English Mock Exam - BEPC 2018 - Lycee de Mbougong-Mbouda

This English mock exam for the BEPC, prepared by Lycee de Mbougong in Mbouda for the 2018 session, provides rigorous practice for candidates. The document includes a complete answer key covering all sections of the exam.

Exam Structure:

• Section A - Grammar (10 marks): Three distinct exercises. The first is a gap-filling text about gender discrimination and women's emancipation, testing the choice between determiners, prepositions, and pronouns. The second is a dialogue to complete on the theme of domestic and personal hygiene. The third focuses on sentence transformation: reported speech and question tags.
• Section B - Vocabulary (10 marks): Four varied exercises. A gap-filling text on human rights, violence against women, and child soldiers. A column-matching exercise to form coherent sentences. A prefixation exercise (il-, un-, mis-, dis-, a-) to build opposites of words. Finally, a phonetics exercise on different vowel sound pronunciations.
• Section C - Reading Comprehension (10 marks): A poignant and current text on the tradition of "breast ironing" in Cameroon, presenting two victims' testimonies (Doriane, 19, and Agnes, 32). Questions assess comprehension, true/false judgment, and personal reflection on this harmful traditional practice.
• Section D - Composition (10 marks): Three topics to choose from: an argumentative essay comparing letters and cell phones, a descriptive text about an act of violence, and an informal letter about school difficulties.

This document is intended for Form 4 students preparing for the BEPC. The themes covered (women's rights, gender-based violence, harmful traditional practices) are particularly relevant and reflect contemporary social issues in Cameroon. The detailed answer key provides response guidelines for each exercise.