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English Question Paper

English

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2012

KARIMA GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

ENGLISH
PAPER 3
JULY/AUGUST 2012
TIME: 2HRS 30MIN

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.
*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 no exceed 450 words.
*All answers to be written in the booklet provided.
*Candidates should check the paper to ascertain that no questions are missing.

ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS ONLY.
1.Imaginative composition(compulsory)
Either,
a) Write a composition on your feeling about corruption in Kenya.
(20 marks)

Or

b) Write a composition beginning:
"You are pregnant," the doctor flatly said........
2.The compulsory set Text
Henrik Ibsen,AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE
Using Dr. Stockman from Henrik Ibsen 's play 'An enemy of the people show how it is true that the strongest man in the world is he who stands alone.
(20 marks)
3. THE OPTIONAL SET TEXTS
Answer any ONE of the following three questions.
Eiether,
a)The Short Story
Macmillan (Ed),Half a Day and Other Stories

Using the story BREAKING LOOSE by Moyaz G.Vassanj,discuss how Professor Akoto and Yasmin are imprisoned and how they set themselves free.
(20 marks)
Or,

b) Drama
John Ruganda,Shreds of Tenderness
Discuss how John Ruganda in his play The Shreds Of Tenderness uses Odie, Wak and Stellah to ridicule the society he is writing about.
(20 marks)
Or,

c) The Novel
Velma Pollard, Homestretch
"Characters in Velma Pollard's novel Homestretch,have unfulfilled expectations. "Discuss the validity of this statement.
(20 marks)

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