2026 Grade 10 English and Literature End of Term 1 Exam with Marking Scheme

• Duration: 2½ Hours
• Total Marks: 110
• Number of Questions: 9

This papers  covers the following topics:

• Listening and speaking (dialogue comprehension, polite expressions, etiquette, and phonetics)
• Reading comprehension (passage analysis, skimming, and scanning)
• Grammar and vocabulary (cloze test/broken passage)
• Grammar in use (word classes, determiners, run-on sentences, and coordinating conjunctions)
• Extensive reading benefits
• Writing composition (narrative and expository writing)
• Oral literature (definition, genres, and functions in society)
• Oral narratives (features, types, and moral lessons)
• Poetry (types of poems, elements of poetry, and subject matter)