LORETO HIGH SCHOOL, LIMURU

TRIAL MOCK II
ENGLISH PAPER ONE
NAME: ……………………………………………. ADM. NO.: …………………………
CLASS: …………………CLASS NO.: ………… DATE: …………………………….

Time: 2hours.
Instructions:
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
All answers must be written in ink.

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

SECTION TOTAL CANDIDATE’S SCORE
FUNCTIONAL WRITING 20
CLOZE TEST 10
ORAL SKILLS 30
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Functional Writing (20 marks)
You are a member of the Writers club in your school. During the last meeting, you deliberate on
how to come up with a Leavers Year Book. Members after lengthy deliberations settle on getting
funds from the alumni. You are tasked with the responsibility of writing to the group requesting
them to support your project. Write the communication you sent them.
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2. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate word. (10 marks)

The creative process takes time, so when you set a project aside for a few days or weeks, your mind can

wander. That extra time spent mental wandering gives you the …………………………. (i) to come up with

more creative, “divergent” ideas that enhance your project. Productive procrastination was ………………….

(ii) liberating concept for me to learn, especially while struggling to write this work. Before I learnt about

productive procrastination, I …………………. (iii) myself up constantly because I kept feeling burnt out, I

had writers ……………………., (iv) and I thought it meant I was a bad writer, lazy, …………………. (v)incapable.

In truth, a creative process of …………………. (vi)magnitude just took time. …………………….. (vii) mind

needed breaks and time to wander. It took me seven months …………………. (viii) than I thought it would

to finish and the book is a hundred times better for it …………………… (ix) you are not getting the results

that you want, give the project some time, go ……………………. (x)your energy somewhere else, and then

come back later with fresh eyes.

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3(i). Read the poem below and respond to questions based on it.

Death Be Not Proud

Death be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for, thou art not soe,
For, those, whom thou think'st, thou dost overthrow,
Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures bee,
Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee doe go,
Rest of their bones, and souls delivery.
Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, warre, and sickness dwell,
And poppie, or charms can make us sleep as well,
And better then thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, wee wake eternally,
And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
a) With illustrations, show how the writer has achieved rhythm. (4marks)
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b) The poet exploits features that promote orality. Identify two such features in the poem

above. (2 marks)

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c) How would you perform the line,

And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die. (2 marks)

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ii) Underline the silent letter in the following words. (3 marks)

a) Cupboard
b) Soften
c) Salmon

iii) Underline the syllable that would be stressed. (3 marks)

A common mistake we all make is thinking that people make a deliberate choice to
procrastinate. Most people struggling with this problem feel like they have no control over it.
They do not understand the real reason why people procrastinate.

iv) Indicate the intonation pattern that would be used on the words in bold. (3 marks)
a) If you miss the bus, let me know.
b) May I come in?
c) You are new here.

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v) You participate in an English facilitation but at the end of the session when requested to do a
recap of the session, you only mumble a few things. State four things that would have made you
be in such an awkward position? (4marks)
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vi) your class is to present a poem during the Labour Day celebrations. What three factors would

you put into consideration as you compose the poem that you would present during the

celebrations? (3 marks)

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vii) Provide expressions you would employ in the following situations. (3 marks)

a) You want to correct an opinion put across by a speaker which you find misleading.

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b) You are in a discussion and members of your team seem not to settle on a given point.

How would you come in so as to let the discussion carry on?

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c) One of your classmates interrupts your contribution before you are done with what you

were saying. What would be your response to them in order to let you complete your

statement.

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viii) It is during an academic clinic in your school. You go to your class teacher who has never

met your parent. Briefly describe how you would introduce your parent to your class teacher

(3 marks)

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