KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE REVISION PAPERS

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE REVISION

ORAL SKILLS

KCSE ENGLISH PAST PAPERS 

 

What to expect in a KCSE English paper 1 exam (Oral Skills)

KCSE English paper one 2019

3(a) Oral poetry (9mks)

             i.        Features of oral song (4mks)

           ii.        Word stress in a line of a poem (3mks)

         iii.        Preforming a line of a poem(2mks)

 

(b) Intonation (3mks)

 

(c) Homophones (6mks)

 

(d) Oral report (6mks)

 

(e) Etiquette (Polite language) (6mks)

 

 

KCSE English paper one 2018 

3(a) Poem (A Poison Tree by William Blake) (9mks)

             i.        Features that make the poem easy to recite(4mks)

           ii.        Rhyme scheme (3mks)

         iii.        Saying a line of a poem(2mks)

 

(b) Vowel sounds (odd one out) (6mks)

 

(c)Homophones (5mks)

 

(d)Negotiation skills (dialogue) (10mks)

i.        Politeness in a negotiation(2mks)

ii.        Preparedness for a negotiation (2mks)

iii.        Counterpart reaction/behavior (2mks)

iv.        Complete the dialogue, add two turns (4mks)

 

 

KCSE English paper one 2017

3(a) Oral poetry (Adapted from Magomoro; portrait of an African village) (1987) (8mks)

i.        Features of oral song (6mks)

ii.        Word stress (2mks)

 

(b)Sound features in a; (6mks)

i.        Joke

ii.        Proverb

iii.        Tongue twister

 

(c) Pronunciation (diphthongs/vowels) (4mks)

 

(d) Stress (in syllables) (5mks)

 

(e)Fill in conversation (Etiquette) (7mks)

 

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2016

3(a) Poetry (Giraffes – Adopted from the Modern Poetry for Common Wealthy, by Maurice Wellman, John Spencer, London: George C. Harrap 1966,) (8mks)

    i.        Rhyme scheme (3mks)

  ii.        Alliteration (2mks)

iii.        Saying a line of poem (3mks)

 

(b) Homophones (5mks)

 

(c) Pronunciation (words pronounced differently) 

 

(d)   Consonants/vowel) (5mks)

 

(e)Listening and speaking (6mks)

i.        Speech (Restless audience) (3mks)

ii.        Listening effectively (3mks)

 

(f)Etiquette (fill in conversation) (8mks)

 

 

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2015 

3 (a) Passage about negotiation and conflict resolution 

    i.        Negotiation skills (4mks)

  ii.        Win-win situation (3mks)

iii.        Rhythm (2mks)

 

(b) Poem, Reprise (by Ogden Nash 2005) (9mks)

    i.        Rhyme scheme ( and its effectiveness) (4mks)

  ii.        Alliteration (4mks)

iii.        Performing lines of a poem(3mks)

 

(c) Pronunciation (vowel) pick odd one out (6mks)

 

(d) Direction (6mks)

 

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2014

3(a) Oral narrative (8mks)

1. Features of oral narrative (4mks)
2. Nonverbal cues (gestures) (1mk)
3. Sound features(alliteration) (2mks)
4. Idiophones (1mk)

 

(b) Homophones (6mks) 

 

(c) Intonation (5mks)

 

(d) Oral report (3mks)

 

(e) Etiquette (fill in conversation) (7mks)

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2013

3(a) Poem-DAY SEVENTEEN By Khalil AL Mustafa (February, 6-2009) (9mk)

1. Alliteration (1mk)
2. Assonance (2mks)
3. Preforming lines of a poem (4mks)
4. Word stress(1mk)

 

(b) Homophones (4mk)

 

(c) Stress in syllables (5mks)

 

(d) Speech (6mks)

 

(e) Listening skills (dialogue) (6mks)

 

(f) Poor listening skills (4mks)

 

(g) Good listening skills (2mks)

 

 

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2012

3(a) Poem (If We Must Die by Claude McKay) (9mks)

1. Rhyme scheme (2mks)
2. Word stress(3mks)
3. Rhythm(4mks)

 

(b) Speech (4mks)

 

(c) Etiquette (Choice of register) (4mks)

 

(d) Homophones (4mks)

 

(e) Interview (9mks)

1. Etiquette (appearance and grooming) (3mks)
2. Interview (before and during) (6mks)

 

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2011

3(a) Intonation (5mks)

 

(b) Oral song (From oral poetry from Africa; Compiled by Mapanje and White) (8mks)

    i.        Saying line of a poem (3mks)

  ii.        Saying a line of a poem (2mks)

iii.        Homophones (3mks)

 

(c) Speech (Capturing attention) (6mks)

 

(d) Turn taking skills (dialogue) (6mks)

 

(e) Stress in syllable (5mks)

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2009

3(a) Oral poetry (chant) (Rain making litany) (10mks)

 

     i.        Aspect of oral performance (3mks)

   ii.        Performance (3mks)

 iii.        Preparation (by performer, to make audience participate) (4mks)

 

(b)Debate (Public speaking) 

 

(c) Dealing with fear/anxiety (6mks)

 

(d) Sound “ch” (3mks)

 

(e) Stress in sentence (3mks)

 

(f) Fill in conversation turn taking (7mks)

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2008

3(a) Homophones (5mks)

 

(b)Poem (The debt by Paul Laurence Dunbar) (11mks)

1. Rhyming words(3mks) 
2. Tone(appropriate in reciting poem) (3mks)
3. Punctuation(3mks)
4. Saying line of a poem (2mks)

 

(c) Effective listening (5mks)

1. Restless audience(boredom, indifference) (3mks)
2. Listening effectively (3mks)

 

(d) Negotiation skills (5mks)

1. Purpose of greeting(1mk)
2. Negotiation skill(buyer) (3mks)
3. Nature of negotiation(4mks)

 

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2007

3(a) Oral narrative (a young woman and an ogre oral literature of the Maasai) 

1. Saying lines of a character (1mk)
2. Giving direction (1mk)
3. Speech delivery of a character (2mks)
4. Preforming a song within the narrative (verbal/nonverbal) (2mks)
5. Narration, saying a line of a narrative (2mks)
6. Audience reaction(1mk)

(b) Homophones (5mks)

 

(c) Stress in syllable (4mks)

 

(d) Speech (capturing attention) (4mks)

 

(e) Listening skills (dialogue/shortcomings) (8mks)

 

KCSE ENGLISH PAPER ONE 2006

3(a) Oral narrative (10mks)

1. Capture attention of the audience(2mks)
2. Effective narration(specified lines) (4mks)
3. Audience participation(how to tell) (4 mks) 

 

(b) Homophones (4mks)

 

(c) Poem (Lenrie Peter’s Isatou died) (6mks)

1. Rhyming words(2mks)
2. Stress in words(2mks)
3. Saying a line of a poem(2mks)

 

(d) Fill in conversation (choice of register/Etiquette) (10mks)

  Next we analyse oral skills notes on oral reports.

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