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English Paper 3 (Imaginative Composition And Essays Based On Set Texts) Question Paper

English Paper 3 (Imaginative Composition And Essays Based On Set Texts) 

Course:Secondary Level

Institution: Kcse question papers

Exam Year:2006



101/3
ENGLISH
Paper 3
(Imaginative composition and Essays based on set texts)
Oct.Nov 2006
2 ½ hours
1. Imaginative composition (compulsory) (20mks)
Either
a) Write a composition ending with the words: “It then dawned on me that perhaps
this is why I had been born.”
Or
b) Write a composition agreeing or disagreeing with the statement, “A good name is
better than riches.”
2) Drama (compulsory) (20mks)
William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
“Racial and religious prejudice only cause misery. “Write a composition in support of
this statement drawing your illustrations from the Merchant of Venice.
3) Optional set texts
Either
a) The short story
Macmillan (Ed.) Half a Day and other Stories (20mks)
Using illustrations from Nawal El Saadawi?s “Solitude” write a composition about
dehumanizing prison conditions.
Or
b) Drama
John Ruganda, Sheds of Tenderness (20mks)
Write a composition on the problems of jealously among siblings. Draw your
illustrations from John Ruganda?s Shed of Tenderness
Or
c) The Novel
Velma Pollard, Homestretch (20mks)
Write a composition on the cause and effects of migration from developing to
developed countries Refer to Velma Pollard?s Homestretch for your illustrations.






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