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Nakuru District Mock - English Paper 3 Question Paper

Nakuru District Mock - English Paper 3

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2011

101/3
ENGLISH
Paper 3
July/August 2011
2 ½ Hours
NAKURU DISTRICT SEC. SCHOOLS K.C.S.E TRIAL
EXAMINATIONS-2011
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
101/3
ENGLISH
(Creative composition and essays based on set texts)
Paper 3
July/August 2011
2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
_ Answer THREE questions only
_ Question ONE and TWO are COMPULSORY
_ In question three choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
_ Where a candidate presents work in more than one optional text, only the first one to
appear will be marked.
_ Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words
_ All answers to be written in the answer booklet provided.
ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS ONLY
1 IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION (COMPULSORY)
Either
(a) Write a composition that illustrates the saying.
“Better safe than sorry”
Or
(b) Write a composition on steps that can be taken to improve on good security in the
country.
2 THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT
The River Between by Ngugi wa Thiongo
Basing your answer on Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s, “The River Between, write a
composition to illustrate the following saying.
“A house divided cannot stand”
3 THE OPTIONAL SET TEXTS
Answer any one of the following
(a) The short story
Half a Day and other short stories
Using illustrations from Saida Hagi Dirie Herzi, is Government by Magic spell,
Write a composition on how leaders in our society use magic to perpetuate
nepotism
Or
(b) Drama
Shreds of tenderness by John Ruganda
Write a composition to support the following statement,
“Security forces are not people to run to in times of war”. Draw your illustrations
from shreds of tenderness
Or
(c) The Novel
Homestretch by Velma Polland
With close reference to the novel, explain what makes family life so difficult in
the diaspora

Nakuru District Mock - English Paper 3 Question Paper

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