SUNRISE EVALUATION EXAMS FORM 1– 2021

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

Name:………………………………………….. Adm No…………… Class :………….

School:…………………………….. ………………………..Candidates

Signature……………….

Date :…………………

English

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Time: 2 ½ hours

FORM ONE

SEPTEMBER, 2021

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided
b) Write the date of examination in the provided spaces
c) Answer all questions in this paper
d) All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this paper.
e) This question paper consists of 7 printed pages.
f) Candidates should check and ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and
that no question(s) are missing.

For examiners use only

Question Maximum score Candidate’s score

1 Functional Skills 20
2 Cloze test 10
3 Oral Skills 15
4. Comprehension 20
5 Grammar 35
Total score 100

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This paper consists of 7 printed pages. Candidate should check to ascertain that all
pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING.

Write a story about something that happened in your life that you will
never forget.
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(10MKS)
Once long ago a spider invited rabbit to 1……………him to heaven 2……..……
negotiate his marriage. On the way, at the rabbit’s suggestion, it 3
…………..agreed that of the hospitality offered the two friends in heavens all that
professed by 4 ……………best towers to be for guests would go to the rabbit 5.
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 ……………… that for suitors would go to the spider. When they 6. …………. in the
evening, tired after the long journey, chairs 7……….. brought 8.………..the visitors
The rabbit sat on the chairs, placing 9.………………legs and arms on the extra ones.
It was, only after waiting that a chair was brought for the suitor. When water was
brought for washing their feet, the rabbit behaved in a similar manner and he did
the 10.……………….. with the food brought. He ate all the best food and soiled the
rest.
3. ORAL SKILLS (15
MKS

(a) For each of the following words, provide another similar

pronunciation.(10mks)

i) Pull-
ii) Site-
iii) Rite-
iv) Road-
v) Blew-
vi) Wet –
vii) Soar –
viii) Would –
ix) Tied –
x) One –

b) From the following list, write down five pairs of words whose
pronunciations are similar (5mks)

Abattoir well coup

Rattle kettle hail

Nose coo cape

Hale tour whale

Gape meteor noise

Cattle knows cap

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 2. COMPREHENSION

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
(20marks)

Ferret is a small mammal belonging to the Weasei family. Ferrets have long, slim
bodies and short legs. There are two types of ferrets, Mustela faro, and the black-
footed ferret, Mustela nigripes. Baby ferrets are called kits. If frightened; these animals
can discharge a strong smelling fluid from their scent glands under their tails.

The domestic ferret is often kept as a pet. It was originally bred in ancient times to hunt
rats and rabbits, but today it is rarely used. It is a descendant of the European pole cat,
which was once found through out Europe. They vary in colour from nearly white to
nearly black. However, most of them have creamy-coloured fur with dark hair tips, feet
and tail and a ‘mask’ of dark fur around the eyes. Although many owners have the scent
glands of their pet terrets removed, the animals still have a musky odour from other
skin glands.

The black-footed ferret is native to Western North America. It resembles the domestic
ferret, but is slightly darker. Their fur is dull yellow that is slightly darker on the backside.
Their feet, tail tips are black, and have black fur around the eyes. The black – footed
ferret is usually found on short grass in close association with prairie dogs, which
constitute most of its diet. In addition to feeding on prairie dogs, the ferret spends most
of its time underground in Prairie dog burrows, typically spending only a few minutes
above the ground each day.

In burrows, it sleeps, catches its food, avoids predators and harsh weather, and gives
birth to its young. It is secretive and primarily nocturnal. The ferret’s long slender body
allows it to slip down burrows to find its prey while they sleep. This reduces the ferret’s
risk of injury when attacking prey the same size as itself.

The black-footed ferret originally occurred in the Great plains from Alberta and
Saskatchewan;’ Canada to Texasi Arizona, U.S.A. Classified as endangered, scientists
once thought black-footed ferrets were extinct, until 1981, when a population of more
than 125 black- footed ferrets were discovered in Wyoming.

Sadly, over the next several years, many of them died of distemper and this prompted
the scientists who were now getting concerned that the whole population would die from
the disease, thus the remaining animals were captured. Since hen, scientists have been
breeding the ferrets in captivity.

Adapted from The Black-Footed Ferret by Mworia Muchina, Daily Nation, September, 13 th,
2007)

(a) How does the ferret find its find its prey?
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(b) Why does the ferret like burrows?

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(c) In about 70 words, give the contrasting features of the domestic and the black-
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(e) Rewrite the following sentence in the passive voice:-

(i) If frightened, these animals can discharge a strong smelling fluid from their
scent glands under their tails.
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(f) Why do black-footed ferrets prefer staying in short grass and underground?
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(g) Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage:
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(i) Discharge.................

(ii) Odour.............

(iii) Nocturnal...................

3. GRAMMAR
a) Choose the correct pronoun from those given in brackets to complete the
following sentences.
(10MKS)
1. It was he/ him and not she/her) who broke into the teachers locker.

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 2. When we asked (they/them) what was wrong (they/them) referred (us/we) to
(she/her).
3. The class teacher is interested in (him/he) alone.
4. Send (us/we) to the river to fetch some water.
5. (he/him) decided to go to the market with (her/she)

b).Complete the following sentences using the correct form of verb given in
brackets. (5MKS)

i. The leading performer was …………………………….. a scholarship.(give)

ii. I had already …………..…. to mop the floor when the messenger arrived.(begin)
iii. The wind has ……………….. away all my clothes from the clothes-line.(blow)
iv. We have ……………… more than two hundred kilometers today.(drive)
v. I had ………………. my choir uniform in the morning.(wear)

c).Complete the following sentences using the correct degree (comparative

and superlative) of the adjective given in brackets.
(5MKS)

i. Missing a lesson is……………….. than being punished.(sweet)

ii. This was the …………………..… problem among the students.(common)
iii. Mombasa is a ………………… tourist destination than Nairobi. .(attractive)
iv. I know I have a …………………. chance now than last time.(good)
v. I don’t agree that Nankya is ……………… than her room-mate.(pretty)

d).Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the correct alternative
from the brackets.
(5MKS)

i. Every child …………………. To go to school.(needs/need)

ii. We normally …………….. a bus to the show.(takes/take)
iii. The elephant does not ……………….. Loud noise.(like/likes)
iv. The chef in the hotel …………………. very nice food.(cook/cooks)
v. Athletes …………………… their exercise early in the morning.(does/do)

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e) Fill in each gap in the following sentences with an appropriate preposition.
(10MKS)

i. Gachie was very proud ………………..his son’s performance

ii. He arrived ……………………. London at midnight.
iii. Keep your books ………………… your desk.
iv. The mathematics lesson ends ………..… 10.00 A.M
v. The teacher was angry ……………. the lazy students.
vi. Do not keep food ……….… the bed.
vii. The students were happy ………….. the good news.
viii. The orange was shared equally ………..… Njeru and Kimathi.
ix. The sweets were shared …………. members of the class.
x. I travelled to Nakuru ……………… bus.

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