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Do you know WAEC’s favourate BECE English Composition Question Types To Watch For the Upcoming Examination?

Over the last 10 years, the West African Examination Council has proven that it loves to ask specific types of essay questions at the BECE each year. These types of questions are routine and common. In this post, we share with all candidates what we term WAEC’s favourite BECE English Composition Question Types to Watch.

Before we look at that, let us take a look at the three sample essay questions released by WAEC for the 2024 BECE. 

Only answer one question from this section. Your composition should be about 250 words long.

1. As the secretary of the Wildlife Club in your school, present the minutes you wrote at the first meeting for the term.

HINT: This is a minute. It should have a title, written in minutes format with an opening and subheadings usually found on minites.

2. Write an article for publication in your school journal describing a trip you made to a tourist site and one lesson you learned from the trip.

Hint: This is an article for publication. It should follow the strict format and include the title, introduction, body, and details about the writer. Because this is an article for the school journal, you will need to include your name, class, and position in your school at the end of the article.

3. At one time or another, most of us have to share something with someone else. Tell your friends about one difficulty you faced when you had to share something you valued with another person, and how you solved the problem.

HINT: This is a descriptive narrative essay, which means you would primarily narrate an event and include some level of description in it. Do not forget that this is not a letter but instead a narrative. Ensure to have a title before you write the essay.

What are the three types of BECE English Composition questions that WAEC frequently asks?

#1: Formal Letter Questions

WAEC favours this type of essay question, asking it in various forms nearly every year. Master the features, since WAEC can ask a formal letter question. Remember, you are writing this letter to individuals in positions of authority, including members of parliament, the minister, and your head teacher, among others.

Master the features and ensure that they are in your letter. Consider the following:

1. Writer’s address
2. Date
3. Receipients Address
4. Salautation (use just one of these) Use Dear Sir, or use Dear Madam. (Do not use Dear Sir or Madam.)
5. Write and centre the heading of the letter. The heading of the letter can be easily found in the question itself.
6. Write a straight-to-the point introduction based on the reason why you are writing the letter. This can be found in the questions and is exactly what you used in your heading.
7. Write at least three paragraphs that relate to the body of the letter, or better yet, that answer the question (Why are you writing the letter?)
8. Write your final paragraph, which often explains what you expect the person in authority to do.
9. Sign off using yours faithfully. This should be followed by a comma, then your signature, then your full name, and finally your position in brackets, if any. (Do not mix this arrangement up.)

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#2. Narrative essays

WAEC also loves to ask learners to narrate stories. Often, the question demands that they write a story that ends with a given phrase or that they write a story that explains a given phrase. Candidates must ensure that their essay has the following features:.

1. Centred title that is not too long and tells the reader about the theme of the story.
2. If the story is to explain a given phrase, such as “We well as happ,”  “We got there in time to save the situation,” or “Don’t throw stones if you leave in a glass house,” make sure the story is able to explain this phrase if it is read by the examiner.
3. Involve suspense in the essay.
4. Make it interesting, depending on the kind of phrase provided.

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However, do not forget that you can be given the introduction of the essay, and then you can be required to continue with the essay.

#3 Aritcles for publication

This is the third most likely question WAEC often asks during the BECE.

1. An article for publication is written to the editor or the media house.
2. Since it is an article, DO NOT WRITE AN ADDRESS OR DATE FOR BOTH WRITER AND RECIEPEINT.
3. Instead, go straight to the heading and start your write-up.
4. Do not include any opening greetings. Do not ask about the health of anyone. This is not a letter.

It should follow a strict format and include

1. The title
2. Introduction
3. The body and the details about the writer.
4. Write your name, town, class, country, or position at the end of the article, depending on whether the article is for a school magazine, a country magazine, or an international magazine.

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Projections for 2024  BECE

1. An informal letter or formal letter
2. Narrative essay
3. Article for publication.

We hope this article on WAEC’s favourite BECE English Composition Question Types to Watch has helped you revise for the English paper.