Cameroon GCE advanced level June 2025 English Language 2
Cameroon GCE advanced level June 2025 English Language 2
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SECTION B: PRESCRIBED TEXTS (20 MARKS)
Answer ONE question only.
- Read the following poem and answer the questions below it.
“IF WE MUST DIE”
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot,
While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs,
Making their mock at our accursed lot.
If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters will we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us through dead!
O kinsmen! We must meet the common foe!
Though far outnumbered let us show us brave,
And for their thousand blows deal one death – blow
What though before us lies the open grave?
Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back.
I. In a paragraph, say what you consider to be the poet’s message. (4 marks)
II. Give the meaning in context of the following words/expressions:
(i) … inglorious spot….(L.2)
(ii) … accursed lot….(L.5)
(iii) … nobly die….(L.6)
(iv) … cowardly pack….(L.15) (4 marks)
III. Pick out two phrasal verbs from the first stanza. (2 marks)
IV. Pick out four adverbs and change them to nouns. (4 marks)
V. Show how the theme of bravery in the poem is reflected in any other two prescribed texts. (6 marks)
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The society as presented in the prescribed texts is morally decadent. Use any three prescribed texts to justify this assertion. (20 marks)
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Characters in the prescribed texts portray the ideals of heroism. Use any three prescribed texts to illustrate this assertion. (20 marks)
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PART ONE (NEW SYLLABUS)
SECTION A: COMPOSITION (20 MARKS)
MARK DISTRIBUTION
Content and Organisation (10 marks)
Expression (8 marks)
Accuracy (2 marks)
Choose ONE topic to write about from the list below. You are advised to write clearly and effectively, to spell and punctuate correctly and to ensure that your writing is appropriate in style and content to the topic chosen. Avoid obscene language and do not disclose your identity. You should write between 500 and 550 words.
a) Write a story which explains the proverb: ‘Don’t count your chickens before they hatch’
b) Technology
c) Describe an incident in which you were involved that brought shame and disgrace to your school.
d) Young girls face a lot of difficulties growing up in your community. Suggest measures which could be taken to address their difficulties.
e) Parents should choose spouses for their children. Do you agree?
f) Write a story, a description or other form of composition suggested by one of the following pictures. Your composition may be directly about the subject of the picture or take some central suggestion(s) from it. There must be a clear connection between the picture and1 the composition
meroon GCE advanced level June 2025 English Language 2
