ZERAKI ACHIEVERS’ EXAMINATIONS
END TERM 2-2024
ENGLISH
FORM ONE (1)
TIME: 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES
Name …………………………………………….……… Adm. Number…………………………..
Class…………………..………………….…...……….. Date……………………………………
Instructions To Candidates:
a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided.
b) Indicate your class and write the date of exam in the spaces provided.
c) Answer all the questions in this paper.
d) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided.
For Examiner’s Use Only:
S/No. Question Maximum Score Candidate’s Score
1 Writing 20
2 Passage 20
3 Oral Skills 20
4 Grammar 20
TOTAL 80
This paper consists of 9 printed pages. Check to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that
no questions are missing.
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1. Write a composition beginning: I regretted ever having had Riziki for a friend…’ (20 Marks)
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2. Read the passage bellow and answer the questions that follows. (20 Marks)
Typhoid is an infectious bacteria disease transmitted through contaminated food and water. Typhoid
infection first establishes itself in the digestive system from where it spreads further to the rest of the
body.
After infecting the intestines, typhoid bacteria destroy the intestinal lining leading to ulceration and
bleeding. It is through the bleeding body vessels that a blood infection is established and then further
spread through the body.
Typhoid is a serious infection and should be attended to promptly whenever it develops. It is a
systematic infection: thus, it can affect any part of the body. However, as mentioned earlier, at onset of
infection, the organ affected is the intestine. This leads to intestinal symptoms being the first to appear.
The symptoms may include passing loose stool, abdominal discomfort and loss of appetite, nausea and
passage of bloody stool. As the disease progresses, blood stream involvement leads to the onset of
general malaise, fever, joint pains, muscular pains, headache and mental clouding. In severe infections,
coma and death may result.
When a patient with typhoid reports to a doctor, the doctor suspecting the disease can carry out some
tests to confirm whether the patient has the infection or not. Among the tests recommended, blood tests
are the most important. However, urine and stool tests can be very useful for the doctor to distinguish it
from other diseases which presents themselves in a similar manner such as parasitic amoeba or the
bleeding vascular disorder of the digestive system.
Once in the blood, typhoid bacteria are filtered and excreted in the urine by the kidneys. Therefore, urine
tests can reveal a typhoid infection. Thus, a qualified doctor or medical personnel should only determine
a diagnosis of typhoid by relevant evidence of the presence of symptoms and signs. The doctor can also
use either direct or indirect evidence of the presence of the responsible bacteria to diagnose the disease.
If you develop any of the symptoms such as nausea, abdominal discomfort, general malaise, joint pains,
fever, dysentery, mental clouding and abdominal swelling, you should seek medical advice immediately.
The doctor will then decide the kind of treatment you require. The treatment given depends on the
severity of the disease, and can involve administration of intravenous medicines or oral medication
according to the doctor’s assessment. The doctor could also have your body fluid and blood replaced die
to diarrhea and dysentery.
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Transmission of typhoid can be controlled in various ways. Proper cooking of food and boiling of
drinking water can reduce transmission of typhoid. Washing hands before eating and after visiting the
toilet is also important. Proper disposal of body waste is another good preventive measure.
Early diagnosis and treatment of those who get infected also reduces transmission to others. In addition,
anti-typhoid vaccine provides protection against typhoid for at least three years after which one is due
for another vaccination.
Questions
a. How is typhoid transmitted? (2 Marks)
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b. How does the typhoid bacteria affect the intestines? (2
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c. Why is typhoid said to be a systemic infection? (2
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d. What are the symptoms of typhoid infection? (4 Marks)
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e. Why should a person undergo a typhoid test before treatment? (2
Marks)
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f. According to the passage, what should one do so as not to contract typhoid fever? (4
Marks)
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g. Give the meaning of the following words and phrases as they have been used in the passage.
(4 Marks)
i. Contaminated
ii. Onset
iii. Malaise
iv. symptoms
ORAL SKILLS (20 Marks)
a) Read this sub-genre and answer the questions that follows.
A tutor who tooted the flute
Fried to tutor two tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor
i. Identify the above genre. (1 Mark)
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ii. Give three characteristics of the above genre. (3 Marks)
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iii. Give three importance of using the above genre. (3 Marks)
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b. Classify the words below according to the sound of the underlined ‘ch’ letters. (5 Marks)
Bench Chore Chandelier
Charisma Parachute Trachoma
Chauvinism Chora Church
Champagne Charm Chrysalis
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c. For each one of the words below, provide another word which is pronounced in the same way but
spelt differently. (3 Marks)
i. Rain
ii. Nun
iii. Waist
d. Underline the silent letter(s) in the following words. (5 Marks)
i. Bridge
ii. Wednesday
iii. Wrist
iv. History
v. Palm
GRAMMAR (20 Marks)
a) Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative from the choices given. (3 Marks)
i. Who …………………….. a fire outside my house? (light, lighted, lit)
ii. Since the introduction of community policing in our estates …………………………..
of theft have reduced. (incidence, incident, incidents)
iii. An elephant looks after …………………………….. calf. (it’s, its)
b) Identify, underline and correct the four words that have been mis-spelt in the paragraph below.
(4 Marks)
We didn’t give him the previlege of representing us on the District Environment committee
because he has a tendancy of disagreeing with everyone. He embarasses himself by pretending to
be so knowledgable.
c) Fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the verb in the brackets. (3 Marks)
i. A flock of birds ……………………… (fly) away from this lake every week.
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ii. I wonder why they had ………………………. (sing) that particular song.
iii. The ball must have been ………………………. (hit) too hard
d) Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with appropriate past simple form of the verbs given in
brackets. (3 Marks)
i. My friends ……………………………. the visiting doctor yesterday. (see)
ii. We ……………………………………. our breakfast ten minutes ago. (finish)
iii. Jane ……………………………………. her money at the show ground. (lose)
e) Fill in each of the following sentences with the continuous form of the verbs given in brackets.
(3Marks)
a. The magician ………………………. (untie) the knot.
b. I ………………………………. (see) my friend off
c. The principal ………………………(receive) the guests right now.
d. Everybody …………………………………..(view) the programme yesterday.
e. It ………………………………….. (occur) at the same time.
f) Fill in each of the following sentence with the correct form of the adjectives given in brackets. (4
Marks)
a. My locker is …………………………………than yours. (tidy)
b. The hyena is the …………………………. animal in the jungle. (foolish)
c. My father is ……………………………than your father. (old)
d. Olunga is the …………………………. of the Kenyan players. (intelligent)
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