English Language 2022

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Write an article for publication in your school magazine on the topic, _My Role Model and how he/she has Influenced me._

Question 2

Write an interesting story that ends with the expression,_ Unfortunately I realized when it was too late that my friend was a wolf in sheep's clothing. _

Question 3

Write a letter to your friend describing two ways in which you prepared for your father's birthday party and tell him/her what made the party a memorable one.

Question 4

Ogboo was a very successful business man. He owned a fleet of vehicles. He was very generous and __highly__ respected in his village. His children were very dear to him but he did not __pamper__ them. He considered some modern gadgets dangerous, too expensive and a way of encouraging laziness among children. Therefore, no labour-saving gadgets were found in the kitchen. He insisted that food tasted better when prepared in the traditional way. He was also his children's barber. At school, his children were the only pupils who received letters, popularly called snail mail. Akwesi, his eldest child, was always the object of ridicule among his peers. He patiently bore all the humiliation. When he completed school and his father made him __manage__ his business, he decided to do things differently. He bought a cellular phone for his mother and equipped the house with modern gadgets. He also __installed__ tracking devices on his father's vehicles and insisted on the drivers using mobile money transfer services. He swore the drivers to secrecy. In an era when car snatching, drivers cheating their employers and armed robbery were __the order of the day__. Ogboo's transport business continued to __flourish__. He seemed to be insulated against theft. This amazed everyone. Soon, __tongues began to wag__. Ogboo was accused of possessing magical powers. Others insinuated that he was __in leaque with__ the armed robbers. People shunned his company. One day, at a meeting organized by the transport owners, Akwesi __let the cat out of the bag.__

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Write two things Ogboo did that showed that he did not pamper his children.

Question 6

_... he decided to do things differently._

1. Identify two of the things that Akwesi did differently.
2. List two adjectives that can be used to describe Akwesi's drivers.

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What were two of the problems that car owners faced?

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_Akwesi let the cat out of the bag_

Question 9

Explain, in your own words, the following expressions as used in the passage:

1. order of the day;
2. tongues began to wag;
3. in league with.

Question 10

For each of the following words, give another word or a phrase that means the same and can fit into the passage:

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CHARLES DICKENS: Oliver Twist "You know why, son. If a rich and successful man marries a woman whose name is stained because of her birth, it will be quite sad indeed .... wicked people will not let her forget her past, even though it's not her fault."

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The extract brings out the theme of ......

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The main literary device used in the extract is ......

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Monka needed the chair because .......

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The scene of this extract is .......

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The master-scholar refers to .........

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Water/Rivers as used in the poem are symbols of ......

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If you cannot see our tears It does not mean we do not cry. The above lines bring out the theme of .........