ENGLISH PAPER 1 - KCSE 2019 BAHATI MOCK EXAMINATION (WITH MARKING SCHEME)

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
   Imagine that you have just been appointed the secretary of Save the Orphans club,a clubbased in your sub-county. One of your duties is to embark on recruiting as many members as possible.The key considerations for recruitment are: performance in academics,area of residence, health and religious background.                                                                        
   
   Design a form you would expect them to fill in.                                                                    20marks 

2. CLOZE TEST
   Read the passage below and then fill in the gaps with the most appropriate word. Use only one word in each space.    10marks
   Handwriting speaks volumes of an individual.So,next time you are hard pressed for time in analyzing an individual, just look at his 1­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­__________________ and you will understand his personality,temperament and behavior. Handwriting is a personal expression, and 2______________ who the individual is on the inside.Everybody’s handwriting is unique like one’s fingerprint.Since there is so much of science behind a person’s handwriting,researchers have come up with a term called 3,__________ which is indeed the study of handwriting.
   First and foremost,when analyzing a person’s handwriting,it is 4_____________ to look at the slant of his writing.If a person’s writing slants towards the left, it means that he 5_______ not express his emotions well.If there is a lack of slant in a person’s writing, it means that he thinks with his heart and mind; he uses both emotions and logic to understand a situation. On the other hand, people who write with a forward slant,or a right slant,6.____________more caring and emotional.
   A signature of a person is 7._______________aspect of handwriting too.Elaine Ness,a professional handwriting analyst, believes that a signature reflects a person’s communication skills and how he wants to be perceived 8.____________ the public.If a person’s signature is legible,it means that he is comfortable with what he9.______________expressed.An illegible signature implies that an individual is 10._________interested in gaining public recognition.

3. ORAL SKILLS 30marks
   1. Identify the genre that the following item falls into:
      1. Fail not to first carve a lean calf, four fat calves and five fine vine leaves 1mark
      2. State two features of the above genre   2marks
      3. State two functions of the genre         2marks
   2. Provide words that are similar in pronunciation to the following    4marks
      1. pale
      2. Tor
      3. Clew
      4. Watt
   3. State whether a falling intonation or rising intonation has been used in following: 4marks
      1. Kimen is gone forever.  
      2. Is Kamau an artist?   
      3. Come right away! 
      4. Where is your dirty shirt?
   4. Underline the part of the word in boldface that you would stress in the sentence.   4marks
      1. The in.ternwill soon get his reward from the doctor.
      2. No one can con.test what you have said.
      3. The death of his father made us tocon.solehim
      4. Whosepres.ent is this?
   5. The following words have either an /s/ or /z/ sound. Group them according to the sound. 5marks
      Rise                       hose
      President           advise
      Loose                   precedent            
      Advice                 rice
      Clause                lice
   6. What non-verbal skills would you use in the following situations?   2marks
      1. Telling someone to keep quiet.
      2. Bidding someone bye.
   7. You are asked to narrate your favourite oral narrative. List the things you would do to ensure an effective and meaningful performance.         6marks

MARKING SCHEME

1. QN 1
   -must be a form (not filled) if not deduct 4mks AD
   -must be neat
   -spellings must be correct
   -must have all the columns on
   -Biodata
   -Academics
   -Residence
   -Health
   -Religious background
2. QN 2. CLOZE TEST
   1. handwriting
   2. reflects
   3. graphology
   4. important
   5. does
   6. are
   7. an                                                                      
   8. by
   9. has
   10. not
       No caps if capitalized no mark
       Must be one word if not no mark
3. QN 3
   1.  
      1. tongue twister
      2. -brief statements
         -alliterative
         -May or may not make sense
      3. -speech training
         -fun and entertainment
         -building confidence
   2.  
      1. pail
      2. tole
      3. due
      4. what
   3.  
      1. falling
      2. rising
      3. rising
      4. rising
   4.  
      1. in.
      2. con.
      3. con.sole.
      4. pres.ent.
   5.  
      

      /z/	/s/
      Rise	Rice
      Advise	Advice
      President	Precedent
      Clause	Loose
      Hose	lice

       
   6.  
      1. Putting the forefinger on the mouth.
      2. Waving using an open palm.
   7. -be audible and start the story with an anecdote to attract attention
      -involve audience in singing
      -gesticulate appropriately
      -enhance tonal variation to include happiness or sadness
      -Use facial expression to indicate different mood
      -be creative and retell the story in a way to make it sound new