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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 C. answer all the questions in your 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. Your parents have taken your mobile phone from you, with the explanation that you need to concentrate on your preparation towards the upcoming B.E.C.E. Write a letter to an uncle who lives abroad, explaining to him why you need your mobile phone back and asking him to intervene.
2. You witnessed the lynching of an alleged thief during a market day. Describe what you saw to a friend.
3. You are a speaker in a school debate on the motion, ‘There should be a ban on the sale of carbonated drinks at the school canteen’. Write your arguments for or against the motion.
PART B
COMPREHENSION
[30 marks]
4. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Once upon a time, there was a proud young man. In his opinion, none of the other young men in the village was as fine as him. He was more handsome, he was better placed, and he was nimbler dancer. Someone needed to remind him of the saying: pride goes before a fall. But no one told him this.
One day, all the young women of this village, including the proud young man, received an invitation to dance in a nearby village. This was a bigger village and there were many beautiful girls there. The young men looked forward to dancing with them. So they all on their best gowns and set out on foot. They all walked fast, but of course the proud young man walked faster. He wanted to reach the nearby village first and pick for himself the most beautiful girl of all.
However, on the way he was forced to answer nature’s call. He went behind a bush to relieve himself, and became more bad-tempered every minute he had to spend there. He was afraid he would now be the last to reach the village and not the first. In his hurry to dress himself again, he trailed the hem of his gown carelessly and soiled it. When he left the bush, there was an ugly brown smelly patch on the back of the gown, but he was not aware of it.
Some of his kinder companions were waiting for him still. They saw the dirt on his gown, but did not like to tell him. They did not like the sharp way he spoke to them, but they did not tell him that, either. And so they reached the dancing arena and the elders of the nearby village came forward to welcome them.
The dance began now. No one came near the proud young man. He danced alone in a wide-open space. ‘Aha’, he thought to himself, ‘they can all see that I am a better dancer, I’m better looking and I’m wearing a finer gown. It was near the end of the dancing when an old woman of the village approached him.
Later that night, his companions returned. ‘You have brought shame on our village,’ they charged him.
(i) How was the nearby village different from the young man’s?
(ii) Why did all the young men dress up and go to the nearby village?
(i) Why did the proud young man want to be first at the nearby village?
(ii) Why wasn’t he first?
(i) What didn’t the proud young man’s companions tell him?
(ii) Why didn’t they tell him?
What did the proud young man think when nobody came near him during the dancing?
Explain the following expressions in your own words:
set out on foot
was forced to
was not aware of
for each of the following words, give another word or phrase that means the same, and can fit into the passage:
nimbler
relieve
hurry
companions
arena
PART C – LITERATURE
[10marks]
Answer all the questions in this part
SACKEY J.A. and DARMANI L. (COMP.): The Cockcrow
Read the following extract carefully and answer questions 5(a) to 5(c)
AMA ATA AIDOO: The Girl Who Can
…and it is a very big village in the Central Region of our country, Ghana. They also say that when all of Africa is not choking under a drought …
The name of the village is ………………………………
The district is known for…………………………..
The literary device in the underlined part of the extract is……………………………