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Bomet District Mock - English Paper 1 Question Paper
Bomet District Mock - English Paper 1
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Mock question papers
Exam Year:2007
NAME:………………..………………………………………………… INDEX NO:…………….
SCHOOL:……………………………………………………………………………………………….
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
JULY / AUGUST 2007
2 HOURS
BOMET DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
101/1
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
JULY / AUGUST 2007
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
_ Write your name and index in the spaces provided above.
_ Answer ALL the questions in this question paper.
_ ALL your answers must be written in the spaces provided in the question paper.
This paper consists of 7 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no
questions are missing.
Question 1 (20 marks)
1. Write an E-mail to your pen friend living Norway. In your E-mail highlight the following to him
or her.
_ Details about you and your family
_ Your locality and country
_ Places if interest in your country
_ Your hobbies and interests
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Question 2 (10 marks)
2. Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate word.
Gender (i) ______________ against the African woman is not only very (ii) _______________
but it is also. (iii) ______________ in African societies. (iv) ____________________ factors combine to disadvantage the African woman. First, we have (v) ________________ beliefs about the ‘natural’ inferiority of the woman. (vi) _____________, many negative cultural (vii)_______________, like female genital mutilation, bride price and confinement to specified spaces demean the African woman Thirdly; the (viii)____________________ poverty and ignorance prevailing in many Africa societies (ix) ____________________the African woman the means, the knowledge and the power to make positive decisions (x) ____________ her life.
3. (a) Study the oral literature piece below and then answer the questions that follow.
Challenger: Tangoch! (A challenge!)
Respondent: Choo! (Let it come!)
Challenger: Siling barak ! ( A shilling in the sky!)
Respondent: Ndegeit (An aeroplane.)
(i) Classify the above oral literature item. (1 mark)
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(ii) What is the audience targeted in the above piece? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
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(iii) Explain the imagery in the above oral literature genre. (3 marks)
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(b) For each of the following words underline the stressed syllable so that it gives the meaning
of the definition given after it. (4 marks)
(i) Refuse: (rubbish or wastes)
(ii) Rebel: (a person who fights against an established government)
(iii) Desert: (To abandon)
(iv) Progress: (To advance or develop)
(c) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
Diana doesn’t dwell on trivialities
For this damage the brain dry.
And drench one into thoughts which untainted
Send one’s head tossing and turning
Driving one to the town’s streets
Dressed but in one’s birthday attire
Like a nude tailor’s dummy
Courting danger in the dingy town’s alleys
From a trigger that drills a hole
Through the brain damaged dry.
(i) Using two different illustrations identify one poetic sound device that stands out in
this poem. (3marks)
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(ii) What would the device in (i) above help in achieving if the poem were to be recited
live? (2marks)
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(iii) What is the poem all about? (3marks)
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(d) Below is an interview between a head teacher and a student. Complete the part left blank.
Read through the conversation first before writing your responses.
Head teacher: Yes, come in, young man and sit down.
What’s your name?
Student: ………………………………………………………………….(2 marks)
Head teacher: That’s right. You transferred here recently didn’t you?
Student: …………………………………………………………………. (1 mark)
Head teacher: Now, I need to find out a few details about you, so we can assist you
better. How old are you, John?
Student: …………………………………………………………………. (1 mark)
Head teacher: What subjects did you do well in, in Form 1?
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Head teacher: Are there any subjects you feel you need more help in?
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Head teacher: Don’t worry John, we can help you improve in these subjects. Do you
have any other interests apart from class work?
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Head teacher: Good. We would like you to continue with these interests here. Feel
welcome and try to settle down as quickly as possible. Thank you, John
That’s all for now.
Student: ………………………………………………………………… (1 mark)__
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