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2024
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SECTION TWO: GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY 20 MARKS

 A: GRAMMAR 5 marks

I.
1. prepared
2. What
3. neither. . .nor
4. ought not
5. aren’t you

II.
1. The Discipline Master said that students would / should keep the school clean on Monday.
The Discipline Master ordered the students to keep the school environment clean on Monday.
2. has changed
3. rather. . .than / prefer to … than / rather prefer to … than
4. The government has appointed community heads who need to supervise local projects.
5. If had enough time in the village, I would visit all the health units

B:I. VOCABULARY

I 2.5 marks
1. learning resources .
2. to carry out
3. download
4. everyone
5. medication
II. 2.5 marks
1. update
2. honest
3. campaign
4. harmful
5. celebrities

SECTION THREE: READING COMPREHENSION / 20 MARKS

1. Things that determine prices of goods in the market are :
a) If the manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers are left to decide the price without government interference
b) When the manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers try to make so much profit;
c) The cost of manufacturing of goods
d) The system of distribution of goods in a country
2. The government steps into stabilize prices
3. The government controls prices sometimes to consumer and to prevent inflation.
4. Four things the government considers before fixing the prices of manufacture goods are :
i) Salaries
ii) Cost of raw materials
iii) Cost of equipment C
iv) Cost of power (electricity)
5. Customers usually pay for goods above the factory price because each trader (wholesaler and retailer) covers the cost of his work and adds a profit on it too.
6. A warehouse has as primary function to stoic products between the time they are produced or bought from wholesalers and the time they are distributed to retailers or customers.
7. Yes. Middlemen are necessary in business world because it is from them that petty
A retailers, market women and hawkers obtain their goods.
No. Middleman are not necessary in the world of business because the often cause the rise in prices in the chain of business
8. inflation
9. B- the price control board cannot fix the price of goods without concrete information from the producer.
10. True,
11. C-variety
12. deposit
13. A-1 middlemen
14. C- general information about the manufacturing company.
l5. D- their profits would be reduce

SECTION FOUR : COMPOSITION WRITING 20 MARKS

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
The composition is scored using the 2/3 majority rule and according to the following evaluation criteria: relevance, coherence, accuracy and originality.
I. Relevance of the production to the topic/ subject matter = 6 marks
II. Coherence -logical presentation of ideas and -paragraphs that are linked to the ; topic.
III. Accuracy - choice of appropriate words, use of correct punctuation marks, accurate spellings, correct syntax and grammar, etc. = 6 marks
IV. Originality = 2 marks

TOPIC 1: FORMAL LETTER OF APPLICATION EXPECTATIONS

The candidate is expected to write a Letter of Application to the Human Resource Manager of A and A Computers Limited requesting for the post of Managing Director.
He/she should mention:
- where he/she saw the advert
- His/her academic and professional qualification
~ Why the job is important to him/her
- Names of two referees
Mark allocation for a formal letter.

TOPIC 2: A SPEECH

EXPECTATIONS
The candidate is expected to write a speech that he/ she will deliver on the cultural day of his / her village in the presence of the chief and notables. As a youth leader, he/ she wants the community to do a fundraising to help in the development of the community.
He/she should identify the issues faced by the community and propose solutions. He /she will also list the projects that will be realised from money raised during the fund.

TOPIC 3 : WRITlNG» AN ARTICLE

EXPECTATION

The candidate is expected to write an article that will be published in Cameroon Tribune ’ on the importance of ICTs in the lives of people in his/ her suburb. In the speech, he/ she should give the meaning of ICT, examples of ICT devices, and finally, the use and importance of technological devices.

SECTION FIVE: LITERATURE AWARENESS 5 marks

PART ONE: LITERATURE NOTIONS

1) B Quotes
2) D - Alliteration
3) A - Flashback
4) C- the protagonist
5 5) C - Stage.

PART TWO: BORN BEFORE HER TIME BY MARGARET AFUH 

1 B- Abo
2. She ran away because she was escaping from a forced marriage. / She was looking for greener pastures.
3. i) Ebod Api
ii) Mbacham
iii) Worewum
iv) John.
4 a) True
b) True
5. Parental care and consideration in internal conflict.
It contributes to the plot by helping; the parents to start thinking that they would have considered their daughter’s choice for marriage rather than forcing her to somebody that could cause them to lose her completely. This helped them to consider their daughter’s choice over theirs leading to freedom of choice in marriage for all the girls in the village.

PART THREE: VISITING AMERICA BY ANNE TANYI-TANG 

1. New York / America
2. False.
3. a) Coco made the statement
3. b) Internal conflict and misunderstanding.
4. Yomi was caring understanding simple / polite
5. a) True
5. b) False

PART FOUR: AUTHENTIC POETRY 2: NEGBE BESONG ELVIS 

Climate change.
2 Yes, climate change 1s affecting us today. Seasons have become chameleons /Oceans have gone furious, mad or wild / Tsunamis are common causing human and material damage.
a) Personification: - “Weather history does not lie?-. Weather has been given a human quality, lie. It helps us to understand the inconsistency of the change in weather
• Oceans base gone furious, mad or wild: Human qualifies have been given to the ocean to show the degree of destruction that waters can cause as a result of climate change.
• Lakes, springs, and streams mourn their waters, ‘‘Just like human beings mourn the death of their loved ones, lakes, springs and streams mourn their water as a result of drought due to climate change effects.
b) Simile: “Growing wilder each year like lions ‘’The destruction of the climate
4 change effect are compared to that of a wild lion.
.4 c) Metaphor: - “As seasons have become chameleons “The changes in seasons is compared to the way a chameleon changes its colour.
4. W Climate change can be solved by: Planting more trees (afforestation), Irrigation, reducing deforestation, increase the use of clean fuel, avoid burning the environment, the 3 R rules (reduce, recycle and reuse)
5. a) True
b) True