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Kakamega East District Mock - English Paper 3 Question Paper

Kakamega East District Mock - English Paper 3

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

101/3
ENGLISH
(CREATIVE COMPOSITION AND ESSAYS BASED ON SET TEXTS)
PAPER 3
JULY/AUGUST 2011
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)
English
Paper 3
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES:-
_ Answer three questions only
_ Questions one and two are compulsory
_ In question three choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on
_ Where a candidate presents work on more than one optional text only first one to appear will be
marked.
_ Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
_ All answers to be written in the answers booklet provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that both pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
1. IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION (COMPULSORY) (20 MARKS)
Either
(a) Write a composition ending with the following line.
……..I realized what a fool I had been.
Or
(b) Write an argumentative essay basing on the statement.
It is impossible to wipe out corruption in Kenya.
2. THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT
NGUGI WA THIONG’O: The River Between (20 MARKS)
With illustrations from the novel, discuss the use of Biblical allusions and analogies in the
novel The River Between.
3. THE OPTIONAL SET TEXTS (20 MARKS)
Answer any one of the following three questions
Either
(a) THE SHORT STORY.
Macmillan (ed.), Half a Day and Other Stories.
Using illustrations from Ngugi wa Thiong’os, The Martyr, write a composition to justify that the blacks hate the white settlers.
Or
(b) DRAMA
JOHN RUGANDA: ‘ Shreds of Tenderness
Basing on John Ruganda’s play Shreds of Tenderness, discuss the problems caused by war.
Or
(c) NOVEL
VELMA POLLARD: ‘Homestretch’
Discuss the problems Africans face in diaspora. Draw illustrations from Home Stretch By Velma Pollard.

Kakamega East District Mock - English Paper 3 Question Paper

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