BECE Past Questions & Answers – 2015 (English)
31. Although he had applied for a permanent post, he was only given a ………one.
A. useful
B. boring
C. labouring
D. temporary
32. Some people pay much attention to their physical needs.
A. basic
B. moral
C. financial
D. spiritual
PART B
LITERATURE
From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that correctly answers each question or completes the sentence.
33. A comedy is a play that
A. ends sadly
B. ends happily
C. condemns society
D. preaches honesty
34. The main female character in a play is the …………..
A. hero
B. chorus
C. heroine
D. persona
35. Expressions that appeal to the senses are collectively called ………..
A. irony
B. devices
C. pictures
D. imagery
36. The purpose of a comic relief is to ……………
A. reduce tension
B. teach a moral lesson
C. set a moral standard
D. compound a character’s problems
37. A play is better enjoyed when ………..
A. acted
B. read
C. discussed
D. memorised
38. A narrative poem usually ……………
A. praises actions
B. tells a story
C. mourns the dead
D. condemns actions
Read the following extract below and answer Questions 39 and 40.
So fair art thou my bonnie lass
So deep in luve am I
And I will luve thee still my dear
Till all the sea gang dry
39. The last line is a/an ………..
A. litotes
B. hyperbole
C. euphemism
D. understatement
40. The rhyme scheme of the stanza is ………….
A. abcd
B. abca
C. abcb
D. abba
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE 1
OBJECTIVE TEST-SOLUTIONS
1. A. in
2. D. after
3. C. on
4. B. from
5. D. between
6. A. to
7. B. too
8. D. very much faster
9. D. was going to tell
10. C. shall have painted
11. C. aren’t you
12. A. is he
13. D. haven’t you
14. B. cleverest
15. B. themselves
16. C. Although
17. C. out
18. D. reveal
19. D. uneasy
20. A. pleased
21. D. unfriendly
22. A. aim
23. D. when it was almost too late
24. C. lives very close to the park
25. C. was frightened
26. D. make her happy
27. D. confused
28. C. minority
29. B. cheap
30. B. praised
31. D. temporary
32. D. spiritual
33. B. ends happily
34. C. heroine
35. D. imagery
36. A. reduce tension
37. A. acted
38. B. tells a story
39. B. hyperbole
40. C. abcb
ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2 – QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS IS ON THE SECOND PAGE…