English Paper 1 Questions and Answers - Form 3 End Term 1 Exams

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  1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
    Imagine that you are the Organizing Secretary of Virginia Mwende’s Graduation Party. Mwende has graduated with a First Class Honor’s Degree from the University of Nairobi.
    1. Design an invitation card to be sent to the guests (12mks)
    2. Write a congratulatory note to Mwende to be presented on that day (8mks)
  2. CLOZE TEST
    Fill each blank space in the following passage with the most appropriate word. (10mks)
    The heart pumps blood (1)………………………………….. the body through blood vessels
    (2) ………………………………………..….arteries. Blood pressure is the force placed on the wall
    (3) ……………………….the arteries by moving blood. Many (4)…………………………. including lifestyle, stress and genetic predisposition can cause a person to have high blood pressure. If (5) ……………………………………high blood pressure can lead to strokes, heart disease, loss of sight and kidney problems. Many people suffer from high blood pressure without displaying any (6) …………………….…….so the only way to be sure of healthy blood pressure level is to be checked (7)………………..………... Any person whose blood pressure is above 140/90 when checked on two separate visits is deemed to have high blood pressure. The medical name for this is ‘hypertension’. (8) …………………….are number of recommendable treatments including lifestyle changes to prescribed medications that relax blood vessels. (9)…………………….……. changes include healthy diet with less salt, fat, coffee and tea, cutting down on alcohol (10)……………………….., quitting smoking, losing weight and coping with stress.
  3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)
    1. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.

      The battle
      Helmet and rifle, pack and overcoat
      Marched through a forest, somewhere up ahead
      Guns thudded, like the Circle of the throat
      The night on every side was turning red.

      They halted and they dug. They sang like moles
      Into the clammy earth between the trees
      And soon the sentries, standing in their holes,
      Felt the first snow. Their feet began to freeze
      At dawn the first snow. Their feet began to freeze

      At dawn the first shell landed with a crack
      Then shells and bullets swept the icy woods.
      This lasted many days. The snow was now black.
      The Corpse stiffened in their scarlet hoods.

      Most clearly of that battle I remember
      The tiredness in the eyes, how hands looked thin
      Around a cigarette, and the bright ember
      Would pulse with all the life there was within.
      (Louis Simpzon)
      1. Comment on the rhyme pattern of the poem above. (3 marks)
      2. How would you say line 13 of this poem? (2 marks)
      3. Give two examples of onomatopoeia used by the poet in the poem above. (2marks)
      4. Write one word with an /i:/ sound in the poem. (1 mark)
    2. Read the following short form of the Oral Literature and answer the questions that follow.  (4 marks)
      The short Spanish soldier shot the short Swedish soldier on the shoulder.
      1. Identify the genre above. (1mark)
      2. Which is the predominant sound pattern in the form above? Illustrate your answer. (2 marks)
      3. What is lost when the genre above is translated into another language? (1 mark)
    3. Pick out the word which is the odd one out from each of the sets of words given below. (3 marks)
      1. watched,wanted,laughed,rushed………………………………………
      2. depot, report, rapport, debut ………………………………………
      3. enough, graph, staff, dough ……………………………………………
    4. Give another word that is pronounced the same way as the following.(4 marks)
      1. Bow ……………………………………………..
      2. Cue ……………………………………………..
      3. Lane ……………………………………………..
      4. One ……………………………………………..
    5. Underline the stressed syllable in the following words. (5 marks)
      1. di.scuss
      2. ques.tion
      3. gra.cious
      4. po.lite
      5. de.spite
    6. You recently attended an interview which you failed. Mention some of the reasons that could have contributed to your failure. (4 marks)
    7. Indicate the kind of intonation you would use for the following. (2 marks)
      1. What was your School mean score?
      2. Did you revise for your exam? 


Marking Scheme

  1. Functional Writing
    1. Invitation Card
      1. Format 2mks
        • Inset 1mk
        • Letterhead 1mk
        • Title (½ mk) and space for recipient’s name (½ mk) 1mk
        • Sender’s address (R.S.V.P) 1mk
      2. Tone – must be formal 1mk
      3. Content 3mks
        • Time ½ mk
        • Venue 1mk
        • Date ½ mk
        • Chief guest 1mk
      4. Language
        A – Script 4mks
        B – Script 3mks
        C – Script 2mks
        D – Script 1mk
    2. Congratulatory note
      • Inset 1mk
      • Date 1mk
      • Salutation 1mk
      • Writer 1mk
        Tone- Must be informal
        Content
        • Congratulation / or related word mentioned
        • Reasons for congratulation
        • Compliment remarks
  2. Cloze test
    1. Around
    2. called
    3. of
    4. Factors
    5. Untreated
    6. symptoms
    7. regularly
    8. There
    9. Life styles
    10. Consumption
  3. Oral Skills
    1.  
      1. ababcdcddefefghgh. Regular rhyme scheme. Used to achieve rhythm/musicality.
        (1mark-identification, 1mark-indicating regular, 1mark – effectiveness).
      2. Lower my voice and heave and squeeze my shoulders together to show how cold and stiff the corpse was. (1mark – verbal, 1 mark – nonverbal).
      3. thudded (1mark) crack (1mark)
      4. trees / freeze 1mark (the sound must be underlined)
    2.  
      1. Alliteration 1mark
      2. Sounds /s/ and /∫/ are repeated /s/ Spanish, soldier, Swedish soldier 1mark
        /∫/ /sh/ Short, shot shoulder
      3. The repeated sounds are lost which are characteristic of the form. 1 marks
    3.  
      1. wanted 1mark
      2. report 1mark
      3. dough 1mark
    4.  
      1. bough 1mark
      2. queue 1mark
      3. lain 1mark
      4. won 1mark
    5.  
      1. di.scuss 1mark
      2. ques.tion 1mark
      3. gra.cious 1mark
      4. po.lite 1mark
      5. de.spite 1mark
    6.  
      • Lateness
      • Lack of etiquette
      • Improper dressing
      • Poor research / preparedness
      • Lack of confidence / obvious show of nervousness
    7.  
      1. Falling
      2. rising
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