2015-Oral Skills Revision - Part 1

 A. Write words that are similar in pronunciation with the ones given   (3mks)
a.       Style :
b.      Road:
c.       Made:
B. Circle the odd one out in each group considering the underlined letters. (3mks)
a.       Chef                            Chief                           Sachet
b.      Cabinet                        Cereal                          Cucumber
c.       Bomb                          Bombard                    Combat
d.      Bucket                         Bury                          Berry
e.       Aunt                            Auto                            August
C. For each of the following words, write another word that is pronounced the same way.     (5mks)
a.       Assistance
b.      Him
c.       Cellar
d.      Floor
e.       Sees
D. Circle the odd word from the following groups of words according to the underlined vowel sound(s)    (5mks)
a.       Pulse                further                         fur                   nurse
b.      Book               zoom                           shoot               boot
c.       Have                fame                            race                  fate
d.      Shake              brake                           same                sudden
e.       Barn                ban                              bag                  hag
E. Indicate whether the following sentences are said with a rising or falling intonation.  Use R for rising and F for falling.   (4mks)
a.       Stand at attention!
b.      Is there hope?
c.       She will be coming, won’t she? (seeking attention)
F.  Explain the oral literary devices used in the statement below.  (4 mks)
a.       Professional rock climbers are the only people paid to get high.
b.      As I was walking to school I saw the head.
G. For each of the words below, write another word that rhymes with it.   (4mks)
a.       Pull                       
b.      Young              
c.       Enough                 
d.      Drum   
H. Classify the words below according to the sounds indicated below.   (4mks)
      /s/                     /z/                    /   /               /З/
      Case, mirage, was, caution, motion, axe, leisure, daze.

I. Underline the words in which the vowel sound is different in the following words.    (3mks)
a. Son        sun                  can                  hut
b. Smell     fell                   see                 sale
c. laugh      love                 must               rust
J. Fill in the blank spaces with the correct stressed form of the word in brackets. (Show the stress by underlining the stressed syllable
a. A national wide __________________________ was carried out (survey)
b. The rum our has caused _______________________ among us (upset)
c. We really ought to project the right image (project)
K. Identify the odd one out.    (3Mks)
a.       Van                 Vane               Vain                …………………………………
b.      Sure                 Sugar              Son                  …………………………………
c.       Think               Thy                 Thigh               ……………………………….
d.      Dough             Enough            Though            ……………………………..
e.       Heir                Air                   Hare               ………………………………..
f.       Ware              Where              Wear               ………………………............
L. Write the silent letter in the words below.    (3Mks)
     a. Solemn
     b. Softer
     c. Honour
M.  Pick the odd word out based on the pronunciation of the underlined vowel sounds.   (4mks)
a.       cup, bury, hut, cut
b.      pail, paper, patron, patter
c.       cold, corn, cohort, convoke
d.      brook, broom, brood, boot
N. During a benchmarking exercise you realize that the hosts have effective group discussions. What informs your conclusion?      (4mks)
O. Identify the odd one out in each set.     (3mks)
a.       Enough, Staff, Dough, Graph
b.      Watched, Wanted, Laughed, Rushed
c.       Wept, Debt, Receipt, Doubt.
P. Identify any four pairs of words with the same pronunciation from the list below.        (4mks)
Hair     flair                 have                 council             screen               sew
Sale     scream            die                   spear                sell                    vane
Less      saw               cancel              flare                 dye                  spare
Vain     lease               air                   cell                  so 
Q. For each of the following letters, provide a word in which the letter is silent.   (3mks)
a.       R ………………………………………………………………………
b.      W ……………………………………………………………………...
c.       S ……………………………………………………………………….
R. State whether the following sentences have falling or rising intonation.      (5mks)
a.       Who do you think took my book?
b.      How did she get there?
c.       They have been revising hard for the coming examination
d.      Did he go to Kampala?
e.       Have you ever received a million shillings?
S. For each of the following words, write another word that is pronounced the same.       (3mks)     
a.       praise   prays                ____________________
b.      raise     rays                  ____________________
c.       sent      cent                 ____________________
T. In the following sets of words, identify the underlined speech sound that is odd.          (2mks)    
a.       Cynic              Cycle                          Census                         Chat               
b.       Gas                 Germinate                   Grace                           Guise          
U.  For each of the following words supply a homophone.    (8mks)
a.       Use
b.      Boy
c.       Tears
d.      Lyre    
e.       Rain
f.       Heirs   
g.      Read
h.      Bore   
a.       some
b.      been
i.        passed
V. Identify the word with a different sound.   (8mks)
a.                Excited               Packet             Laughed
b.               Leisure               Measure           Pressure          
c.                Echoes                Arch                Monarchy       
d.               Leaf                    Dough             Rough
e.                 Chore                Choose            Chord
f.                 Fracas                Debris              Chaos
g.                Drought             Draught           Thought
h.               Physics               Phylum            Photography
W.  Read the items below and answer the questions that follow.
a)         Hurry hurry has no blessings.
b)         He who laughs last laughs loudest.
            Questions
a)         Name the category to which the items belong.   (1mk)
b)         Identify and illustrate two aspects of sound used in each of the items above.   (4mks)
c)         Give two characteristics of the above genre.  (2mks)
X. Study the following words keenly and divide them into their constituent syllable units and then underline the stressed syllable in each?    (5mks)
      Word                                      Syllables                                 Stressed syllable
      i) Lovely                      ……………………                ……………………….
            ii)  Success                  ………………………            ……………………...
            iii) Greenhouse            ……………………...             ……………………...
            iv) Historic                  ……………………….           ………………………
Underline the word pronounced differently from the list below:-    (3mks)
i)  Guessed, guest, gazed.
ii) Cause, course, coarse.
iii) Sin, seen, scene.
Underline the silent letter in the following words:-
Solemn                        Psychology                                          Stretch
(a)        Construct two sentences to bring out different meanings in each of he following pairs of words. (4mks)
I           (i)   refuse
            (ii)  refuse
II         (i)   produce
           (ii)     produce
For each of the words given below, write down another word with a similar pronunciation. (3mks)
a.       saw
b.      draught
c.       herd

(f)        Group the following words according to sounds /e/ and /ei/.  An example for each sound has been given.   (3mks)
            Said, fake, any, pain, bury, lake
            /e/                                                        /ei/
            Many                                                   Make
In the spaces provided, pick from the list below any five words whose  underlined sound pronounced the same way as the sound underlined in the  word “Gate”    (3 mks)
a.       Bad     Pray                 Name               Bat                  Mad
b.      Began  Ate                  Date                Hard                Had
c.       Take    Sad                  Sang                Save                Cat
d) Arrange the following words in their appropriate columns according to the underlined   sound. (4mks)
         Yam    Mud       Tank    You     Judge   Think   Bug     Nudge
e) The following words have more than one meaning. Use each word in 2 different sentences  to show the different meanings.  (2mks)
a)         Wound
b)         Minute
f)         For each of the words given below, supply another that is pronounced in the same way   (4mks)
(i) Maize                                                         (v) Ail
(ii) Symbol                                                     (vi) Isle
(iii) Wretch                                                     (vii) Wet
(iv) But                                                            (viii) Past
g)         Underline the silent letters in the following words   (2mks)
(i)         Subtle                                                  (iii) Depot
(ii)        Lesson                                                 (iv) Debris
h)         What intonation would be used in the following sentences?   (2mks)
            (i) Are you serious?
            (ii) Why haven’t you finished your homework?
            (iii) Ouch! It hurts.
            (iv) She has left.
Write words that are similar in pronunciation with the ones given  below:-  (3mks)
a.       Style :
b.      Road:
c.       Made:
Circle the odd one out in each group considering the underlined letters.  (5mks)
a.       Chef                     Chief                           Sachet
b.      Cabinet                Cereal                          Cucumber
c.       Bomb                   Bombard                     Combat
d.      Bucket                 Bury                            Berry
e.       Aunt                    Auto                            August
For each of the following words, write another word that is pronounced the same way.  (5mks)
a.       Assistance
b.       Him
c.       Cellar
d.       Floor
e.       Sees
Circle the odd word from the following groups of words according to the underlined vowel sound(s) (5mks)
a.       Pulse                    further                         fur                   nurse
b.      Book                    zoom                           shoot               boot
c.       Have                    fame                            race                  fate
d.      Shake                   brake                           same                sudden
e.       Barn                     ban                              bag                  hag
Indicate whether the following sentences are said with a rising or falling intonation.  Use R for rising and F for falling.   (4mks)
a.       Who are you?
b.      Stand at attention!
c.       Is there hope?
d.      She will be coming, won’t she? (seeking attention)
i. Explain the oral literary devices used in the statement below.  (4mks)
                a. Professional rock climbers are the only people paid to get high.
                b. As I was walking to school I saw the head.
ii.   For each of the words below, write another word that rhymes with it.  (4 mks)
a. Pull                       
b.Young               
c. Enough                 
d.      Drum   
iii. Classify the words below according to the sounds indicated below.  (4mks)
      /s/                     /z/                           /   /               /З/
      Case, mirage, was, caution, motion, axe, leisure, daze.
.     Underline the words in which the vowel sound is different in the following words. (3mks)
a. Son, sun, can, hut
b.Smell , fell, see, sale
c. laugh, love, must, rust
a)  Give a word pronounced as the one given.
a. Pale
b.Key
c. Core
d.      Muscle
(c)   For each of the following words, provide another one with similar pronunciation   (5mks)
a. Pores   - 
b.So       -         
c. Rays    -         
d.      Vain     -         
e. Where - 
3. (d)    Underline the syllables you would stress in the following words.  (4mks)
a. Commit
b.Observe (verb)
c. Abuse
d.      Conduct (noun)
3.   (e)  Read the following words and tick the one whose underlined vowel sound is pronounced differently in each set.  (4mks)
a. wealth                health              weak                steady
b.insult                  won                 courage            walk
c. pool                    mood               good                room
d.      bade                chain                clay                  war
 Pick out the odd word in each group of words below according to the pronunciation of the underlined letters.   (5mks)
a. Bury                   Tug                  Bug                 Mug
b.Tomb                  Today              Too                  Tool
c. Stomach              Result              Salt                  Repulse
d.      Saw                 Sow                 Sew                 So
e. Pool                    Book               Cook               Look  
 (b) Group the words below according to the pronunciation of the underlined letters.  (6mks)
            girl, garage, you, gel, yatch, target, eulogy, gum, gill, gesture, university, germ
                     /dz/                                 /g/                                            /j/
            1. _______________  _______________                  _______________
            2. _______________  _______________                  _______________
            3. _______________  _______________                  _______________
            4. _______________  _______________                  _______________
(ii) For each of the words given below, write another word with a similar pronunciation.  (3mks)
a. Profit
b.Chute
c. Mall ​​