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Nandi Central District - English Paper 3 Question Paper

Nandi Central District - English Paper 3

Course:Secondary Level

Exam Year:2010

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101/3
ENGLISH
(CREATIVE COMPOSITION AND ESSAYS BASED ON SET TEXTS)
Paper 3
July / August
Time: 2 ½ Hours
NANDI CENTRAL JOINTS EVALUATION TEST- 2010
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
ENGLISH
Paper 3
July / August
Time: 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 on more than one optional text only the first one to appear will be marked
• Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing
1. IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION (COMPULSORY) (20mks)
EITHER;
a) Write a story ending with the following sentence.
… the incident is still fresh in my memory three years down the line.
OR
b) Write a composition to illustrate the saying. Make hay while the sun shines.’
2. THE COMPULSORY SET TEXT (20mks)
Henrik Ibsen, ‘An Enemy of the people.’
Drawing illustrations from Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of The People, write an essay in support of
the following statement: “ The Love for money and power can make one inhuman”.
3. THE OPTIONAL SET TEXTS (20mks)
Answer only one of the following three questions.
EITHER;
a) THE SHORT STORY:
Macmillan(Ed) Half a Day and Other stories
“Although culture justifies female circumcision, the process involved poses great danger
to a woman’s health.” Asses the truth of this statement, drawing your illustrations from
Siada Hagie – Dirie Herzi’s story Against The Pleasure Principle. (20mks)
OR
b) DRAMA :
John Ruganda, ‘Shred of Tenderness’.
Imagine you are Odie, in the play Shred of Tenderness, write an essay showing your
disapproval of Stella’s treatment of Wak. Draw your examples from Ruganda’s Shreds of
Tenderness. (20mks)
OR
c) THE NOVEL:
Velma Pollard, Homestretch
Third world societies are deprived of economic and human resources. Write an essay in
support of this statement using illustrations from Velma Pollard’s Homestretch.
(20mks)
END

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