101/2
English
Paper 3
Imaginative composition and composition based
On sets texts)
Oct/Nov 2007
2 ½ hours
- Imaginative Composition (compulsory) ( 20 mks)
Either
- Write a composition beginning with the following sentence:
When I left home that bright Sunday afternoon, I did not realize that the events of the next few days would completely change my life.
Or
- Write a story to illustrate the saying
“Experience is the best teacher.”
- The compulsory set text ( 20 mks)
Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, Coming to Birth
Using the story of Martin and Paulina, write an essay on how intolerance and suspicion can ruin relationships. ( 20 mks)
- The optional set texts
Answer any one of the following three questions
Either
(a) The short story
Macmillan (ed) Half a day and other stories
Drawing your illustrations from the life of Mme Lady in Wangui wa Goro’s “
Heaven and Earth” write an essay on the saying “ all that glitters is not gold.”
Or
(b) Drama
John Ruganda, Shreds of tenderness
Illustrations your answer with examples from Shreds of Tenderness, write an essay entitled:
“The effects of coups d’etat”
Or
(c) The Novel
Velma Pollard, Homestretch
Write an essay illustrating the following saying. “In love, all is well that ends well: refer to Homestretch for your examples.