SECTION A

Choose one of the following topics and write a composition of 500 to 700 words.

1. Write a composition beginning: "Open the door it's the police..."

2. Write a story about your best friend, describing, why you like him or her.

3. Describe an accident which you witnessed, describing how it happened and what followed.

4. "The best thing to do is to abolish all boarding schools and make them day." Using your own experience, write a composition based on this argument.

5. "Science has made the world a better place to live in." Give your views on the above statement.

6. What are the major obstacles to peace in your country? Suggest possible ways of overcoming them.

7. "Being rich does not mean being happy." Do you agree or not? Give clear reasons for your answer.

SECTION B

Each of your compositions should be 250 to 300 words.

1. Complete the following story.

I jumped off the bus and begun walking slowly down the busy Kampala Street, my briefcase in my hand. As I had arrived early for the interview I had come to attend, I decided to do a bit of window-shopping. I was being pushed left and right in the crowd, I lost my balance and fell. In the process, my briefcase slid out of my hand and fell. I struggled to my feet but my briefcase was nowhere to be seen. The briefcase contained money and important papers I need to present that afternoon...........

2. Describe one of the following people and explain the work they do:

a) a nurse

b) a policeman

c) a carpenter

d) a teacher

3. Write about an incident which made you both happy and sad at the same time.

4. How do you usually spend your free time in the holidays?

5. Write a letter to your pen friend from another country, and tell him or her about a cultural function you recently participated in.

6. Describe the conditions of your home area after a heavy rain.

7. What changes have taken place in the way young people dress over the last few years?