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The document is a marking scheme for Form One students, covering comprehension, poetry analysis, functional writing, cloze tests, oral skills, and grammar. It includes specific questions and guidelines for evaluating student responses in each section. The marking scheme emphasizes comprehension of texts, creative writing skills, and understanding of language mechanics.

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ENG 22 MS

The document is a marking scheme for Form One students, covering comprehension, poetry analysis, functional writing, cloze tests, oral skills, and grammar. It includes specific questions and guidelines for evaluating student responses in each section. The marking scheme emphasizes comprehension of texts, creative writing skills, and understanding of language mechanics.

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Kenya Educators Publishers

MARKING SCHEME

FORM ONE

1. COMPREHENSION PASSAGE - 20

1. Makena’s grandmother was too weak and poor to raise her, and her mother had eloped
with her husband whom she said did not like children.

2. Apart from bringing her gifts, Makena’s mother did not want to discuss with her any
important thing.

3. Her aunt was the chairlady of the local women’s organization and anyone who displeased
her risked being denied a chance to get a loan.

4. Cruel- she beats and mistreats Makena.


Dishonest – lied to people that Makena fractured her hand on the water container.

5.Makena was beaten, denied education, subjected to child labour and denied payment for
the hard work she did.

6. Was a crowd gathering fast and did Aunt Marina panick?

7. (a) gave up hope of going to school.


(b) jumped on her.
(c) in the fray/fight
(d) arrested

2. POEM - 10 MRKS)
Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.
Your love flows through my veins
like the Nile River flows through
the sands of Egypt.
Love flows through my veins
Like rivers that break off into endless streams
and water the gardens of the green stems
of torn covered rose bushes.

In my veins, you flow, as a sparrow


flies through the blue skies in beauty.
You are the blood that flows through my veins
and later settles deep in my heart
and embraces me with a hug of intimacy.
Love flows through my veins
like endless notes played b y the sweetest composer

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along with his private orchestra playing a lovely melody.
Rivers, streams break off and flow into lakes and oceans,
like my veins that lead to my heart
you are always there flowing through my veins.
Your love flows through my veins

(a) Who is the speaker in this poem? (2 marks)


The speaker is a person who is in love with another person

(b) Describe what the poem above is about. (4 marks)


The poem is about veins √who loves another person. √ The person claims that the
love from the other person flows through their veins√ like rivers, and many others.√

(c) Identify three instances of similes in the poem (3 marks)


like the Nile River flows through the sands of Egypt.
like rivers that break off into endless streams.
like endless notes played by the sweetest composer along with his private orchestra
playing a lovely melody.
you flow, as a sparrow
like my veins that lead to my heart, you are always there flowing through my veins.

(d) Give this poem a suitable title. (1 mark)


Your love flows through my vein

3. FUNCTIONAL WRITING - 20 MARKS

A day after the school closes for December holiday you are visiting your aunt for three days.

(a) Write a packing list of all the items you would carry with you to her place (10 marks)
Must have
• A heading – A PACKING LIST FOR ………(1 mark)
• FOUR columns (item/category of items/quantity/description) (2 marks)
• At least 3 category of items (3 marks)
• Columns filled (4 marks)

(b) Keep a diary of key activities you would engage in each of the three days. (10 marks)

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Format – 3 marks
• Title 1 mark
• Date ½ mark
• Day ½ mark
• Time ½ mark
• Event/activities ½ mark

Content
Activities well listed, @ 2mk – 6 marks
Language – 1 mark

4. CLOZE TEST - 10 MARKS

(1) is (6) awake


(2) study (7) a
(3) however (8) who
(4) its (9) by
(5) usually (10) person

5. ORAL SKILLS

(a) Read the riddling convention below and then answer questions that follow.

Oguma: I have a riddle!


Tonny: Throw it.
Oguma: What is so fragile that when you say its name you break it?
Basil: Glass
Tonny: Plate
Oguma: You both are wrong. Give me a city.
Tonny: We have given you Kisumu.
Oguma: The answer is silence.

(i) Name the: (2 marks)

I. Respondent

Tonny Basil
II. Challenger

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Oguma

(ii) Identify the following parts of the convention. (3 mks)

I. Prize
Kisumu

II. Guess
Glass/plate

III. Solution
Silence

(a) Fill in the more suitable word in the space provided. (5 marks)
(i) Eat that last green …………….. in the plate. (been, bean) bean

(ii) Are we ………………………. to go to the church? (aloud, allowed) allowed

(iii) Push me …………………….. on the swing. (higher, hire) higher

(iv) My skirt is too big for my ………………………….(waist, waste) waist

(v) I did not …………………… that you were coming. (know, no) know

(b) Underline the silent letter in: (5 marks)

(i) Debtor b

(ii) Asthmab th

(iii) Wren w

(iv) Catalogue ue

(v) Guess u

(c) Considering the pronunciation of the underlined letter(s), write the odd word out. (5 marks)

(i) Flash, car, cat car

(ii) Birth, herd, guard guard

(iii) Quack, cucumber, cent cent

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(iv) Much, choir, kick much

(v) Usual, genre, sure sure

6. GRAMAR 20 MARKS)

(a) (i) ripped


(ii) burst
(iii) was
(iv) has

(b) (i) Do you enjoy eating coconuts?


(ii) Does the tide come in and go out everyday?

(c) (i) worried


(ii) next

(d) (i) kid


(ii) library

(e) (i) The schools are facing financial crises.


(ii) Our fathers-in-law own herds of kettle.

(f) (i) a, the


(ii) an, a

(g) (i) Prettier


(ii) the hottest

(h) (i) She is dead


(ii) He ascended the mountain

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