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    MID TERM 2 2023 EXAM

    ENGLISH FORM 2
    TIME: 1 ½ HOURS
    NAME_____________________________________________ADM_____________CLASS________

    1. Functional skills (20 mks)


    You are the Secretary of Victory School Choir. The choir had been scheduled as the main
    performer at a charity event organized by Nakuru County governor, her excellency Madam
    Susan Kihika. However, you were unable to attend the occasion which prompted the governor
    to call off the event. Write a letter of apology addressed to the governor over the incident. (20
    mks).
    2. Cloze test (10 mks)
    Read the passage below and fill in the gaps in the passage below using the most suitable words.

    Oprah Winfrey is a household name in ________________parts of the world. She


    __________one of the most successful talk-show programmes ___________is among the
    world’s richest people.__________________, she had very humble beginnings. Her early years
    were spent____________her grandmother’s farm tending pigs, chicken and cows.
    She________walked barefoot and she does not remember having a mother around, she only
    ______________Grandmother and big Earless, the grandfather. The little Oprah slept with her
    grandmother ____________a big mosquito net. Grandfather Earless, _____________she
    describes as ‘a dark presence’ slept in another room. Little is said about Earless other than that
    _____________was a menacing shadow to the little girl. She often feared that he wound sneak
    into their room in the darkness and struggle her.

    3. Oral skills (10 mks)


    i. Identify the silent letters in the following words (4 mks).
    (a) Subtle -
    (b) Debut -
    (c) Yacht -
    (d) Gnaw -
    (e) Shepherd -
    ii. Pick the odd word according to the pronunciation of words in each group in
    reference to the letters underlined (4 mks).
    (1) Charade, Church, Chauffer, Chassis
    (2) Sure, hear, poor, lure
    (3) Hat, apple, bat, farm
    (4) Hope, not, boat, rope

    iii. Indicate the correct intonation for the following sentences (2 mks).
    a. Can I take you home?
    b. How did she travel to Nairobi?
    1
    4. Poetry (10 mks)
    Thanks thee mother
    By Julius Chingono, Zimbabwe

    I thank thee mother


    Your back I wet
    When I leaked
    Like a broken gourd
    Your breasts I sought
    Like a blind bat,
    On your back
    I swung like a little vagabond,
    But you said
    ‘Its my vagabond’

    a. Who is the persona in this poem? (2 mks).

    b. Identify and illustrate the main aspect of style used in the poem (3 mks).

    c. How would you say the last line? (2 mks)

    d. Describe the main character traits of the persona child (2 mks).

    e. Give another word that has an identical pronunciation as the following

    I -
    Sought -

    5. Grammar (10 mks)

    1. Rewrite the following sentences following the instructions given after each, do not
    change the meaning.

    2
    a. They collect rubbish every Thursday (change the sentence into
    passive voice).
    b. Mary is the _________of the two sisters (taller, tallest). Fill the gap using
    the correct alternative from the words in brackets.
    c. The tree fell down (begin with the adverb of place).
    d. The earthquake levelled all the buildings in town
    (Begin: All…)
    e. Are these the parents? Their children qualified to join this
    School. (Combine the sentences using a relative pronoun).
    f. These __________ (Student) phones were confisticated. (Use the
    correct form of the noun given in bracket).
    2. Join the following sentences using the most appropriate subordinate conjunction.
    a. I am tired, I have to complete this assignment.

    b. We went to the market, we bought nothing.

    3. Fill in the blanks with the most suitable preposition.


    a. He prefers swimming ___________fishing
    b. Can you excuse us ____________class this afternoon.

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