LUGARI CONSTITUENCY 2023 JOINT

EVALUATION TEST
(Kenya Certificate of Secondary
Education)
101/1 Paper 1

ENGLISH JET
(Creative Composition and Essays Based on Set Texts)
June 2023 – 2Hours
Name ______________________________________________________________________
Index Number _____________________ School __________________________________
Candidate’s Signature _________________________ Date _________________________
Instructions to students
 Write your name, admission number and class in the spaces
provided.

 Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided.

 Answer all questions in the spaces provided

 All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this

question paper.

 This paper consists of 7 printed pages.

 Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the
pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing

 Candidates must answer all questions in English.

Question Maximu Student’s Examiner’s

m Score Initials
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1 20

2 10

3 30

TOTAL 60 1
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING 20MKS
Imagine you are the sales manager of Wazuri Company. Your company has come up with a new
model of a phone.
a) Write an advertisement that is to appear in one of the dailies.
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b)Assume that you run The Wasafi Electronics Shop in Turbo . You have read the advert and
you need Wazuri Company to supply you with the above phone. Write a letter of request. In the
letter, specify the number of phones, means of transportation and any other details you deem
relevant. (10mks)
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2. CLOZE TEST
Fill in the blanks in the passage below with an appropriate word. (10 marks)
Four weeks to the Africities Summit, (i) ………………………….. host city of Kisumu is
bristling (ii) ……………………………………. excitement and anticipation, with good reason.
(iii) ………………………………….. 10,000 visitors are expected to converge on the
lakeside city, drawn (iv) …………………………. By a continental summit that happens one
every three (v) ………………………… About 5,000 of them will be foreign delegates keen to
join in a discourse that African cities and how they evolving into a truly unpredictable
(vi) …………………………… The other 4000 will be exhibitors at a gigantic exhibitions centre
and service providers to ensure that the (vii) ………………………………. do not lack anything.
Many have been skeptical (viii) ………………………….. Kisumu could handle such a large
influx of people even if it is the third largest city in the country. Well, the city is well-prepared in
all aspects. It has been for a while. Significant investments have been made in infrastructure and
(ix) ……………………………. is still going on to complete roads around and near the
Mambolea ASK Showground where the event will be held. The major streets are spruced up, as
they have been for many months, thanks to the work done (x) …………………………. the
County Government of Kisumu.

3. ORAL SKILS 20MKS

Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.

One afternoon, a big wolf waited in a dark forest for a little girl to come along carrying a basket
of food to her grandmother. Finally the little 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.

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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 night gown. She realized that it was the wolf, so the
little girl took a gun from her basket and shot the wolf dead.

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 i) If you were narrating this story, how would you ensure your audience remains glued to
the story? (3 marks)

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i) How would you say the words of the girl and the wolf in your narration? (2 marks)

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ii) How would you prepare yourself to effectively tell the story? (3 marks)

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b) Your class wants to put up a play. You have to decide which of the two plays among
your set books to perform. Your teacher has asked you to lead a group discussion to
choose one. What will you do to make sure the discussion remains calm and
constructive? (4 marks)

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c) e. Mary cannot bear children

i) Identify the above genre.

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ii) Give the two possible meanings of the above (2 marks)

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iii) Give one function of the above genre. (1 marks)

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d) For each of the following words, write another that is pronounced the same way but is
spelt differently and has a different meaning. (3 marks)
i) Know ………………………………..
ii) Gate ………………………………..
iii) Bare ………………………………..
e) Indicate the appropriate intonation at the end of each sentence. (4 marks)
i) Have all the students been registered? …………………………………...
ii) Stop wasting time. …………………………………….
iii) That was superb! …………………………………….
iv) There is hope for Cancer patients. …………………………………

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f) Read the following conversation and answer the questions that follow.
Owuor : Before she died of liver cancer, my sister felt a lot of pain and lost a lot
of weight.
Chondo : Talking about pain, had a toothache last night. I tell you. I couldn’t
sleep.
Owuor : Yes, so about my sister…….
Chondo : You remind me about my own sister. Infact she wrote to me last week
telling me about her son’s fees. She believes I have more money
than I need, and that I should give her some.
Owuor : Well, maybe you have a lot of money. But thank you for being
such
good listener.
Chondo : What! Have I offended you?

i.] Point out three reasons that you think made Owuor decide to stop the conversation. [3mks]
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(ii) How could Chondo have reacted to Owuor’s problems in a more acceptable manner?
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iii) List down five circumstances that may force one to interrupt a speaker. [2mks)

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