Ghana BECE 2016 ENGLISH PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) He is …………….poor that he cannot pay his bills.

2) You will be late …………..you hurry.

3) Aminu has been absent from class ……………..one month.

4) Many people have been invited, but ……………..will be employed.

5) The teacher told the girl he had received …………of the two exercises.

6) My father has bought a …………..car

7) Mama is never ………..ready for anything.

8) Akua was …………..that she won four prizes.

9) Before he entered the classroom, we ……….the chalkboard.

10) I have forgotten all …………my friend told me.

11) The supervisor will ask the ………….to come and repair the pipe in the bath room.

12) The stone fell into the river with a loud ………………

13) Aggie got …………mark for French in the examination.

14) We won the school debating contest, …………we?

15) Kwame looks very handsome, …………..?

16) Nana Yaa was suffering ……………measles.

17) The suspect was charged …………….pickpocketing.

18) One essential item for making local soap is soda ash.

19) Pupils are to read the instructions carefully.

20) The dog saw its image in the water.

21) My mother is skilled in domestic affairs

22) We shall have the final rehearsal for the play tonight

Akweley 23) was taken aback on seeing a stranger in her room.
This means Akweley was very

The employees 24) saw eye to eye with their manager.
This means that the employees

The priest was 25) in high spirits during the sermon.
This means that he was

The opponents decided to 26) bury the hatchet.
This means that they decided to

27) The headmaster took the students’ version of the theft with a pinch of salt.

28) The judge acquitted four of the accused but …………….the rest.

29) It pays to be courteous rather than being …………..

30) Drivers who do not drive with care are sometimes charged with ………….

31) King David was the heir to the throne while the brother was the ……………..

32) The secretary intentionally hid the documents but the clerk …………burnt them.

33) A poem of six lines is called a/an …………..

34) The atmosphere is ……………..

35) The state of the weather is emphasized by the word ………….

36) ‘Lightning flashed …light from …..torch.’ is an example of …………

37) What is being referred to by the question, ‘How would she ……..happened?’

38) The extract is …………

39) One special feature of prose is the ………….

40) The work of the novelist is in ………….