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KCSE CLUSTER TESTS 24

English Paper 1

1. COMPOSITION (20 Marks)

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a) Imagine you have collected your form four national examinations results, you have passed very well. Write a thank you note to your class teacher. (10mks

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b) E-mail the results in 1a) above to your uncle in Mombasa with the aim of securing a place in Mombasa Polytechnic. (10mks)

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20 marks

2. CLOZE TEST (20 Marks)

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Fill in each blank space below with the most appropriate word. (10mks)
The biggest……………………………….(1) facing the fight against Al-shabaab and the……………………………………(2) organizations in the country is ironically our security agents,………………………(3) the Kenya police and the national security intelligence service.
For the Kenya police, Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda terrorism suspects are……………
(4) a play station game or another avenue to extort form innocent Kenyans or needlessly terrorise them.
When I saw the recent police alert and solicitation…………………………….(5) information from Kenyan police stating that on Hussein Nderitu and Sylvester Owino are…………………………………(6) terrorists, I like most Kenyans imagined two deadly wired Jihadists terrorists on the ……………………….(7) wanting to inflict maximum damage………………………..(8) the festive season. I prayed like many other Kenyans………………………………(9) that they be likely apprehended before they cause harm to………………………………..(10) Kenyans.

10 marks

3. ORAL NARRATIVE (15 Marks)

3.

a) Read the story below and answer the questions that follow.
MAN MUST DIG

A long time ago when Nyasaye (God) used to speak to people and guide them in all their affairs, men and women got food and satisfied their needs with scarcely any suffering. Then, one day, Nyasaye spoke to Mikayi, a young newly married woman. “Take your hoe to the garden,” he said –“when you get there, cut the ground once and leave the hoe alone, your garden will look after itself, digging, weeding and finally, even harvesting itself”.The next day, however, when Mikayi took her hoe to the garden, she cut the ground not once but several times. Seeing this act of disobedience, Nyasaye told Mikayi. “You have disobeyed my orders. Now you must dig the whole of your life and your food will grow only as a result of your sweat. Woe to your children and to you and your great-great- grandchildren! They must all from now labour for their food”.
And so, through Mikayi’s foolish behavior human beings must always dig for their food. It is this disobedience that tired farmers remember when they curse aloud lamenting; “ Thou! Mikayi, the disobedient one. You are the cause of our sweat! If only you had obeyed Nyasaye, we would not be suffering like this.”

1. What would you do to prepare your audience to listen to the above story? (2mks)
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2. What two non-verbal devices would you use in narrating the above story? (4mks)
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3. What two things would indicate to you that the audience is following the story? (4mks)
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b) Members of the debating club of a neighbouring school intend to visit your school for a debating session. Your desk mate has been selected to take part in the debate for the first time. Outline any five guidelines that the student should observe before and during the debate. (5mks)
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c) Which expressions would you use in each of the following situations? (4mks)
You are revising for the end of year examinations at home. Your neighbor is playing very loud music. You decide to go their house to request them to reduce the volume of their radio.
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A friend of yours comes to the house to invite you to accompany him or her to watch a film/video show. You are unable to accompany him or her because you have not finished your chores in the house. You decide to turn down the invitation.
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d) State the meanings of the following body movements. (2mks)
i) Fidgeting in your seat
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ii) Moving closer to the audience.
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e) Provide another word that is pronounced the same as the following. (5mks)
i) - Pair…………………………………..
- Quay…………………………………
- Straight……………………………..
- Liquor……………………………..
- Heir………………………………..
ii) Pick the odd one out from the group of words given below paying attention to the pronunciation of the underlined parts. (4mks)
i) Chore choose chord
ii) Fracas debris chaos
iii) Drought draught thought
iv) Physics phylum photography

10 marks

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