2015 BECE ENGLISH ANSWERS

ANSWERS TO THE 2015 BECE (ENGLISH LANGUAGE)

COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 1

1.    C - According to the passage, most cultists prefer negative nicknames.

NB: the answer is found in the first sentence of the first paragraph.

2.    D - Cultists are often identified by the names they bear.

3.    A - The passage advises students to quit answering bad names.

4.    C - The passage advises parents to rise strongly against children’s bad names.

5.    C - One can conclude from the passage that negative nicknames attract victimization.

COMPREHENSION PASSAGE 2

6.    D - The Ebola virus originated from Sudan

NB: Sudan is the original country where the virus was discovered in 1976

7.    A -The Ebola virus is mysterious because of its unknown carrier.

NB: this is an applied question which demands critical thinking. A mysterious event or situation is difficult to explain or understand.

8.    B - A person infected with Ebola virus will not be able to survive second week.

9.    D - When symptoms can be kept under control, it means that they can be transmitted at a controlled rate

10. C - If soldiers are successfully bribed, carriers of the virus will bring the virus out of origin.

LEXIS

NB: the passage is drawn from advertisement as a field of human endeavour. The terms used are from advertisement

11. D - Events

12. B - Products

13. A - Handbill

14. D - Agency

15. C - Market

16. B - Poster

17. C - Image

18. B - Contract

SYNONYMS

These are words that are nearest in meaning to a given word e.g. stop is synonymous with halt

19. A – Strengthened

NB: Fortified is nearest meaning to strengthened

20. D – independent

NB: Autonomous is nearest in meaning to independent.

21. B – Changes

NB: Fluctuates is nearest in meaning to changes

QUESTION TAG

This is an additional statement in a question form added to a statement which seeks the opinion of a listener.

NB: positive statement attracts negative question tag while a negative statement attracts a positive question tag. A statement is negative when it contains words like (not, never, no, etc)

22. D - Okoro finished his work, didn’t he?

23. A - There are thirty chairs in the class, aren’t there?

24. D - The students cannot read fluently, can they?

ORAL ENGLISH

25. C - /b/ bubble

            NB: Only the word in option C has the sound /b/

26. B - /ei/ - day

27. B - /h/ - hope

28. C - /Ø/- thing

ANTONYMS

These are words opposite in meaning to a given word e.g. back is the opposite of front

29. C – Sold

NB: Bought is the opposite of sold

30. C – Stern

NB: Smile is the opposite of stern

31. C – destroy

NB: Preserve is the opposite of destroy

PHRASAL VERBS

These are unit of words or phrases formed by the addition of preposition to the main word (mostly verbs) e.g. I don’t know how it came about which means how it happened.

32. A – Up

NB: Give up means to stop something eg habit

33. D – Set

NB: Set off means to embark on a journey

34. B – Switch off

NB: Switch off means turn off an appliance but it is usually used for minor appliances like bulb light.

VERBS

35. D - is paid

NB: it is a simple present tense

36. C - lost 

NB: the past tense of lose is “lost”

37. C - is 

NB : “is” is the correct form of verb

38. D - had 

NB: “had” is the past tense of “have/has”

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH

These questions were adapted from the recommended literature books consisting of the three genres of literature namely: drama, prose and poetry

39. D - Nnamdi

40. B - Farming

41. C - Intelligence

42. A - Hard work

43. B - His mother was related to Nnoli’s family.

44. B - Amaka

45. C - Obinna

46. A - Innocent of the accusation against her

47. B - She feared that Chinyere would snatch her husband from her

48. B - Ngozi

49. C - She got married

50. B - Consequences of un-seriousness

51. B – disobedience

52. C - Obioma

53. B - The evil consequences of keeping bad friends

54. C - Junior

55. B - Look at Paris

56. B - Emphasis

57. C – There is nothing like ones home

58. A - Metaphor

59. A - Free

60. C- Three

 

ANSWERS TO THE 2015 BECE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

SECTION B – ESSAY

DEBATE

Mr. Chairman,

The Moderator,

Panel of Judges

Accurate Time Keepers,

My Co-debaters,

Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, I say good day to you all.

I am very delighted to be given the opportunity to propose the motion which says “the major cause of examination mal-practices should be blamed on students rather than on teachers”. Ladies and gentlemen, before I trigger off my gun, it is worthwhile to explain the term examination mal-practice. Examination mal-practice is simply understood as examination misconduct or offence. It ranges from leakages to offering an unorthodox help to a candidate by invigilators or any other person which may give the candidate an undue advantage over his colleagues. In the light of the above analysis, I move further to present to you the reasons why students should be blamed for examination mal-practice.

Firstly, students’ laziness to study and inadequate preparation for examination lure them into examination malpractice. This confirms the saying that he who fails to prepare, prepares to fail. Since many of the candidates display laziness and fail to study adequately, they are usually desperate to pass at all cost; then cheating becomes their only option.

Secondly, students are to be blamed for examination malpractice because during the period of examination, they spend their precious time watching movies, playing  games, chatting in the internet (2 go, face-book, whats-app, etc ) . During the period of examination, they try to smuggle their notes and textbooks into examination hall with the aim of passing creditably. Many of these candidates usually meet their waterloo during this misconduct as they usually have their results cancelled.

Moreover, many students believe that money answers all things. This is why they feel complacent of passing their examination without labour. They begin to save money in order to hire mercenaries who will assist them to pass. In the process of the examination, most of them are disappointed and caught which usually spells doom for them.

Conclusively, examination malpractice is an evil and has destroyed the academic future of our young students. It is caused by students rather than teachers. Therefore, any argument against this motion is baseless, unfounded as well as untenable; hence, nobody should listen to that.

Thanks.    

Sola Adamu Okeke