BECE JHS
A proverb needs the saying and the meaning. A story or a poem needs the point the question asked for.
Oral and written literature both sit on this paper. A proverb is a saying the community uses, plus the situation it fits. Writing the saying alone scores the memory. The mark for meaning needs the situation, in your own words, in the language of your entry. Do not stop at the title of a story or the name of a poem. Say what happens, or what the words are doing, in the way the question asked.
If the question gives a situation and asks for a proverb, the proverb has to fit that situation. A famous saying that answers a different problem is the wrong choice. If the question asks what a proverb means, do not tell a long story that never reaches the meaning. If it asks for the lesson of a story, name the story and then the lesson. A title with no meaning is only a name. Stay with texts you were taught. Do not invent a proverb and hope the meaning sounds right.
The Ghanaian Language tips guide asks for the saying and the meaning, not the saying alone. BECE Ghanaian Language tips
Saying and meaning are a pair. One without the other is half an answer when the question asked for both. A situation the proverb does not fit loses the application mark. A story answer that retells every event, and never states the point the question named, misses the demand. The language is still the language of your entry.
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
(a) What two things must a proverb answer include? (2 marks)
(b) Why is the saying alone not a full answer? (1 mark)
(a) The saying, and the meaning in a situation.
(b) The saying shows memory. The meaning shows you know when the proverb fits.
2 marks
A question describes a person who will not take advice, and asks for a proverb that fits. State what the proverb must do, and what a famous proverb that does not fit would score. (2 marks)
The proverb must match the situation in the question. A famous proverb about a different problem does not answer it.
2 marks
State two things a full answer about a story or a poem should include. (2 marks)
The name of the story or the poem, and the point the question asked for, such as the lesson or what the words are doing.
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. The saying is the memory mark. The meaning, in the situation the question gave, is the other mark. A title with no meaning is only a name.
Use one that fits the situation, from what you were taught. A famous proverb about a different problem does not answer the question. Do not invent a saying. All BECE Ghanaian Language past questions