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101/3
ENGLISH
Paper 3
(Creative Composition and Essays Based on Set Texts)
July, 2024
Time 2 ½ Hours
MOKASA II, 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
- Question 1 and 2 are compulsory
- In question 3 choose the set text you have prepared on.
- None of your composition should exceed 450 words.
- Candidates must answer all questions in English
For examiner’s use only
| Question | Maximum Score | Student’s Score | Examiner’s initials |
| 1 | 20 | ||
| 2 | 20 | ||
| 3 | 20 | ||
| Total | 60 |
Answer three questions only
- Imaginative composition. (Compulsory) (20 marks)
Either
- Write a composition beginning with the following words:
“I tossed in my warm bed debating whether I should wake up or not ……”
Or
- Write a story to illustrate the saying:
Birds of a feather flock together.
- Compulsory set text. (20 marks)
John Lara, The Samaritan
Electing corrupt leaders leads to the suffering of citizens. Discuss the validity of this statement using Mayor Mossi in John Lara’s The Samaritan.
- Optional Set Text. (20 marks)
a) Citing illustrations from Silent Song by Leonard Kibera, write an essay to demonstrate the challenges faced by Mbane.
