English Paper 1 Questions and Answers - Form 4 Mid Term 2 Exams 2021

ENGLISH
PAPER 1
FORM 4 MID TERM 2

INSTRUCTIONS

• Answer all questions

1. QUESTION 1 FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20mks)
   You are the secretary of Chania High school choir. The choir had been scheduled to be the main performer at a charity concert organized by Mjalie Mwingine Initiative. However, you are unable to attend the concert which prompted the organizers to call off the event. Through your principal, write a letter of apology addressed to the director of Mjalie Mwingine Initiative over the incident.
   
   
2. QUESTION 2: CLOZE TEST (10mks)
   Fill in the gaps in the passage below using the most suitable words.
   
   Some parents prefer day school’s     1      boarding schools for their children. They say that boarding schools do not give them a      2       to know the teachers of their children         3        . These parents also feel that boarding schools lock them      4         of their children’s learning. This is        5          in some boarding schools      6         parents visit their children      7        once a term. They say       8         a day school provides       9        time for parents to monitor      10   children’s learning.
   
   
3. QUESTION 3: ORAL SKILLS (30mks)
   1. Supply the following words with their homophones. (5mks)
      1. Peace
      2. Heel
      3. Sealing
      4. Key
      5. Wet
   2. Provide two sentences for each of the following words showing the difference in meaning. (10mks)
      1.      
         1. Bark
         2. Bark
      2.    
         1. Can
         2. Can
      3.     
         1. Box
         2. Box
      4.      
         1. Fan
         2. Fan
      5.      
         1. Duck
         2. Duck
   3. identify the letter that is not pronounced in each word below. (5mks)
      1. Numb
      2. Debt
      3. Exhaust
      4. Pneumonia
      5. Whether
   4. Read the following items and answer the questions that follow. (5mks)
      1. Rose is the flower of my life.
      2. Here lies a lawyer; he lies still.
         1. Identify the genre of oral literature under which the above items fall. (1mk)
         2. Give the two possible meaning for each of the above items. (4mks)
   5. Two candidates availed themselves for an interview. One was successful while the other one was not. Explain five aspects of the successful applicant’s conduct during the interview that could have made him or her successful (5mks)

MARKING SCHEME

QUESTION 1 FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20mks)
You are the secretary of Chania High school choir. The choir had been scheduled to be the main performer at a charity concert organized by Mjalie Mwingine Initiative. However, you are unable to attend the concert which prompted the organizers to call off the event. Through your principal, write a letter of apology addressed to the director of Mjalie Mwingine Initiative over the incident.

Chania high school,
P.O. Box 4069-057,√1
Nakuru.

27th January, 2020.√1

Through,√1

The principal,
Somo Kuu High School,√1
Nairobi

The Director,
Mjalie Mwingine Intitiative,√1
P.O. Box 179-24090,
Nairobi.

Dear Sir/Madam,√1

RE: APOLOGY OVER THE SCHOOL CHOIR’S INABILITY TO ATTEND THE MJALIE MWINGINE CHARITY CONCERT.√2

I am Zuhura Kanika, the secretary of Anestar High school choir. I am writing on behalf of the choir members to apologize over our failure to attend the Mjalie Mwingine charity concert as earlier scheduled. I note with concern that our absence led to the cancellation of the concert. √2

I wish to bring to your attention that all plans were in place to enable us to attend the concert. However, the week before, one of our students was diagnosed with cholera and, indeed hospitalized. The authorities ordered the school closed for a fortnight to bring the situation under control.√2

It is now a week after we reported back and thankfully, the student who had been hospitalized is back in full health.√2

I regret any inconvenience that we might have caused. However, I reaffirm our commitment to attend the concert as soon as it is rescheduled.√2

Thank you.√

Yours faithfully,√1
(Signature)
Zuhura Kamika
Choir Secretary

Language proficiency √2

QUESTION 2: CLOZE TEST (10mks)
Fill in the gaps in the passage below using the most suitable words.

Some parents prefer day school’s to boarding schools for their children. They say that boarding schools do not give them a chance to know the teachers of their children well. These parents also feel that boarding schools lock them out of their children’s learning. This is especially in some boarding schools where parents visit their children only once a term. They say that a day school provides more time for parents to monitor their children’s learning.

QUESTION 3: ORAL SKILLS (30mks)

1. Supply the following words with their homophones. (5mks)
   1. Peace
      Piece
   2. Heel
      Heal
   3. Sealing
      Ceiling
   4. Key
      Quay
   5. Wet
      Whet
2. Provide two sentences for each of the following words showing the difference in meaning. (10mks)
   1.          
      1. Bark (noun) The outer covering of a tree
      2. Bark (verb) when a dog barks
   2.      
      1. Can a metal container in which food and drink is sold.
      2. Can (verb) she can read
   3.     
      1.  Box container (n)
      2. Box to fight somebody (v)
   4.      
      1. Fan a person who admires somebody/something
      2. Fan (v) to make air blow onto somebody/something
   5.     
      1. Duck a common bird that lives on or near water
      2. Duck to make your head or body downwards to avoid being hitch.
3. identify the letter that is not pronounced in each word below. (5mks)
   1. Numb - b
   2. Debt - b
   3. Exhaust - h
   4. Pneumonia - p
   5. Whether - h
4. Read the following items and answer the questions that follow. (5mks)
   1. Rose is the flower of my life.
   2. Here lies a lawyer; he lies still.
      The lawyer is cheating
      The lawyer is putting himself in a flat or horizontal position
      1. Identify the genre of oral literature under which the above items fall. (1mk)
         • Pun/word play
      2. Give the two possible meaning for each of the above items. (4mks)
         • Rose a flower or a plant. Rose a person.
         • The lawyer is cheating. The lawyer is putting himself in a flat or horizontal position.
5. Two candidates availed themselves for an interview. One was successful while the other one was not. Explain five aspects of the successful applicant’s conduct during the interview that could have made him or her successful. (5mks)
   • Listened to the interviewer and did not interrupt him/her.
   • He/she was honest.
   • He/she did not argue with the interviewers.
   • He/she was confident but not arrogant.
   • He/she was positive about his/herself and his/her experience.
   • He/she treated all the interviewers with respect and gave them undivided attention.
   • He/she kept away from potentially controversial topics like politics and religion
     (any five)