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COM FORECASTER EXAMINATIONS, F2 2024 MARKING SCHEME

1. FUNCTIONAL WRITING
Imagine that your cousin had invited you to attend their sister’s pre-wedding on Saturday the
29th April, 2023. Due to some reasons beyond your control, you will be unable to attend it. Write
a reply letter declining this invitation. (20mks)

FORMAT: Informal letter declining the invitation politely.

Must have one addresses: sender’s, (no name here), date - prompt before the actual pre-wedding day.
Salutation: Dear….,
Intro (Greetings),
Body: MESSAGE: should express regrets, reason for not being able to attend, appreciate the invitation.
Conclusion: wish them well and thank them again.
Valediction: closing/signing off
Yours affectionately, not faithfully,
Name
Language: informal and may include other unnecessary details, fun and
2. CLOZE TEST

1. night’s
2. must, should
3. same
4. up
5. only
6. conducive / suitable
7. and
8. really
9. to / before
10. making

3. ORAL NARRATIVE (COMPREHENSION) (10 MARKS)

a) Classify the above genre with a reason. (2mks)
A myth, it is God who created men.. Explains how death came to be.
b) Describe the two character traits of the Chameleon as brought out in the story. (4marks)
 Intelligent.
 Truthful
 Sluggish
 Forgetful
Explained

c) Identify and illustrate any two features of oral narratives used in this story (2 marks)
 Dialogue
 Fantasy
 Rhetorical questions
d) Identify one moral lessons we can learn from this story (2 markS)
 We should be honest.
 We should be obedient.
4. SECTION D: ORAL SKILLS (25MARKS)
POETRY
(i) Describe the rhyme scheme of the above poem. (2 mks)
 aabb ccdd - regular

(ii) Mention two non-verbal cues you would use to enhance a recitation of the poem. (4
mks)
 I would use appropriate gestures like touching my head to show sorrow
 I would use appropriate facial expressions to show sadness of my weeping mother

(iii) Which words would you stress in line five of the poem and why? (2 mks)
Struggling, father’s, head- they are content words to express the action in my father’s head
(iv) List 2 pairs or rhyming words from the poem above. (2mks)
 Wept, leapt
 Loud, cloud

(b) The principal of your school visits your class during a class meeting. As the class prefect,
You are seated at the front of the class. You note that some students are not listening.
State three observations that are evidence enough that they are not listening. (3 mks)
If they are:
 Looking outside.
 Talking to one another
 Laughing without any funny joke cracked
 Fidgeting, drumming and leaning backwards. etc

(d) For each of the following words, write a word that is pronounced the same as: (6 mks)
(i) Queue – cue
(ii) Male – mail
(iii) Him – hymn
(iv) Rain – reign
(v) Know – no
(vi) Whale – wail
(e) Describe the intonation in each of the following sentences. (6 mks)
 i. Where are you going Anna my dear? Falling intonation

ii. Do you really understand? Rising intonation

iii. Please give me some water. Falling intonation

iv. Have they had their lunch? Rising intonation

v. What a wonderful day that was! Falling intonation

vi. My mother loves me very much. Falling intonation

5. SECTION E: GRAMMAR (20 MARKS)

(a) Rewrite each of the following sentences with the appropriate form of the word in
brackets (6 mks)
(i) (friendship).
(ii) (occurrence).
(iii) (absenteeism).
(iv) (maintenance).
(v) (repetition)
(vi) (government)
(b) Fill in the blank spaces with the plural form of the nouns in the brackets. (6 marks)
(i) (passers-by)
(ii) (word-processors)
(iii) (heads of state)
(iv) (commanders-in-chief)
(v) (mothers-in-law)
(vi) (attorneys-general)
(c) Rewrite the following sentences replacing the underlined nouns with pronouns. (6mks)
Keziah and Kevin have balls. She and he / They
Stephen gave Pascalia some pieces of advice. He and she / They
The cow produces a lot of milk. It
Evelyne always keeps her work neat. She
Mueni hurt Mueni’s hand while working. her
Mwololo praised Mwololo for passing exams. himself