BECE English Language Past Questions 2012
40 objective questions · Paper 1 · Ghana BECE
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Question 1
The doctor gave ________ to the patient.
- A. some good advice
- B. much good advices
- C. many good advice
- D. some good advices
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Question 2
A character in a play that opposes the hero or heroine is the ________
- A. antagonist
- B. challenger
- C. opponent
- D. protagonist
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Question 3
The main function of imagery in literature is to make readers/listeners ________
- A. appreciate the great efforts of writers.
- B. understand clearly what writers put across.
- C. admire how learned writers are.
- D. know literature is different from other uses of language.
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Question 4
One of the following helps best to create interest in a work of art:
- A. rhythm.
- B. preface
- C. epilogue
- D. suspense
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Question 5
The place and time of the action of a play or novel is its ________
- A. background.
- B. setting.
- C. scene.
- D. atmosphere.
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Question 6
Time, like an ever-rolling stream / Bears all its sons away / They fly forgotten, as a dream / Dies at the opening day. The rhyme scheme of the stanza is ________
- A. abba
- B. bbaa
- C. abab
- D. baba
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Question 7
Time, like an ever-rolling stream / Bears all its sons away / They fly forgotten, as a dream / Dies at the opening day. "Time" in the stanza is being used as ________
- A. symbol
- B. simile
- C. synecdoche
- D. personification
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Question 8
The three main forms of literature are prose, drama and ________
- A. novel
- B. satire
- C. poetry
- D. prosody
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Question 9
The main idea in a novel or play is the ________
- A. suspense
- B. plot
- C. gist
- D. theme
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Question 10
The soldier climbed the mountain carefully.
- A. descended
- B. circled
- C. fell off
- D. looked up
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Question 11
That is a genuine painting.
- A. bad
- B. fake
- C. damaged
- D. poor
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Question 12
His position made him humble.
- A. stubborn
- B. wicked
- C. arrogant
- D. selfish
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Question 13
He has a violent temper.
- A. mild
- B. natural
- C. flexible
- D. pleasant
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Question 14
He had applied for a permanent job.
- A. a boring
- B. a dull
- C. an exacting
- D. a temporary
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Question 15
The teacher poured cold water on Sena's suggestion. This means that the teacher ________
- A. challenged Sena's suggestion.
- B. approved of Sena's suggestion.
- C. discouraged Sena.
- D. provoked Sena.
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Question 16
Immediately Ekuba's mother left the house, she let the cat out of the bag. This means that Ekuba ________
- A. bought a cat.
- B. took the cat from the bag.
- C. left her house.
- D. revealed the secret.
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Question 17
The chief told his linguist not to beat about the bush. This means that the linguist must ________
- A. not stammer.
- B. go straight to the point.
- C. not enter the bush.
- D. cut down the bush.
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Question 18
The students were advised to stop building castles in the air. This means that the students should ________
- A. be serious and realistic.
- B. not worry about castles.
- C. be serious and hardworking.
- D. not build any more castles.
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Question 19
Awuni normally feels at home in my house. This means that Awuni ________ in my house.
- A. feels comfortable
- B. lives
- C. moves
- D. eats
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Question 20
When they reached the frontier, the custom officer stopped the car.
- A. fence
- B. gate
- C. entrance
- D. border
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Question 21
Many people revered the old man for his charity to the poor.
- A. glorified
- B. respected
- C. feared
- D. praised
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Question 22
It was forecast that there would be floods this year.
- A. deduced
- B. predicted
- C. imagined
- D. observed
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Question 23
The headmaster took drastic action against the culprits.
- A. bold
- B. dangerous
- C. necessary
- D. severe
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Question 24
About fifty houses were demolished to make way for the new road.
- A. removed
- B. attacked
- C. destroyed
- D. display
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Question 25
Go over your work carefully, ________ you?
- A. do
- B. will
- C. may
- D. shall
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Question 26
Walking in the rain is not good, ________?
- A. is not
- B. is it
- C. must not
- D. must it
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Question 27
The new airport ________ next year.
- A. will be completed
- B. shall complete
- C. will be completing
- D. shall have completed
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Question 28
You have cut the grass, ________?
- A. haven't you
- B. did you
- C. didn't you
- D. had you
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Question 29
There are many big houses in our area, ________?
- A. isn't it
- B. aren't they
- C. weren't there
- D. aren't there
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Question 30
We saw the plane ________ for Kumasi.
- A. take on
- B. take of
- C. take off
- D. take out
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Question 31
The doctor said she ________ if she had not kept strictly to her diet.
- A. has died
- B. will died
- C. would die
- D. would have died
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Question 32
When the lights went off I ________ my supper.
- A. have eaten
- B. have been eating
- C. am eating
- D. was eating
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Question 33
The chief praised the ________ during the students' demonstration.
- A. policemen's behaviours
- B. policemen behaviour
- C. policemen's behaviour
- D. policemens' behaviour
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Question 34
We haven't had ________ rice to eat this week.
- A. some
- B. little
- C. any
- D. many
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Question 35
Children usually take ________ their parents in appearance.
- A. after
- B. from
- C. to
- D. up
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Question 36
The girls asserted that both tennis rackets were ________
- A. of Akologo.
- B. Akologo's
- C. Akologo's own
- D. Akologo
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Question 37
"I think you know ________ already," said the host to all the participants.
- A. one another
- B. each other
- C. themselves
- D. ourselves
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Question 38
All girls were supposed to wear ________ during the Speech Day.
- A. new, white, long, dresses
- B. new, long, white, dresses
- C. long, white, new, dresses
- D. white, new, long, dresses
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Question 39
Oyo fell ill ________ measles.
- A. at
- B. by
- C. of
- D. with
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Question 40
Two people perished ________ the spot.
- A. upon
- B. in
- C. on
- D. through
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