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ENGLISH
Paper 3
(Imaginative Composition and Essays
Base on Set Texts)
March/April, 2014
2½ hours
FORM FOUR JOINT EXAMINATION - 2014
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
ENGLISH
Paper 3
2½ hours
Instructions to candidates:
Answer three questions only.
Questions One and two are compulsory.
In question three choose only one of the Optional text you have prepared on.
Each of your essays must not exceed 450 word.
All answers should be written in the Answer Booklet provided.
This paper consists of 2 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions is missing.
English Paper 3
Turnover
Answer three questions only.
1.
Imaginative Composition (Compulsory)
(20 marks)
Either
(a)
Write a story beginning: I got out of bed tired and weary. The events of the previous
day really tormented me ---OR
(b)
2.
Write a composition based on the saying: “A friend in need is a friend in deed”.
The Play
(20 marks)
“No wrong in this world goes unpunished.” Write an essay illustrating this statement drawing your
illustrations from Francis Imbuga’s, Betrayal in the City.
3.
The Optional Set Text
(20 marks)
“Violence breeds more violence.” Write an essay illustrating this statement drawing your illustrations
from BertoltBretch’s play, The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
or
Nani flowers is the epitome of humour in WiriIhimaera’s story, The Whale Rider. Citing from the
novel, write essay supporting this point.