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101/3
ENGLISH
Paper 3
(Creative writing and Essays from the Set Texts)
March/April, 2024
Time 2 ½ Hours
LANJET EVALUATION TEST, 2024
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
101/3 ENGLISH
Time: 2 ½ Hours
Instructions to students
- Write your name, admission number and class in the spaces provided
- Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided
- Answer all questions in the spaces provided in blue ink.
- All your questions must written in spaces provided in this paper
- This paper consists of 2 printed pages
- Students must answer all questions in English
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
| QUESTION | TOTAL MARKS | CANDIDATE’S SCORE |
| 1.Imaginative Composition | 20 | |
| 2.The Compulsory Set Text | 20 | |
| 3.The Optional Set Text | 20 | |
| TOTAL | 60 |
- IMAGINATIVE COMPOSITION (20 marks)
Either
(a) Write a composition beginning:
As the man approached, I knew I had seen him somewhere…
Or
(b) Write a composition on the following topic:
Ways of eliminating drug abuse among the youth.
- THE SAMARITAN By J. LARA (20 marks)
Abuse of office is rampant among the officials of Maracas Municipality. Support this assertion with a close reference to THE SAMARITAN.
- The Optional Set Text (20 marks)
Answer any one of the following three questions.
Either
- A SILENT SONG AND OTHER STORIES Edited by Godwin Shiundu
Urban people face various challenges. Prove how true this statement is basing your illustrations on Meja Mwangi’s Incident in the Park.
Or
- AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD By Kazuo Ishinguro
Write an essay on the negative effects of war as portrayed in the novel.
Or
- PARLIAMENT OF OWLS By Adipo Sidang
Write an essay on oppression as brought out in Parliament of Owls.
