Grade 6 learners sat their English paper on November 28 and competed their assessment tests on November 30.
According to a question paper seen by the Star, the learners had six question segments.
Here's a glimpse of what the maiden paper entailed.
The first section had oral skills, which entail a conversation that has blanks.
The learner was expected to read, comprehend the conversation and fill in the missing blanks with a suitable response.
Hassan: I am fine too, now that the holidays have started
Nekesa: Yes I am very happy about that
Hassan: (Fill in the blank)
The second segment had a passage that followed with questions.
Here, the learner was still expected to comprehend the passage and then answer the subsequent questions.
The passage had two paragraphs with four and three lines.
The third segment had a longer passage with five paragraphs.
The fourth segment had a six-paragraph-long passage.
The fifth section entailed a cloze test, which has words that have been removed from a passage.
This seeks to test their ability to comprehend text.
"My name is Jane Akinyi Kamau. I live__small village in Kiambu County. My parents Mr and Mrs Kamau are good___ caring doctors," the test reads.
The final segment had grammar questions asking students to fill the blank spaces with the correct alternative.
For Grade 6, the subjects have been clustered into five categories.
Integrated Science contains science and technology, agriculture, home science, and physical health.
Creative Arts and Social Studies include social studies, Christian, Islamic and Hindu education, arts and crafts, and music.
Summative assessments contribute 60 per cent while the two school-based assessments contribute 20 per cent each.
Unlike in the KCPE exams where candidates are rated out of 100 per cent, KPSEA will account for only 40 per cent of the final score.
The other 60 per cent will come from the classroom-based continuous assessment tests conducted in Grades 4, 5 and 6.
In the second term, teachers in primary schools administered more than four exams.
