KCSE ENGLISH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS: FUNCTIONAL WRITING SKILLS MODEL 20241017001

QUESTION 1     (20 MARKS)

Yaswa security firm seeks to recruit guards for its newly established firm based in Bondo District. The guards will be responsible for:

• Guarding learning institutions and homes within the district
• Transporting mail to different parts of the district

Qualifications – Candidates must

• Have at least KCSE education with a mean grade of C
• Have at least C+ in English and Kiswahili
• Be fluent in both Kiswahili and English
• Be computer literate
• Be at least twenty-two years of age

Interested candidates should send their letters of application and curriculum vitae to the Chief Executive Officer no later than 1st June 2014. Write a curriculum vitae that would accompany your letter of application

MARKING SCHEME

QUESTION 1    (2 marks)

Points of interpretation

• Must be a letter if not deduct up to 2 marks

Format:  (3 marks)

• The sender’s address(The name not included) The candidates should be consistent in the usage of capitalization and punctuation
• Date (The date should not be part of the address
• The receiver’s address
• Salutation (the titles should not be stoked. They should decide on one
• Subject
• Valediction

Each part should be written in a separate line

Language (3 marks)

• The candidates should communicate precisely and accurately
• They should employ a formal tone

A-03          B&C – 02        D-01

Content (4 marks)

• Tendering of interest in the position of the guard (INTEREST – IN)
• Must indicate that he/she managed a mean grade of c and above (GRADE – GR)
• Must indicate that he/she managed c plus in both Kiswahili and English (LANGUAGES-LG)
• Demonstrate that he/she is fluent in the two languages (FLUENCY – FL)
• Show that she/he is computer literate (COMPUTER – CO)
• Indicate the age which must be twenty years and above (AGE – A)
• Show that she/he deserves the job based on qualifications, interest, experience etc. (PERSONALITY – P)
• Indicate that there is an attachment (ATTACHMENT – AT)

• Expect a curriculum vitae if not deduct up to 2 marks

Personal details/Bio-data

• Name/date of birth/gender/marital status/residential and or business addresses/mobile phone contact. Any six personal details (3 marks)

Educational Background

• Academic certificates and the dates and institutions from which they were obtained. The latest qualifications are written first, up to the last in descending order. If not award 0. Accept primary and secondary levels (2 marks)

Professional Qualification

• Career-related qualifications. The latest is written first. Accept any one (1 mark)

Work experience

• All the experiences gained in one’s career. Accept any one (1 mark)

Interests/hobbies

• Personal interests. Accept any one (1 mark)

Referees

They should be at least two (2 marks)