English Paper 1 Marking Scheme
KCSE CLUSTER TESTS 15
English Paper 1
1-FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 Marks)
Email and Memoa)Expect an e-mail. If not deduct 2AD
FORMAT Half a mark each.....total 2 mks
From
To
Date
Subject
Salutation (must be informal) Ending (informal) Body.....1mk
CONTENT
-Must use correct register e.g compass direction, hand direction, opposite, behind, beside e.t.c.
-Use landmarks e.g billboards e.t.c.
-Must start from town and end at home.
LANGUAGES-3MKS
(b)-Expect an Internal Memo-If not -2AD
FORMAT A half a mark each.....
-Name of institution
-Internal memo.
-Date.
-Reference number.
-From.
-To.
-Subject.
-Ending(optional).
-Ownership.
CONTENT.
1. Any three means of wastage...each half a mark.(½mk)
2.Any three suggestions of curbing wastage...half each.(½mk)
LANGUAGE......3MKS
20 marks
2- CLOZE TEST (10 Marks)
Fill in the blank spaces with the most appropriate word.QUESTION 2.....CLOZE TEST.
1.expense.
2.goal.
3.in.
4.all.
5.December.
6.account.
7.her.
8.have.
9.children’s.
10.wrong.
10 marks
3- ORAL SKILLS (30 Marks)
QUESTION THREE
a) 1. -slowly and emphatically.
-pause after the comma.
-prolong the vowel sound. N/B One verbal cue and one nonverbal
-one mark each.
2. Because the pond is the dwelling place of ugly toad. It is the place where events are taking place. It is the place where the boasting is negated-any one 1 mk
3. Flapping, roared, trumpeted-any 2-1 mk
4......Slowly, pronouncing the words carefully and deliberately because they contain the final message or moral. ........mimicry. ........deliberate. .........miming.
5.Clapping,thumbing of feet, positive comment e.t.c ......consider the first two answers.
b)Chairperson
-monopolizes discussion.
-is rude.
-is bossy. Participants
-poor turn-taking.
-disagreeing impolitely.
-lack of interest in the topic. 1 mk per point.
b) -bank-river bank, building, to bank .
-leaf-part of a tree, to flip through pages of a book,
-minute—unit of time, tiny, record of a meeting proceedings.
-mean-selfish, average, intend. The word must appear in its root form.
c) -blew.
-flu/flue.
symbol.
-beer.
-one.
e)
i. Honorarium
ii. Little
iii. Opera
iv. Whack
v. Rendezvous...can only score if two letters are underlined
30 marks