Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Mumias West Sub-County Joint Evaluation English Paper 1 May 2026 Pre-Mock Exam with Marking Scheme. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE English Paper 1 (Functional Skills, Cloze Test, and Oral Skills) examination. This paper evaluates candidates' practical writing ability, contextual language use, and oral literacy skills including phonetics, intonation, and poetic analysis.

  • Month Administered: May 2026
  • Duration: 2 hours
  • Total Marks: 60
  • Number of Questions: 3
  • Structure: Question 1 — Functional Skills (20 marks); Question 2 — Cloze Test (10 marks); Question 3 — Oral Skills (30 marks)

  It covers the following topics:

  • Question 1: Functional Skills
    • Formal letter writing — invitation letter from a school secretary to another school for an Inter-school Debate Contest (debate theme, date/time/venue, number of participants, participation fee, dress code)
  • Question 2: Cloze Test
    • Gap-filling exercise based on a school science exhibition narrative (tense, vocabulary, and contextual word choice)
  • Question 3: Oral Skills
    • Poetry analysis — rhyme scheme and effectiveness; rhythm devices beyond rhyme; performance of a specific line
    • Homophones — words with similar pronunciation
    • Silent letters in words (sandwich, guilt, castle)
    • Intonation — rising and falling patterns in statements and questions
• File Size:

  40.75 KB
• Length:

  7 pages
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  ENGLISH
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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