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Laikipia District Mock- English Paper 1 Question Paper
Laikipia 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
LAIKIPIA DISTRICT JOINT MOCK EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) 2007
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 the pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
QUESTION 1
You are the secretary of the wildlife club. You have just held a meeting in which all members expect
four turned up. Of the four, only two were absent with apologies. The patron also attended. Write minutes
using the following agenda:
1. Preliminaries
2. Confirmation of minutes
3. Matters arising
4. Wildlife conservation
5. Indiscipline of members
6. Farewell party for outgoing members
7. Any other business
8. Adjournment
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QUESTION 2
Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most appropriate word.
There are many kinds of snakes in the word. However, (1) ________________ all of them are
poisonous. The most common snakes can sometimes be (2) ________________ in our gardens. The harmless grass snakes vary in (3) _____________________ from one foot to three feet. They rarely bite people and (4)
_____________, in fact shy creatures.
Grass snakes eat insects and small animals (5) _______________ frogs and chicks. They are good for
the garden as they keep (6) __________________ pests like rats and gophers.
The more poisonous varieties (7) ____________________ snakes are the python and Viper. (8)
_________________ snakes are seldom found in gardens. Instead, these snakes live in forests or in dense
vegetation such as swamp lands.
They do not actively seek out victims, but (9) __________________ defend themselves against potential
enemies (10) __________________ intruders.
QUESTION 3
(a) Read the oral song below and then answer the questions that follow.
If I have to use medicine from a traditional doctor
I shall
But charm I am going to get
From the traditional doctor, is not for
Killing others
When I woo Kang’ombe
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She tells me to keep quite
Yet I feel I love her
I want to marry a beautiful girl like her
When I follow her she doesn’t say anything to me
If she can’t love me, it’s all right
But if she can’t, please give me some charm
So, that when I see her, she can love me
Oh! Please doctor, tell me,
I want to get love from the one I love
Kang’ombe,
I am in torment.
Questions.
(i) Identify the type of the oral poem above. (2 marks)
(ii) Identify and illustrate two features of oral poetry present in the above poem. (4 marks)
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(iii) What is the message in the poem? (2 marks)
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(iv) Give two ways which you could use to enliven the performance of this song. (2 marks)
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(v) Identify four pairs of words in this list which have the same sound (4 marks)
Sign shoe won fine see
flower bin nit time flour
queue gill night sue sine
floor vine worn dime one
quail pin see kill knit
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(c) Poetry
Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)
Crabbed age and youth cannot live together
Youth is full of pleasure; age is full of care,
Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather,
Youth is full of sport; age’s breath is short,
Youth is nimble, age is lame.
Youth is hot and bold, age is weak and cold,
Youth is wild, and age is lame,
Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee,
O my love, my love is young!
Age, I do defy thee.
(William Shakespeare)
(i) Identify two sound patterns in the above poem. (2 marks)
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(ii) ‘Youth is nimble, age is lame.’
Identify words that must be stressed in the line above to arrive at the correct intonation.
(2 marks)
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(iii) Using intonation arrows show how the last line should be recited. (2 marks)
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(d) You are the principal of a school and one of the students has become a terrible drug addict. His father comes to school so as to explore ways of assisting the student. Complete the dialogue between the principal and the parent.
Principal: Come right in and have a seat.
Parent: ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Principal: Oh ! welcome Mr. Nyamweya It’s a pleasure to see you. How can I assist you?
Parent: ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Principal: It’s true Mr. Nyamweya. Your son’s performance has dropped drastically
because of addition to drugs. How do you think he got hooked into drugs?
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Principal: Mr. Nyamweya, Michael is your son whose behaviour you should be able to
monitor. Talking of peer influence, do you know all his friends?
Parent: ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Principal: We have plan here in school. The Guiding and counseling department will take
up his case and see how we will tackle it.
Parent: ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Principal: We shall, but you have to co- operate with us in shaping his character.
Parent: ……………………………………………………………………………………
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Principal: Good day too.
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