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English Form One Holiday Assignment Term Two August Holiday 2018 Question Paper

English Form One Holiday Assignment Term Two August Holiday 2018

Course:English

Exam Year:2018

DOCTOR N AGGREY HIGH SCHOOL.
FORM ONE HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT.
TERM TWO AUGUST HOLIDAY 2018.
WRITING SKILLS.(10MKS)
1. (a) Your form one class has emerged the best in term one examinations. The Principal of your school has rewarded the class with a three day trip to Mombasa.
Write a packing list you will need for the trip.
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CLOZE TEST(10MKS)
Read the following passage and fill in the gaps with the most appropriate words.
The police frequently 1 ………………………. our slum village in search
of hidden illicit brews. It was one of 2 ………………………. raids that constable ‘Amka Twende’ earned himself unexpected honour 3 …………………. respect for his detective skills. 4 ……………………… chang’aa brewers in the village and devised several smart ways of hiding their liquor in spots 5…………………. even the nosiest cops would not dream of looking. A new favourite trick was to put the chang’aa 6 …………………… twenty litre jerry cans, close them tightly tie strong sisal ropes 7 …………………. the necks and dangle them down pit 8 …………………..This of course necessitated boring extra opening at the back of the toilet’s structures for the jerry cans to be let down before the holes were ingeniously covered and disguised 9 ……………………. soil, refuse or even green grass. No policeman in his right 10 …………………….. was going to start looking for hidden chang’aa down a toilet pit, surely.
ORAL SKILLS.(30mks)
Give another word that is pronounced the same as the following (14mks)

a. Lesson
b. Mall
c. Suite
d. Blue
e. Each
f. Key
g. Berry
h. Gate
i. Aunt
j. Lead (metal)
k. Each
l. Blue
m. Suite
n. Mall

Using the pronunciation Identify the silent letter in each of the words given below. (2marks)
i. Bomb _____________
ii. Fight ______________
iii. Iron ______________
iv. Whet ______________
considering the vowel sound highlighted in the following sets of words, pick the odd one out. (2 mks)

(i) Slow honk plot

(ii) Fend hen mere

Identify and underline the word with the odd sound from the following sets of words.(5mks)
(i) Pooh poop pool poor
(ii) Tortoise boy join ploy
(iii) Scuttle scythe scullery sculpture
(iv) Gingivitis gigolo gist gender
(v) Cannibal caesura calcium cachet
Group the following words according to the sound of the underlined letters (9mks)
Chores, chef, chaos, scene, fracas, chip, cell shell
/ S/ / K / / ts/

Thin, share, thigh, chores, Jug, parachute, arch, thy, Judge, this
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ORAL LITERATURE(23mks)
A YOUNG WOMAN AND THE OGRE
Once upon a time, a young woman eloped to meet her warrior lover out in the wilderness. He directed her to a place in the forest where he would meet her. “When you reach a fork along the path, take the right path.” The young woman set off, but when she arrived at the fork she followed the left path, forgetting what the warrior had told her. After a while, she came upon an ogre who threatened to eat her up. The girl answered in a song:
Not here, my dear
Let us go to the water hole
Where you can eat me
And have a drink
Oh, my dear warrior where are you?
The ogre led the young woman on, and when they arrived at another spot, he said to her, “I am going to eat you here.” The young woman again broke into song, urging him not to eat her yet. They went further on and each time the ogre threatened to eat her, she sang so that the warrior could hear her.
Not here, my dear
Let us go to the water hole
Where you can eat me
And have a drink
Oh, my dear warrior where are you?
But still the warrior did not her . When they reached a cave by the river, the ogre prepared a place where he could kill her. When he brought the leaves she objected to ordinary leaves saying, she preferred the sweet scented leaves of the Mutsuya plant. Eventually, the sweet – smelling leaves of Mutsuya plant were brought. The ogre then laid the leaves down on the ground and lit a big fire. All this while the young woman was singing the same song. Just as the ogre was about to eat her, the warrior arrived and shouted to the ogre saying: It is now your flesh that will be laid on those leaves.” The tables were turned on the ogre.

Question 4.
a. Classify the story above and justify your answer (2mks)
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b. Identify and illustrate two features of a narrative found in the story above(2mks)
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“The ogre laid the leaves down on the ground and lit a big fire” (1mk)
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d. What moral lesson do we learn from this story? (2mks)
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e. Name and explain other 5 types of oral narrative you know (10mks)
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2. Using examples, describe the riddling process. (6mks)
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GRAMMAR.(25mks)
Fill in each of the blank in the sentences with the most appropriate preposition. (4marks)
a. He held an umbrella_________ his head.

b. The old man walked with the aid of a walking stick___________ his left hand.

c. The cow rested__________ the shade.

d. His breath smelt _________ alcohol.

e. She was living ___________ her means.

f. She sang her heart __________

Punctuate the following correctly. (3mks)
Silas said to his father I would like to send you to the post office yes father replied Silas but can I take my lunch first alright let me know when you are ready said his father.
Rewrite the following sentences according to the instruction given. Do not change the meaning. (3maks)
a. Vivian’s handwriting is better than anyone else is in this class. (Rewrite using a superlative)
b. She is so shocked that she cannot talk. (Rewrite using too instead of so)

c. We don’t know what he said. (Rewrite ending………. known)
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Choose the best alternative to complete the following sentences. (2 marks)
a. Walter and _______________ (me, I) wrote the article.

b. How can you be so sure it was______________? (they, them)

Correct the error(s) in each of the following sentences.
a. Everyone except the two boys and I was disqualified.
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b. The teacher gave us a humble time.
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c. Please don’t dirtify the class.
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d. Something is smelling awful
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e. This brilliance is utter
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Supply the correct article. (3 mks)
a. It is the responsibility of__________________ August house to create constitutional laws.
b. I enjoyed taking lunch at_______________________ Norfolk.
c. Every country must encourage its citizens for_________________ universal suffrage
Use the comparative form of the word in brackets at the end of each sentence to fill the blank space correctly. (3 marks)
a. Grace could not have been _________________ about our plans. (happy)

b. The cake has a ______________ flavor than the one you made last week.(rich)

c. Last July, I had the ____________ of my life. (bad)

NICE HOLIDAY
QUOTE:
When WEALTH is lost NOTHING is lost,
When HEALTH is lost SOMETHING is lost
But when CHARACTER is lost EVERYTHING is Lost

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