BECE 2018: English Language Paper 2 Essay Sample Questions for Private Candidates

BECE 2018

English Language Objectives -Paper 1

Answer three questions in all: one question from Part A and all the questions in both Parts B and C.

PART A

[30 marks]

Answer one question only from this part.

Your composition should be about 250 words long.

1. Write a letter to your friend telling him or her three ways in which the computer has made learning easier for students.

2. Write an article for publication in a national newspaper discussing, at least, two reasons why students should cultivate the habit of reading.

3. Describe one national event that took place recently and state, at least, two effects it had on the people in your area.

PART B

COMPREHENSION

4. Read the following passage carefully and answer all the questions which follow.

Nobody wanted Ananse to succeed in drinking the cup of hot water and win, Adiefe, the Chief's beautiful daughter.

Ananse grabbed the cup of hot water, bowed as gracefully as possible and smiled confidently. He lifted the cup and said, slowly and calmly, 'Nana, look …!' Nana Apo barked,

'Yes, it's hot. Drink it right now!' But Ananse kept a cool head. Then, in the full glare of all present, he shook the cup vigorously for some time in order to cool its content. After this, he began to sip the now-lukewarm water as if it was still hot. Between the sips, the pain he seemed to be going through made him frown.

He shut the left eye and his right eye shone brightly. He deliberately let his left hand drop loosely by his side.

Nana Apo smiled, Queen Amola grinned. Adiefe giggled – all in happy anticipation of Ananse's failure.

Suddenly, Ananse began to drink the warm water more quickly and noisily. Soon, all was gone. He turned the cup upside down towards Nana and, indeed, there was not a single drop in it. Lo and behold, Kweku Ananse, the notorious trickster, had succeeded where all others had failed. There was complete silence. Even the wind seemed to have stopped blowing. The impossible had happened and people's expectation that Kweku Ananse would lose the contest had failed.

Eventually, Kweku Ananse's victory had won him the hand of pretty Princess, Adiefe.

Nana Apo and Queen Amola, with great reluctance, led their daughter, Adiefe, and handed her over to victorious Kweku Ananse.

(a) What was the attitude of the people present before the contest?

(b) Why do you think Ananse shook the cup?

(d) (i) Why did Ananse turn the cup upside down?

(ii) What was the mood of Nana Apo and Queen Amola in the end?

(e) Explain the following expressions in your own words:

(i) 'Ananse kept a cool head'

(ii) 'all was gone'

(iii) 'The impossible had happened'

(f) For each of the following words, give another word or a phrase that means the same and can fit into the passage:

(i) grabbed

(ii) barked

(iii) deliberately

(iv) Eventually

(v) pretty

PART C: LITERATURE – The Cockcrow

AMA ATTA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost

Read the extract below and answer Questions 1 to 4.

Nana: My spirit Mother ought to have come for me earlier. Now, what shall I tell them who are gone?

The daughter of slaves who come from the white man's land

1. "who are gone" refers to ………………………

2. "The daughter of slaves" is ………………….

3. The speaker wished ………………….

4. The speaker is in a …………………. mood.

Read the extract below and answer Questions 5 to 8.

Speaker X: Darling, what is it?

Speaker Y: Eh … some crawling things. (Composing herself) Anyway, tell your mother we are very grateful.

5. X and Y are …………………….. in the play.

6. The "crawling things" are …………………

7. "Composing herself" is an example of …………………… in play writing.

8. The setting of the extract is ………………………

Read the extract below and answer Questions 9 and 10.

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.

9. The setting of the extract is …………………

10. What happened just before this conversation?

Read the extract below and answer Questions 11 to 13.

Ken Saro-Wiwa: "Home Sweet Home"

"Progress" spluttered lazily down the long, dirty Road which stretched before us like the coated tongue of an ailing man.

11. Who/what is "Progress"?

12. "Progress spluttered lazily" is an example of ……………………..

13. The figure of speech used in "like the coated tongue of an ailing man" is ……………

Read the extract below and answer Questions 14 and 15.

And out of the bowels of the night came the rhythm of drums in the distance, the hooting of owls, the swooping and beeping of bats, the burping of toads.

14. The figure of speech used in the expression "bowels of the night" is ……

15. The literary device used in, "the hooting of owls, the swooping and beeping of bats, the burping of toads" is …………………….

KAAKYIRE A. NYANTAKYI: Tell My Son to Hold on to His Gun

Read the extract below and answer Questions 16 to 18.

"This bastard must die", I screamed, reloaded my gun and fired at him again… Then finally, there was a long, loud and heavy fall like the roar of thunder".

16. Why did he kill the "bastard"?

17. The "bastard" refers to …………………..

18. "like the roar of thunder" is an example of …………………..

19. State a character trait the speaker revealed in the story.

LAWRENCE DARMANI: Sosu and the Bukari Boys

Read the extract below and answer Questions 20 and 21.

"It was a sad day for the Bukari Boys … Bukari cried like a child, and his cry put fear in Sosu".

20. Why did Bukari cry?

21. What lesson did you learn from Sosu's fate?

22. State a character trait displayed by Bukari in the story.

Read the extract below and answer Questions 23 to 25.

"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

His tongue peeps out and licks the beads of sweat

on his lip

23. The extract is from the Poem titled …

24. What is the theme of the poem?

25. What figure of speech is used in the line underlined?

26. What happened between the woman with the baby and her husband?

27. What picture does the poet paint of the people in the poem?

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