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Bondo/Rarieda District Mock - English Paper 3 Question Paper

Bondo/Rarieda District Mock - English Paper 3

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2008

101/3
ENGLISH
Paper 3
(Imaginative Composition and Compositions based on set texts)
July / August 2008
2 ½ Hours
BONDO-RARIEDA DISTRICTS MOCKS EXAMINATION - 2008
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
101/3
ENGLISH
Paper 3
(Imaginative Composition and Compositions based on set texts)
July / August 2008
2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO 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 the first one to appear will be marked.
• Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the printed pages are printed as indicated and no
questions are missing.
1. Imaginative Composition (Compulsory)
Either
a) Write a composition ending with the following sentence.
Even today, they still believe, and strongly believe that she was innocent.
Or
b) Write a story to illustrate the proverb.
Faint heart never won a fair lady
2. The Compulsory set text.
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice. (20mks)
“ Man’s nature is basically controlled by his materialistic nature”. Write a composition
drawing your examples from Shylock and Bassanio to justify this statement.
3. The optional set texts. (20 mks)
Answer any one of the following three questions
Either
a) The Short Story
Macmillan (Ed), Half a Day other stories.
“Certain cultural practices are harmful to the people” Using illustrations from Saida Hagi-
Dirie Herzi’s story “Against the pleasure principle” write a composition to validate this
statement.
Or
b) Drama
John Ruganda, Shreds of Tenderness
Illustrating your answer with examples from “Shreds of Tenderness”, write a composition
entitled, “The prevalence of betrayal in human relationships”
Or
c) The Novel
Velma Pollard, Homestretch
Drawing your illustrations from the disappointment of many characters in the novel
“Homestretch”, write a composition on the saying “Do not judge a book by its cover”
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