Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 8 English Paper 1 Term 3 2026 Opener Exam with Marking Scheme. The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is towards the end of the file.

  It was a KJSEA English Paper 1 examination aimed at testing learners' reading comprehension, communicative etiquette, cloze test proficiency, and grammatical competence in English.

  • Duration: 2 Hours
  • Total Marks: 50 Marks
  • Number of Questions: 50 Questions (Questions 1–50)
  • Structure: Section A features Reading Comprehension (Questions 1–16), Section B tests Conversational Skills and Etiquette (Questions 17–25), Section C contains a Cloze Passage, Adverbs, and Trickster Narrative (Questions 26–35), and Section D covers Grammar and Mechanics (Questions 36–50).

  It covers the following topics:

  • Section A (Reading Comprehension):
    • Educational trip to the National Museum and African historical artefacts
    • Environmental benefits and technological challenges of electric buses
    • River conservation and community environmental clean-up initiatives
  • Section B (Conversational Skills & Social Etiquette):
    • Polite requests, formal greetings, sympathy expressions, and responding to compliments
    • Proverbs and idiomatic expressions
  • Section C (Cloze Test, Adverbs & Literary Analysis):
    • Cloze passage on the benefits of reading and library visits
    • Correct usage of adverbs of manner, time, and degree
    • Trickster narrative comprehension: Hare and Hyena (characterization and moral lessons)
  • Section D (Grammar & Language Mechanics):
    • Subject-verb agreement and singular/plural nouns (irregular plurals)
    • Punctuation rules for direct speech and dialogue
    • Parts of speech: adjectives, adverbs, and prepositions
    • Question tags and tense identification (simple past tense)
    • Vocabulary: synonyms, antonyms, and correct spelling
• File Size:

  141.18 KB
• Category:

  Exams
• Level:

  Grade 8
• Subject:

  ENGLISH
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

Enter your details below to initiate a payment using MPESA.