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ENGLISH
PAPER 1(Functional Writing, Cloze TestAnd Oral Skills)
MARCH/APRIL 2024
FORM 4
TIME: 2 HOURS.
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
 Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided.
 Answer ALL the questions in this question paper.
 All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
 This paper consists of 6 printed pages.
 Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated
and no questions are missing.

For Examiners Use Only

Question Maximum Score Candidates Score

1 20

2 10

3 30

Total Score 60

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QUESTION ONE: FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20 MARKS)

Diamond Trust Bank has advertised and wishes to recruit a qualified candidate to fill the post of a
bank teller. The suitable candidate must be a Kenyan citizen of 30 years and above, ambitious and
self-motivated. The candidate must have a minimum meangrade of B minus in KCSE with very
good passes in Mathematics and Business Studies. In addition, the candidate must have a degree
in a businessrelated course from a recognized university. Computer knowledge is mandatory.
Interested candidates should send their applications to:

The Human Resources Manager,

Diamond Trust Bank,

P.O Box 1234-00010,

Nairobi.

Applications should be received on or before 20th May, 2024. Write a letter to apply for the post.

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QUESTION2: CLOZE TEST (10MKS)

Fill in each gap in the passage below using the most appropriate word.

One of the 1………………………… challenging issues in Africa today is the availability of and
use water. While some argue that there is water scarcity in Africa,2…………………… say that
there is adequate water 3……………the same is mismanaged. The latter group argues that Africa

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has enough water for the people and that if this water is well utilized 4………….. agricultural
production and domestic use, then Africa should be able to produce 5……………..food to feed
herself and even to export. If local authorities, government 6……………………….. and local
communities take care of water sources well and ensure that they are used in an efficient and
sustainable 7 ………………………….., Africa will not have to worry about the availability and
quality of water. There are places where water is unavailableespecially in the deserts in the North
and South of Africa, and in the semi-arid areas 8 ……………………..on the continent, but these
are oftensparsely populated areas. Indeed, most of them are 9 ………………. inhabited at all.
10………………. deserts experience irregular and inadequate rainfall, something encouraging is
that there are other life supporting conditions that attract settlement in some deserts. Mechanisms
to tap the little rain water that falls in these areas should be established in Africa to continue
supporting human life.

QUESTION 3: ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)

a) Study the poem below and answer the questions after it.

Sundays too my father got up running

and put his clothes on in the black cold,
then with cracked hands that ached
from labour in the weekday weather made
banked fires blaze. No one ever thanked him.

I’d wake and hear the cold splintering, breaking.

When the rooms were warm, he’d call,
and slowly I would rise and dress-
fearing the chronic angers of the house,

Speaking so indifferently to him,

Who had driven out the deadly cold
and polished my good shoes as well.
What did I know, what did I know
of love’s austere and lonely offices?

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1. Write down two instances of alliteration in the poem. (2mks)
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2. Identify four words in the poem that contain a diphthong. (2mks)
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3. How would you perform the last two lines of the poem? (2mks)
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4. How does the punctuation in the second stanza influence your reading of the poem? (2mks)
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b) You performed an oral narrative in the ongoing national drama competitions. During the
performance, you realized that your audience shows signs of restlessness and are making
noise. You also realized that you are nervous. State three indicators of nervousness in you.
For each indicator provide an appropriate strategy that you need to adopt in order to
manage this weakness. (6 marks)
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c) Study the telephone conversation below then answer the questions after it.
Mercy: Hallo. My name is Mercy.
Tabby: This is Masai stores. What do you want?
Mercy: I am calling to confirm whether the maize supply to Light School
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and follow up.
Mercy: I am sorry I may not be able to come over there because I will be
attending a meeting. Would you please find out for me and let me
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Tabby: I already told you what to do. (Hanging up on her)
i. State one reason why the caller uses the word ‘ hallo’ then introduces herself. (1
mark)
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ii. Identify three shortcomings that make this telephone conversation unsuccessful. (3
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iii. Identify two markers of politeness in the conversation. (3 marks)
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d) For each of the following words, underline the stressed part. (4 marks)
i. Col.league
ii. Re.gi.ster (Verb)
iii. Cle.ver
iv. Suit.case

e) You have been invited to attend a debating session in a different school. On your way to the
school, you get lost on the way after being properly directed by the host on how to arrive at
the venue. State three things you did not do when you were receiving the directions. (3
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f) For each of the words below, supply a pair of homophones. (2marks)
i. Saw …………………………………………...
ii. Rite ……………………………………………