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Kisumu District Mock - English Paper 3 Question Paper

Kisumu 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
Time: 2 ½ Hours
2008 KISUMU DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TESTS (K.D.J.E.T.)
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
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 will be marked.
• Each of your essays should not exceed 450 words.
Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the
Pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
1. IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION (COMPULSORY) (20 Marks)
Either
a) Write a composition beginning with the following sentence:
‘Julia could not stand up by herself that particular morning.’
OR
b) Write a story to illustrate the saying:
“Practice makes perfect”
2. THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT (20 Marks)
William Shakespeare, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
In the light of the story between Shylock and Antonio, write an essay to illustrate this statement:
“A hunter who turns out to be the hunted”
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.
Citing specific examples from Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s “A meeting in the dark”, write an essay
showing how John is an innocent victim of irreconciliable forces.
OR
b) DRAMA
John Ruganda, SHREDS OF TENDERNESS
Write an essay refuting Odie’s view that life in exile is that of “Sausage and bacon” Refer to Shreds of Tenderness for your illustrations.
OR
c) THE NOVEL
Velma Pollard, HOMESTRETCH
3
Using the story of David, Edith and Brenda, write an essay to justify the saying: “East or West,Home is best.”
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