Welcome to your ENGLISH LANGUAGE 2017
1. John has given ……………..smoking
2. The crowd was ………………….large that the Director became frightened.
3. When we got there, the buses ………………left.
4. The book was ……………to me.
5. Auntie is the lady to ……………..I gave the list.
6. He’s your friend, ……………..?
7. Kay: You didn’t go to Accra did you? Lee: ……………….
8. You had better ………………now.
9. Kwame asked his friend to ……………..him a pen.
10. She ended the letter, ………………….
11. The woman refused to sell me ……………….kerosene.
12. ‘Yes, ….…….a book,’ he said.
13. I know you are much ………………..than Esi.
14. Araba and Osei are a devoted couple who love ………………
15. The welfare of students should be the concern of teachers.
16. He said the practice was alien to him.
17. He said the story was fictitious.
18. The man placed an order for rice and stew at the restaurant.
19. There is nothing with which to compare the infinite knowledge and power of Providence.
20. Nimo worked hard after his business collapsed and soon found his feet. This means that he ……
21. Manna lay aside some money for Baaba’s party. This means that Manna…
22. Mary described the occasion as a red-letter day. This means that the occasion was very …..
23. George has been relieved of his post. This means that George has been……..
24. Foli and Adzovi hit if off quite well. This means they ……….
25. People in our village are polite to strangers.
26. Fishes are plentiful in the pond.
27. The price of petrol has fallen for no reason.
28. Cann worked hard to stock the shop.
29. There was mayhem as the crowd scattered.
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. You have been installed a chief in your hometown. Write a letter to your friend in another school
telling him, at least, two things you intend doing to develop the town.
2. Write an article for publication in one of the national newspapers on the topic:
The usefulness of the mobile phone.
3. Write a story that ends with the expression: So it pays to be kind to strangers
PART C LITERATURE [10 MARKS]
Answer all the questions in this part
SACKEY J. A. and DARMANI L. (COMP.): The Cockcrow
5. Questions 5(a) to 5(c) are based on one of the prescribed short stories for your study. Provide short
answers to them.
MERRILL CORNEY: Debbie, Sandy and Pepe
(a) What is referred to as Poor little thing in the story?
(b) What is the setting of the story?
(c) The attitude of the girls to the baby bird is that of ………………………….
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(d) and 5(e)
KAAKYIRE AKOSOMO NYANTAKYI: Tell My Son to Hold On to His Gun
“Be courageous, be courageous, Kwame, be courageous!”
“I will be, Father, I will be,” I answered,
and entered the thick forest …
(Page 93)
(d) Be courageous, be courageous, Kwame, be courageous is an example of the use of a literary
device termed ………………….
(e) How did Kwame show that he was courageous at the end of the story?
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(f) and 5(g)
JEAN WATSON: The Old Man and His Children
Once there was an old man who had seven sons.
They should have been his pride and joy.
But they were not.
(Page 17)
(f) The above extract is a/an ……………………..to a story.
(g) The idea expressed in the second sentence is that of ……………….
Read the following extract carefully and answer Questions 5(h) and 5(j)
AMA ATA AIDOO: The Dilemma of a Ghost
Yes, my young woman, I shall remember you.
I shall remember you in the hours of the night –
In my sleep,
In my sleepless sleep.
(Page 62)
(h) “… young woman” refers to ………………..
(i) The ‘sleepless sleep’ of the speaker is caused by ………………………
(j) “… sleepless sleep” shows that the speaker is ……………………..
END OF ESSAY TEST
