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FORM 3
ENGLISH
PAPER 1
END TERM 1 2025
NAME...............................CLASS...........................ADM NO:....................
QUESTION 1: FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20MKS
1.a) Imagine you went to Mombasa tour for three days and visited different places. Write a 3 day
personal journal based on these;
i)a visit to watamu beach
ii)An encounter with a rhino
iii)a visit to fort jesus(12mks)
b)A friend hosted you for the three days in Mombasa.Write a Thank-you note to him\her.
(8 mks)
CLOZE TEST(10MKS)2. Fill in each of the blank spaces in the passage below with the most
appropriate word.
More regulations and rules guiding gambling should be put in place to protect gamblers and our
economy. Betting has (a) ............................a way of life for many young people because of
unemployment. Gambling seems a (b) ..............................way for them to make money. It is
(c) .....................that 76 percent of young people in Kenya gamble, (d)........................the
growing awareness of its drawbacks.
There is little regulation that offers (e) ..............................................to people from
gambling harm.(f)......................., gambling is legal and is perceived a recreational activity but
there are no clear laws governing sports betting. The closest the (g)........................ came to
regulating the industry was in September 2018 when a 20 percent tax on wins was introduced
(h)......................the Finance Bill. Unfortunately, such moves may be too little too late for a
number of youths who now see gambling as part of their pathway out of (i)........................
The government should move in (j)...............................to contain the situation if we are to
overcome the consequences of gambling.
1. (a) Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow.
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THE SMILING FACE
Staring at me from the window
Down upon my head on the pillow.
This legendary round cheese
Smiling from the sky with ease
So beautiful, so bright.
Bathing me in such a mellow comforting light.
(i) Describe the rhyme scheme of the poem. (2mks)
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(ii) If you were to recite the poem, what effect would the rhyme scheme described in (i) above
have? (2marks)
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(iii) Explain two non – verbal cues you would use to make the performance of the poem more
effective. (2 marks)
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(b) You are giving a talk on the dangers of the HIV/AIDS pandemic to a group of young
people. Your talk centres around what you have seen in the village, the loss of relatives and
friends, orphaned children and the general impoverishment of the area. Describe any two
possible ways of ending the talk and explain the advantage of each one of them.
(4marks)
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(c) For each of the following three words, provide another word that is pronounced the same.
(3marks)
a) fête ....................................................
b) barren ................................................
c) Suite ..................................................
(d) Study the words in each of the following groups, then indicate the odd one out in terms of
pronunciation. (3marks)
i) Chamois, chic, chef, char. ...............................................................
ii) Sugar, swell, sue, seal. ...................................................................
iii) Phantom, psychic, fiddle, phoenix ...................................................
(e) What will be the meaning of the sentences below if the underlined words are stressed?
(2 marks)
(i) The young boy played with a toy car.
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(ii) The young boy played with a toy car.