ENGLISH – PAPER 1

MARKING SCHEME

  1. functional writing (20 marks)

Must be a report.

Format

Report layout (2 marks)

Report tone of language (formal, passive voice) (2 marks)

Language accuracy

Grammar (tenses, punctuation, agreement) (2 marks)

Sentence construction (structure) (1 mark)

Spellings (1 mark)

The report must address the following:

Introduction: - reason for writing the report (2 marks)

Body: -the prisons visited

-conditions exposed to the prisoners; food, hygiene, medication etc (8 marks)

Conclusion: recommendations (2 marks)

Signing off

  1. cloze test
  1. their
  2. school
  3. After
  4. slammed
  5. worried
  6. it
  7. mathematics
  8. happy
  9. attitude
  10. business

NB:

-Misspelt word- no mark.

-Misuse off capital and small letters – no mark

-Use of more than one word- no mark

-accept any other appropriate synonym.

3. Oral skills (30 marks)

  1. Thudded, crack
  2. Trees, feet, freeze, between
  3. Felt the first

How hands

Their feet began to freeze

a)

/z/ / /s/
Season / see
scissors / piece
phase / waste
news / axe
miser / girls

b)

  1. Mutie being a figure of authority, raised the figure to ten thousand for the plate during the auction
  2. The path was becoming peter hence peter had to take a U-turn
  3. The speaker called for order and requested the parliamentarians to follow the stipulated order.

NB: if the form is changed, award no mark

c)

  1. Die- dye
  2. Which- witch
  3. Waist- waste
  4. Council- counsel
  5. Profit- prophet
  6. Owe- oh

d)Coughing/ clearing the throat

Clapping hands

Using an open formula

Greeting the audience

Using surprising rhetorical questions/ jokes/ anecdote

Singing a related song

Posing a related riddle

Posing a related proverb

Shouting

Ringing of a bell any 4 points

e)

  1. Politeness
  2. Introduce yourself courteously
  3. Leave contact if it is needed
  4. Thank the person attending to you any 2 points

Example

f)JOHN: Good morning sir, how do you do

Neighbour: How do you do young man. You look like the boys next door. What can I do for you?

John: Do you mind to turn down the volume of your radio? I ask this because I am trying to study.

Neighbour: Well…. I am sorry if I have been such a distraction to you though I don’t remember youcomplaining in the past.

John: Well sir, I do so today because exams start tomorrow in our school.

Neighbour: Am glad to hear that. Hope I haven’t been too much of a nuisance sir, we also love music butwe need a conducive environment now. Thanks for your kindness sir

Neighbour: Ok I can see we are two of a kind, only that you need to get good grades at school. I promise to cooperate. Good night.

NB: exchanges lacking polite forms award no mark.

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