English Paper 1 Questions and Answers - Form 3 End Term 3 2025 Exams
QUESTIONS
1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING (20marks)
Over the December holidays you went camping in the Katende forest as a scout’s
team. You were there for three days and each day was quite eventful. Provide entries
for your personal journal for the three days.
2. CLOZE TEST (10MKS)
Read the passage below and fill in the blank space with the most appropriate word.
Ideas rule the World. Take a look around you. Everything you can see was
1_____________ an Idea in someone’s mind. This means that everyone born on earth
has a brain that has what it 2_____________ to get from where they are to where they
want to be, and the bridge is an idea.
The sad thing is that not everyone uses their brain 3_____________. Many people focus
on the past where offence is remembered and pain is relieved, stagnation then sets
in. You do not need ideas from your past. You need them to 4__________________
negative or unfavorable events in your past to 5________________ in your future. The
only purpose for remembering the past should be to use the information to create a
better future.
Rising from your past also has to do with 6 _______________ out who to relate with for
future endeavors and 7_______________ to leave behind. Destiny is not emotional, and
so not everyone who was 8________________ in your past will feature in your future.
When I was in primary school, my 9________________ were so significant. As I
progressed, their significance 10_____________________ to diminish.
3. ORAL SKILLS (30 MARKS)
a. Read the poem below and answer questions that follow
Keep it dark
Keep it dark!
Don’t tell your wife
For your wife is a log
Who will burst into flame!
Keep it dark!
Keep it dark!
Don’t tell your wife
For your wife is a pot
That is blown by the breeze
And then bang!
It is all out and about
i. Identify two aspects that make the poem to be categorized as oral.
(2marks)
ii. Which aspect of style enhances the rhythm or musicality of the poem?
(1mark)
iii. How would you make the recitation of this poem lively? (2marks)
iv. How would you recite the second line of the first stanza? (1mark)
b. Identify the following genre
Sheila sells sea shells at the sea shore (1mark)
i. State the characteristics of the above genre (2marks)
ii. State two functions of the above genre (2marks)
c. Construct two sentences each to bring out two different meanings in the
words below
i. Minute
ii. Mean (4marks)
d. Why is it important to look directly at people when you are making an oral
presentation? (3marks)
e. Underline the silent letters in the following words (6marks)
Often
Where
Succumb
Debut
f. Assume you are the student leader of Guidance and Counseling in your
school. The principal asks you to research and write a report on rising cases of
drug abuse in your school and present your findings during PTA and students
joint meeting. State how you would deal with stage fright associated with
public speaking of this kind (4marks)
MARKING SCHEME
Question 1:
Must be a personal journal with clearly marked days and dates. Award marks as follows:-
Title: Personal journal
Day one ½ /Date1 ½
Day two ½ /date ½
Day three ½ /Date ½ (Total 4marks)
Content: - Clearly explained events appealing to all human senses
Day 1 (3marks)
Day 2 (3marks)
Day 3 (3marks)
(Total C= 9marks)
Tone: Must be informal tone (2marks)
Language (5marks)
G. Total (20marks)
2. CLOSE TEST
1. Once
2. takes
3. appropriately
4. turn
5. victories
6. sorting
7. who
8. significant/important
9. teachers
10. began
3. ORAL SKILLS
a.
i. Repetition e.g. Keep it dark
Imagery/figurative language e.g. your wife is a pot
ii. Repetition for emphasis
iii. Use of appropriate gestures
o Dramatization
o Appropriate tonal variation
o Appropriate facial expressions
*Must be statements and cite examples award Any two (1x2)
iv. With a rising intonation (Reason must be provided)
b.
i. Short form – Tongue twister
Give reasons
ii. Assonance e.g. Sheila Sell Sea
Sibilance /sh/ /s/
Consonance
Repetition
iii. Trains children pronunciation and fluency
Entertainment
Passing time
Language proficiency
c. Minute - Time/Small/Tiny/Records proceedings
Mean - Average/ Message/Selfish
d. To give a positive impression
o Avoid distractors
o To influence the audience
o To get feedback (How people are reacting)
o To enable the audience observe gestures and facial expressions.
e. Often
Where
Succumb
Debut
f. Taking exercises
Taking a deep breath
Greet the audience
Preparation, be presentable
Body posture (proper)
Proper audibility and articulations
Write points in an organized manner for quick reference
Research on the topic. (5marks)
