FORM ONE MARKING SCHEME
QUESTION ONE: FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MKS)
Imagine your teacher of English has asked your class to maintain a personal journal of the most memorable
occurrences. The most significant occurrences so far were a friend's birthday, a trip to a famous national Park, and
a visit to your school by the area Member of Parliament for the school's annual prize giving day, and your first day
in secondary school. Make entries for the four occurrences. (20 marks).
FORMAT(4marks)
-Day, date and year (must be written in full, no abbreviation) @ ½ x 4 entries
- Sub-heading (each entry must have a sub-heading/sub –title) @ ½ x 4 entries
Total marks for format =04 marks
CONTENT (8MARKS)
The events in each entry should be described, explaining the experiences using past tense in
continuous prose. (E)
The feelings and thoughts must be clearly stated (happy, sad, excited) FT
LANGUAGE RUBRIC
A 7-8 VERY GOOD
It has a definite spark
Marked with ease of communication with merit items in the entire composition
B 5-6 GOOD
Communication with ease
A few errors that may be considered slips
Some items of merit
C 3-4 FAIR
The students communicates with some difficulty
A number of mistakes of tense, punctuation, spellings, etc.
A few broken parts that do not affect flow of thought
D 1-2 POOR
The student hardly communicates
Many broken parts
All manner of errors that makes it hard to guess what the candidate is trying to
communicate.
The parts that communicate can be handled.
MARKING SYMBOL
F -04
C- E=04
FT =04
L=08
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TOTAL 20MARKS
QUESTION TWO: CLOZE TEST (10MKS)
It is exam time again and many parents and children I all over the country are
experiencing pangs of tensions and nervousness. For some, exams are a matter of life and
2 death No wonder there are victims of 3 exam fever, a
miserable condition that causes stress and interferes 4 with the overall
functioning of the body. Although stress in small doses 5 is necessary for
motivation, it has been 6 discovered that the level of exam induced anxiety
7 inmany parents and children is exceedingly high. As 8 a result, children’s
performance is partly 9 determined by their ability to manage exam fever
as 10 well as their level of intelligence.
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QUESTION THREE: COMPREHENSION 20MKS
READ THE PASSAGE BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.
WASTE DISPOSAL
Population in most cities is increasing at a very high rate. The high population results in high levels
of activities and consumption. People in cities consume a lot of food and they buy groceries from
shops which are wrapped in polythene bags. As a result, a lot of garbage is generated and disposed
off within and outside the urban areas. The higher the population, the higher the amount of garbage
generated. This means that there should be an efficient system of collecting and disposing off the
garbage.
The effectiveness of waste management by city councils varies from country to country. In most
African cities. A large amount of waste is not deposited in rubbish pits. It is dumped in the open.
According to United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) statistics, sixty five percent of
garbage in Tripoli, for example, is dumped in the open while eighty percent of garbage in Ismailia
(Egypt) is also dumped in the open.
With extreme warm temperature such garbage tends to decompose rapidly causing serious health
risks besides being a nuisance. One common method of disposing off waste is open burning. This
contributes to the problem of urban air pollution.
In Nairobi, for example, it is common to find informal open burning sites. Most residents of city
estates say that they are forced to burn waste in the open because the city council is incapable of
dealing with the increasing amount of garbage. When waste is not disposed off effectively, it
affects human health and damages the environment. For example, it has led to problems such as
pollution of water sources, offensive odour, and increase in disease vectors, pests and scavengers.
However, there are examples of domestic waste being disposed off hygienically or being recycled.
For example, in rural Egypt, there are organizations that promote environmental awareness among
women by providing them with plastic bags so that they can collect their garbage. On the other
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hand, the youth are given the task of taking the garbage to a designated collection point. This scheme
can be imported to the urban areas with a lot of success.
Another possible solution could be the introduction of reusable shopping bags in place of the usual
polythene bags. Supermarkets and other businesses can pack customers’ goods in bags that are
reusable. This would drastically reduce the amount of domestic waste generated every day.
(a) What is the result of high population in most cities. (2mks)
i. High population in most cities results in high levels of activities and
consumption.
ii. Generation of a high amount of garbage that is disposed off within and outside
the urban areas
(b) In most African cities, where are large amounts of waste deposited? (2mks)
In most African cities, large amounts of waste is deposited / dumped in the open.
(c) How much waste does Egypt dump in the open? (1mk)
80% /eighty percent
(d) What two problems result from dumping waste in the open? (2mks)
i. It becomes a nuisance due to offensive oduor
ii. It causes serious health risks due to decomposing rapidly/ increase in disease
vectors, pests and scavengers
iii. Air pollution due to open burning.
iv. Pollution of water sources
V. Damages the environment. (Any 2x1)
(e) Why is open burning of waste common? (2mks)
Open burning of waste is common because the city council is incapable of dealing
with increasing amount of garbage.
(f) In what two ways can waste be successfully managed according to the passage? (2mks)
1. Recycling
2. Use of reusable shopping bags
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(g) In note form, briefly state the various forms of waste disposal discussed in the passage.
(4mks)
i. Dumping in the open
ii. Open burning
iii. Depositing in rubbish pits
iv. Collecting garbage in plastic bags which is then taken to a designated collection point (any 4x1)
(Deduct up to 50% for answers in continuous prose)
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(h) Why is Egypt mentioned in the passage?
This is because it has successfully come up with a way of disposing off garbage
successfully and this can be imported to other African countries. (1mk)
(i) The high population results in high levels of activities and consumption.
Rewrite beginning: Such ………………… (1mk)
Such a high population results in high levels of activities and consumption.
(j) Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases as used in the passage. (3mks)
(i) Offensive oduor
A bad/putrid smell
(ii) Disposed off
Thrown away/discarded
(iii) Decompose
Rot
iv. Urban
Town and city areas
QUESTION FOUR: ORAL SKILLS
Oral skills (15 marks)
Study the riddling session below and then answer the questions that follow:
Kambi: Riddle! Riddle!
Jobu: Throw it!
Kambi: What is so fragile that when you say its name, it breaks?
Jobu: Glass
Kambi: No. That is not the answer.
Lova: Computer
Kambi: You are wrong.
Lova: We are unable to get the answer.
Kambi: Give me a city.
Jobu: We give you Wasafi city.
Kambi: I accept. Wasafi is clean and has beautiful girls. The answer is silence.
i. Name the respondent (2marks)
i. Jobu
ii. Lova
ii. Identify the prize. (1mk)
I. Give me a city
ii. We give you Wasafi city
iii. State the challenge.(1mk)
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What is so fragile that when you say its name, it breaks?
iv. Identify the guesses. (1mk)
i. Glass
ii. Computer
v. Name the challenger (1m)
Kambi
B. Study the genre below and answer the questions that follow:
Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the King’s kitchen.
i. Classify the genre above (1mk)
Tongue twister
ii. Identify and illustrate the dominant feature of style of the above genre (2mks)
Alliteration – Kindly kittens knitting mittens keep kazooing in the King’s kitchen
NB:The sounds must be underlined
C. Underline the silent letters in the following words (2mks)
i. Bomb
ii. Psalms
D. Provide another word that has the same pronunciation as the ones below:
i. Way –weigh
ii. Hearse -hers
iii. Some -sum
iv. Pair. –pare/pear
QUESTION FIVE: ORAL LITERATURE
Read the following narrative and answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, the Hare and Cock were great friends. They did everything together including
living in one house. They would every morning leave for the forest and plains to look for food to
feed their family members. And every evening they would arrive home, each with their spoil, if
they had been lucky and at times with nothing at all. Whichever the case, each one of them would
be exhausted at the end of the hunt. At home, their wives would make the meal and soon each one
of them would be sound asleep.
However, on one night the hare woke up in the middle of the night so as to attend to the call of
nature. When he looked at the Cock, he saw it standing on one leg, with his head invisible. This
disturbed
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him a
bit and for the next three nights, he woke up at the same hour to ascertain whether what he had seen
was true or a hoax. But on each night he woke up, he found the cock on one foot and presumably
without his head. He then decided, the next morning on their way to the forest to ask his friend what
happened to him every night because he always appeared transformed into a new image.
“I usually cut off my head and leg before going to sleep.” Said the Cock. Can you make me sleep
like you? Without your head and leg?” inquired the Hare.
“Sure, sure,” replied the excited Cock.
It was therefore agreed that the Cock would cut the hares head and legs the following night.
All day long, the hare waited with anticipation for night to arrive so that he could be transformed
into a new being like his friend, the Cock.
The cock to him, time was not moving. After hours of waiting, evening arrived finding the hare in a
very jovial mood. He hurriedly ate the evening meal that Mrs. Hare served, so that he could
experience sleeping without his leg and head. In the meantime, the Cock was sharpening a big
matchet ready to chop off the hare’s head and legs.
Within minutes all was over. Mrs. Hare tried to wake up her husband to no avail. There was blood
all over the place and no heartbeat. When she realized what had actually happened to her husband,
she wailed in the darkness. On looking up at the Cock, she saw that he had raised his matchet to cut
off her head and decided to run for her dear life never to be seen again.
The Cock was very happy and called Hen to chop the pieces which were cooked and the whole
family happily feasted on for days.
And that is why the saying goes “curiosity killed the cat.”
QUESTIONS
(a) With reasons classify the above narrative (2mks)
Trickster – the Cock tricks the hare to his untimely death
(b) Briefly describe the character of
(i) The Cock (2mks)
Evil –kills his friend/ happily feasts on his friend
Untruthful /deceitful – Lies to the Hare that he usually cuts his head and legs before going to
sleep
(ii) The Hare
Gullible- believed the Cock’s story that he usually cuts off his head and legs before sleeping
Curious – he then decided ….to ask his friend
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Inquisitive – “Without your head…? Inquired the Hare
(Any one x 1)
(Award zero for lack of illustration)
(The two DO NOT score independently)
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(c) Identify and illustrate any two stylistic devices and explain their effect on the narrative.
(6mks)
i. Opening formula – once upon a time
used to indicate the beginning of the story/transports the audience from the real
world to the fantasy world/ attracts the attention of the audience.
ii. Personification- The Hare and the Cock talking/having families
used to make the story more interesting
Used to condemn human vices evident in animal characters without causing
embarrassment.
iii. Dialogue – the Hare and the Cock engage in a conversation.
“I usually cut off…”
“Can you make me…?”
Used to make the story more authentic/real
Brings out the character traits of the two animals.
Hare- inquisitive
-curious
Cock – deceitful
- Evil
(Identification and illustration score independently)
(Illustration alone does not score)
(d) (i) The community makes a living from a certain economic activity. State it and give a
reason for your answer .(2mks)
Hunting…….end of the hunt
Iron working – sharpening a big machete
(ii)State one social activity evident in the narrative. Give a reason for your answer. (1mk)
Marriage -… had happened to her husband
.. Mrs. Hare
(e) Give one lesson from the narrative? (1mk)
i. We should be careful with our choice of friends
ii. Those who cause the most harm are those closest to us
iii. We should use our intelligence/brain
The moral lesson should be positive
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(f) Imagine you are narrating this story to your classmates. State three qualities of a good story
teller you will exhibit during the performance. (2 mks)
a. I would effectively use verbal and non-verbal cues e.g. gestures, facial expressions,
stress.
b. I would be creative
c. I would be humorous
d. I would have a good memory
e. I would dress/groom appropriately according to the culture
f. I would ensure I understand the culture from where the story comes.
g. I would ensure I involve my audience throughout the performance.
h. I would ensure I vary my tone appropriately
i. I would ensure I am audible
j. I would ensure proper pronunciation and enunciation of words
(Any 3x1)
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QUESTION SIX: GRAMMAR (20MARKS)
Fill in the blank spaces in the sentences below by inserting an appropriate article. (3mks)
i. Mr. Kiama's son studied medicine in …a…University in India.
ii. The … cheetah is the fastest animal on land.
(Capital T)
iii. Kadogo was awarded for being...an... honest employee at her workplace.
B. Choose the correct alternative from the ones given in brackets to fill in the blank spaces
below. (3mks)
i. We scored as many goals as ….they...(they, them)
ii. The teacher asked Kim and...me..questions (I, me)
iii. The tall man was only interested in...him. alone(he, him)
C. Use the correct form of the word in brackets to fill the spaces below. (5marks)
i. We got …more... books than we expected (much)
ii. . Between the sisters, she is the __more intelligent _(intelligent)
iii. This is the__best _ story I've ever listened to. (good)
iv. I want the _less __ of the two drinks.(little
v. Mount Kenya is the __highest _in the county. (high).
D. Fill in the spaces below with the correct form of the ones given in brackets
(3marks)
i. He..tore ...a piece of his shirt to stop the bleeding. (Tear)
ii. The farmers had ...gone ...... for a long time without receiving any rainfall. (Go)
iii. Kiswahili is ...spoken ......in all East African countries. (speak)
E. Fill in the blank spaces below with an appropriate preposition. (2mks)
i. The children were accompanied. by ....their parents.
ii. The dog jumped ...over ...... the fence.
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F. Use the correct form of the word given in brackets to fill in the spaces below:
i. The picture was drawn...beautifully...by the artist (beautiful)
ii. The naughty girls walked..noiselessly ...out of the dormitory and sneaked to the party.
(noise)
G. Combine the following sentences into one using a coordinating conjunction. , (2mks)
. You can pay in cash
You can use a credit card
You can pay in cash or use a credit card.
2. It was my birthday
We enjoyed ourselves
It was my birthday and we enjoyed ourselves .
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