BROOKSIDE COLLEGE

MID YEAR EXAMINATION

ENGLISH: Paper 2 Time : 2 hours
Class : FORM 1 Year : 2022

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

 WRITE YOUR NAME ON THE ANSWERSHEETS PROVIDED.

 READ THE PAPER CAREFULLY BEFORE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS.
 ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS.
 ANSWER ONE QUESTION FROM SECTION A and one FROM SECTION B.
 WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON SEPARATE PAPERS.
 IF YOU USE MORE THAN ONE SHEET OF PAPER, FASTEN THE SHEETS
TOGETHER.

INFORMATION TO CANDIDATES

 THE NUMBER OF MARKS IS GIVEN IN BRACKETS [ ] AT THE END OF EACH

QUESTION.
 YOU ARE ADVISED TO SPEND 1 HOUR 30 minutes on SECTION A and 30
minutes on SECTION B.
 You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your
answers.
 SECTION A [40 Marks]
Read the following passage and answer all the questions that follow.
Mistakes in spelling, punctuation and grammar may be penalized in this
section.
Stolen food
This passage is an extract from Helen Keller’s autobiography, The Story of
My Life. An autobiography is someone’s life story written by that person.
Helen Keller was born in 1880 in the USA. She lost her sight and hearing
in an illness when she was two years old.

1. I do not remember when I first realized that I was different from

other people, but I knew it before my teacher came to me. I had
noticed that my mother and my friends did not use signs as I did
when they wanted anything done, but talked with their mouths.
Sometimes I stood between two persons who were conversing and
touched their lips.
2. I could not understand, and was vexed. I moved
my lips and gesticulated frantically without result. This made me
so angry at times that I kicked and screamed until I was exhausted.
I think I knew when I was naughty, for I knew that it hurt Ella,
my nurse, to kick her, and when my fit of temper was over I had a
feeling akin to regret. But I cannot remember any instance in which
this feeling prevented me from repeating the naughtiness when I
failed to get what I wanted.
3. In those days, Martha Washington, the child of our cook,
and Belle, an old hound, and a great hunter in her day, were my
constant companions. Martha Washington understood my signs,
and I seldom had any difficulty in making her do just as I wished.

4. It pleased me to domineer over her, and she generally submitted

to my tyranny rather than risk a hand-to-hand encounter. I was
strong, active, indifferent to consequences. I knew
my own mind well enough and always had my
own way, even if I had to fight tooth and nail for
it.
5. We spent a great deal of time in the kitchen,
kneading dough balls, helping make ice-cream,
grinding coffee, quarreling over the cake-bowl,
and feeding the hens and turkeys that swarmed
about the kitchen steps. Many of them were so
tame that they would eat from my hand and let
me feel them.
6. One big gobbler snatched a tomato
from me one day and ran away with it. Inspired,
perhaps, by Master Gobbler’s success, we carried
off to the woodpile a cake which the cook had
just frosted, and ate every bit of it. I was quite
ill afterward, and I wondered if retribution also
overtook the turkey.

Answer all questions.

You are recommended to answer them in the order set.
From paragraph 1
1.
(a) (i) Write down the four worded phrase from the passage which
means the same as, ‘do not recall.’ [2]
(ii) When did the narrator know that she was different from
other people? [1]
From paragraph 2
(b) (i) What made the narrator angry at times after moving her lips
and gesticulating frantically? [1]
(ii) Which two actions did the narrator do to show her anger?[2]
(iii) Give the name of the narrator’s nurse. [1]
From paragraph 3
 (c) (i) Who is Martha Washington according to the passage?[1]
(ii) How was the character Martha Washington an important
companion to the narrator? [2]
From paragraph 4
(d) According to the passage, the narrator was indifferent to
consequences. Use your own words to describe the narrator’s
attitude and behaviour. [2]
From paragraph 5
(e) List any three activities that were done in the kitchen by the
narrator and her companions. [3]
From the whole passage
(f) Choose any five of the following words. For each of them give
one word or short phrase of not more than seven words which
has the same meaning as it has in the passage.

1. noticed (line 3)
2. conversing (line 5)
3. gesticulated (line 8)
4. instance (line 12)
5. seldom (line 18)
6. domineer (line19)
7. consequences (line 21)
8. retribution (line 37)
[5]
2. The whole passage is a narration of Helen Keller’s childhood
experiences.
Write a summary on how Helen Keller (the narrator) spent time with her
companions and how she treated them.
USE ONLY MATERIAL FROM PARAGRAPH 2 TO THE END OF
THE PASSAGE,
Your summary which should be in continuous writing must not be more
than 120 words. [20]
SECTION B [10 MARKS]
Supporting language structures
Answer all questions from this section. Do not copy the given
sentences, simply write down the correct answer on your answer
sheet.
Choose the correct verb from the ones given in brackets.
1. What (do/does) that flag stand for?
2. Nobody (wants/ want) to lose their property.
3. We all (knows/know) that hard work is necessary
4. The quality of goods to be bought (depend/depend) on the money
available.
5. One of the doctors (are/ is) my relative.
6. People who survived the accident (are/ is) still in hospital.
7. My sister’s husband (are/is) coming home today.
8. She should (tells/tell) the truth all the time.
9. What (does/do) people do when walking in the street?
10. I (likes/like) eating sadza and fish.