Full BECE Mock Questions (English Language) for Students and Schools for revision purposes.
PART A
ESSAY WRITING
[30 MARKS]
Answer one question only from this part.
Your composition should be about 250 words long. Credit will be given for clarity of expression and orderly presentation of materials.
1. You had a serious issue with your parents as a result of which they decided not to take care of you. Luckily, a family member intervened and the problem was solved amicably. Write a letter to thank the family member for all that he or she had done in resolving the issue.
2. Private Senior High School and Public Senior High School which one do you prefer?
3. Describe a fight you will never forget.
Full BECE Mock Questions (English Language) for Students and Schools for revision purposes.
PART B
COMPREHENSION
[30 MARKS]
4. Read the following passage carefully and answer all the questions which follow.
Human beings, one way or the other, fall sick. Sickness has therefore, come to stay with us. As a normal human being, it is believed that one will experience certain discomforts. This may subside if we take some drugs according to medical prescription or possible visit our doctors regularly. At times, it becomes necessary for us to be admitted at the hospital for proper treatment. Sickness is like weed, it does not grow in one man’s farm.
The world is bittersweet, and sickness is the bitter part of life. What is difficult to comprehend is that some diseases have no cure. Such diseases have come to stay and will surely lead their victims to death. What makes people utterly confused or what aggravates the whole issue is that some of these diseases can be transferred from one person to another.
A typical example of such diseases is HIV\AIDS. HIV means Human Immune-deficiency Virus while AIDS means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. HIV\AIDS was recognized in Ghana in 1981 and has ruined several communities. The deadly disease has no respect for humanity, and leaves no living human being unattended to. We must, therefore, pay individual attention to this fearful disease. It has rendered many children orphans, women widows, and men widowers.
A person suffering from HIV\AIDS may experience several symptoms prolonged fever, loss of weight, the person passes watery stools or diarrhoea, loss of appetite, night sweat, persistent cough, loss of hair and repeated attacks of boils and shingles. The disease is acquired through: having unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected person, a mother to her baby through breast feeding, blood transfusion, sharing sharp objects like razor blades with people, being injected with unsterilized contaminated needles and syringes.
The general public must be highly concerned about this dehumanizing disease. The introduction of anti-retroviral drugs has helped patients to breathe a sign of relief. Even though the drug cannot cure
The disease, it helps the patients to maintain the shapes of their bodies, and also live for a while before they finally breathe their last. Today, AIDS patients undergo the agony of slow death due to the drug they take.
(a) i) According to the writer, sickness is part of human being. Quote a sentence from paragraph one to support this fact.
ii) What makes diseases difficult to understand?
(b) Give two signs associated with the HIV\AIDS disease.
(c) Why is it that people are afraid of getting closer to people with HIV\AIDS?
(d) State two ways in which we can acquire HIV\AIDS.
(e) Explain in your own words the following expression as used in the passage.
(i) ruined several communities.
(ii) to breathe a sign of relief.
(iii) before they finally breathe their last.
(f) For each of the following words, give another words or a phrase that means the same, and can fit into the passage.
(i) Subside
(ii) prescription
(iii) comprehend
(iv) utterly
(v) persistent
PART C
LITERATURE
[10 MARKS]
Answer all the questions in this part.
SACKEY J.A. and DRAMANI L. (COMP): THE COCKCROW
5. Question 5(a) to 5(c) are based on one of the prescribed short stories for your study. Provide short answers to them.
KAAKYIRE AKOSOMO NYANTAKYI : Tell My Son To Hold On To His Gun.
“So you go and bring the food while I go on weeding. By the time you return, the sun would have reached the centre of the sky and it would be time for lunch”. [page 91]
(a) The population of Dawohoso was about ………………
(b) Who was speaking in the extract?
(c) To whom was he speaking, and where was he being sent to?
Read the following extract carefully and answer questions 5(d) and 5(e).
CHARLES DICKENS: Oliver Twist
No member of the gang was willing to go near the police station. They finally chose a young woman in their party, Nancy, who often did gang’s dirty work. They ordered her to dress well, like a lady, and go to the market.” [Page 111]
d) Name the key leader of the gang.
e) The main work of the gang is train children to become …………
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions 5(f) to 5(h).
AMA ATA AIDOO: The Dilemma Of A Ghost
Speaker X: Ah well, I don’t know the difference, and I don’t care neither, coconut palms, palm-palms, aren’t they all the same? And anyway, why should I not go to see your folks?
Speaker Y: You may not be impressed.
(f) The setting of the extract is …………..
(g) What happened just before this conversation?
(h) The speaker Y is ……………..
Read the extract below and answer questions 5(l) and 5(j)
“Move out of the way, move out, I say’’ shouts the cart pusher.
None cares about his agitation. The sweat runs down his face, tiny rivulets of disappointment and fear. They snake down and glide effortlessly into his dirty t-shirt.
(l) The extract is from the poem titled ………………..
(j) What figure of speech is used in the line underlined?
PART A
LEXIS AND STRUCTURE
SECTION A
From the alternatives lettered A to D, choose the one which most suitably completes each sentence.
1. We need children of ……………. nature.
A. those
B. the
C. these
D. that
2. All these rebels ………………….. away from.
A. is fleeing
B. fled
C. was fled
D. were fled
3. If you studied hard, you …………..
A. will succeed
B. are succeeding
C. succeed
D. would succeed
4. The flag waved in the ……………breeze.
A. bright
B. many
C. gentle
D. small
5. Ben’s uncle, with his three friends , ……………. Coming home tomorrow.
A. are
B. is
C. were
D. would be
6. The jury acquitted the man ……………
A. of
B. with
C. on
D. from
7. Let us have a cup of tea, ……… we?
A. do
B. shall
C. should
D. would
8. By June this year, I ……….. school for nine years.
A. had attended
B. have attended
C. shall have attended
D. have been attending
9. ………………. Abena ran out of money what would she do?
A. if
B. although
C. because
D. were
10. None of the prefects ……….. in the school before the trouble started.
A. were
B. have
C. was
D. is
11. I don’t know ………… responsibility it is to receive the guest.
A. whose
B. who
C. what
D. how
12. They used to visit us every weekend, ……………?
A. haven’t they
B. didn’t they
C. wasn’t they
D. isn’t it
13. Our teacher advised us to do the exercise ………………. as possible.
A. as quick
B. as quicker
C. as quickly
D. more quickly
14. Whatever you buy, always look for the …………… bargain.
A. more better
B. good
C. better
D. best
15. One does not normally expect problems but ……………… come.
A. it does
B. they do
C. they did
D. it will
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SECTION B
Choose from the alternatives lettered A to D the one which is nearest in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.
16. Soccer matches often generate hatred among supporters.
A. destroy
B. ruin
C. create
D. formulate
17. In all affairs of life, knowing what is relevant to be done is vital.
A. worthless
B. lively
C. useless
D. essential
18. Eben was ever bright student.
A. clever
B. happy
C. shining
D. dull
19. The president promised to put in place stringent measures.
A. resourceful
B. affordable
C. strict
D. difficult
20. Gems thrive in unhygienic environment.
A. find
B. grow
C. come
D. appear
SECTION C
In each of the following sentences a group of words has been underlined. Choose from the alternatives lettered A to D the one that best explains the underlined group of words.
21. The students were all agog to hear the information. This means that all students were ……………..
A. very sad
B. struggling
C. rushing
D. highly expectant
22. I think when all is said and done, she surely pass the examination. This means that she will pass the examination when …………..
A. She comes to school every day
B. She fails to obey the teachers
C. Everything has been taken into consideration
D. Everyone does their works well
23. The labourers have been doing the donkey work all along. This means that the labourers ……………..
A. have been doing hard, monotonous and uninteresting work
B. have been working like the donkey
C. have been working the whole day
D. have been working since morning
24. Kojo’s election to the Senior Prefect position is a feather in his cap. This means kojo has ……………
A. feathers in his cap
B. been honoured
C. become proud
D. displayed his honesty
25. During the final match of the game of the tournament, the spectators were all eyes. This means the spectators ………………..
A. kept wake
B. did not protect their eyes
C. watched the match closely
D. wept because they might lose
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SECTION D
From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined in each sentence.
26. Though the man was very confident his wife appeared to be quite ………………
A. happy
B. nervous
C. sorry
D. excited
27. Before the election, Kwesi was very humble but he became ………………. after a few months in office.
A. understanding
B. nasty
C. content
D. arrogant
28. The first accident, in my opinion was avoidable, but the second was ………………
A. inevitable
B. preventable
C. ineligible
D. plausible
29. The item is made up of foreign materials.
A. abroad
B. oversea
C. domestic
D. best
30. There is no need to haste any more.
A. hurry
B. delay
C. worry
D. wait