WASSCE SHS
A composition is one task, written in the language of your entry. A letter needs an opening and a close that fit the person.
The written paper offers composition tasks. A narrative tells what happened, in order. A description says what a place or a person is like, with details a reader can picture. An argument gives a view and the reasons. A letter speaks to a named person: a friend, a relative, or someone in authority. You answer the number of compositions the instruction asks for. One finished task is worth more than two openings and no ending. Write in the language on your entry. A composition in English does not show that language.
Open a letter in a way that fits the person, and close it the same way. The message sits between those lines. A letter to a head teacher is not written like a note to a classmate. Stay on the task. A story you prepared about a festival does not answer a question about a journey, even if the language is correct. Plan three or four points, write them in order, and stop when the task is done. Akan candidates stay inside the variety on the entry. Asante Twi and Akuapem Twi are not the same paper. Fante is not Twi. Ewe is not Ga.
The BECE Ghanaian Language tips guide sets out comprehension, composition, grammar, literature, culture and translation. At WASSCE you sit the language on your entry, including Akan, Ewe, Ga and the others. Start practising on glearn.now with Kevin and Anna. BECE Ghanaian Language tips
The language of the essay is the language of the entry. Content that answers the task comes before a display of proverbs. A letter with no greeting and no close is not a letter. If the instruction says answer one composition, a second one does not repair a blank comprehension or a blank translation. Name the task you are answering in the first lines, so a memorised piece cannot drift.
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.
2 marks
State two things a letter on this paper must have, besides the message. (2 marks)
An opening that fits the person you are writing to, and a close that fits that person. The letter is in the language of your entry.
2 marks
Why does a composition in English fail this question, even when the story is clear? (2 marks)
The paper is testing the Ghanaian language on your entry. A clear story in English does not show that language. English belongs on the side of a translation that asks for it.
2 marks
Give one difference between a narrative composition and a letter. (2 marks)
A narrative tells what happened, in order. A letter is written to a person, so it needs a greeting and a close that fit that person.
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 freeAnswer the number the instruction asks for. One finished composition, in the language of your entry, is the aim when the instruction says one. Extra compositions spend the time the other parts need.
No. They are separate entries, and Fante is separate again. Ewe, Ga, Dangme, Dagbani, Nzema, Gonja, Kasem and Dagaare are further entries. Write in the one on your entry. All WASSCE Ghanaian Language past questions