English Language Paper 2 Questions That Might Appear In The 2023 BECE
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English Language Paper 2 Questions That Might Appear In The 2023 BECE
PAPER 2
Answer ONE question ONLY from this section
1. Write a letter to your member of parliament appealing to him or her to provide social amenities in your community
2. Write a speech to be delivered at a public forum on the topic Corrupt public officers deserve capital punishment.
3. You went to swim in a pool with your classmates after your BECE and one of them got drowned in the pool. Narrate what happened
COMPREHENSION
4. Read the following passage carefully and answer all the questions which follow:
It has been found by research in education that the odds are stacked high against the learner from a deprived socio-economic background A learner whose parents are illiterate, whose parents earn poor incomewho has no access to the electronic media of information, and who has no educated siblings or peer to learn from, faces an uphill task in his educational career. The task is even more difficult if the learner lives in an obscure rural area for he is then cut off from modern civilization.
The learner from an academically enhanced background, whose parents are highly learned and financially stable and who has constant access to the electronic media, has a head start over his deprived counterpart from the village. Therefore it is unfair that learners from different backgrounds should face the same competition for admission into higher institutions or for employment opportunities is since nobody determines their background
Unfair as the practice may be, it is not easy to work out an alternative systemIn the first place, distinguishing between students from academically enriched and those from educationally deprived backgrounds and reserving some-places for the let erwould amount to double standard-Indeed such a policy would inevitably engender a number of ma practices on the part of candidate. Moreover, formulating a policy by which learners from educationally dej ived background are given special employment opportunities would tend to play down the practic of selection on the basis of merit
It does appear that tb way out is to minimize the lds against which the less advantaged learners have to struggleIf rural communities are improved, and conscious efforts are made to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, much would have been done to help the socio-economic disadvantaged learners overcome some of the odds against them
Now answer the following questions
a. Mention three factors that distinguishes the two classes of learners described in the passage
b. Which word in the first paragraph shows that the writer based the article on facts and not on speculation?
c. Why does the writer says that the present practice is unfair?
d. Give two reasons why the writer thinks that there is no alternative to the present practice
e. Explain in your own words the following expressions as used in the passage
i Cutoff
ii Uphill task
iii Socio-economic
PART C
LITERATURE (10 MARKS)
SACKEY JA. DARMANU (COMP): The Cockcrow
Answer all the questions in this part
PETER PAUL ADOLINAMA; Ripples
Read the following extract carefully and answer these questions.
The three wives had met afterwards and agreed to approve of their husband’s intention as custom demanded. A husband’s decision was scared and not subject to change, period. It was obvious Mama Adamu was indifferent to the news. Could she even call a fourth marriage by the wealthy sayibu news?
a. Why was Mama Adamu indifferent (unaffected by) to the news? b. What is the narrative technique used in the story?
AMA ATTA AIDOO: THE GIRL WHO CAN
Read the following extract carefully and answer questions 5(g) to 50
“Once in a while, but only once in a long while, somebody decides-nature, a child’s spirit mother, an accident happens, and somebody gets born without arms, or legs, or both sets of limbs. And then let me touch wood: it is a sad business……..……………………..But if a female child decides to come into this world with legs, then they might as well be legs”.
c. Who says these words in the story?
d. By mentioning “a child’s spirit mother” it can be concluded that that the speaker has…………….. beliefs.
A.A.A MOAKO: Sleep without Wake
Read the following extract carefully and answer question 5(e) to 5()
“Mother’s milk gave me suck, mother’s fingers soothed my skin, the night kept mother awake, when baby was sour and that was me. You vanished into the morning mist…………. Thus severing the Korlebu Cord.
e, What do the words in the extract underlined mean? f. What do the words “Thus Severing the Korlebu Cord between you and me”, actually mean?
AMA ATA AIDOO: THE DILEMMA OF A GHOST. g. What is the name of the second woman?
Read the following excerpt and answer questions h, i and j.
X: “She has no tribe? The story you are telling us is too sweet, my grandchild.”
hWho is speaking?
j. Whom is speaker X addressing?
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i”The story you are telling us is too sweet” What literary device is employed -here?