THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF SAME

KINDOROKO GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM THREE SEPTEMBER MID–TERM EXAMINATIONS

022 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

(For Both Private and School Candidates)

Time: 3:00 Hours Year: 2024

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A, B and C with a total of eleven (11) questions.

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B and two (2) questions from section C
of which question number ten (10) is compulsory.

3. Section A carries sixteen (16) marks, section B fifty four (54) marks and section C
carries thirty (30) marks.

4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.

5. Write your Name in Full on every page of your answer booklet(s).

K.S.S SEPT-MID TERM 2024

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 SECTION A (16 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section

1. For each of the items (i) – (x) choose the correct answer from among the given alternatives and write
its letter besides the item number in the answer booklet(s) provided.

(i) Before he had lunch, he …………………… his hands.

A Will wash B Washed
C Will have washed D Had washed
E Had had washed

(ii) What is not true about question tags?

A They are used when one wants someone to confirm information
B They are used to make spontaneous conversation
C They save to make conversation beautiful
D They make conversation interactive
E They are used when one seeks for additional information

(iii) A dictionary consists of different symbols that serve a number of functions. What is the
function of a “tilde” used in a dictionary?
A To show derived words
B To show guide words
C To show words with opposite meaning
D To replace a word that has already been mentioned
E To introduce synonyms to the new words

(iv) “Maria’s baby seldom cries at night”. Which word can best replace the underlined part to show
its opposite?
A Barely B Scarcely
C Frequently D Rarely
E Oblivious

(v) I saw your article in the guardian. The underline word is used because:
A It is a definite article
B It is mistaken
C It adds beauty to the word guardian
D It sound better
E Names of newspapers go with article the

(vi) Jack was provided with the names to assign them to their respective gender groups by his
English teacher. To which gender group is Jack supposed to place the name chair?
A Common gender B Masculine gender
C Feminine gender D Neuter gender
E Mixed gender

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 (vii) What is not true about adverbs?
A They describe the action of verb in a sentence
B Adverbs are optional in a sentence
C They can begin at the front part of the sentence
D They can occur at the end of the sentence
E They are also called quantifiers

(viii) Which sentence among the following is a correct question form of the statement “it was Irene
who said”?
A Was she Irene who said? B Was it Irene who said?
C It was Irene who said? D Wasn’t it Irene who said?
E Who said was Irene?

(ix) One among the following sentences expresses the uncompleted action in the past. That is:
A John had cooked Ugali
B She ate Mangoes
C He had been telling stories
D It was raining heavily
E None of the above

(x) In literary works there are characters that you like and that you do not like because of their
roles assigned. Which character among the following present bad virtue?
A Round character
B Antagonist character
C Villain character
D Protagonist character
E Popular character

2. Match the items in List A with their responses in List B by writing the letter of the correct response
besides the item number in the answer booklet(s) provided.
LIST A LIST B

(i) Adyeri’s voice hit the sky A Allusion

(ii) Olabisi began looking around the bathroom for a place to hide B Personification
(iii) A parent is an earthly God C Idiom
(iv) I am sorry but you are off base D Illusion
(v) Sleeping like Lazarus, you couldn’t hear Jesus E Metaphor
(vi) I rule over this place; said the cock F Imagery
G Hyperbole
H Proverb

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 SECTION B (54 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section

3. Complete the paragraph below by filling the blanks with the correct forms of the word in the
brackets. The first gap has been done as an example.

Yesterday I witnessed (witness) a terrible accident. A speeding car (i) ……………………. (run over)
two pedestrians who (ii) ………………………..... (be) crossing the main road to the post office. One
of the men (iii) ……………...……….. (be) very injured. Thank God the policemen (iv)
………………….…. (arrive) immediately and (v) ………………..….… (rush) them to the hospital
but unfortunately one of the victims was declared dead by the Doctor, at that time other victims (vi)
………………….…… (give) a discharge to district hospital. As I was among the witness of that
accident, the police (vii) ………………………… (come) to me and (viii) ………………………..
(start) to ask me some question about that accident, finally they (ix) ………..……….…….. (thank)
me for a nice cooperation that I shown them.

4. (a) Identify the underlined words in the following sentences and state in which part of speech does
each word belongs.
(i) I would abide by their decisions
(ii) The patient was suffering from Malaria
(iii) Always a dog barks when it sees a stranger
(iv) Asha is married to Seleman
(b) There are rules which guide how and when to apply articles. By using those rules, give reasons
as to why the following articles have been used in the sentences below:
(i) The each moves around the sun
(ii) It was an honor for our school to be awarded the medal
(iii) My friend is a European
(iv) He is the cleverest boy in our class
(v) I saw a cat. The cat was black

5. You have just learnt how various pronouns are used in sentences. You as a form three student,
construct one sentence using each of the following pronouns:
(a) Indefinite pronoun
(b) Reciprocal pronoun
(c) Possessive pronoun
(d) Demonstrative pronoun
(e) Reflexive pronoun

6. Briefly describe six (6) important elements that someone has to include when writing curriculum
vitae (CV).

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7. Re-write the following sentence according to the instructions given after each:
(a) He forgot my name so I reminded him. (Begin: Having……………………....)
(b) Juma borrowed some money from John (Begin: John…………………………..)
(c) I started writing my examination. My pen ran out of ink (Join the sentence using: “hardly”)
(d) The speech was not so long and it was not also short (Use: neither……… nor ………....)
(e) If I had not struggled hard. I would not have been here (Begin: Had…………………………)
(f) He refused to help, which surprised her. (Begin: His……………………………..)

8. (a) Define the following terms with examples

(i) Scanning reading
(ii) Skimming reading
(iii) Intensive reading
(iv) Extensive reading
(b) Shortly, describe five (5) techniques of reading intensively.
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SECTION C (30 Marks)
Answer two (2) questions in this section. Question number ten (10) is compulsory

9. Betrayal is one of the problems in our societies and it may cause conflicts among people. By using
two plays you have read under this section, justify the truth of this statement by providing three (3)
points from each play.

10. Poet writes to warn the society amongst other roles. Validate this statement with reference to two
poems you have read under this section. Give three (3) points from each poem.

11. Imagine you meet with Adyeri from the novel “Passed like a Shadow” and Ya Posseh from the novel
“Unanswered Cries”. What are you going to advise them? Give three (3) points from each of two
novels among the novels have read.

“You define your own life. Don’t let other people write your script!”
© Mr. Francis Leons

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