WASSCE SHS
The answer is in the passage. A similar story you remember is not the passage on the paper.
WASSCE Ghanaian Language is the language on your entry. Akan candidates sit Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi or Fante, and those are separate papers. Ewe is its own paper. Ga is its own paper. Other entries include Dangme, Dagbani, Nzema, Gonja, Kasem and Dagaare. The comprehension passage is in that language. Read it before you look at the questions, then read the question and go back to the sentence that answers it. Who, what, where and why have to come from the passage.
Do not copy the whole paragraph back. The mark is for the fact the question asked for, in a sentence. Do not add a reason the passage did not give. If a word in the question is in the passage, the sentence around that word is the place to look, but the word alone is not the answer. Write the answer in the language of your entry unless the question tells you to use English. An answer in a different Ghanaian language, or in English when English was not asked for, has not answered the paper you are sitting.
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
A comprehension mark needs the fact and the passage. A true fact from a different story scores nothing. Copying five lines when the question asked for one reason does not raise the mark. Name who did the action. If the question says "according to the passage", stay inside it. Do not switch from Ewe to Twi, or from Ga to Dangme, halfway through.
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 rules for answering a comprehension question on this paper. (2 marks)
Take the fact from the passage, and write it in the language of your entry. Do not add a detail the passage did not give.
2 marks
Why is a story you already know a weak answer, even when it is similar to the passage? (2 marks)
The question is about this passage. A similar story can add people and reasons that are not in the text. The marker credits what the passage says.
3 marks
A question asks why a character left the house. The passage says she left because the rain had stopped. What should the answer include, and what should it leave out? (3 marks)
It should say she left because the rain had stopped. It should name her. It should not add an errand or a feeling the passage did not give.
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 freeThe language on your entry, unless the question tells you to use English. Asante Twi, Akuapem Twi and Fante are separate papers. Ewe, Ga and the other entries are their own papers. Do not change language halfway through.
No. Answer the question that was asked, in a sentence, from the passage. A copied paragraph that never gives the fact does not score the point. All WASSCE Ghanaian Language past questions