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Paper 1 (Functional Skills) Question Paper
Paper 1 (Functional Skills)
Course:Secondary Level
Institution: Kcse question papers
Exam Year:2009
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
(FUNCTIONAL SKILLS)
2009
THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
2 HOURS
1. You are waiting to join college after you K.C.S.E examination. While reading
newspaper, you see an advertisement for a volunteer worker at a children?s home.
Write a letter of inquiry to the manager. Express your interest and inquire if they
will pay any allowances and whether they can provide accommodation.
Remember to quote the reference number of the advertisement.
(20 mks)
2. Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with an appropriate word
(10 mks)
If our skins were to be complainants in a court of law, they would 1………….. us
of committing all manner of dermatological crimes 2……………. Them. And
they would have legitimate grounds to do so.
They would, for instance, argue that some of us assault them with bleaching
creams, all in an 3 ……………. to make our complexions look much 4 ……………..
they would produce exhibits of ugly 5………………….. left behind by the hazardous
substances.
In addition, some would recount how we usually 6………………..them to layers of
irritating anti-aging creams without consulting them. They would insist that we allow
them to age 7…………….. and gracefully. Moreover, there would be 8 …………..that
would object to continually being plastered with choking substances meant to eliminate
non-existent pimples.
In closing, our skins would submit that they have suffered gross skin abuse in our hands
9……………….hope that the judge would find us 10……………as charged.
a) Read the following oral chant and then answer the questions that follow
Rain Making Litany
(Reciter) (Responders)
We overcome this wind we overcome
We desire the rain to fall, that it may be poured in showers
Quickly
Ah! True rain, I adjure three falls, if thou rainest, it is well It is well
A drizzling confusion Confusion
If it rains and our food ripens, it is well it is well
If the children rejoice, it is well it is well
If the young men sing, it is well it is well
If the young men sing, it is well. If our women rejoice, it is well
If the young men sing, it is well it is well
A drizzling confusion confusion
If our grain ripens, it is well it is well
If our women rejoice, it is well
If our women rejoice, it is well
If our children rejoice, it is well
If the young men sing it is well
If the aged rejoice it is well
An overflowing in the granary overflowing
May our grain fill the granaries may it fill
A torrent in flow A torrent
If the wind veers to the south, it is well It is well
If the rain veers to the south, it is well It is well
i) Identify three aspects of oral performance that make this chant easy to remember.
(3 mks)
ii) In what ways would this chant be made interesting to listen to. (3 mks)chant
be made interesting to listen to. (3 mks)
iii) what preparations do you think a narrator would make to ensure that the audience
listens to and participates in the performance of the chant. (4 mks)
b) You are going to take part in a debate. Explain how you would deal with
the fear and anxiety associated with public speaking of this kind. (6
mks)
c) Classify the words below according to the sound of the underline ?ch?
letter. An example of each of the seconds represented has been given.
(3 mks)
Bench Chore chanderlier
Charisma parachure trachoma
Chauvinism choral church
Champagne charm chrysalis
/t / / / /k/
Church champagne trachoma
d) The underlining indicates the stressed word in the sentences below.
Briefly explain what each sentence means.
(3 mks)
i) I wrote the love poem for you
ii) I wrote the love poem for you
iii) I wrote the love poem for you.
e) Shouting and screaming from your class monitor, you have been called by
the teacher on duty to her office to give an explanation.
Complete the conversation below by filling in the blank spaces.
Teacher: You are the class monitor of Form Two East, aren?t you?
You: ……………………………………………………..(1 mk)
Teacher: Why was your class shouting and screaming?
You: I am not sure, madam. The noise started at the back of the
classroom.
Teacher:
………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………(1 mk)
You: You see madam, I sit at the front of the classroom and by the time I
turned to look, the boys at the back were already on top of the
desks and some were trying to jump out of the window.
Teacher ……………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………….(1 mk)
You: I ran out, madam!
Teacher: ……………………………………………………………..(1 mk)
You: I ran out, madam!
Teacher: …………………………………………………………..(1 mk)
You: I am sorry madam, but it seemed like there was great danger in the
middle of the class. I had to run for my life.
Teacher: when the noise subsides, what did you find out?
You: ………………………………………………………….(1 mk)
Teacher: Snake?
You: ……………………………………………………….(1 mk)
Teacher: whose toy snake was it?
You: …………………………………………………………(1 mk)
Teacher: whose toy snake was it?
You: ………………………………………………………….. (1 mk)
Teacher: You can go now, but I will need to know whose toy snake it was.
You: ………………………………………………………..(1mk)
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