Ghana BECE 2012 ENGLISH PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) Two people perished …………….the spot.

2) Oyo fell ill ……………..measles

3) The doctor gave ……………………to the patient

4) All girls were supposed to wear …………………during the Speech Day.

5) „I think you know ………………already‟, said the host to all the participants.

6) The girls asserted that both tennis racquets were

7) Walking in the rain is not good, ……………….?

8) Children usually take ……………their parents in appearance

9) We haven‟t had …………….rice to eat this week.

10) The chief praised the ………………during the students demonstration.

11) When the lights went off I …………my supper

12) The doctor said she ……………if she had not kept strictly to her diet.

13) We saw the plane ………………for Kumasi

14) There are many big houses in our area, ………….?

15) Your have cut the grass, ……………..?

16) The new airport ………………next year.

17) The students were advised to stop building castles in the air. This mean that the students should

18) Awuni normally feels at home in my house. This means that Awuni …………….in my house.

19) When they reached the frontier, the customs officer stopped the car.

20) Many people revered the old man for his charity to the poor.

21) It was forecast that there would be floods this year.

22) The headmaster took drastic action against the culprits.

23) Go over your work carefully, …………….. you?

24) About fifty houses were demolished to make way for the new road.

25) He had applied for a permanent job.

26) The chief told his linguist not to beat about the bush. This means that the linguist must

27) Immediately Ekuba‟s mother left the house, she let the cat out of the bag. This means that Ekuba

28) The teacher poured cold water on Sena‟s suggestion. This means that the teacher

29) He has a violent temper

30) His position made him humble

31) That is a genuine painting

32) The soldier climbed the mountain carefully

33) The main idea in a novel or play is the ……………….

34) The three main forms of literature are prose, drama and ………..

35) Time in the stanza is being used as …………………..

36) The rhyme scheme of the stanza is …………….

37) The place and time of the action of a play or novel is its ……………

38) One of the following helps best to create interest in a work of art: A. rhythm

39) The main function of imagery in literature is to make readers / listeners …………….

40) A character is a play that opposes the hero or heroine is the …………..