BECE 2022 English Language Past Questions and Answers
The BECE 2022 English Language paper has 29 objective and 5 theory questions. Here are sample objective questions with the correct answers and explanations. Sit the full paper with the real time limit on ePrep.
Sample questions with answers
1. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
If the family house had been maintained properly, it …… collapsed.
If the family house had been maintained properly, it …… collapsed.
- A. will not have
- B. has not
- C. had not
- D. would not have
Answer: D. would not have
Third conditional: If + had + past participle, … would (not) have + past participle.
Third conditional: If + had + past participle, … would (not) have + past participle.
2. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
She bakes bread as a means …… making an extra income.
She bakes bread as a means …… making an extra income.
- A. for
- B. in
- C. to
- D. of
Answer: D. of
The fixed expression is "a means of (doing something)".
The fixed expression is "a means of (doing something)".
3. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
Deon said he heard the parrot …….
Deon said he heard the parrot …….
- A. sing
- B. sang
- C. sung
- D. to sing
Answer: A. sing
After hear/see + object, use the bare infinitive: heard the parrot sing.
After hear/see + object, use the bare infinitive: heard the parrot sing.
4. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
People who live in unhygienic environments easily …… Cholera.
People who live in unhygienic environments easily …… Cholera.
- A. catch
- B. attract
- C. capture
- D. contract
Answer: D. contract
The formal collocation is "contract a disease".
The formal collocation is "contract a disease".
5. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
There is ……. water in the fridge.
There is ……. water in the fridge.
- A. a few
- B. few
- C. a lot
- D. a little
Answer: D. a little
Water is uncountable, so use "a little" ("a lot" would need "of").
Water is uncountable, so use "a little" ("a lot" would need "of").
6. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
Remy looks forward to …… Jane at the party.
Remy looks forward to …… Jane at the party.
- A. seeing
- B. see
- C. have been seeing
- D. be seeing
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7. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
The students did not give any reason ……. being late.
The students did not give any reason ……. being late.
- A. to
- B. of
- C. for
- D. in
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8. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
What …… Kwadwo and Adwoa doing when you left the shop?
What …… Kwadwo and Adwoa doing when you left the shop?
- A. are
- B. were
- C. was
- D. is
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9. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
Selfish people always consider …… first.
Selfish people always consider …… first.
- A. herself
- B. ourselves
- C. myself
- D. themselves
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10. Choose the option which most suitably completes the sentence.
Enyonam asked her friend to …… her a pen.
Enyonam asked her friend to …… her a pen.
- A. lend
- B. spare
- C. borrow
- D. excuse
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