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KCSE English Paper 3 Mock 2021

The document is an exam paper for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) English Paper 3 from Maseno School, dated December 2021. It includes instructions for candidates to answer three questions, with the first two being compulsory and the third being an optional set text. The questions focus on imaginative composition and essays based on set texts, with specific prompts provided for each question.

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KCSE English Paper 3 Mock 2021

The document is an exam paper for the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) English Paper 3 from Maseno School, dated December 2021. It includes instructions for candidates to answer three questions, with the first two being compulsory and the third being an optional set text. The questions focus on imaginative composition and essays based on set texts, with specific prompts provided for each question.

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MASENO SCHOOL

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education 2021

ENGLISH – Paper 3
DEC. 2021 - 2 hours

THE MASENO SCHOOL MOCK


Name……………………………………………………Index Number…………………….
Candidate’s Signature…………………… Date…………… ………………

(Creative Composition and Essays Based on Set Texts)

Instructions to candidates

a) Answer three questions only.


b) Questions 1 and 2 are compulsory.
c) In question three, choose only one of the optional texts you have prepared on.
d) Each of your essays must not exceed 450 words.
e) You must answer the questions in English.
f) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that no question is missing.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.


QUESTION TOTAL MARKS CANDIDATE’S
SCORE
[Link] 20
Composition
[Link] Compulsory Set 20
Text
[Link] Optional Set Text 20
TOTAL 60

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QUESTIONS

1. Imaginative Composition (Compulsory)


(20 marks)

Either
(a) Write a composition beginning:
It seemed like a very ordinary day. In fact, I assumed it would be uneventful.
But how wrong I was…
Or
(b) Write a story to illustrate the saying:
Every cloud has a silver lining.
2. Compulsory Set Text
H.R Ole Kulet, Blossoms of the Savannah.

In life, one needs to be firm and purposeful in order to succeed. With reference to
the life of Resian write an essay in support of this statement drawing your
illustrations from Blossoms of the Savannah.

3. The Optional Set Text

Answer any one of the following three questions.

Either
(a) The Short Story

Chris Wanjala (Ed.), Memories We Lost


Drawing examples from Lidudumalingani Mqombothi’s short story “Memories
we Lost ‘’’, write a composition on the topic: ’‘The effects of mental illness on
the victim and others.’’

Or
(b) Drama
David Mulwa, Inheritance

‘Pretenders are worse than murderers.’ Write an essay in support of this


statement drawing your illustrations from David Mulwa’s Inheritance.

Or

(c) The Novel

John Steinbeck, The Pearl


Society has always presented women as emotional rather than reasonable.
Using the life of Juana for illustrations, show that this presentation of women is
not always true

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