FORM 4 ENGLISH PAPER 1 MARKING SCHEME

1. Must be a friendly letter, with one address, salutation, body and valediction
- The language should be appropriate i.e the level of formality should be appropriate to
that of a friendly letter
- Active voice is used to give directions
- The directions should be clear and precise so as not to mislead
- The directions should be sequential and logical
- Approximation of distances and use of land marks should be employed as guides
NB: The marks should be distributed as follows
- Format-6
- Language-6
- Content- 8
(Give marks for content out of six depending on how accurate the directions are)
- Language scale A-6
- B-4-5
- C-2-3
- D-1-2
A candidate who does not use the format of an informal letter will forfeit the marks
for format

2. CLOZE TEST
(i) under
(ii) are
(iii) in
(iv) child
(v) or
(vi) age
(vii) manual
(viii) loading
(ix) among
(x) Parents

3. ORAL SKILLS
A. (i) Tongue twister (1 mk)
(ii) Alliteration - /sh/ widely used at the beginning of word (1 mk)
(iii) It is used for entertainment
Enhances ones fluency in the use of language
Helps one learn to pronounce word properly (3 x 1 = 3 mks)

B. (i) Enjoy – employ, boy, joy, toy

(ii) tree – free, spree, three
(iii) pull – pool, tool, cool, wool
(iv) keep – sleep, deep, seep, beep (any one for each 4 x 1 = 4mks)

C. - Eye contact should be maintained

- Ensure every member is audible enough
- Good contributions should be acknowledged
- Use of eyebrows to indicate turn-taking
- Use of civil language whenever there is disagreement
- One should listen till another is through with their argument (any 5 points)
D. (i) wicked
(ii) wolf
(iii) this
(iv) turn

E. (i) Rising
(ii) Falling
(iii) Falling
(iv) Rising
(v) Falling

F. JANE: Hello mum/ mother. I am fine.(1mk)

JANE: Yes mother. Very much so. I was number one in my class when the mid-term
exam results were announced( 2mks)
JANE: I am told Carol is joining the University of Nairobi. Is it true (1mk)
JANE: Next month mum/mother please clear my fees arrears. (1mk)
JANE: Thanks. I will be grateful. How is Daddy? (2mks)