speak louder.
The student is rude- asks the principal “ did you call me?”
The student is abusive- calls one of the classmate a fool
She shouts at the principal/ in the principal’s office – “Jacky.” Shouting

Prove that Portia is a poor listener. (2mks)

Portia interrupts the principal several times
Jumps to conclusion ….fails to listen to the principal instead say that she knew…..

d) Pick out the word in which the underlined part is pronounces differently. (4mks)
Empty free key quay
Arch march search monarch
shepherd toughphase Physiotherapy
Cortege montage siege seizure
e) Slipperiness knows no king.
Identify elements of musicality contained in the proverb above. (2mks)

Alliteration – knows no

Explain how the audience would be involved in reciting to the proverb. (2mks)

I would say ‘Slipperiness knows…’ and leave the audience to complete by saying ‘no king’

iii. Cite two things that would make you know that an audience has understood the proverb cited. (2mks)

When they complete the proverb correctly
When they nod their heads
When they wear/show bright faces
When they smile

Any 2 points

You are having a group discussion with your colleagues on the set text ‘Blossoms of the Savanna.’ One of your group mates is contributing to the discussion but you are eager to chip in with something. State any three cues that would tell you that it is your turn to make a contribution. (3mks)

If a question is directed to you.
If the other party pauses –a pregnant pause
Use of body language e.g the speaker beckons you/ raises eyebrows/ or any other acceptable sign.

Imagine you have been invited to give a speech on the topic “Devastating effects of Covid- 19.” State three introductory strategies of your speech. (3mks)

Use a rhetorical question e.g Did you know that this pandemic has affected lives all over the world?
Use an anecdote e.g a sad personal story or assume you are a victim of covid-19
Cite startling /shocking statistics e.g Do you know how Covid-19 has claimed over a million?
Sing a song about the precaution against the pandemic e.g wash, wash your hands…
Cite authorities such as doctors and other health experts eg doctors have warned….

Any 3 points

SUKELLEMO JOINT EVALUATION TEST

KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

NAME:MARKING SCHEMEINDEX No:……………………….. ADM

COMPREHENSION

Questions

Why are the efforts to battle the virus bitter-sweet? (2mks)

The efforts to battle the virus are bitter-sweet because on one hand is the great news of the vaccine and on the other hand the dead of many people as well as the big number of those who had contracted the virus

What measures were put in place to contain the 2^nd wave of infection? (2mks)

The measures put in place to contain the second wave of infection include leading capitals tighten travel, school ban and other containment measures.

Explain these expressions as used in the passage; (2mks)
- … not out of the woods yet

This expression means that the world is not yet free from the difficulties/ problems/ challenges brought about by the virus.

Burning the midnight oil.

this expression means that scientist work until late at night to understand Covid-19 and its symptoms.

In note form what are the symptoms of Covid-19. (3mks)
Fever
Fatigue
Breathing difficulties
Loss of taste and smell
Longer infection periods
Anxiety
Depression
Memory problems

(Any 6 points mark each)

Identify 2 instances of irony in the passage. (4mks)
a) Its ironical for Africa to suffer disproportionately lower rates of infection and mortality despite its dilapidated health systems.
b) its ironical that an unknown virus and not a nuclear bomb will bring the world to its knees.

In about 40 words, summarise the lessons the pandemic has highlighted. (4mks)

Rough draft

Lessons the pandemic has highlighted are:

Some regions have been affected more than others.
The need for concerted effort to ensure no part of the globe is left behind in modernising its health systems.
Time to build longer bridges and not towering walls.
The place and role of global information systems and co-operation.

Note: the candidate must observe the rules of summary writing to score the full mark.

Answer should be written in prose for both rough draft and final copy
Deletion and addition of words should be done only on the rough copy
Number of words used should be indicated at the end
Fair copy should be clean/tidy

Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the passage; (3mks)
Efficacy

Effectiveness
Having the ability to produce the results that are wanted

Asymptomatic

Someone has a condition/ disease but does not show the symptoms

Colossal

Extremely large amounts of money.

EXCERPT

Questions

Place this excerpt in its immediate context. (4mks)

Minik sends a worker to fetch Resian. When Resian gets to Minik’s house, she senses that Minnik is angry and it turns out that she is unhappy of the new daring cases of arrogant predators who are challenging her for selfish gains; threatening her effort to fight female circumcision and forced underage marriages. Minik tells Resian of the unexpected events and the challenges the rescue team went through. She does this carefully not frighten Resian and eventually, quietly and coolly drops the bombshell that the rescued girl is Taiyo and the man killed during the rescue is Joseph Parmuat.

In which place did the rescue team find the weak and sickly girl? (1mk)

In a village called Esoit. She was in a home that was heavily guarded by Oloisudon’s men.

‘bracing herself appropriately, she quietly and coolly dropped the bombshell.’ What was the bombshell? (2mks)

That the rescued girl was Taiyo and that the man that was killed was Joseph Parmuat.

Describe the relationship of the man who assisted the rescue team with the weak and sickly girl. (2mks)

Taiyo and Joseph Parmuat were in a love relationship though Joseph had declined her love citing the reasons that he and Taiyo were considered related( a brother and a sister)

Discuss two outstanding themes in the excerpt. (4mks)

Conflict/ fear – the home in which Taiyo was kept was heavily guarded by Oloisudon’s men. When the rescue team struck, women in the hut where Taiyo was kept screamed in terror. The team managed to get into the hut, carried Taiyo and scampered away fast, like men fleeing from a burning village. They were lucky to have escaped, for immediately put her onto the vehicle and they themselves had jumped into it, the fierce-looking guards arrived, breathless, but fuming furiously and brandishing all sorts of deadly weapons. On seeing that they had been outsmarted, they resorted to throwing stones at them.
Death – the man who had assisted them so much and enabled them to rescue the girl, was speared to death by those thugs who accused him of tricking them so the girl could be stolen

How is Minik portrayed in this excerpt. (4mks)

Cautious – she wanted to approach the matter carefully not to frighten Resian. She knew Resian was still recovering from her trauma and could not, therefore, bear another traumatic experience.
Caring/ kind – she cared about the wellbeing of Resian and Taiyo. She did everything to ensure the girl (Taiyo) was rescued. She was kind enough not to cause more fear in Resian therefore she approached the mattercautiously.

What is the role of Minik as shown in the rest of the text. (3mks)

Minik is a feminist whose role is to rescue girls from forced marriages and FGM. Her fight against female circumcision and forced underage marriages had achieved tremendous success as she had rescued over 500 girls who were living in her ranch. Minik is aware of the new threats from the rich men who are challenging to outsmart her with their monetary prowess but she is as fierce as a wasp the reason she was nicknamed ‘wasp’ by Ole Supeyo. She is a well-known crusader against the retrogressive cultural practices that are against the girl child.

How has hyperbole been used in the excerpt? (2mks)

the ability of the rescue team to outsmart the heavily armed guards is over stated.

‘but the man from Nasila was able to lure the whole team of guards to a beer party at a nearby village, leaving the girl unguarded.’ Rewrite this sentence beginning with a participle phrase. (1mk)

Leaving the girl unguarded, the man from Nasila was able to lure the whole team of guards to a beer party at a nearby village.

Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt. (2mks)
Scampered

Run with quick steps in fear

Outsmarted

Defeated

POETRY (20 MARKS)

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow

Questions

What is the poem about? (2mks)

Poem is about civil war and its effects: e.g death (graveyards) blood flows, people maiming each other, relational deaths. (kinship long dead)

Who is the persona in this poem? (2mks)

A resident of the land, an observer in this land.

Identify any two features of style used in the poem and explain their effectiveness. (6mks)

Repetition – ‘in this land’. Emphasis on the fact that elsewhere things could be different but here

Metaphor – hollowed eyes and pinched skins. Maiming caused by injuries caused by war.

Symbolism – ‘whiter dove’ peace and optimism in the future.

Describe the tone of the poem. (2mks)

Angry – blood flows freely

Bitter – merciless killings serious in this land

Optimistic – white dove flutter with change

Explain the significance of the last stanza in relation to the title of the poem. (2mks)

Better days ahead if people’s hearts are changed

Give the meaning of the following lines as used in the poem. (2mks)
i) kinship is long dead

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

ii) stifles yet another victims light.

………………………………………………………………………………………

What is the attitude of the persona towards the subject matter? (2mks)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

What is the mood of the poem? (2mks)

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

GRAMMAR (15 marks)

Rewrite the sentence below filling in the gap with the correct form of the word in brackets. (1mk)

Annah was scolded for the disorderliness (order) in her room.

Punctuate the following sentences appropriately (1mk)

In case of any disagreement the teacher said consult the principal

“In case of any disagreement,” the teacher said, “consult the principal

Underline the adjective in the sentence below and state whether it has been used predicatively or attributively. (1mk)

Your watch looks expensive

Expensive – predicatively

Choose the correct word from those in brackets. (1mk)

(All over sudden/ all of a sudden) all of a sudden there was a loud bang on the door.

Rewrite the following sentence replacing the underlined idiomatic expression (1mk)

Advertising revenue in the new financial year has got off to a flying start.

Has started very well

Rewrite the following sentence using one word to replace underlined (1mk)

The workers jobs may be put at risk if you purchase the machine

Jeopardize NB: correct spelling

Supply a question tag to the following statements. (1mk)

John hardly ever studies

Does he?

Explain the ambiguity in this sentence. (1mk)

“Did you see the girls with a telescope?”

Using a telescope

Carrying a telescope

Combine the following sentence using a participle phrase (1mk)

I had seen the photographs of the place. I had no desire to go there.

Having seen the photographs of the place, I had no desire to go there.

Replace the phrasal verb underlined in the sentence below with one word that means the same. (1mk)

They fell out over the decision and hardly speak to each other anymore.

Quarrelled, argued

Rewrite the following sentence according to the instructions. (do not alter the meaning) (1mk)

This is the singer. Her songs are beautiful (join into one sentence using a relative pronoun)

This is the singer whose songs are beautiful.

Rewrite the following sentence using substitution. (1mk)

Neema passed with flying colours. Her sister Kinya passed with flying colours too.

Neema passed with flying colours; so did her sister Kinya.

Complete the following sentences with the correct order of adjectives in brackets. (1mk)

I used to drive expensive, old, saloon, blue, German car. (blue, old, German, expensive, saloon)

Fill in the gaps with a suitable preposition. (1mk)

I am vexed with her for stealing my books.

Fill in the blank spaces with the correct article. (1mk)

What is a ewe?

SUKELLEMO JOINT MOCK

101/3

ENGLISH

December, 2020

Marking Scheme

(Imaginative Composition and Essays Based on the Set Texts)

Imaginative Composition (Compulsory) (20 marks)

Either

Write a story to illustrate the saying:

Do not judge a book by its cover.

Expect a narrative
The candidate Must come up with a story in which a character pretends to be what they are not.

(b)Write a story ending: I realized that the shortest way home is not always the quickest.

Expect a narrative
It should end with the sentence given.
The candidate should come up with a credible story in which a character has gone through a short cut in a given situation after which they realize the dire consequences of doing so.

Compulsory Set Text (20 marks)

Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House

‘The price of great sacrifice and love in a marriage is the risk it won’t be paid.’ Using illustrations from Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House, write an essay in support of this statement.

INTRODUCTION:

Accept a plausible and convincing introduction. (2 Marks)

CONTENT/BODY (12 Marks)

Expect four points.

Mark: 3,3,3,3

Nora and the Loan
Nora and the care for the family

Nora’s submissiveness

Nora and Loan repayment
Nora’s decision to leave Helmer the children

CONCLUSION:

Accept a plausible conclusion. (2 Marks)

GRAMMAR: (4 Marks)

3. The Optional Set Texts (20 marks)

Answer any one of the following three questions.

Either

(a) The Short Story

Chris Wanjala (Ed.), Memories We Lost

Drawing examples from Rolf Schmid’s short story “No Need to Lie’ write a composition on the topic: “Living with cancer does not have to be a death sentence.”

INTRODUCTION:

Accept a plausible and convincing introduction. (2 Marks)

CONTENT/BODY: (12 Marks)

Expect four points

Mark 3,3,3,3

Food
Sporting activities

Desire to see family

Strong will and optimism
Positive attitude
Genuine friends

CONCLUSION:

Accept a plausible conclusion. (2 Marks)

GRAMMAR: (4 Marks)

(b) Drama

David Mulwa, Inheritance

Illustrating your answer with examples from ‘Inheritence,’ write an essay entitled:

‘The effects of greed.’

INTRODUCTION:

Accept a plausible and convincing introduction. (2 Marks)

CONTENT/BODY: (12 Marks)

Expect four points

Mark 3,3,3,3

King Katula’s poisoning
Purchase of an aircraft

Scattering of nation’s wealth

Goldstein’s advice to drive citizens out of their homes.
Murder of Juda Zen Melo
Land grabbing by councilor Chipande

Lending money to African states to make profit.

CONCLUSION:

Accept a plausible conclusion. (2 Marks)

GRAMMAR: (4 Marks)

John Steinbeck, The Pearl

Write an essay supporting the proposition that: ‘Juana is the embodiment of reason in Steinbeck’s novel, ‘The Pearl.’

INTRODUCTION:

Accept a plausible and convincing introduction. (2 Marks)

CONTENT/ BODY: (12 Marks)

Expect four points

Mark 3,3,3,3

Dangers of the Pearl
The second attack

The first killing

The flight to the north
Demand for the doctor
Scorpion bite

CONCLUSION:

Accept a plausible conclusion. (2 Marks)

GRAMMAR: (4 Marks)

FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 marks)

Barack Blessing is an exemplary character in your community. He had a troubled childhood but managed to beat the odds and go all the way to university. He ended up serving in various elective positions in the country. He contributed to development in the education sector significantly. He won several prizes within the continent as well as the coveted Nobel Prize for Peace. He is currently retired and has a stable family to back all his accomplishments. Write his Biography.

2.CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate word.

The way people speak, their tone, cadence, roughness or smoothness of voice, the way they 1._____________their hands and eyes, the way they stand 2. ________________ they are speaking to us, all convey 3.________________ These additional ways of communicating are all instances of non-verbal communication channels. Non-verbal messages supply different kinds of meanings 4. _____________the verbal ones.

With the 5. ________________of special situations, non-verbal messages either act to modify the meanings of the verbal 6._________________to transmit information 7. ______________ the general attitudes and feelings of the speaker. Non-verbal messages can be divided into three types, based 8. ____________the kind of energy involved in 9. _____________ transmission that is, aural (pitch, cadence, timbre, intonation, clarity of articulation) visual (Facial expression, eye contact, posture, gesture) 10._____________tactile (touch).

(Adapted from New Society and Culture: 1996)

ORAL SKILLS (30 MKS)
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow:

When I Saw Her

When I saw her, thought much I,

How fly she was for me!

Could I reach that steep high?

That’s what I’d love to see.

Well, it’s man’s greatest dream

To carry the heart of-

The one he loves with gleam

And brandish it high above

And shout, “She’s the one!”

I’ve found love in the most

Prohibited places and won,

It comes, goes like a ghost.

Should I go for it and get crowned-

A king and be a brutally hurt hound?

By Tony Brian

( Adapted from Millennial Voices: East African Poetry. Edited by Barrack Wandera,BrysonOmwalo,JohnMidega ,AdaloMoga with KitcheMagak. Intercen Publishers:2020)

State any three pairs of rhyming words in this poem (3 marks)
Identify two examples of alliteration in the poem (2 marks)

Identify an instance of assonance in the poem ( 1mark)

______________________________________________________________________________

How would you perform the ninth line in the poem? ( 2 marks)
b) Identify the odd word based on the pronunciation of the vowels in the following words. (5marks)

Sit ,seal, seem, gene
Go, slow, goal, got

Far, firm, furl , world

Gate, gay, get, mail
Smooth, sooth, soon, good

c) Underline the stressed syllable in the following words. ( 6marks)
A. buse
Dis. like

iii. Pro. se. cute

Pro. test ( Noun)

v)Re. spect

vi)Sy. mbol. ic

d) Your school has organized an inter-house debating competition towards the end of the term. You are going to take part as a proposer to the motion “seeking a partner’s consent in marriage is the solution to domestic conflict in Kenya.” Explain any five things you would do to ensure you win the competition. (5 marks)
e) In the telephone conversation below, Pamela calls Pioneer Shoes Company to book for an appointment with the Managing Director. Complete the telephone conversation using the most appropriate language. (6 marks)

Pamela: ___________________________________________________(1 mark)

Secretary: Yes, it is. How can I help you?

Pamela: I would like to book an appointment with the managing director on Thursday next week at 2:00 pm.

Secretary: ______________________________________________________(2 marks)

Pamela: Friday, 12.45pm is fine with me.

Secretary: ______________________________________________________(2 marks)

Pamela: I will be there on time. Thank you very much

Secretary: _______________________________________________________( 1 mark)

COMPREHENSION (20 Marks)

Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow.

Gender is probably the most important social issue in the world today. It affects and influences every aspect of our lives: politics, economics, religion and leisure. People in the 21^st Century strongly believed that every project must get the gender dimension right in order to succeed. But what is gender? Basically, gender is the expectation that people should do or not do certain things according to their sex. Every normal human being is either female or male. This is sex and it is a biological fact. Indeed, sex is the most conspicuous difference between human beings.

The moment we look at a person, we can tell whether that person is a man or a woman, a boy or a girl. The question is if society should use this biological difference to tell people what they should or should not do. Yet, since time immemorial, this is what human communities all over the world have done.

Some African societies bring up their boys to believe that men must be fighters, take whatever they want – by force if necessary and never cry. If anyone asks why they should or should not do this and that, the ready answer is always: you are a man, and that’s what men are supposed to do. Girls are told to be gentle and quiet, to obey men, not to climb trees and not to eat certain kinds of food. A girl who asks why she should not climb trees or speak loudly in public is told, you are a woman, and women don’t do that. In other words, society is always telling us what we can do and what we cannot do just because we are men or women.

In most cases, there is no physical or logical reason for a man or a woman to do or not do certain things. Any girl can climb a tree as smartly as any boy. If a boy wants to go into the kitchen and cook, there is no reason why he should not do so. Indeed, some of the best cooks in the world, called ‘chefs’ are men. Yet in some societies, it is a taboo for a man or boy to enter the kitchen. Similarly, some societies do not allow their women to build houses, even work at building sites, whereas in other societies it is indeed the woman’s role to build houses.

Gender is thus society’s assigning of roles to people according to their being male or female. On the face of it, there is nothing wrong with sharing roles – indeed, there are many cases where it is logical to expect that certain people should do or avoid some activities. For example, it would not be safe for a woman in advance stages of pregnancy to go hunting wild animals or grazing livestock many miles away from home. However, this should not be taken as a blanket excuse to declare that all women must not hunt wild animals. The problem is even worse when some people use gender roles to exploit or oppress other people. Men for example, have for a long time invoked gender roles to force women to do certain things and to prevent them from doing things the women may want to do.

This oppressive practice may be called gender imposition, and it may be seen in all aspects of society. In social relations, boys and girls are segregated from the earliest years of life. Members of each sex are strictly drilled into what ‘feminine’ or ‘masculine’ in behavior, speech, dress and every activity. Boys and girls are told what work they should or should not do, what places they can or cannot go to. What games to play and even what foods to eat or not to eat; just because they are boys or girls. By the time a person is in his or her teens, he or she has learnt – from both example and direct teaching by older members of society – what exactly is expected of him or her as a man or a woman. These gendered roles often suggest that men should lead and command in everything, be ‘tough’ – meaning hard and even cruel – and ‘strong’, which often means aggressive and violent. The women on the other hand, are required to be soft and kind, submissive and unquestioningly obedient to men. Even in public affairs, such as politics or religion, the gendering of roles leads to some curious situations. In some places of worship for example, men and women are strictly separated. Several denominations do not permit women to preach in public or to be ordained as priests or pastors. Politics is widely regarded as a man’s field.

Some societies insist that a woman cannot be a leader, like President or Army commander. The nagging question, which many women and enlightened men are asking today is: Why not? This is the challenge to the conventional gendering of roles. Is there any logical reason why a man should not change the nappies of his child, or go into the kitchen and cook? Why can a talented woman not become a top soccer or rugby player, or a bishop or a top business executive? Is it fair to prevent people from eating such nutritious foods as chicken and eggs simply because they are women? Should children be denied the right to inherit their parents’ property on the grounds of sex? Is it not pathetic seeing men inflict beastly violence on their wives and children, or one another simply because men are expected to be ‘tough’ and ‘strong’?

To avoid such absurdities, advocates of gender equity demand that sex should not be the main consideration in dealing with people. Assigning roles to people on the grounds of biological differences is a form of evil discrimination, like racism. A more sensible way of dealing with men and women is to take them strictly on the basis of their individual abilities. A human being is a human being, whether man or woman and each should be given every opportunity to realize his or her full human potential. An enlightened approach to gender equity is suggested by the old English saying “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander”.

Questions

(a)According to the passage, what is the difference between gender and sex?( 2 Marks)

(b) What is gender imposition? (1 mark)

(d) Add a question tag to the following:

Any girl can climb a tree as smartly as any boy__________________ (1 mark)

(e) Identify a phrase in the passage that shows that it is not only women who are concerned with the problems created by gendering of roles. (1 mark)

(f) In not more than 60 words write a summary on what women are not allowed to do simply because they are women. (6 marks)

(g) In not more than three sentences, paraphrase the author’s argument. (3 marks)

(h) Change the following question into a statement: (1 mark)

Should children be denied the right to inherit their parents’ property on the grounds of sex?

(i) What is the meaning of the following: “What is good for the goose is good for the gander.” (1 mark)

(j) Explain the meaning of the following as they are used in the passage. (3 marks)

(i) Blanket excuse_____________________________________________

(ii) Segregated _______________________________________________

(iii) Absurdities_______________________________________________

Read the following excerpt and then answer the questions that follow. (25mks)

“Check your tongue child!” her mother rebuked her harshly.

“Soon you are going to disgrace your father by the way you speak. Didn’t you see the way you horrified your yeiyo-botorrthe other day when you spoke like one with a demented spirit? You must bridle your tongue. Be careful of what you say, otherwise you will soon be called enadua-kutuk.”

“I am sorry, Yeiyo,” said Resian remorsefully. “But surely Yeiyo, mustn’t one mention the despicable character of an old man who behaves badly before a girl young enough to be his daughter?”

“However disreputable the man may be,” her mother warned her, “be careful Resian. We don’t know what connection the man has with your father and it would be catastrophic if your tongue would be the one to sever his relations with other men. Go to the living room and tell him I’m busy preparing lunch. Get him a cup of tea or something else to drink and make him comfortable before your father comes. I am sure he will be here soon.”

Questions

Place this extract in its immediate context. (4marks)
Resian is talking ill of a certain man. What makes her give such comments about him? ( 2 Marks) 3. Relate what Resian had done earlier and worried the aunt and what she has done in the extract that equally worried the mother. (2marks)
Mama Milanoi talks of a catastrophe. Explain the catastrophe based on what happened later in the text (2marks)
Identify two stylistic devices used in this extract. (4marks)

6.What is the main theme/ concern in this excerpt? ( 2 Marks)

Identify two character traits of Mama Milanoi that emerge from this extract.

(4 marks)

After this extract, Oloisudori looks at Resian and she imagines that her blouse is unbuttoned. What makes Resian imagine so? (2marks)
What is the meaning of the following words as used in the extract? (3marks)

(i) Bridle_________________________

(ii) Despicable______________________

(iii) Catastrophic______________________

POETRY:

Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. (20marks)

Dulce Et Decorum Est. (Wilfred Owen)

Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,

Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs

And towards our distant rest began to trudge.

Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots

But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;

Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots.

Of disappointed shells that dropped behind.

GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling,

Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;

But someone still was yelling out and stumbling

And floundering like a man in fire or lime.—

Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light

As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,

He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace

Behind the wagon that we flung him in,

And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,

His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood

Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,

Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud

Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,–

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest

To children ardent for some desperate glory,

The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est

Pro patria mori.*

____________________________________________________________

*Latin for: It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.

(i)Describe briefly what the poem is about. (4marks)

(ii)Who is the persona? (2marks)

(iii)Identify and illustrate any three features of style used in the poem. (6marks)

(iv)Explain one thematic concern raised in the poem. (3marks)

(v)Comment on the title of the poem. (2marks)

(vi)Give the meaning of the following words. (3marks)

Trudge_________________________________
Fumbling________________________________

GRAMMAR ( 15 Marks)
a) Without changing the meaning, rewrite the following sentences according to the instructions after each. (4 marks)
i) Passing examination is a goal. Every candidate should aim at it. (Write as one sentence using ‘to’)
ii) I thought that you would like to hear what happened. (Rewrite using ‘occurred’ in place of ‘thought’.)

_____________________________________________________________________

iii) I shall be saved a lot of trouble by that. ( Begin: That…)

_____________________________________________________________________

iv) The president was impressed by her good performance. He sponsored her (Begin: Impressed…………..)

_____________________________________________________________________

b) Use the correct form of the words in the brackets to fill in the blanks. (2 Marks)

(i)The couple has applied for a divorce over _________________________differences. (reconcile).

(ii)That matter is highly ______________________________ (contest) in a court of law.

c) Explain the difference between this pair of sentences. ( 2 Marks) i) The thief ran so fast that I could not catch up with him.
ii) The thief ran fast so that I could not catch up with him.
d) Determine whether the verbs in the sentences below have been used transitively or intransitively. (2 marks)
i) Manchester city won the premium league.________________________
ii) The deceased wept bitterly. ____________________________________

e) Replace the underlined idiomatic expressions using a single word(1 Mark) i) The student complained that his father was close-fisted.

________________________________________________________

f) Choose the correct alternative from the pronouns given to complete the sentences. (2marks)
i) The shooting at night startled Mike and _______ (I /me)

ii) The principal and ___________ (she/her) left the compound.
g) Replace the underlined part of this sentence with an apt phrasal verb (2 marks)
i) The security team was asked to ensure that the cameras were functioning.

____________________________________________________________________

ii) His distinct voice revealed his identity.

____________________________________________________________________

Imaginative Composition (20 Marks)

Either

(a)Write a composition to illustrate the saying:”One good turn deserves another.”

(b)Write a composition explaining why students cheat in National Exams.

Compulsory Set Text (20 Marks)

Henrik Ibsen, A Doll’s House.

Unwise decisions can cause misery. Write an essay to qualify this statement citing illustrations from Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House.

The Optional Set Texts (20 Marks)

John Steinbeck, The Pearl

“Do not count your chicks before they hatch“. Write an essay to substantiate this saying, drawing illustrations from John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. (20 marks)

KAPSABET BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

FORM FOUR EXAMINATION NOVEMBER, 2020

ENGLISH

101/1 (Functional Skills)

2 Hours

You are the secretary of the COVID-19 Awareness Club which was introduced in your school recently. The club has just held a meeting. Four members attended, one member informed the chairperson of his unavailability, and two members never turned up. The teacher on duty and the patron of the club also attended. During the meeting the issue of inviting a health worker was revisited. Members also discussed the following issues: purchase of masks for needy students, fumigation of dormitories and sensitizing other students on adherence to safety measures.

Write down the minutes of the meeting. (20marks)

Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word. (10 marks)

In a culture that sings the praises of individual gold medals and where 1 person fights for rights instead of 2 on taking responsibility, people tend to lose sight of the big picture. 3 fact, some people seem to believe that 4……………………………are the entire picture: Everything revolves around their needs, their goals and their 5 . I saw a message on their T-shirts that expresses the 6 well: “My idea of a team is a whole lot of people doing what I tell them to do.” A team isn’t supposed to be a bunch of people being used as a tool 7 one individual for selfish gain. Members of a team must have mutually beneficial shared goals. They must be 8 to work together, not manipulated by someone for 9 glory. Anyone who is accustomed to pulling together people and using them to benefit only 10 isn’t a team builder; he’s a dictator.

Adapted from: The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, John C. Maxwell.

(a) Study the poem below and answer the questions that follow: (7 marks)

Within my temple there’s a crowd

There’s one that’s humble and there’s one that’s proud

There’s one that’s broken hearted for his sins

And one who unrepentant, sits and grins

There’s one who loves his neighbor as himself.

(Adapted from “Every day with Jesus” bySelwyn Hughes)

Describe the rhyme scheme in this poem and state what it does. (3 marks)
Apart from rhyme, identify another feature that would make this poem easy to recite. (2 marks)
Identify any two words that you would stress in line four. Explain your answer. (2 marks)

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

(b) Read the story below and answer the questions that follows. (5 marks)

A long time ago, there was a child who used to trouble his parents at night by crying. The mother tried to stop him from crying but in vain. Then, the mother warned the child and said, “If you don’t stop crying, I’ll throw you out to the wizard!” But the child kept on crying. When the mother could stand it no longer, she stood up and threw the child outside. Unfortunately, there was a wizard who was listening outside and picked the child up and ran with him. Suddenly, the father realized that the child’s cries were dying away. He stood up, took his panga and went after the wizard. When the wizard heard the footsteps following him, he quickly placed the child in the fork of a tree nearby and ran away. From that day, the child never cried again.

Illustrate any two features that show that this is an oral narrative. (2 marks)
If you were performing this story, how would you say the words of the mother to the troublesome child? (2 marks)
If you were the story teller, how would you say the last sentence. (1 mark)

of each of the sounds represented has been given. (3 marks)

Bask phase vision

Wise scale advise

Prise leisure measure

Usual dynasty bass

/s/ /z/ /3/

Bask phase measure

(d) Your school Drama Club plans to present a play in the forth coming drama festival.

They are having a dress rehearsal for the rest of the school so as to get some feedback.

Give three things that the audience needs to pay attention to. (3 marks)

(e) For each of the following letters provide a word in which the letter is silent. (5 marks)

(f) The form four class has decided to watch a performance of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House at the

Theatre in Eldoret. The class has sent two prefects to negotiate with the principal for permission and financial support. They will travel and be back on the same day.

Taking into account the principles of good negotiation skills, complete the following conversation by filling in the blank spaces.

Principal: Come in please. Good morning Tom and Jack.

Tom and Jack: (1 mark)

Principal: Well, what can I do for you?

Tom: (1mark)

Principal: The school does not have a budget for this activity. So maybe you shouldn’t go.

Jack: (1 mark)

Principal: Well, I’ll talk to your teacher of English separately. I can give you the school bus, but it seats only 40 and the two streams have a total of 80 students. There is need to hire another bus. Have you worked out the total budget?

Tom: (1 mark)

Principal: You need Ksh. 8,000/= for lunch and Ksh. 6,000/= for hiring an extra bus. But don’t forget we will need another Ksh. 3,000/= to fuel the school bus. This gives us a total of Ksh. 17,000/=. I don’t have that kind of money.

Jack: (1 mark)

Principal: Well, if you are going to buy your own lunch that leaves us with a balance ofKsh. 9,000. You really can’t do better than that?

Jack: (1 mark).

Principal: Okay, the matter is settled. The school is giving you Ksh.4,000. I will also give the teacher who will accompany you an imprest for lunch.

Tom and Jack: (1 mark)

COMPREHENSION (20 Marks)