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END OF TERM THREE
TIME: 2 HOURS

END OF TERM (III) EXAMINATION -2019

Kenya Certificate ofSecondary Education (K.C.S.E)

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(a) Write your name and admission number and class on the spaces provided
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For examiner's use only

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MAXSCORE CANDIDATE'S SCORE

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QUESTIONS
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Functional Writing 20
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Cloze test 10
Oral Skills 30
Total 60

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Ql . Functional Skills (20marks)
For the past three years, the KCSE perfonnance in English has been deteriorating in your school.
As a result, the principal has appointed a four-member committee to investigate the causes of the
performance. The committee is also supposed to give recommendations to reverse the trend.
As the secretary to the committee, write a report that you will present to the principal h�, 3 rd
October, 2_019. Be keen on the format and language of writing reports. (20rnks)

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Q2. Cloze Test (10mks)
· We are on the verge 1 ------ an economic renewal if we consider the recent 2
----- of mineral resources in several parts of the country. There have been discoveries of
Titanium in K wale, oil and water in Turkana 3 __________ coal in Kitui. Kenya has
joined the 4 ____ of other countries in Africa endowed with natural resourqes.
These discoveries should provoke. 5 to consider 6
questions: How well are the resources 7 ________ to be managed? What mechanisms
are we putting m place to promote . accountability and transparen�y in the 8
_________ of these resources? Given our track 9 _________ in managing
public funds, how 10 we assure the citizens of accountability by properly
managing the natural resources?
Q3 Oral Skills (30mks)
(a) Read the song below and answer the questions that follow (8rnks)

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(i) With illustrations in each case, identify any three features that contribute to the oral nature of
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(i) A.gree.ment (noun)
(ii) Ex.port (verb)
(iii) Pre.sent (adj)
(f) A speaker has been invited to your school to give a talk on the importance of discipline in
a school. About ten minutes into the talk you get bored and unable to concentrate on the
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 (g) Oral skills
You're stranded at the nearest bus stop to your school.· You decide to call your head teacher to
report that you are unable to arrive in school in time for the day's morning lessons.
Complete the conversation that follows below (6mks)
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Secretary: I'm sorry the head teacher is away and can't speak to you now.
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Secretary: Could you please tell me who your class teacher is?
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Secretary: I'm sorry Mrs. Kamau is in class now. Can you please leave a message?

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