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ZERAKI ACHIEVERS EXAMINATION 13.0

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
101/1 – ENGLISH – Paper 1
FORM TWO
TERM 2

JULY/AUG 2024 -2 Hours

TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS
a) Write your name and index number in spaces provided
b) Sign and write the date of examination in spaces provided
c) Answer ALL questions
d) All answers must be written in the spaces provided

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

QUESTION MAXIMUM CANDIDATE’S

SCORE SCORE
1. 20

2. 10

3. 30

TOTAL 60

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Q1. You are the chairperson of the Gen Z Club for Peace in your school. The club would like
launch a campaign -Gen Z for Peace and Harmony. Design a poster that will help the club during
the campaign.
In the poster, include the following:
- The title and name of the club
- A brief description of what the campaign is about
- Two reasons why it is important for the public to embrace peace.
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Q2. Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the most appropriate word.
Poor parenting is among the issues that have taken a toll on the fight …a………………………………….
drug abuse among students, Katani High School Principal Nickanor
Arum ……………………………………...said. Arum said
that…b………………………………………………. parents take their roles seriously; the vice will
continue to …c……………………………………. a threat to education sector.

The school head stressed the need..d…………………………………..comprehensive support system

outside school to…e…………………………………………….such issues, urging parents to cousel and
guard their…f…………………………………………….

Having been a teacher for almost three decades, Mr. Arum said that …g………………………….parents
do not deal …h………………………………………the root course of their indiscipline children and resort
to tranfering them ….i ………………………….one school to another.

(Adopted from Education Newspaper 2024)

Q3. (a) Read the item below and then answer the questions that follow
ROW YOUR BOAT
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merily, merily
Life is but a dream
If you see a crocodile
Don’t forget to scream
Row row row your boat
Gently down the stream
Merrily merrily merily, merily
Life is but a dream.
If you see a snake
Don’t forget to run

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 (i) Identify three elements that make this song easy to remember (3marks)
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(ii) What is achieved by the use of refrain in this song (3 marks)

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(iii) Describe how you would deliver the last line effectively ( 2marks)
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(b) Read the item below then answer the questions that follow.

Speaker: Order….. members, order….; Our motion reads, social media has done more harm than good,
proposers will support the motion the way it is, that is they will focus on the benefits of social media while
opposers will oppose the motion by saying; social media has done more good than harm that is they will
focus on the negative effects of social media. May we have the first proposer in the floor.

Proposer; Thank you Mr. Speaker, good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, with humility, it is true that
social media has done more good than harm; who can deny that the word is now a global village, businesses
are thriving globally through social media networking thanks to the Facebook, TikTok among others.
Strategic business research 2019 shows that social media boosted small business globally by over 60 percent

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Opposer: What are you saying, if you don’t have a point, keep quiet, do you know how many people have
lost jobs because of social media, you are talking about businesses booming, do you know how sad it is to
lose a job or fail in an interview because of what you post in social media, get your facts right.

Speaker: Ladies and gentlemen, let us respect on another’s opinion and we should all make our points
through the speaker otherwise we may not have a fruitful debate.

Proposer: Thank you, Mr. speaker, for correcting us. I am sorry the member didn’t get my points well,
You only fail in an interview or lose your job if you abuse social media, in fact many have succeeded in an
interview and even gotten promotions through their objective social media use this can be confirmed by the
research done by Demystified Strategic research 2022 that 80 percent of job seekers get their jobs through
social media.

Opposer: social media has led to phone addiction, pornography addiction and even cheating in marriage.

i. State three features that show that this item is a debate ( 3marks)
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 ii. What show that the proposer was a good debater (3 marks)
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iii. Explain why the motion above was a good topic for debate ( 3 marks)

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(c) i. Use the following words to fill in the table below focusing on the vowel sounds ( 3 marks)
(sure, pot, usual, pleasant, agreement sell)

Short Vowels Long Vowels Diphthongs

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(ii) State the intonation you will use when saying the following sentences (3marks)
Close the door! ......................................
Did you win? ...............................
Why are you late for class?..........................................
(d) Read the message of condolence below written by Chebet to her friend who has just lost her uncle. ( 4
marks)

Sorry Chebet for the demise of your uncle, it is very painful, how will his family survive, your uncle loved
his children oooh no, why you dear Chebet, ooh my God, this is sad, take heart friend, death is a bad reaper.
May your uncle rest in peace.

Assuming that you are Chebet, explain four thing you would include in the condolence to make it better.
( 4 marks)

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(d) Explain how you will courteously respond to the following situation.
(i) Matatu conductor: Get out of my matatu if you can’t. share a seat with other passengers.

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(ii) Police Officer: It is important to put on a seatbelt when driving.

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(iii) Pastor: I pray for a moment of jocund, a moment for brouhaha.

You: (Seeking clarification)…………………………………………………………………………………

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