BECE PAST QUESTIONS
BECE QUESTIONS 2021 ENGLISH LANGUAGE
PAPER 2 - ESSAY
Answer all the questions.
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 Pail C. Answer all the questions in your answer booklet.
Credit will be given for clarity of expression and orderly presentation of material.
PART A
ESSAY WRITING
[30 marks]
Answer one question only from this part.
Your composition should be about 250 words long.
1. Write a letter to the minister of transport suggesting two ways of improving the the public road transport system in the country.
2. As the main speaker in a debate on the motion, Students should not wear uniform to school, write your speech for or against the motion.
3. Write a letter to invite your cousin to spend the holidays with your grandparents, giving two reasons why he/she should pay them a visit.
PART B COMPREHENSION [30 marks]
Read the following passage carefully and answer all the questions which follow.
The tiger, the cheetah and the cat belong to the same family. The tiger is the largest member of the family. Although it is a wild animal, it is sometimes trained to assist acrobats in entertaining people. The cheetah is the fastest animal on land. It can be trained to hunt other animals. Cats are found in many homes but there are wild ones too.
Although cats are found in homes, man did not intentionally domesticate them. Before man learnt to grow crops in rear animals, he used to depend on plants and animals in the bush for food. When he gathered grains which were the seeds of grass, he accidentally took away the food of rodents such as mice or rats. These followed their food indoors. The wild cat, the natural enemy of the rats and mice, also followed them into the domestic granaries.
Cats did not eat the grains that were becoming the main source of nourishment for my man. Therefore, they were encouraged to remain at home in order to get rid of the rodents. Man also probably found out that cats were neater and quieter than dogs.
When ships were invented and man began to trade farther, grains were very important commodities. They were used not only as provisions but also as items of barter. The mice and the rats went along, once again followed by the cats. In this way, a food chain that began in the grasslands to the south and east of the Mediterranean Sea has spread to all corners of the world.
Questions
(a) (i) What two types of cats are mentioned in the passage?
(ii) How did the cat become a domestic animal?
(b) For what two reasons did man prefer cats to dogs?
(c) What human activity led to the spread of cats to all corners of the world?
(d) (i) …a food chain. What is referred to as a food chain in the passage?
(ii) Why do you think grains were easily transported to all corners of the world.
(e) Explain, in your own words, the following expressions as used in the passage:
(i) the domestic granaries;
(ii) items of barter;
(iii) all corners of the world.
(f) For each of the following words, give another word or phrase that means the same and can fit into the passage:
(i) sometimes;
(ii) intentionally;
(iii) gathered;
(iv) nourishment;
(v) probably.
PART C LITERATURE [10 marks]
Answer all the questions in this part.
SACKEY J.A. and DRAMANI 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
"Mr Bumble made Oliver miserable and the boy couldn't wait to get out of the house." (Pg. 104)
(a) Mr Bumble made Oliver miserable because...
(b) Who is Mr Bumble?
(c) How did Mr Bumble try to get rid of Oliver?
Read the following extracts carefully and answer questions 5(d) and 5(e).
KEN SARO-WIWA: Home Sweet Home
"They came in the usual assortment of rags: gowns picked up from the stalls of second-hand clothes traders, singlets bearing the words Oxford University, mildewed blouses. Some women wore shirts that were meant for men; one of them was in a printed cotton nightgown that had faded beyond recognition." (pg. 178)
(d) They refers to .....
(e) An imagery of ...is created in the extract.
Read the following extracts carefully and answer questions 5(f) and 5(h).
AMA ATA AIDOO: Dilemma of a Ghost
EULALIE: Ya, I remember I bought the idea, but I got the feelin...
ATO: Heavens, women! They are always getting feelings. First, you got the feelings you needed a couple of years to settle down and now you are obviously getting a feeling. (Act 2, page 46).
(f) What idea did Eulalie buy?
(g) What feeling has she got now?
(h) How does Ato react to her feeling?
Read the following extracts carefully and answer questions 5(i) and 5(j).
V.B. AAKYE: The Colour of God
How silly man is, laughs the rose
Why should he be black or white
Or green or yellow or even red? (Pg 185)
(i) The literary device used in laughs the rose is .....
(j) According to the [poem, what is the colour of God?
You Might You Like
bece 2021 english marking scheme
bece 2021 questions and answers
2021 english bece questions
bece 2021 english literature questions and answers
bece 2021 english answers
bece 2021 questions and answers pdf
bece 2021 english answers pdf
bece 2021 english paper 2
bece 2021 English comprehension
.webp)
No comments: