Ghana BECE 2020 ENGLISH PAST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) From the alternatives lettered A to D choose the one which most suitably completes each sentence.

Seth has bought and …. a loaf of bread.

2) My mum and …. visited Joseph.

3) The tiger …… in wait for its prey.

4) It’s about time we …. studying hard.

5) Ben now wishes he… his studies early.

6) This is exactly… our mum tried to make you understand.

7) Would you rather we…. tomorrow?

8) She is my……sister.

9) We cannot make tea because we have…sugar left.

10) You should not tell……about our plans.

11) The leader……suffer alone.

12) This flower pot is made…. clay

13) Let’s go out and play, ….?

14) Sarah would have passed her examination…. she studied hard.

15) The four brothers haven’t seen…. since June last year

16) Choose from the alternatives lettered A to D the one which is nearest in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.

Celia shook with fright.

17) The radio is a potent medium of communication.

18) Trading is a lucrative economic activity.

19) The scarcity of doctors is a matter of public concern.

20) My twin brother is very inguisitive.

21) 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 o f words

I’m going to make you eat your words. This means that you will

22) Those children were born with a silver spoon in their mouth. This means that the children were born

23) The driver 12 passed out soon after the accident occurred. This means that the driver

25) We were taken to the police station like a lamb to the slaughter. This means that we were taken there

26) 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

These simple rules were infringed.

27) His expressions are rather colloquial

28) The visitor’s timidity surprised us.

29) Opaque ballot boxes are no longer used in elections.

30) Dave walked briskly to the meeting.