Summary

• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises BUNTRA JOINT English Paper 3 2026 Pre-Mock Exam with Answers (Marking Scheme). The PDF version is also available upon your request. The marking scheme is in a different document.

  It was a KCSE English Paper 3 examination.

  This essay-based examination evaluates students' creative writing skills and their critical understanding of the prescribed literary set texts.

  • Duration: 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES
  • Number of Questions: 3
  • Structure: Question 1 and 2 are compulsory, Question 3 offers a choice of one optional set text

  It covers the following topics:

  • Question 1: Imaginative Composition
    • Creative story writing from a given prompt
    • Expository essay on the dangers of exam malpractice
  • Question 2: Compulsory Set Text
    • The Play: The Samaritan by John Lara (Theme of selfish leadership and citizen suffering)
  • Question 3: Optional Set Texts
    • The Short Story: A Silent Song and Other Stories (Theme of appearance vs. reality in A Truly Married Woman)
    • The Play: The Parliament of Owls by Adipo Sidang' (Theme of determination and success)
    • The Novel: Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro (Theme of war's devastation)
• Category:

  Mock Past Papers
• Level:

  Form 4
• Subject:

  ENGLISH

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