BECE 2019 English Language Paper 2 Essay
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BECE 2019
ENGLISH LANGUAGE – PAPER 2
This paper consists of three
parts: A, B and C. Answer three questions in all, one
question from Part A and all the questions in Part B and Part
C. Answer all the questions in your answer booklet.
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
material.
1. Write a letter to your
headteacher discussing two games that should be encouraged
among the students in your school.
2. Write an article for
publication in your school magazine on why every student should be computer-literate.
Part B
Comprehension
30 marks
4. Read the following passage carefully and answer all the
questions with follow.
Friends are meant to help each other when the need
arises. At school, some people develop friendly relationships which continue
throughout their lives. One thing which helps people to stay together as intimate
friends is the ability to communicate freely among themselves and endeavour to
be each other’s keeper. What destroys friendships mostly is friends being
suspicious of each other. That is why a popular adage says, “Suspicion
is the bane of friendship”.
People attend school not only because they want to
make friends but also to acquired knowledge and skills for employment.
Education helps people to be polished in their manners. The school
prepares its students to become useful citizens.
At school, Tono was not in the good books of the
teachers because he behaved in an unruly manner. Initially, everyone
avoided his company; he could be violent at times. Worst of all, he would
refuse to do his assignment and was a habitual late comer. With the passage
of time, he was subjected to strict discipline. He began to mend his ways
and obey the school’s
rules and regulations. He realised the need to work diligently in order to have
a bright future. His academic work therefore improved by leaps and bounds.
Fortune separated us. I travelled abroad for
further studies. I stayed away for two decades. On my return, I went to my
former school for my certificate. There, I met a middle-age gentleman who also came to the office
for the same purpose. I
could not recognize him because time had wiped off all memories of school life.
However, the names on the certificates
revealed that we were classmates.
After further discussions, Tono invited me to be his business partner.
(a) (i) State one
thing which helps people to be close.
(ii) How can friendships get destroyed?
(ii) How can friendships get destroyed?
(c) (i) Why did people avoid
Tono’s company?
(ii) State Tono’s reason for visiting his former school.
(ii) State Tono’s reason for visiting his former school.
(e) Explain, in your own
words, the following expressions as used in the passage:
(i) was not in the good books of the teachers;
(ii) with the passage of time;
(iii) by leaps and bounds.
(i) was not in the good books of the teachers;
(ii) with the passage of time;
(iii) by leaps and bounds.
(f) For each
of the following words, give another word or a phrase that means the
same, and can fit into the passage:
(i) intimate;
(ii) adage;
(iii) acquire;
(iv) polished;
(v) initially.
(i) intimate;
(ii) adage;
(iii) acquire;
(iv) polished;
(v) initially.
Part C
Literature
10 marks
Answer all
the questions in this part.
Sackey J. A. and Darmani L. (COMP.): The Cockcrow
5. Questions 5(a) to 5(c) are based on the abridged and simplified version of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist.
Charles Dickens: Oliver
Twist
“Stop, thief!” he shouted, thinking Oliver had robbed him. The poor boy
found himself being chased by people and even dogs! Someone in the crowd, a
young man with purpole lips and red sores all over his hands, grabbed
Oliver and knocked him down …"
(Page 109)
(Page 109)
(b) Why did the ‘young man with purple lips and red sores all over his hands’ want to harm Oliver?
(c) How did Mr. Brownlow help Oliver at the end of the story?
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(d) and 5(e).
Ken Saro-Wiwa: Home Sweet Home
“Born, say, our young Miss has arrived heavily laden with all the good things of this earth. I should think Dukana will soon float on a sea of wealth.”
(Page 178)
(d) Who is referred to as our young Miss?
(e) The literary device used in heavily laden with all the good things of the earth is…..
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(f) and 5(h).
Ama Ata Aidoo: The
Dilemma of a Ghost
“X: It was a couble of days ago that we met. What came out of the meeting is
that we must come and ask you and your wife what is preventing you from giving
your grandmother a great-grandchild before she leaves us.”
(Act 4, Page 66)
(Act 4, Page 66)
(g) According to Ato, what is preventing him and his wife from having children?
(h) The figure of speech that describes she leaves us in the extract is ….
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(i) and 5(j).
Theresa Ennin: Makola
“Head bent, all
around teh upside down pan
Picking her nose, shuffling her feet, oblivious to
the bustle”
(Page 158)
Picking her nose, shuffling her feet, oblivious to
the bustle”
(Page 158)
(j) The words Heads bent, rags all around the upside down pan appeal to the reader’s sense of …
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