ACK JOINT EXAM

101/1 ENGLISH PP1.

ENGLISH FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

ACK DIOCESE OF MASENO NORTH

FORM FOUR JOINT EXALUATION
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JULY EVALUATION.

Name ………………………………….…………..Index Number ……………………………….

School …………………………..……………….. Admission Number ………………………….

Candidate’s Signature …………………………….Date ………………………………………….

INSTRUCTION:

a) Answer all questions in this question paper

b) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in the question paper
c) Candidates must answer the questions in English

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

Questions Maximum Score Candidate’s score

1
20
2
10
3
30

TOTAL SCORE 60

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FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MKS)

1. Imagine you are the secretary of a young leaders club in your school. The chairperson of the club
has convened a meeting. During the meeting, as the secretary, you are required to take down the
minutes. Six members have attended but three have not though two informed the chairperson of
their unavailability. The Area Youth Officer is present. The date and venue of the County Young
Leaders retreat is revisited and changed. Issues discussed during the meeting include, recruitment
of new members, parliamentary visit and community service project. One of the members of the
club suggest a need to throw an end year part
Write down the minutes of the meeting.

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2. CLOZE TEST

Read the passage below and fill each blank space with most appropriate word (10mks

Kenya is slowly becoming a dumping 1__________________ not a transit point for narcotic drugs
2__________________to a police report. This, says the report,3_____________________ because
traffickers now find it more difficult to 4_______________________the drugs out of the country once
brought in. 5______________________involving illicit drug trafficking have been
6________________the increase in the last few years. Kenya has slowly become 7__________________
only a transit country but also a small consumer. This is 8______________________ when traffickers
find it difficult to 9_____________________drugs out of

Kenya; they re-distribute 10___________________ for local sales expanding their market within.

3. ORAL SKILLS (30MKS)

Read the following poem and then answer the questions that follow

Oh!it has dawned

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Oh! It has dawned

You are asking for a lion cloth to take where?

Li ii ii it has dawned

You are asking for a lion cloth to take where?

Uncircumcised man of Ngiro

It has dawned

What do you need a lion cloth for?

Now only your mother can help you

Uncircumcised man of Ngiro

What do you need a lion cloth for?

Won’t you call your mother to plead for you

Oh it has dawned

Li ii ii it has dawned

What do you need a lion cloth for?

i) Identify three aspects that make this an oral poem (3mks)

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 ii) In what three ways would you make the performance of this oral poem interesting (3mks)

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iii) If you were to perform this poem, what preparations would you make to ensure the
performance is effective ( 3mks)

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B) State what type of intonation you would use in the following sentences (3mks)

i) When where you born?

ii) Did you complete your assignment

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iii)You like Mathematics?

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C) In the word given below, underline the part that should be stressed (4mks)

i) es.ti.mate

ii) chauf.feur

iii) no.tice

iv) as.so.ci.ate

D) Underline the word containing a different vowels sound from the rest (4mks)

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i) Bead head bled

ii) Pretty city speedy

iii) Horse hospital force

iv)Flirt shirt flat

E. Give one reason why it is important for speaker to keep an eye contact with their audience

(1mk)

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F. It started with a gift of a tie and they will soon tie the knot

i) Identify the above genre and explain your answer (2mk)

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ii) Identify and illustrate one sound feature used in the above genre (1mk)

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G. Read the dialogue below and then answers the questions that follows

Peter: Do you know? I think the new proposed finance bill 2024 will transform the Kenyan economy

Mary: Peter, you can’t argue like that. You sound like somebody from………….

Peter: I don’t want to argue with you, anyway, how can I stoop so low. You are unlikely

to comprehend my point.

Mary: You see. You are rude and unrefined

Peter; And you, of course, have such fine manners! What’s wrong with what I said?

Mary: A mere proposed bill cannot transform our economy, unless the finance committee involves

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 all stakeholders in its preparation, it is bound to fail on the floor of the house.

Peter: But the committee involved the public in its drafting. If we keenly read it……………..

Mary: You have made your point.

Peter: I give up. Every word you say confirms that I shouldn’t be talking to you.

i) Explain three features that make the conversation between Peter and Mary ineffective (6mks)

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