BECE 2016 English Language Past Question Paper One
From the alternatives lettered A to D, choose the one which most suitably completes each sentence
He is …………….poor that he cannot pay his bills.
- A: so
- B: too
- C: very
- D: rather
You will be late …………..you hurry.
- A: if
- B: or
- C: unless
- D: while
Aminu has been absent from class ……………..one month.
- A: in
- B: for
- C: from
- D: since
Many people have been invited, but ……………..will be employed.
- A: few
- B: a few
- C: little
- D: a little
The teacher told the girl he had received …………of the two exercises.
- A: all
- B: any
- C: none
- D: neither
My father has bought a …………..car
- A: private brand new
- B: new brand private
- C: private new brand
- D: brand new private
Mama is never ………..ready for anything.
- A: so
- B: ever
- C: even
- D: rather
Akua was …………..that she won four prizes.
- A: a girl so brilliant
- B: a so brilliant girl
- C: so brilliant a girl
- D: a brilliant so girl
Before he entered the classroom, we ……….the chalkboard.
- A: cleaned
- B: have cleaned
- C: had cleaned
- D: are cleaning
I have forgotten all …………my friend told me.
- A: this
- B: that
- C: what
- D: which
The supervisor will ask the ………….to come and repair the pipe in the bath room.
- A: mason
- B: repairer
- C: plumber
- D: lumber
The stone fell into the river with a loud ………………
- A: bang
- B: crash
- C: noise
- D: splash
Aggie got …………mark for French in the examination.
- A: bad
- B: worse
- C: the worse
- D: the worst
We won the school debating contest, …………we?
- A: hadn’t
- B: didn’t
- C: couldn’t
- D: did
Kwame looks very handsome, …………..?
- A: isn’t he
- B: isn’t it
- C: doesn’t he
- D: does he
Nana Yaa was suffering ……………measles.
- A: by
- B: with
- C: from
- D: through
The suspect was charged …………….pickpocketing.
- A: of
- B: for
- C: on
- D: with
SECTION B
Choose from the alternatives lettered A to D the one which is nearest in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence
One essential item for making local soap is soda ash.
- A: correct
- B: main
- C: real
- D: important
Pupils are to read the instructions carefully.
- A: notices
- B: demands
- C: commands
- D: directives
The dog saw its image in the water.
- A: nature
- B: condition
- C: reflection
- D: attraction
We shall have the final rehearsal for the play tonight
- A: meeting
- B: practice
- C: trial
- D: preparation
My mother is skilled in domestic affairs
- A: local
- B: internal
- C: everyday
- D: household
SECTION C In each of the following sentences a group of words has been underlined
Choose from the alternatives lettered A to D the one that best explains the underlined group of words.
Akweley was taken aback on seeing a stranger in her room. This means Akweley was very
- A: angry
- B: afraid
- C: confused
- D: surprised
The employees saw eye to eye with their manager. This means that the employees
- A: agreed completely with him
- B: were very close to him
- C: rarely saw him
- D: greatly respected him
The priest was in high spirits during the sermon. This means that he was
- A: content
- B: cheerful
- C: spiritual
- D: annoyed
The opponents decided to bury the hatchet . This means that they decided to
- A: make peace
- B: bury their guns
- C: hold discussions
- D: suspend the fighting
The headmaster took the students’ version of the theft with a pinch of salt.
- A: believed the students’ version.
- B: doubted the students’ version.
- C: accepted the students’ version.
- D: ignored the students’ version.
SECTION D
From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word underlined in each sentence
The judge acquitted four of the accused but …………….the rest.
- A: convicted
- B: discharged
- C: cautioned
- D: rebuked
It pays to be courteous rather than being …………..
- A: rude
- B: wicked
- C: disobedient
- D: boastful
Drivers who do not drive with care are sometimes charged with ………….
- A: speeding
- B: drunkenness
- C: disobedience
- D: recklessness
King David was the heir to the throne while the brother was the ……………..
- A: usurper
- B: successor
- C: claimant
- D: descendant
The secretary intentionally hid the documents but the clerk …………burnt them.
- A: willingly
- B: hastily
- C: mistakenly
- D: carelessly
PART B LITERATURE
From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that correctly answers each question or completes the sentence
A poem of six lines is called a/an …………..
- A: octave
- B: opera
- C: sextet
- D: sonnet
Read the following extract below and answer Questions 34 to 38
“The sudden change in the weather frightened Araba. The bright orange colour of the sunset sky had quickly turned dull as the grey clouds gathered, rumbling, dark and angry. The booming voice of thunder was intimidating. Lightning flashed shards of light from his formidable torch. Araba was a cornered rat. How would she get home if the worst happened?”
The atmosphere is ……………..
- A: cheerful
- B: friendly
- C: frightening
- D: undaunting
The state of the weather is emphasized by the word ………….
- A: angry
- B: cloud
- C: flashed
- D: grey
‘Lightning flashed …light from …..torch.’ is an example of …………
- A: alliteration
- B: ellipsis
- C: parallelism
- D: personification
What is being referred to by the question, ‘How would she ……..happened?’
- A: Current calm
- B: Imminent rain
- C: Latent sky
- D: Rumbling clouds
The extract is …………
- A: drama
- B: poetry
- C: prose
- D: story
One special feature of prose is the ………….
- A: paragraph
- B: stanza
- C: stage direction
- D: rhyme
The work of the novelist is in ………….
- A: drama
- B: poetry
- C: prose
- D: verse
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