Functional Skills, Cloze Test

ENGLISH

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Functional Skills, Cloze Test

And Oral Skills

February 2017

TIME: 2 HOURS,

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

FORM FOUR ENGLISH MID TERM EXAMINATION

TERM 1 2017

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer all questions in this paper
2. All the answers must be written in the spaces provided

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

QUESTION 1

FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

Osman, a friend of yours is holding a party at home over the weekend for five of his friends. He writes a letter to you requesting you to assist him with a recipe for one of your favourite meals. Write a reply to Osman’s letter.

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a) Read the poem below then answer questions below.

INFANT SORROW

My mother groaned, my father wept,

Into the dangerous world I leapt;

Helpless, naked, piping, loud,

Like a friend hid in a cloud.

Struggling in my father’s hand,

Striving against my swaddling- bands,

Bound and weary I thought best,

To suck upon my mothers breast.

(William Blake)

(i) Comment on the rhyme scheme in this poem. (2mks)

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(ii) Mention two non-verbal cues you would use to enhance a recitation of the poem. State in which lines you would use them. (4mks)

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(iii) Which words would you stress in the first line of the second stanza? Why? (2mks)

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b) State whether you would use a rising or a falling intonation in the following sentences. (4mks)

(i) When were you born?

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(ii) Did you complete your work?

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(iii) What a beautiful car you have bought!

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(iv) James, come here.

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c) During a presentation you were interrupted severally by some members of the audience. Give FOUR reasons why the audience would do so? (4 marks)

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d) Underline the silent letters in the following words.(5mks)

(i) gnat

(ii) depot

(iii) lamb

(iv) debut

(v) debt

e) Give suitable responses to the following conversation5mks)

Judge:Why are you here?

Tom:…………………………………………………………………………………...

Judge:Why are you being suspected?

Tom:…………………………………………………………………………………..

Judge:…………………………………………………………………………………..

Tom:For the last three days, your Honour.

Judge:Tom Onyango McOloo? Aren’t you the mechanic who fixed my cars puncture

on that same day?

Tom:…………………………………………………………………………………...

Judge:Then surely, you couldn’t have committed the crime. I hereby set you free.

Tom:…………………………………………………………………………………...

f) Identify FOUR PAIRS of words from the following group of words which have similar

Pronunciation.(4mks)

Root, worm, rest, site, fair, feet, quay, fear, fare, see, warm, coarse, key, course, fit, queue, cause, route, wrest.

i. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

ii…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

iii………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

iv………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

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