MAGARINI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL

ENGLISH
(Functional Skills, Cloze Test and Oral Skills)
Time:2Hours

NAME……………………………………………………………...........…ADM.No.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES.
a) Answer all questions in this question paper.
b) All your answers should be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
c) Contains six printed pages.
d) All answers should be written in English.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.

Question MaximumScore Candidate’sScore
1 20
2 10
3 30
Total 60
FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MARKS)

You are the secretary of a committee that is planning for a fundraiser for the construction of science
laboratory.During the meeting two members are absent and nobody knows where they are.The
meeting is also attended by the classteacher and a parent representative.The following issues are
discussed in the meeting.Guest of honour, ways of raising funds and the students participation. Write
the minutes of the meeting.

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 CLOZE TEST (10 MARKS)
Read the passage below and fill each blank space with an appropriate word.
The National Health Insurance1……………………once again in the eye of 2...................storm
after it paid Kshs 336.3 million to a law 3...............................that had not been prequalified to bid
4………………...…..tenders with health providers in the 5..........scandal unearthed byAuditor-
General, Nancy Gathungu.Curiously, the drafting fully paid for by the 6....................................was
not part of the NHIF approved 7................................................................................plan for
2018/2019-the period within 8………………………..the payment was done.
This is 9…...............................to the Public Procurement and Assets Disposal Act 2015.No money
had been 10.....................................to pay for legal service and therefore,it went against Public
Finance Management(PFM) Act.

ORALSKILLS (30MARKS)
a)Readthenarrativebelowandanswerthequestionsthatfollow
One afternoon, a big wolf waited in the dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket
of food. Finally, the little girl did come along and she was carrying the basket of food. “Are you
carrying the basket to your grandmother?” asked the wolf. The little girl answered, “Yes I
am.”So the wolf asked the girl where her grandmother lived. When the girl told him he
disappeared to the woods.When the little girl opened the door of her grandmother’s house, she
noticed there was somebody in bed with a night cap and a nightgown.
She realized that it was the wolf, so the little girl took a dagger from her basket and stubbed the wolf
dead.
Questions:
i)If you were narrating this story,how would you ensure your audience remains glued to it? (2marks)

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 ii) How would you say the words of the wolf in your narration? (2 marks)
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iii.)How would you prepare yourself to tell the story effectively? (3marks)
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b.) Provide a word pronounced in the same way as each of the ones below (4marks

i)Bald-

ii)Manna

iii)Colonel

iv)Liar-

c.)Insert the following words in the corresponding column to show whether it has a /θ/ /ʃ/
/Ʒ/or/ð/sound according to the underlined sound. Examples of words with those sounds
have been given. (4marks)
Tenth,Sugar,Special,Father,Garage,Mathematics,Leisure,Themselves

/θ/ path /ʃ/ shirt /Ʒ/ pleasure /ð/that

 d.)A leader of a Theatre Group is visiting your school to arrange for the staging of Literature Set
Books.You have been appointed by the class to negotiate for favorable entry fee for your
class. You are meeting the leader for the first time.Explain 4 negotiation skills that you would
employ to ensure successful negotiations.(4 marks)
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e)Write down the silent letter(s) in the words below.(4marks)

Poignant-
Plumb-
Aisle-
Rendezvous-

f.)Study the following situations and write down what you would say in each case.(3marks)

i)When walking along the corridor, you accidentally bump into somebody out of your own
clumsiness.
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ii.)You are engaging in a conversation and you catch yourself interrupting the other person
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iii.)Youwanttointroducea pointduringadiscussion which contradictswhattheotherpersonhassaid.

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g.)Indicate the appropriate intonation at the end of each sentence.(4marks)

i) Have all the students been registered? …………………………………...
ii) Stop wasting time. …………………………………….
iii) That was superb! …………………………………….
iv) There is hope for Cancer patients. …..…………………………………