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NAME……………………….………………………… CLASS……. ADM:................

INDEX NUMBER……………………… SIGNATURE…………………………………

SET 1 101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS, CLOZE TEST AND ORAL SKILLS
EXAMINATION 2024
TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.

1) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided.

2) Answer all questions in this question paper.
3) All your answers should be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
4) Contains five printed pages.
5) All answers should be written in English.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.

Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score

1 20
2 10
3 30
Total 60

This paper consists of 5 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all
pages are printed as indicated and that no questions/pages are missing.

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

Your school drama club has produced The Samaritan, a play by John Lara. You wish to stage it for public
viewing at a nearby social hall. As the secretary of the club,
a) Write an EMAIL addressed to the hall administrator enquiring about the conditions for being allowed to
use the hall. Give reasons why you think it’s important to stage the play. Do not forget to copy in your
principal. (13 marks)
b) Assuming that the hall administrator permitted your club to use the hall, write a NOTICE to the public
informing them of the planned performance. (7 marks)
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TEST (10 MARKS)
Read the passage below and fill in each blank with the most appropriate word.
We all have certain goals in life. Goals vary among people. For someone, a goal would be to get
…(1)………………… of debt, while for another person it would be to …(2)…………….. a house, while
for someone else, it could be a …3…………………… in an exotic location.
…(4)……………………, a bad goal can sap your energy and distract you …(5)……………... making
progress. A good goal, on the other hand, can provide the clarity and motivation you need to
…(6)……………………. your dreams.
…(7)…………………., people confuse a goal …(8)…………………. a wish. A goal is
…(9)……………………….. from a wish. For example you may want to be a rich person; this is a wish and
not a goal. A goal has to be realistic, measurable and has to be achieved….(10)……………….. a specific
time frame.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)
a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
The Seed Shop
Here in a quiet and dusty room they lie,
Faded as crumbled stone or shifting sand,
Forlorn as ashes, shriveled scentless dry,
Meadows and gardens running through my hand.
In this brown husk a dale of hawthorn dreams,
A cedar in this narrow cell is thrust,
That will drink deeply of century's streams,
These lilies shall make summer on my dust.
Here in their safe and simple house of death,
Sealed in their shells, a million roses leap,
Here I can blow a garden with my breath,
And in my hand a forest lie asleep.
Questions
i. Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem above. (2 marks)

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ii. What is the effect of the rhythm in the poem? (1 marks)

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iii. How else has the poet achieved the effect in (ii) above? (4 marks)

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iv. Which words would you stress in the last line of stanza 1 and why? (3 marks)

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b) Write another word pronounced as the ones given below. (3 marks)
i. Wait ……………………………………
ii. Sew ……………………………………
iii. Grown ……………………………….
c) Indicate the silent letters in the following words. (3 marks)
i. champagne ………………………
ii. parliament ………………………
iii. apostle ………………………

d) Group the words below under the column containing the sound that the highlighted letter(s) bear.
(2 marks)
An example has been done for you
Tissue, Caucasian , Division, Passion, Cautious, Leisure, Solution, Vision, Exposure, Chef
/ᶴ/ /ᶾ/
Tissue Caucasian
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e) A teacher of English was in class and after some time he realized that the learners had lost concentration.
What cues made him to arrive at this conclusion? (3 marks)
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f) What should the above teacher do to regain the students’ concentration? (2 marks)
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g) You are having a group discussion with your colleagues on the set text “Fathers of Nations.” One of your
group mates is contributing to the discussion but you are eager to chip in with something. State any three
cues that would tell you that it is your turn to make a contribution. (3 marks)
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h) Read the telephone conversation below and answer the question that follows.
(A Mr. Kamau calls wishing to speak to Mr. Onyango, the store-keeper, who is not in at the time of the call.
Mr. Mwema receives the call and records the message for Mr. Onyango.)
Miss Mwema: Good morning, Homebased Care for Youth Counselling,
How may I help you?
Mr Kamau: Good morning to you. May I speak to Mr Onyango please?
Miss Mwema: I ‘m afraid he is not in at the moment. May I take a message for him?
Mr Kamau: Yes please. Tell him that Mr Kamau of Graphic Designs Centre called to Confirm the order for
the display posters.
Miss Mwema: I will. May I have your contact please?
Mr Kamau: My telephone number is 0711200232
Miss Mwema: 0-7-1-1-2-0-0-2-3-2 (As she writes down)
Mr Kamau: Yes, that is the number. Who am I speaking to?
Miss Mwema: Miss Mwema the receptionist.
Mr Kamau: Thank you Miss Mwema. Have a good day.
Miss Mwema: Have a good day too and thank you for calling.
a) Identify four telephone conversation skills that have been exhibited by the speakers in the conversation
above to make it successful. (4 marks)
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 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

SET 2 2024
101/1
ENGLISH
Paper 1
Functional Skills
Time: 2 hours
Name ………………………………………… ………………Index Number……………….

Candidate’s signature…………………………………… Date …………………

Instructions to the candidate

a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) Answer all the questions in this paper
d) This paper consists of 8 Printed pages.
e) Candidates should check the questions paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
f) Candidates must answer the questions in English.
For Examiner’s Use only

Question Maximum Candidate’s

score score
20
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10
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30
3
Total score

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

a) Your cousin has read an advertisement in your local daily newspaper for the position of a library
assistant in a public library. He advised you to apply for the job. Write a curriculum vitae for the
purpose of applying for this job (12mks)

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 b) Assume you
have been offered the job as a library assistant. Write a thank you note to your cousin for his good
advice (8mks)

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2. CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

A……………………..1 was arraigned before the magistrate in the Kilimani law ……………………2
Yesterday afternoon. Aged about thirty-three, the man was ……………………….3 of trespassing into his neighbor’s
……………………………..4 and stealing oranges. The man however, pleaded not ………………………….5. He claimed he
did not even know Onyango, the complainant. He even ………………………………..6 having met him as he escaped
with the oranges. The man …………………………7 laughter when he claimed he did not even take oranges as he is
allergic to them. He said Onyango was trying to ……………………….8 old scores with him by taking him to court.
The magistrate ordered him to be …………………9 in custody until proper ……………………………10 were carried out.

3. ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)

A. Read the poem below and answer the questions that follows

Do not stand at my grave and weep

Do not stand at my grave and weep

I am not there, I do not sleep
I am in a thousand winds that blow
I am the softly falling snow
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I am the gentle showers of rain
I am the fields of ripening grain
I am in the morning hush
I am in the graceful rush

Of beautiful birds in circling flight

I am the star shine of the night
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.

I am in the birds that sing

I am in each lovely thing
Do not stand at my grave and cry
I am not there. I do not die

(By Mary Elizabeth Frye)

1. Comment on the rhyme scheme of this poem (2mks)

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2. Identify and illustrate any two sound patterns used in the poem above (2mks)
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3. How would you say the last line of the poem (2mks)
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4. With a reason, state the words you would stress in the first line of the poem(2mks)
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B. For each of the word given below, write down another word with similar pronunciation (4mks)
i. Hire …………………………………………………………
ii. Guest …………………………………………………………
iii. Flour …………………………………………………………
iv. Plum …………………………………………………………

C. Indicate the correct intonation for the following sentences (4mks)

i. How did she travel to Nairobi? ……………………………………
ii. Can I take you home? ……………………………………
iii. You are the new student, aren’t you? ……………………………………
iv. I have been working very hard for the coming examination. …………………

D. Your neighbouring school has invited you as a guest speaker to give a talk on drug abuse. At the end
of the speech, the students commented that the talk was delivered. Give reasons why they
commented so. (4mks)
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E. You have been invited to a very important interview. Explain briefly what you need to do before the
occasion to ensure that you look presentable (3mks)
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F. We all have to give direction to other people from time to time, sometime we will have to write
directions. However, we often have to give directions orally. What are some of the things you would
mention to make the directions more accurate (3mks)

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G. Below is a telephone conversation between friends. Fill the missing parts (4mks)

Jane: Hello, may I talk to Judy please?

Judy:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Jane: Oh, how are you? How have you been?

Judy: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Jane: I am very sorry, where was the accident?

Judy:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Jane: Good to hear that your injuries were not too serious. You will pull through

Judy:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Jane: We will visit you as soon as we can. Bye for now and I wish you a quick recovery.

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NAME……………………….……………………………………………CLASS……….ADM:..................

INDEX. NUMBER……………………………………….. SIGNATURE…………………………………

JOINT EVALUATION 2024

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

SET 3 101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS, CLOZE TEST AND ORAL SKILLS
MARCH/APRIL, 2024
TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
1) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided.
2) Answer all questions in this question paper.
3) All your answers should be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
4) Contains six printed pages.
5) All answers should be written in English.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.

Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score

1 20
2 10
3 30
Total 60

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This paper consists of 5 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all
pages are printed as indicated and that no questions/pages are missing.

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

Your school drama club has produced The Samaritan, a play by John Lara. You wish to stage it for public
viewing at a nearby social hall. As the secretary of the club,
a) Write an EMAIL addressed to the hall administrator enquiring about the conditions for being allowed to
use the hall. Give reasons why you think it’s important to stage the play. Do not forget to copy in your
principal. (13 marks)
b) Assuming that the hall administrator permitted your club to use the hall, write a NOTICE to the public
informing them of the planned performance. (7 marks)
2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)
Read the passage below and fill in each blank with the most appropriate word.
We all have certain goals in life. Goals vary among people. For someone, a goal would be to get
…(1)………………… of debt, while for another person it would be to …(2)…………….. a house, while
for someone else, it could be a …3…………………… in an exotic location.
…(4)……………………, a bad goal can sap your energy and distract you …(5)……………... making
progress. A good goal, on the other hand, can provide the clarity and motivation you need to
…(6)……………………. your dreams.
…(7)…………………., people confuse a goal …(8)…………………. a wish. A goal is
…(9)……………………….. from a wish. For example you may want to be a rich person; this is a wish and
not a goal. A goal has to be realistic, measurable and has to be achieved….(10)……………….. a specific
time frame.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)
a) Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow.
The Seed Shop
Here in a quiet and dusty room they lie,
Faded as crumbled stone or shifting sand,
Forlorn as ashes, shriveled scentless dry,
Meadows and gardens running through my hand.
In this brown husk a dale of hawthorn dreams,
A cedar in this narrow cell is thrust,
That will drink deeply of century's streams,
These lilies shall make summer on my dust.
Here in their safe and simple house of death,
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 Sealed in their
shells, a million roses leap,
Here I can blow a garden with my breath,
And in my hand a forest lie asleep.
Questions
v. Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem above. (2 marks)

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vi. What is the effect of the rhythm in the poem? (1 marks)

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vii. How else has the poet achieved the effect in (ii) above? (4 marks)

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viii. Which words would you stress in the last line of stanza 1 and why? (3 marks)

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b) Write another word pronounced as the ones given below. (3 marks)
i. Wait ……………………………………
ii. Sew ……………………………………
iii. Grown ……………………………….
c) Indicate the silent letters in the following words. (3 marks)
i. champagne ………………………
ii. parliament ………………………
iii. apostle ………………………

d) Group the words below under the column containing the sound that the highlighted letter(s) bear.
(2 marks)
An example has been done for you
Tissue, Caucasian , Division, Passion, Cautious, Leisure, Solution, Vision, Exposure, Chef
/ᶴ/ /ᶾ/
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e) A teacher of English was in class and after some time he realized that the learners had lost concentration.
What cues made him to arrive at this conclusion? (3 marks)
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f) What should the above teacher do to regain the students’ concentration? (2 marks)
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g) You are having a group discussion with your colleagues on the set text “Fathers of Nations.” One of your
group mates is contributing to the discussion but you are eager to chip in with something. State any three
cues that would tell you that it is your turn to make a contribution. (3 marks)
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h) Read the telephone conversation below and answer the question that follows.
(A Mr. Kamau calls wishing to speak to Mr. Onyango, the store-keeper, who is not in at the time of the call.
Mr. Mwema receives the call and records the message for Mr. Onyango.)
Miss Mwema: Good morning, Homebased Care for Youth Counselling,
How may I help you?
Mr Kamau: Good morning to you. May I speak to Mr Onyango please?
Miss Mwema: I ‘m afraid he is not in at the moment. May I take a message for him?
Mr Kamau: Yes please. Tell him that Mr Kamau of Graphic Designs Centre called to Confirm the order for
the display posters.
Miss Mwema: I will. May I have your contact please?
Mr Kamau: My telephone number is 0711200232
Miss Mwema: 0-7-1-1-2-0-0-2-3-2 (As she writes down)
Mr Kamau: Yes, that is the number. Who am I speaking to?
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 Miss Mwema:
Miss Mwema the receptionist.
Mr Kamau: Thank you Miss Mwema. Have a good day.
Miss Mwema: Have a good day too and thank you for calling.
a) Identify four telephone conversation skills that have been exhibited by the speakers in the conversation
above to make it successful. (4 marks)
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SET 4 2024
ENGLISH (101)
PAPER 1
FORM 4

Name: …………………………………………………………. Adm No: ……………….

School: ……………………………………………………….. Class: …………………..
Signature: …………………………………………………….. Date: ……………………

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided
b) Write the date of examination in the provided spaces
c) Answer all questions in this paper
d) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this paper.
e) This question paper consists of 6 printed pages.
f) Candidates should check and ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no question(s)
are missing.

For examiners use only

Question Maximum score Candidate’s score

1 Functional Skills 20
2 Cloze test 10
3Oral skills 30
Total score 60

This paper consists of 5 printed pages. Candidate should check to ascertain that all pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.

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 1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20mks)

Drama Club, of which you are the Secretary, needs to raise a sum of Kshs 20,000/= to aid them on

their trip to Nairobi for a Drama Contest. To your astonishment as members, the school Principal has

offered to give you Kshs 15,000/=.

a. Write an internal memo to the other club members inviting them to a meeting to discuss, among

other issues:

1.Ways of raising the remaining 5,000 shillings.

2.Fixing dates for rehearsals for the contest.
b. Write the Principal a note to sincerely thank him/her for his/her generosity. (8 marks)

2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word. (10 marks)
Personal hygiene is very important in everybody’s (1) ……….……………. Many people do not
understand how to take care of (2)…………………… properly. Personal hygiene is the (3) …………….
of keeping your body clean and healthy. To (4)………………..with, personal hygiene is important. It is
really important (5)……………………..take care of yourself, and take (6) …………………… of your
body.
(7)…………………… excellent personal hygiene can make you (8)…………………… more confident,
and increase you self- esteem because you feel (9)……………………. happy and clean. Having good
personal hygiene can help a student feel (10)……………… in life for when you feel healthy you are
happy.

3. ORAL SKILLS. (30 Marks)

(a) Read the oral poem below and answer the questions that follow.
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 O little buds all
burgeoning with spring
You hold my winter in forgetfulness
Without my gate u hear a robin sing
O little laughing blooms that lift and bless!
It blew the breezes in a soft caress
Blowing my dreams upon swallows wing’
O little merry buds in dapped dress
You fill my heart with very wantonness
Oh little buds all burgeoning with spring.

Questions.
i. Which words would you stress in line one of the poem and why? (2mks)

ii. How would you perform the last two lines of the poem? (2mks)

iii. Identify two features of oral poetry present in the above oral poem. (2mks)

iv. Which intonation would you use in the sentences below and why? (2mks)
a) O little laughing blooms that lift and bless!

b) O little buds all burgeoning with spring.

v. Give another word that is pronounced the same as the ones below. (2mks)
a) Bud

b) Blew

(b) Explain the meaning that comes out when the underlined words in the sentence below are
stressed. (3mks)
i. The generous man gave the poor girl school fees.

ii. The generous man gave the poor girl school fees.

iii. The generous man gave the poor girl school fees.

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 (c) Indicate the silent letter in the words below. (3mks)
i. Mortgage

ii. Leopard

iii. Paradigm

(d) Use stress markers to indicate the stressed syllable in the words below. (2mks)
i. Beautiful

ii. Agree

(e) Pick the off one out according to the pronunciation of the underline vowels below.
(4mks)
i. Peasant Weapon Meaning

ii. Shepherd Enough Fairly

iii. Rapport Depot Report

iv. Chassis Cheddar Chic

(f) You are invited as the motivational speaker to give a talk on discipline. State three factors you would
consider about the audience before giving the talk. (3mks)
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(g) A friend of yours was vetted as the best group leader in class. State and explain the qualities that they
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MID TERM 2 2024 EXAM
ENGLISH FORM 4
TIME: 1 ½ HOURS
NAME_____________________________________________ADM_____________CLASS________

Answer all the questions on this paper.

All answers must be written in English in a clear and legible handwriting.

A. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
The Ministry of Health is seeking to recruit students to serve in a campaign aimed at creating awareness
among young people on the importance of healthy eating.
Applicants must be:
- Kenyan citizens
- 15 years and above
- In possession of a national Identification Card
- Fluent in English and Kiswahili
- Creative and innovative
- Able to demonstrate knowledge on issues of healthy eating.
Interested persons are required to send their application to the following by 30th July 2024.
The Principal Secretary
Ministry of Health
PO Box 6789- 00100
Nairobi

Imagine that you meet the above qualifications and write the application letter. (20 marks)

B. EXCERPT
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excerpt below and answer the questions that follow. (20 marks)

“What followed?”
“Disaffection is what followed.” Comrade Melusi had finished his sadza. He was washing his hands in a
basin, with water the waiter was pouring down from a pitcher.
“I went back into business.” Now he was washing his lips, over the basin, which the waiter had raised to his
chin.
The visitor reached for his coffee and took a sip. “More like it!” he said. “Nice and hot,” he added. Then he
turned to Comrade Melusi. “Your new business, how did it do?”
“I can’t say it did well. Inflation was eroding incomes faster than they could grow. But I survived. I didn’t
live and work in as clean a suburb as I did before. I just could not afford the rent there anymore. No, I had
relocated to a slum in a poor part of Harare. But, hey, I was alive.” He laughed, falsely. Sorrow was in his
eyes. “Then there came Murambatsvina.”
“Then there came what?” asked the visitor.
“Murambatsvina”. It is Shona, meaning expelling the trash.”
“Please go on.”
“Bulldozers went from slum to slum evicting residents by tearing their homes to the ground. Murambatsvina
expelled us, the trash, all right. We got no advance warning before or alternative accommodation after.
Nobody cared whether we lived or died. We had to go. It did not matter where. Just go!
“Did anyone explain why you had to leave?”

Question
a) Briefly explain what happens immediately before the excerpt. (3 marks)

b) From the excerpt, comment on any two character traits of Comrade Melusi. (4 marks)

c) Identify, illustrate and state the effectiveness of the features of style in the above excerpt. (4
marks)

d) Comrade Melusi had finished his sadza. (Begin: His sadza…) (1 mark)

e) But I survived. (Add a question tag) (1 mark)

f) Identify and explain the major theme in the excerpt. (2 marks)

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elsewhere in the text, explain what Comrade Melusi says was the true aim of Murambatsvina.
(2 marks)

h) Explain the meaning of the following words as used in the excerpt.

i. Disaffection

ii. Inflation

iii. Suburb

C. GRAMMAR

a) Rewrite the following sentences based on the instruction given after each. (3 marks)

i. Professor George Magoha the former Education Cabinet Secretary passed on a few months
ago. (Rewrite using parenthesis)

ii. “Can I serve you with lemonade?” the waiter asked him. (change into reported speech)

iii. Some students are not used to hard work. (Rewrite to end with… hard)

b) Use the words in brackets to form phrasal verbs to fill the blanks below. (3 marks)
i. You have to ______________ with a more convincing explanation. (come)
ii. Spending more time on our studies than on social media has ____________. (pay)
iii. The mayor assumed that the problem had been _________________. (iron)

c) Complete the sentences below using the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. (2 marks)
i. This answer is _____________________ than the first one. (obscure)
ii. Not all pre-historic places in Kenya are the same; Kariandusi is _____________ (unique)

d) Explain the difference in meaning between the following pairs of sentences. (2 marks)
i. She went and bought herself a skirt.
ii. She went and bought a skirt herself.

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Name:………………………………….…………………..Adm No…………………
Class :………………………. Date :……………..……

SET 6 2024
English

Paper 1

Form 4

Time: 2 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
g) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided
h) Write the date of examination in the provided spaces
i) Answer all questions in this paper
j) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this paper.
k) This question paper consists of 7 printed pages.
l) Candidates should check and ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no question(s) are
missing.

For examiners use only

Question Maximum score Candidate’s score

1 Functional skills 20
2 Cloze test 10
3Oral skills 30
Total score 60
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This paper consists of 7 printed pages. Candidate should check to ascertain that all pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.

1. Imagine you are the Secretary of the Drama Club at Amani High School. The National Drama Festival
is scheduled to take place in three weeks’ time. The Patron has informed you that you need to have a
meeting with the other members of the cast who are also the club members to plan for the festival
which will take place at Meru High School. Write a notification of meeting. (20
marks)

2. Fill the blanks in the passage below with an appropriate word. (10 marks)
The chorus of praise for the Meteorological Department for (1)………………………..predicting when the
rains would begin is a public vote of confidence in the institution. The weatherman (2) ………………………
the exact day of the first deluge of the new rainy season and the duration. (3) ………………………….. it is
disappointing that despite the accuracy, the country has once again been caught napping. This is, (4)
…………………………….. partly due to the skepticism arising from the past predictions. But more worrying
is the exposure of the lack of (5)……………………………………to deal with floods. A country
whose vast (6) ……………………………. of land have been ravaged by a lengthy drought is now awash with
water does not know how to deal with. It is a sorry state (7) ………………………… suffering and agony
when it rains and also when it shines. The perennial utter(8) ………………………………… of the people,
agencies and the national and county leadership is astounding and costly. Seven people have died in the past
two days and there is every indication (9) ……………………………………… there will be more deaths and
destruction of (10) ……

3. Answer all the questions in the spaces provided. (30 marks)

a) Read the poem and answer the questions that follow: (8 marks)
Who will believe my verse in time to come,
If it were filled with your most high whoosh deserts?
Though yet heaven knows, it is but as tomb
Which hides your life and shows not half your parts
If I could write the beauty of your eyes
And in fresh number all your graces,
The age to come would say ‘This poet lies’
Such heavenly touches never touched earth’s faces,
So should my papers, yellowed with their age,
Be scorned, like lazy less travelled old men of less truth than tongue

i) Identify the rhyme scheme of the poem? (2marks)

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b) Provide a word that is pronounced in the same way as the words provided below.
(4 marks)
i) some …………………………………….
ii) be …………………………………….
iii) their ……………………………………..
iv) come ……………………………………

c) You have been invited to an interview for a clerical job in your former primary school. List things that you
will do before and during the interview so as to excel in the interview
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teacher of English has asked you to present an oral narrative to your class during the English lesson. List
three verbal techniques you will employ so as to make your narration interesting to the audience.
(3 marks)
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e) Consider the riddling session below and answer the questions that follow: (4 marks)
Challenger: I have a riddle. Are you ready for it?
Audience: Yes, give us the challenge.
Challenger: I have a wife who never returns to where she came from
Audience: The waters of a stream.
Challenger: No
Audience: Rain.
Challenger: No, give me a city
Audience: Mombasa
Audience: fine, I will settle in Mombasa. The answer is the leaf of a tree.

i) How is the audience’s attention captured before the riddling session in the riddle provided above?
(1mark)
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ii) Indicate whether the intonation used in the sentences provided below assume a falling or rising
intonation. (3marks)
I have a riddle. Are you ready for it? ...............................................
The waters of a stream……………… ……………………………..
The answer is the leaf of a tree ……………………………………

f) Read the conversation provided below and answer the questions that follow:
(7 marks)
JOHN: Hallo…
OPERATOR: Emergency, which service do you require?
JOHN: There’s been a terrible accident and I want you to do something about it.
OPERATOR: Kindly tell me the service you require. Is it fire, police or ambulance?
JOHN: OH yes, ambulance.
OPERATOR: Your phone number please?
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OPERATOR: Am putting you through.
DRIVER: Hello, will you tell me the exact location of the accident scene
JOHN: Just behind my house.
i) What are the shortcomings of John’s listening skills? (3marks)
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guidelines of giving directions?
(4marks)
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NAME: ………………………………………………ADM No. …………CLASS………

SCHOOL:………………........

SET 7 101/1
ENGLISH
Paper 1
(Functional Skills)
Time: 2 Hours

EAGLE TWO JOINT EXAMINATION 2024

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
101/1
ENGLISH
Paper 1
(Functional Skills)
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 Time: 2
Hours

Instructions to Candidates
- Write your name in the spaces provided above.
- Answer all questions in this question paper.
- All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this paper.
- Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.

For Examiners Use Only

Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score

1 20
2 10
3 30
Total Score
1.Imagine that you are the secretary of the Young Farmers Club in your school. You are intending to hold
the end year meeting to plan for the activities for the coming year.
a) Write the notice of the meeting which would be posted on the notice board. (10 marks)
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b) In the course of the year, you had two main activities: Raising money for starting a poultry farm and
visiting Agricultural Show. Write a brief report on the club’s activities of the year ended.
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2. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate word.

A bill of rights 1…………………. a written list of rights and freedoms 2………………citizens of a country.
3…………………… is designed to recognize, protect and preserve the dignity of 4…………………… It is
therefore an important part of Kenya’s constitution. The bill is guidance for 5…………………………. that
no citizen is treated unfairly. The right to life is a 6………………………. right. Every person has a right to
live. The life of a person 7…………………… at conception. Abortion is, therefore 8………………….
permitted except in cases 9…………………. the life of a mother is in danger. It is therefore a
10…………………to take another person’s life. Every person is equal before the law.
3.Oral skills (30 marks)
There was a little man.
There was a little man
And he had a little gun
And his bullets were made of lead, lead, lead.
He went to the brook
And he saw a little duck
And he shot it right through the head, head, head.

He carried it home,
To his old wife, Joan,
And lit her a fire to make, make, make
To roast the little duck
He had shot in the brook
And he’d gone and fetch her the drake, drake, drake.
The drake was swimming,
With his curly tail,
The old man made his mark, mark, mark,
He fired his shot,
But he fired too soon,
And the drake flew away with a quack, quack, quack.
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a ) Explain any two effects of repetition in the poem (2mks)
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b ). Identify and illustrate two sound devices brought out in this poem. (4 marks)
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e ) Your school drama club plans to present a play in the fourth coming drama festivals. They are having a
dress rehearsal for the rest of the school so as to get some feedback. Give four things that the audience
needs to pay attention to: . (4 marks)
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f) Identify the word with the odd sound from the following sets of words on the basis of the underlined
letters. ( 4 marks)
i) Albeit Albino Algebra Alley

ii) Erupt Escort Erode Erase

iii) Guide Guilt Guitar Guinea

iv) Good Goof Goose Googly

g) The following words have different meanings. Write two sentences for each to bring out two different
meanings (3marks)

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h) You attend a prize- giving ceremony in your school. When the chief guest is speaking, you notice that
he is sweating profusely, inaudible and avoids eye contact with his audience. What could be the cause of
such behaviour? (4 marks)
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i) Complete the following telephone conversation.
Caller:…………………………………………………………………………………(2mark)
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Secretary: May I know who I am speaking to?
Caller: I am Jane from the Kenya Commercial Bank.
Secretary: ………………………………………………………………………… ( 1 mark)
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Would you mind calling again or do I take your message please?
Caller : ………………………………………………………………………… ( 2 mark)
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Secretary : You are most welcome. I will tell her that you will call her tomorrow.
Caller: Thank you and bye.

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 SET 8 - 2024
ENGLISH (101)
PAPER 1
FORM 4

Name: …………………………………………………………. Adm No: ……………….

School: ……………………………………………………….. Class: …………………..
Signature: …………………………………………………….. Date: ……………………

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
m) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided
n) Write the date of examination in the provided spaces
o) Answer all questions in this paper
p) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this paper.
q) This question paper consists of 6 printed pages.
r) Candidates should check and ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no question(s)
are missing.

For examiners use only

Question Maximum score Candidate’s score

1 Functional Skills 20
2 Cloze test 10
3Oral skills 30
Total score 60

This paper consists of 5 printed pages. Candidate should check to ascertain that all pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.

4. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20mks)

Drama Club, of which you are the Secretary, needs to raise a sum of Kshs 20,000/= to aid them on

their trip to Nairobi for a Drama Contest. To your astonishment as members, the school Principal has

offered to give you Kshs 15,000/=.

c. Write an internal memo to the other club members inviting them to a meeting to discuss, among

other issues:

1.Ways of raising the remaining 5,000 shillings.

2.Fixing dates for rehearsals for the contest.
d. Write the Principal a note to sincerely thank him/her for his/her generosity. (8 marks)

5. CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)

Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word. (10 marks)

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hygiene is very important in everybody’s (1) ……….……………. Many people do not understand how
to take care of (2)…………………… properly. Personal hygiene is the (3) ……………. of keeping your
body clean and healthy. To (4)………………..with, personal hygiene is important. It is really important
(5)……………………..take care of yourself, and take (6) …………………… of your body.
(7)…………………… excellent personal hygiene can make you (8)…………………… more confident,
and increase you self- esteem because you feel (9)……………………. happy and clean. Having good
personal hygiene can help a student feel (10)……………… in life for when you feel healthy you are
happy.

6. ORAL SKILLS. (30 Marks)

(h) Read the oral poem below and answer the questions that follow.
O little buds all burgeoning with spring
You hold my winter in forgetfulness
Without my gate u hear a robin sing
O little laughing blooms that lift and bless!
It blew the breezes in a soft caress
Blowing my dreams upon swallows wing’
O little merry buds in dapped dress
You fill my heart with very wantonness
Oh little buds all burgeoning with spring.

Questions.
j. Which words would you stress in line one of the poem and why? (2mks)

vi. How would you perform the last two lines of the poem? (2mks)

vii. Identify two features of oral poetry present in the above oral poem. (2mks)

viii. Which intonation would you use in the sentences below and why? (2mks)
c) O little laughing blooms that lift and bless!

d) O little buds all burgeoning with spring.

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 ix. Give another word that is pronounced the same as the ones below. (2mks)
c) Bud

d) Blew

(i) Explain the meaning that comes out when the underlined words in the sentence below are
stressed. (3mks)
iv. The generous man gave the poor girl school fees.

v. The generous man gave the poor girl school fees.

vi. The generous man gave the poor girl school fees.

(j) Indicate the silent letter in the words below. (3mks)

iv. Mortgage

v. Leopard

vi. Paradigm

(k) Use stress markers to indicate the stressed syllable in the words below. (2mks)
iii. Beautiful

iv. Agree

(l) Pick the off one out according to the pronunciation of the underline vowels below.
(4mks)
v. Peasant Weapon Meaning

vi. Shepherd Enough Fairly

vii. Rapport Depot Report

viii. Chassis Cheddar Chic

(m) You are invited as the motivational speaker to give a talk on discipline. State three factors you would
consider about the audience before giving the talk. (3mks)
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(n) A friend of yours was vetted as the best group leader in class. State and explain the qualities that they
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