English Paper 3 Questions - Mumias West Pre Mock Exams 2023

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:- 

• Answer THREE questions ONLY.
• Questions one and two are compulsory.
• Each of your essay must not exceed 450 words.
• ALL answers must be written in Blue ink.  

For Examiner’s Use Only: 

QUESTIONS

1. Imaginative Composition (Compulsory)    (20 marks)
   
   Either
   
   
   1. Write a composition beginning with the following sentence: Walking out of the gate that afternoon, it dawned on me how foolishly I had acted.
      Or
   2. Write a composition on effects of social media on the students in schools in Kenya. 
2.   The Compulsory Set Text    (20 marks)
   Blossoms of the Savannah by H. Ole Kulet
   
   “Parents have a duty to make choices that safeguard the interests of their children but when they fail to do so they expose the children to untold agony.” Using Blossoms of the Savannah for your illustrations, write an essay in support of this statement.
3. The Optional Set Texts (20 marks)
   Answer any one of the following three questions.
   
   EITHER 
   1. The Short Story
      A Silent Song and Other Stories (ed.); Siundu Godwin
      
      When one is gifted, they should strive to use their gifting for the good of others. If such gifts are used for selfish reasons, they may end up miserably. Using examples from Mahfouz story A Man of Awesome Power, write a composition in support of this statement.   
      
      OR
   2. Drama
      Inheritance by David Mulwa
      Using illustrations from David Mulwa’s, Inheritance, write an essay to justify the statement: “Things are not always what they look like.”
      OR
   3. The Novel
      An Artist of the Floating World; by Kazuo Ishiguro
      War has a way of turning people’s lives inside out. Using specific illustrations from Ishiguro’s An Artist of the Floating World, write an essay to show the truth of this statement.