ZERAKI ACHIEVERS’ EXAMINATIONS

TERM 2

FORM 2 ENGLISH MARKING SCHEME

Q1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING – 20MKS

Imagine you went out on a tour at impala park in Kisumu, you later sneaked out of the tour
venue and returned when the bus was about to leave for school. The teacher in charge was
never pleased with your behaviour and told you to write a letter of Apology.

Write a letter of apology expressing your remorse on your behaviour.

FORMAT - 6 marks

Address of the Sender – 1mk

Date ½
Recipient’s address 1mk
Salutation- Dear Sir/madam or Dear Mr. Kitui Khaba, ½
Subject – RE: APOLOGY FOR… 2marks
Signing off 1mk

CONTENT/BODY -10 MARKS

• Apologize –e.g. sorry for… and give the reason for apology – 2 marks
• Clearly state the problem and explain what happened - 2 marks
• Promise that similar incident will not happen again – 2 marks
• Promise to amend the jeopardized/ damaged relationship – 2 marks
• Re-apologize – 2 marks

LANGUAGE- 4 MARKS
Sincere and formal
Q2. CLOZE TEXT – 10MKS

Read the passage below and fill in each blank space with the MOST appropriate word.

Oral literature ............is...........................(1) one way of maintaining cultural

.........beliefs.....................(2) and educating any given society.
.....Through.........................................(3) the various genres and sub-genres, our
.......individual...................................(4)character traits are reflected. The virtues and
...........vices.........................(5) are all brought to the surface as ..............the......................................(6)
means of self-reflection. This is because everyone in Africa is a
..........member.................................(7) of the society. It is, .............therefore.................................(8)
important for the adults to ..........impact..............................(9) the correct values to the
.............young...............................(10) through this mode of communication.

Q3. COMPREHENSION – 20MKS

Read the passage carefully and then answer the questions that follow.

A Choice Chunk of Meat- Tekayo

The period of short rains was just starting in a semi-arid part of the Sudan. The early
morning mist had cleared, and faint blue smoke rose from the ground as the hot sun
touched the surface of the wet earth.

“People in the underworld are cooking. People in the underworld are cooking!” the children
shouted as they pelted each other with wet earth.
“Come on, Opija,” Tekayo shouted to his son. “Give me hand, I must get the cows to the river
before it is too hot.”
Opija hit his younger brother with his last handful of sand, and then ran to help his father.
The cows were soon out of the village and Tekayo picked up the leather pouch containing
his lunch and followed them.
They had not gone far from home when Tekayo saw an eagle flying above his head with a
large piece of meat in its claws. The eagle was flying low searching for a suitable place to
have its meal. Tekayo promptly threw his stick at the bird. He hit the meat and it dropped to
the ground. It was a large piece of liver and fresh blood was still oozing from it. Tekayo
nearly threw the meat away, but he changed his mind. What was the use of robbing the
eagle off its food only to throw it away? pouch The meat looked good: it would supplement
vegetable lunch wonderfully. He wrapped the meat in a leaf and pushed it into his.

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They reached a place where there was a lot of grass. Tekayo allowed the cows to graze
while he sat under an ober tree watching the sky. It was not yet lunch time, but Tekayo
could not wait. The desire to taste that meat was burning under the ober tree. When the
meat was cooked he ate it greedily with millet bread which his wife had made the previous
night.
“My! What delicious meat,” Tekayo exclaimed. He licked the fat juice that stained his
fingers, and longed for a little more. He threw away the bitter herbs that were the rest of his
lunch. The meat was so good and the herbs would merely spoil its taste.
The sun was getting hot, but the cows showed no desire to go to the river to drink. One by
one they lay down in the shade, chewing the cud. Tekayo also became overpowered by the
afternoon heat. He rested against the trunk and slept.
While asleep, Tekayo had a dream. He was sitting before a log fire roasting a large piece of
liver like the one he had eaten earlier. His mouth watered as he watched rich fat from the
roasting meat dropping into the fire. He could not wait, and although the meat was not
completely done, he removed it from the fire and cut it with his hunting knife. But just as he
was about to take the first bite, he woke up.

Tekayo looked around him wondering what had happened to the meat! “It was too vivid to
be a dream!” He sat upright and had another look around, as if by some miracle he might
see a piece of liver roasting on the log fire beside him. But there was nothing. All he saw
were large roots of the old tree protruding above the earth’s surface like sweet potatoes in
the sandy soil. The cattle had wandered a long way off. Tekayo got up and followed them.
They reached the riverbank, and thirsty cows ran to the river. While the cows drank,
Tekayo sat on a white stone cooling his feet and gazing lazily at the swollen river as it
flowed mightily towards the plain.
Beyond the river stood the great “Ghost Jungle”. A strong desire for the rich meat came
back to Tekayo, and he whispered, “The animal with that delicious meat must surely be in
that jungle.”
From Tekayo, Land without Thunder by Grace Ogot

Questions.

i. How do children explain the steaming ground? (2mks)

People in the underworld are cooking.
ii. How did Tekayo acquire the piece of meat? (3mks)

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The eagle was flying low searching for a suitable place to have its meal.
Tekayo promptly threw his stick at the bird. He hit the meat and it dropped to
the ground.

iii. Identify rhetorical questions. (2mks)

What was the use of robbing the eagle off its food only to throw it away?

iv. Why did Tekayo throw away his packed lunch? (2mks)
Because he felt he had a flesh liver that he had gotten from the eagle
v. Quote two sentences or phrases that are descriptive. (2mks)
• The meat looked good: it would supplement vegetable lunch
wonderfully.
• While the cows drank, Tekayo sat on a white stone cooling his feet and
gazing lazily at the swollen river as it flowed mightily towards the
plain.
vi. Make notes to prove that the meat has a strange effect on Tekayo. Cite evidence
from the text. (5mks)
✓ Tekayo also became overpowered by the afternoon heat. He rested
against the trunk and slept.
✓ While asleep, Tekayo had a dream. He was sitting before a log fire
roasting a large piece of liver like the one he had eaten earlier. His
mouth watered as he watched rich fat from the roasting meat dropping
into the fire.
✓ While the cows drank, Tekayo sat on a white stone cooling his feet and
gazing lazily at the swollen river as it flowed mightily towards the
plain.
✓ A strong desire for the rich meat came back to Tekayo, and he
whispered, “The animal with that delicious meat must surely be in that
jungle.”
vii. Using evidence from the passage, suggest what Tekayo will do next. (4mks)

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A strong desire for the rich meat came back to Tekayo, and he whispered that animal
with that delicious meat must surely be in the jungle therefore it was obvious that he
would go into the jungle to look for more of the delicious meat.

Q4. ORAL LITERATURE – 10MKS

Read the narrative below and answer the questions that follow.
HARE AND HORNED ANIMALS

A long time ago all animals lived together in peace and harmony. All of them, without any
exception, worked together for their common good. All of them, that is, expect for Hare
who was lazy and liked to sit back and enjoy life while the other animals were breaking
their backs working on a communal project.

What annoyed the animals was that when time came to share the produce or enjoy a party,
Hare would be first on the line. Hare had such a sweet tongue that he would always
succeed in flattering and persuading the other animals to give him the best part of what
they had worked for. No animals could find it in him to criticize Hare.
However, after many years of reaping where he had not sowed, Hare became arrogant and
started thinking that he was like a king and that it was his right to be served by the other
animals.
“Bring me green maize to roast,” he told antelope one day as Antelope and Buffalo
prepared to go to work on the farm. “And don’t forget the arrowroots,” he added with a lot
of disdain. “Make sure they are not rotten.”
Antelope had had enough. With his friend Buffalo, he discussed the problem Hare posed.
The two agreed that they had to do something about it. They consulted Rhino, Warthog
and Elephant. The animals resolved to convene a meeting of all animals to discuss the
matter further. However, since they did not want Hare to attend, they declared that only
horned animals were invited. Antelope was asked to give the other animals the notice for
the meeting.

“Why is the meeting only for horned animals?” Hare indignantly demanded.

“Because we have learned that Lion and Leopard are planning to eat us all,” Antelope
replied. “Since it is only the horned animals who can fight back, we have decided to hold a
closed-door meeting to strategize.”

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Hare did not believe this explanation. Intuitively, he knew that the animals were planning
to discuss him. He knew that the only way to forestall this was to attend the meeting. But
what to do? Alas! He had no horns! After a long and sleepless night in which Hare tossed
and turned in bed racking his brains on what to do, he came up with a brilliant plan.
Early the following day, before the third cock crow, before Buffalo had suckled her calf,
Hare was in the forest looking for a suitable piece of wood to carve himself some horns. He
spent the entire day locked up in his room, carving, polishing and oiling the wooden horns
until they shone like the moon.
On the day of the meeting, Hare went down to the river and used mud to stick the ‘horns’
onto his head. With a lot of pride, he sauntered to the venue for the meeting.
The other animals were flabbergasted to see Hare swaggering down to the meeting place, a
pair of splendid horns stuck to his head. To speak truth, hare’s horns were the most
resplendent they had ever seen. They were confused. What could they do? They could not
ask Hare to leave because he had horns!

Antelope came up with a solution. They would delay the commencement of the meeting for
as long they could. So as a preliminary to the meeting, Antelope called several animals to
entertain the rest. Buffalo presented a dance. Cow narrated a story. Warthog sang. Rhino
and Elephant recited a poem. All this while, the sun was steadily making its way up the sky
and getting hotter and hotter. Before long the mud on Hare’s head dried up and began to
crack.
“Please speed up the proceedings,” Hare pleaded in desperation. “I have another meeting
to attend.”
“Relax,” Antelope responded. “We have all the time in the world. Furthermore the animals
think best after they have been warmed up by this beautiful sunshine.”

Inevitably, the mud finally crumbled and Hare’s horns collapsed. He walked away in
shame knowing full well that Antelope had outwitted him.

Questions.

i. What type of narrative is this? (1mk)

Fable
ii. What would you take to be the biggest mistake that Hare did? (2mks)
Hare becoming arrogant and starting to think that he was like a king and that
it was his right to be served by the other animals.

iii. Prove that the Hare is imaginative and creative. (2mks)

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Early the following day, before the third cock crow, before Buffalo had
suckled her calf, Hare was in the forest looking for a suitable piece of wood to
carve himself some horns.

iv. How did the animals plan to keep Hare away from the meeting? (1mk)
They declared that only horned animals were invited.

v. How did Antelope outwit Hare? (2mks)

Antelope came up with a solution. They would delay the commencement of
the meeting for as long they could. So as a preliminary to the meeting,
Antelope called several animals to entertain the rest.
vi. summarize the moral lesson of this narrative using a proverb. (2mks)

Hard work pays

Q5. POETRY - 10MKS

Read the poem below and then answer the questions that follow.

PRAYER OF AN AFRICAN WOMAN

I am a woman,
created in the image of God,
with dignity and virtues,
formed by the very hands of God,
given life by God’s breath.

I am a woman,
mother of presidents and of workers,
mother of housemaids and ministers,
mother of kings and subordinates,

I am a woman,
farmer, cook, housewife and neighbor.
I work from morning till late at night,
sow and reap under a burning sun,
go off with heavy burdens,
and return home to feed my family.

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I am a woman,
the heart of the family.
I am loved, and yet oppressed,
held in esteem, and still considered inferior,
caressed and yet beaten,
indispensable, and still overlooked.

I am a woman.
Lord, you created me and you know me.
you know me by my name,
you listen to me, when the world
refuses to understand me.
you know all my worries,
you see my tears and hear my sighs.
You are everything to me.
With you, Lord, there is hope.
In you I want always to put my trust:
as a woman.
Grace Eneme
Questions.
i. With example, identify the persona in the poem. (2mks)
A woman- “I am a woman”
ii. Explain the theme in the poem. (3mks)
Theme of female discrimination/ oppression- The woman complains that she
is loved yet oppressed, held in high esteem yet considered inferior and she is
equally looked down upon.
iii. With illustrations, list down styles that have created rhythm in the poem. (3mks)
Rhyme- workers, ministers
Repetition- I am a woman has been repeated (plus any other instance of
repetition)
Assonance- you know me by my…
iv. State and describe the rhyme scheme of the first two stanzas in the poem. (2mks)
abcbdaeef- Irregular - unpredictable

Q6. ORAL SKILLS – 10MKS

a. Provide an equivalent Homophone to each of the words given. (5mks)

(i) Caught ............cot.................................................................

(ii) Foul .................fall.................................................................

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(iii) Filled ................field.................................................................

(iv) Eye ..................I.......................................................................

(v) Bore ..................boar.................................................................

b. Underline the silent letter in the given words below. (5mks)

(i) Interesting

(ii) Often

(iii) Debt

(iv) Sachet

(v) Button

Q7. GRAMMAR – 20MKS

I. Fill in each blank space with a correct preposition. (3mks)

a. The athletes complained because they were forced to run

........in.........................wind.
b. I will speak to you .............on...................... phone.
c. Someone is knocking .........at............................the door.
II. Complete the following sentences by using the correct form of the word.
(3mks)

a. “I will give the ....best........................ time of your life” She vowed. (good)
b. He was elected Chief Justice because he is the
...............incorruptible..................................Judge on the bench. (corrupt)
c. Civil war has never appeared ...................................................than it did in 2008.
(imminent)
III. Complete the given sentences with correct alternative pronoun given. (3mks)

a. Their car is not similar to .............ours...........................(ours/our/our’s)

b. .....................My..........................dear friend, that is not the way to do it. (mine/my)

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c. Grace took my hand in ...........hers.......................................(hers/his)

IV. Give the plural forms of the given nouns. (3mks)

a. Roof .................roofs.........................................

b. Studio .............studios............................................

c. Stadium ..........stadia............................................

V. Complete the given sentences with a Reflexive Pronoun. (3mks)

a. She seems to be very proud of ............................herself.........................................

b. I wrote that poem ......................myself........................................................................
c. Will the TV switch ..................itself.................................. off?
VI. Rewrite the given sentences as instructed after each. (3mks)

a. Peter worked hard to pass the exam. (Rewrite in interrogative form.)

Did Peter work hard to pass the exam?
b. What a lovely compound you have! (State the type of sentence.)
Exclamatory sentence
c. Why is the classroom dirty the teacher asked (punctuate the sentence.)
“ Why is the class dirty?” the teacher asked.
VII. Use given conjunctions below appropriately to write the sentences correctly.
(2mks)- Conjunctions – (unless, where, before, since, after)

a. Sarah wanted to know. They had kept it.

Sarah waited to know where they had kept it.
b. I have not seen Korir. We moved from Voi.
I had not seen Korir since we moved from Voi.

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