BECE JHS
Language and usage asks for the form that fits the sentence. A translation keeps the meaning and does not add a detail.
The form that fits is the mark: the right word, the right ending, or the right order. Practise that form inside a sentence in your language, not as a list of names with no sentence. If the question gives a sentence and asks you to complete it, the word you add has to agree with the words already there. A correct word in the wrong place is still wrong. Stay in the variety you were entered for. Asante Twi and Akuapem Twi are not the same paper. Fante is not Twi. Ga is not Dangme.
Translation is its own part of the essay paper. You move a sentence from English into your language, or the other way, when the question asks. Keep who did the action. Do not drop a time or a place that was in the sentence. Do not add a reason the sentence did not give. A beautiful sentence that changes the meaning is a wrong translation. Language and usage and translation are both compulsory in the published scheme. A strong story does not fill either blank.
The Ghanaian Language tips guide treats translation as its own part, beside language and usage. BECE Ghanaian Language tips
One form, one mark. The word that was already in the sentence is not the answer you were asked to supply. A translation is marked for meaning, not for length. Adding a detail you like, or dropping a person, a time or a place, loses the point. Mixing two varieties in one sentence is a different error from a wrong ending. Name the task you were given and answer that task.
These are practice questions in the style of the paper, with a model answer and a mark scheme. They are not a promise of what your paper will ask.
3 marks
State two things a translation must keep, and one thing it must not add. (3 marks)
Keep who did the action, and keep a time or a place that was in the sentence. Do not add a reason the sentence did not give.
2 marks
(a) What does language and usage ask you to choose? (1 mark)
(b) Why should you practise that choice inside a sentence? (1 mark)
(a) The form that fits: the right word, the right ending, or the right order.
(b) A word on its own does not show that it fits the sentence the question gave.
2 marks
A candidate mixes Asante Twi and Akuapem Twi in one answer. State why that is a problem. (2 marks)
Asante Twi and Akuapem Twi are separate entries. The paper is the variety on your entry. Mixing them shows a different language from the one being tested.
More questions on this topic are inside glearn, marked as you answer, with the reason written out. The first ones need no account.
Practise Ghanaian Language freeNo. Language and usage asks for the form that fits a sentence. Translation moves a sentence between English and your language and keeps the meaning. Both are compulsory in the published scheme. A strong composition does not fill either one.
No. Stay in the language on your entry. Asante Twi and Akuapem Twi are separate. Fante is not Twi. Ga is not Dangme. All BECE Ghanaian Language past questions