KIPKELION SUB-COUNTY

2025 ENGLISH CONTEST

NAME……………………..ADM……..STREAM….

Instructions to candidates
1. Write your name, stream and admission number in the spaces provided above.
2. Answer all the questions in this question paper.
3. All your answers must be written in the spaces provided in this question paper.
4. This paper consists of 8 printed pages.
5. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
6. Candidates must answer the questions in English.

For Examiners Use ONLY

Question Maximum Candidate’s

1 FUNCTIONAL WRITING 20

2 EXCERPT 25

3 ORAL SKILLS 20

4 GRAMMAR 15

TOATAL SCORE

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1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (2OMKS)

You have just reported to school after the April holiday. You have not completed your holiday
assignment, something that is against school rules. Write a letter to your teacher of English
apologizing to him for the misconduct.

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2. John Lara, The Samaritan. (25 MARKS)

Read the excerpt below and then answer the questions that follow.
Mossi: (Looking surprised and fidgeting on his seat) Well...well…eh…I think that…eh…is well...
spoken, Madam Principal. I do not want to interfere with your work of running the school

Narine: Thank you, Sir. (The Principal drains her glass and walks out. Mayor Mossi sighs
and looks on at Nicole in the eye)
Mossi: I am sorry if I have appeared a bit hard on you, Nicole. I just want you us to have an
honest talk. (Mayor clears his throat) My worry is that a malicious person, or a political
opponent- like Hon. Basdeo- will deliberately post false information about me on that App.
Nicole: I do not think you need to worry about that, Sir. If anyone posts false information, or
defames you, there is nothing that stops you from pleading your grievance in a court of law.

Mossi: Most of the posts are anonymous. How can I take legal action against an anonymous
person.

Nicole: You see, the App is configured in such a way that the identity of those posting
unanimously is hidden from the public but not from the administrator of the App. You can,
therefore obtain the identities of persons behind defamatory posts from the administrator. The
proprietor of the App is under legal obligation to provide that information upon request by a court
of law.

Mossi: Even then, Nicole, The Samaritan App has far-reaching ramifications. Of course, I
May have made some mistakes here and there. We all do. I have come here to own up to my
mistakes and seek your understanding and help.
a) What happens immediately after the excerpt? (3marks)

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b) Why is Mayor Mossi worried about his opponents especially Hon. Basdeo? Describe an incident
from elsewhere in the play that justifies your answer. (4 marks)
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c) Describe two themes evident in the extract above. (4 marks)

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a) “Of course I may have made some mistakes here and there.” Using your knowledge of the play,
state one mistake that Mayor Mossi confesses to have committed. (2 marks)
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b) Describe Nicole’s attitude toward the courts of law as depicted in the excerpt. (2 marks)

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c) I do not want to interfere with the work of running your school.

(Rewrite beginning: With...) (1 mark)

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d) Describe the character traits of the following in the extract. (4 marks)

a. Mossi
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b. Nicole

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e) Explain the effectiveness of any one feature of style used in the passage. (2 marks)

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f) Explain the meaning of the following expressions as used in the excerpt. (3 marks)

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iii) own up ………………………………………………………………

ORAL SKILLS (20 MARKS)

A. Wondrous Glory
The sun rises from the east
Sending forth its morning heat
The lily in the valley below
Reflects its wondrous glow
Red, yellow, pink and white
The roses send out their bright light
It is such a wondrous sight
Beauty shining through the night.
1. Identify and describe the rhyme pattern. (2 marks)

2. Which words would you stress in the first two lines of the poem and why? (2 marks)

3. Apart from rhyme, identify any other sound device evident in the poem. (2 marks)

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B. Identify the sound in the group of words that is different in each group.
i. ii. iii. iv.

reel beat ton mill

C. How would you respond to the following:

a) How do you do? (1 mark)

b) The principal greets you 'Good morning...'). (1 mark)

c) You are so hungry, your friend offers to buy you lunch and says, ‘You mind joining me for
lunch?’ (1 mark)

D. Study the genre below and answer the questions that follow:
‘I became well read by reading in the sun.’
a) Identify the genre above. (1 mark)

b) Identify one sound device incident in the item above. (3 marks)

E. You have been invited to attend an interview for the position of the school president. Explain
three things you could do to emerge successful. (3 marks)

F. Grammar

Use the correct forms of the compound nouns in brackets to fill in the gaps in each of the following
sentences: (5 marks)
1. A county cannot have two (commander-in-chief).

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2. This is the (segment-at-arms) car.

3. Their wedding had many (bridesmaid).

4. Several innocent were injured. (Passer-by)

5. Each of us was given five (bookmark).

G. Rewrite according to the instructions given.

1. The students chose what they wanted to do. (Begin: Did)

2. He store its full of equipments. (Correct the error)

3. The judges and the contestants had played a trick on us. (Change into positive)

4. She woke up early. She was late for school. (Use the word although to join the two sentences)

5. Bring my notebook. (Use a question tag)

H. Fill in the blank with the correct phrasal verb from the choice given. (3 marks)

a) The teacher asked us to the difficult words in a dictionary. (look up | look

I. Use the correct preposition to complete the sentences below. (2 marks)

1. Every one of us will have to atone his or her misdeeds.

2. These days everybody complains high prices of commodities.

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