English Paper 1 Questions and Answers - Momaliche Pre Mock Exams 2023

Instructions to Candidates

• Answer all the questions in this paper.

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING.   (20mks)
   1. You are the chairperson of the creative Writing Club in your school. The club would like assistance in publishing the winning entry in a recent competition which is one of the compulsory set text(A Doll’s House). Write a letter to a publisher asking them to consider the book for publication. Remember to write through the principal. In your letter, include the following;
      1. The title of the book and name of author.
      2. A brief description of what the book is about.
      3. Why it is important for the book to be published?
   2. CLOZE TEST. (10 marks)
      Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word. 
      
      Four strangers checked 1.............at The Seamount Hotel in Banjul one evening. None of them knew of the other three, or about being 2............of the four. And this would remain the 3..............because, unknowingly, the hotel assigned them to different rooms on different floors in 4..................wings.
      
      First to check in, was a man,5............about sixty years. His hairline 6 ............retreated all the way back to his crown, but there it had held: no more hair loss. He had a strange habit of smacking his lips 7.............he talked, appearing to shape each word first and to add voice to it only after. Arrival formalities 8................him to complete and sign a registration card at the hotel’s front desk. 9................signed it as Karanja Kimani, professor in the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Nairobi, Kenya. The hotel gave him a room on the fourth floor of 10....................East Wing.
      (Adapted from: Fathers of Nations by Paul B. Vitta, Oxford University Press Ltd 2013)
2. ORAL SKILLS.  (30 marks)
   1. Read the oral poem below and answer the questions that follow:
      Make me a grave where’re you will
      In a lowly plain, or a lofty hill;
      Make it among earth’s humblest graves,
      But not in a land where men are slaves.
      
      I could not rest if around my grave,
      I heard the steps of trembling slave;
      His shadow above my silent tomb,
      Would make it a place of fearful gloom
      1. What makes this poem rhythmic? (2 marks)
      2. How would you say the last line of the poem?   (2 marks)
      3. Which words are you likely to stress in the fourth line of first stanza and why? (2 marks)
      4. Give a word that is pronounced as each of the following.  (3 marks)
         1. Would..............................................................................................
         2. Plain...............................................................................................
         3. Rest..............................................................................................
   2. Study the genre below and answer the questions that follow 
      If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
      1. Giving reasons, classify the genre(2 marks)
      2. Identify the dominant sound pattern used in the above genre(2 marks)
      3. State two functions of the genre above. (2 marks)
   3. Two classmates, James and Erick have a debate. Erick strongly feels that boarding schools should be done away with. James, on the other hand, argues that they should remain.
      1. If your teacher of English brought the same motion to your class, how would you prepare for the debate?(3 marks)
      2. Explain three verbal cues that you would use to make your presentation effective (3 marks)
      3. Advise the above classmates on four things they should do in order to disagree in a polite manner so that their conversation does not degenerate into a dispute.   (4 marks)
   4. Complete the following conversation between the principal and a parent
      Mr. Kamau: Good morning, sir, my name is Mr. Kamau.
      Principal: ............................................................................................................................ (1 mark)
      Mr. Kamau: I received your message inviting me to school over the conduct of my son. For how long has he been absent                      from school?
      Principal: ...................................................................................................................... (2 marks)
      Mr. Kamau: .................................................................................................................. (1 mark)
      Principal: Thank you Mr. Kamau for coming and accepting to discipline your son.
      Mr. Kamau: .................................................................................................................. (1 mark)

MARKING SCHEME

QUESTION 1 ; FUNCTIONAL WRITING
POINTS OF INTERPRETATION
*must be a formal letter
Format (5 marks )
Writers address ✓ ½
(must not have a name )

1. Date in full  ✓½
2. Receiver’s address ✓ ½
   (must have a title e.g the publisher)
3. Forwarding address THROUGH/ THRU’
   The principal’s address
   (must have title ‘The principal’) ✓1
4. Salutation
   • Dear Sir/Madam,
   • Dear Sir, ✓ ½
   • Dear Madam
5. RE: REQUEST FOR PUBLICATION ✓½
   Capitalized underlined
   Must have the key words; Request and publication
6. Signing off;
   • Yours faithfully
   • Signature 1
   • Two names
     Designation /capacity /position

CONTENT ( 7MKS)

1. Request for publication of the book R1
2. Title of the book T1
3. Name of author N1
4. Brief description of the contents of the book D2
5. Importance of the book I2

Language (8mks)

Consider all aspects grammar ; tense, spelling, sentence construction, vocabularity use etc .

A7- 8

B5- 6

C3- 4

D1- 2

CLOZE TEST (10 marks)

1. in
2. one
3. case
4. different
5. aged
6. had
7. as
8. required
9. He
10. its/the
    (No. 9 must begin with a capital letter. No. 10 must not have an apostrophe, if present, deny)

QUESTION 2: ORAL SKILLS (30 marks)

1.  
   1. What makes this poem rhythmic? (2 marks)
      • Through use of regular rhyme scheme that is aabbccdd
      • Through the use of alliteration e.g. Make me a grave where you will
      • Rhyme e.g. graves/slaves, tomb/gloom
      • Assonance e.g. I heard the steps of a trembling slave
      • Length of lines( same length)
   2. How would you say the last line of the poem? ( 1mark)
      • I would use a falling intonation to signal the end of the poem
      • I would use gestures when saying the word ‘place’
      • I would facial expression when saying the phrase fearful gloom by frowning the face
   3. Which words are you likely to stress in the fourth line of first stanza and why? ( 2marks)
      • Land, men and slaves because they are content words ( they carry the meaning of the line) to emphasize that the personal should be buried in a place where he/she will be free.
   4. Give a word that is pronounced the same as each of the following (3 mark)
      1. Would - wood
      2. Plain - plane
      3. Rest - wrest
2.  
   1. Giving a reason, classify the genre (2 marks)
      • This is a tongue twister. The sound /p/ is repeated,hence making it difficult to pronounce.
   2. Identify the dorminant sound pattern used in the above genre (2 marks)
      • Alliteration- If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, where’s the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked.
   3. State two functions of the genre above (2 marks)
      • Fluency/speech therapy
      • Promote creativity
      • Entertainment purposes
      • To precede/prelude a story telling session
3. Two classmates, James and Erick have a debate. Erick strongly feels that boarding school should be done away with. James, on the other hand, argues that they should remain.
   1. If your teacher of English brought the same motion to your class, how would you prepare for the debate ( 3marks)
      I would;
      • Carry out adequate research on the topic
      • Write my notes logically on a notebook/paper
      • Do proper rehearsal/mock presentation
      • Proper grooming/dress appropriately
      • Make decision on the side to support
   2. Explain three verbal cues that you would use to make your presentation effective ( 3marks)
      I would;
      • Vary my tone appropriately to make the presentation interesting
      • Project my voice to be heard clearly
      • Employ appropriate pausing during presentation to allow my audience to digest my points
   3. Advise the above classmates four things they should do in order to disagree in a polite manner so that their conversation does not degenerate into a dispute (4 marks)
      • To observe turn taking
      • Use polite language
      • Acknowledge each other’s opinion
      • Disagreeing politely; use of phrases such as pardon me, but...etc,should disagree with points and not the person
      • Address the points through the chair
4. Complete the following conversation between the principal and a parent
   Mr. Kamau: Good morning, sir, my name is Mr. Kamau.
   Principal: Good morning sir. How may I help you? (1 mark)
   Mr. Kamau: I received your message inviting me to school over the conduct of my son. For how long has he been absent from school?
   Principal:Yes. I sent you a message✓1. Your son has been untidy and now he has been absent from school for one week now ✓ 1 (2 marks)
   Mr. Kamau: I will discipline him thoroughly to make sure that he does not do it again (1 mark)
   Principal: Thank you Mr. Kamau for coming and accepting to discipline your son.
   Mr. Kamau: You are welcome, sir (1 mark)