English Paper 1 Questions and Answers - Form 3 End Term 3 Exams 2023

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• Answer ALL the questions

Question 1

FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

Imagine that you have completed your Secondary School Education and opted to start a small hotel business.

1. Design an advertisement that you will to market your hotel. (8 mks)
2. Give direction to your customer who has just called you after seeing an advert on how he/she can reach your hotel from Kisima town 12 kilometers away in points form (12 mks)

Question 2

CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

The Covid 19 pandemic continues to spread across the globe and claims thousands of...1…… Disruptions of daily activities and crating of economies across the world has…2……the order of the day. The infrastructure …3……transportation systems that bonded us globally have been…4………to minimum essential usage.
Governments across the globe are currently on the race trying to keep up …5………their citizens’ supply …6………from the medical equipment to daily consumables. For Kenya, apart from keeping these supplies flowing, the government has been keen on…7 …….a balance between protecting lives and livelihoods.
With international transport as the key..8…………of trade, the shipping industry was among the first to feel the brunt of this...9………The port of Mombasa which is currently the..10………entry point for the regional market did not go unscathed.
(Excerpt from The Standard Newspaper August 2020 article by Paul Barasa)

Question 3

ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

1. Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow
   Happy Baby
   Her lips suckle the nipples
   Milk bubbles, foams and ripples
   Little hands up in the air
   Catch on the mother’s hair
   Sweet sensation rises in pressure
   Tiny legs kick pleasure
   Sleep comes gently and strong
   Sleep whispers softly and long
   1. Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem. (2 Marks)
   2. Give any three pairs of rhyming words (3marks)
   3. Describe any two sound features used in the poem a part from the rhyming words (4 mks).
2. Explain how to;
   1. Make an oral apology ( 4mks)
   2. Receive a phone call from someone has called to make inquiry about your class performance in examination (3 mks)
3. Suppose you are reciting a solo verse to a big audience, how will you know that they are paying attention? (3Marks)
4. Provide another word that is identical in pronunciation as the underlined words in the sentence.
   1. Why did the idle bridal party groan? ( 3 mks)
   2. The bear caught the whale (3mks)
5. Use the following words to complete the table below (5mks)
   Cut, rain, free, plough, dip
   

   Long Vowel	Diphthong	Short vowel

   
   

                                                                                        MARKING SHEME

Question 1

FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

Imagine that you have completed your Secondary School Education and opted to start a small hotel business.

1. Design an advertisement that you will use to market your hotel. (8 mks)
2. Give direction to your customer who has just called you after seeing an advert on how he/she can reach your hotel from Kisima town 12 kilometers away in points form  (12 mks)
   1. Advertisement- 8mks
      • Name of the hotel-1mk
      • Anything unique/special about the hotel-2mk
      • Location-1mk
      • Operation hours-1mk
      • Contact person-1mk
      • Boarder/graphic-1mk
   2. Giving Direction ( 8mks)
      • Title 1mk
      • Clearly state the point of departure. 1mk
      • Permanent land marks. 1mk
      • Approximate the distance/time to be covered 1mk.
      • Use distance terms such as turn left, south, or move straight 1mk
      • Offer an advice or encouragement to the traveller. 1mk        (4 marks for the language)

Question 2. Cloze Test (10 mks)

1. lives
2. become
3. and
4. reduced
5. with
6. ranging
7. maintaining
8. driven
9. pandemic
10. largest

QUESTION 3 ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

1. 1. Rhyme schemes – aabbccdd√1 Mark
                                   − Regular √1 Mark 2 Marks
   2. Features of style that makes the poem memorable
      • Repetition - sleep
      • Alliteration - Sweet sensation
      • Onomatopoeia - bubbles
      • Rhyme - Nipples and ripples
                    -  Air and hair
                    -  Pressure and pleasure
                    -  Strong and long
   3. Verbal - Stress- words Milk, bubbles, foams, ripples (Any 2 words ½ each) – 1mark 
      Reason – they are content words.
      Non verbal – Point at my mouth where foams are formed.
2. Explain how to;
   1. Making an oral apology (4mks)
      • State the reason for apologizing 1mk
      • State how it has affected the victim 1mk
      • Offer to meet the cost or take responsibility 1mk
      • Lesson learnt 1mk
   2. Receiving a phone call(3 mks)
      • Formally greet the caller
      • Identify yourself/institution
      • Say-How may I help/assist/can be of help
      • Thank the caller
3. Suppose you are reciting a solo verse to a big audience, how will you know that they are paying attention? 3mks
   • Reacting to the emotions in the verse
   • Maintain meaningful eye contact
   • Seating upright.
4. Why did the idle bridal party groan? ( 3 mks)
     Idol,bridle,grown
   The bear caught the whale (3mks)
   Bare, cot, wail or wale
5. Cut, rain, free, plough, dip
   

   Long Vowel	Diphthong	Short vowel
   free	Rain plough	dip