SECTION A: GRAMMAR

Exercise 1 :Rewrite these sentences according to the instructions given.

“ I recycled almost everything”,  said Carole ( indirect speech)

“ I put all the magazines in the in the recycling bin”, said the manager ( indirect speech)

My grandmother said that she did not use plastic bags at all. ( Direct speech)

Mr Elsa suggested that we reuse our soda cans for planting seeds. ( Direct speech)

“ Don’t throw food waste in the recycling bin!” said the manager. ( Indirect speech)

Exercise 2:Join the correct sentences with the given relative pronouns

The student does not wash his hands regularly. He is always I’ll. (who)

The clothes are dirty. You wore them yesterday. (that)

The man is my uncle. He is the town planner. (who)

We should not waste water. Water is our most precious resource. (which)

Cholera is preventable. It affects thousands of people. (which)

SECTION B: VOCABULARY

Exercise 1:Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words chosen from those in the box so that the complete passage makes sense. There are more words than you will need.

(customers, children,       tailor,            clothes,         shoes.)

Georgette is a seamstress in Melen in Yaoundé. She sews dresses for (1) ____________________ according to their measurements. She designs and transforms the (2) ___________________ to suit the taste of her customers. Her husband is a (3) ______________ so when she has many (4) ___________________ to sew, she takes some for him to help  her. At times, she also asks her (5) ___________________ to help her in in folding the finished dresses.

Exercise 2: Complete these sentences with the appropriate expressions chosen from the brackets.

Have you sent the __________________ tolarry? (messenger, message, whatsApp).

 No. I haven’t finished my homework yet. Besides my homework, I must water the ______________ in the garden before my mother comes back at 5:30 P.M (vegetables, virgin, vegetarian).

 My mother eats a lot of vegetables and __________________ so if I don’t, she will beat me. (fruits, grass, fruit).

It is important to eat them because they contain vitamins and _________________ (power, proteins, protection).

True, I also like to eat them and my sister always buys them from the _______________ near our house. (market, mark, fruit).

SECTION C: COMPREHENSION

Read the passage below and answer the questions which follow it. Use your own words as far as possible.

The wicked step-mother

There was once a man who got married to two wives. The first was called Nancy and the second was called Carine. The man died and the first wife also died leaving behind her daughter called Christelle and the second wife’s child was called Eliza. One day during the rainy season, Carine sent Christelle to go and look for mangoes. She went out with her light night wear and a basket. In the basket there was a loaf of bread.

On her way she saw some men splitting firewood. She greeted them and asked where she could see mangoes. Then the men told her that they were hungry. She gave them the loaf of bread then they told her to take a broom and sweep. She took it and swept the place. She harvested the mangoes and thanked the men. They gave her a gift which was that whenever she talks, gold would fall from her mouth. She went home and talked and gold fell from her mouth. Her step-mother was jealous and decided to send her own child to go and harvest some mangoes too. She gave her enough food.

On her way, she saw the three men splitting firewood. She did not even care to greet them. She asked where she could find mangoes. They gave her a broom to sweep and she refused. So one of the men took the broom and swept and told her to harvest the mangoes. On her way back home, the men cursed her that whenever she speaks, frogs will jump out of her mouth. When she reached home, she wanted to greet her mother and a frog came out from her mouth. On a cold afternoon a prince came to ask for Christelle’s hand in marriage. She informed her step-mother. Carine, being a very wicked step-mother did not like the idea and sent away Christelle from the house without giving her anything to live on. So Christelle and the prince built their mansion with the gold that came out from her mouth and they lived happily.

The Augustian 2012 Edition,p. 29.

Questions:

Why did Christelle go out and what did she take along?                                                           (2 mks)

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According to the text list two things that Christelle did to prove her obedience and kindness     ( 2mks)

What did the men give her to compensate her for being obedient?                                         (1 mk)

With evidence from the text, write two things that Eliza did which the men did not like ?            ( 2 mk)

Tick (V) the correct answer from the text, write the answer from the different alternatives provided.

Christelle and her husband built their mansion from                                                                  (1 mk)

The gold that came from Carine’s mouth

The gold that came from the prince’s mouth

The gold that came Christelle’s mouth

6-Do you think it is necessary to be obedient and generous? Justify your answer                          2 mks

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SECTION D: COMPOSITION

Choose one topic from those bellow and write an essay of between 150-180 words.

You have just obtained your BEPC examination and your parents who live in the village have chosen a wife/husband for you to get married to but you don’t want him/her. Write a letter to them informing them why you think the marriage will not take place. You are NgahBellas of PSS Kumba and your post office box number is 45. In this letter you should write about:

Your age

Your future

Your choice of a wife/husband

The national week of bilingualism was celebrated in your school and many activities were carried out. Say how it was done. In your essay you may:

 what bilingualism is.

                           b)   When is it celebrated in Cameroon,

c)   The activities that were carried out.

 d) the participants are.