Association des élèves et étudiants BURKINA FASO

musulmans au Burkina Unité – Progrès – Justice

(A.E.E.M.B.)
Chevalier de l’ordre du mérite national ‫بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم‬
Au Nom d’Allah, Clément et Miséricordieux

BEPC BLANC NATIONAL - SESSION 2024

ÉPREUVE D’ANGLAIS
Coefficient : 03
Durée : 2h

Text: Going to a New School

After the last day of the holidays, my uncle Mamadou took me to my new school.
“Work hard now”, he said “and God will keep you. You can give me your first
impressions on Sunday.”
On the Sunday, I complained bitterly to my uncle: “But I’ve learnt nothing uncle, I
already know by my heart all the things they taught us. Is it really necessary going to
this school? I might as well go back to Kouroussa at once!”
“No”, said my uncle, “Wait a little!”
“There is nothing to wait for. I could see at once that there was nothing worth waiting
for.”
“Come on! Do not be so impatient. Are you always as impatient as this? The school
where you are now is perhaps not so good in general subjects, but it can give you
practical training which you will find nowhere else. Haven’t you been in the
workshops?” I showed him my hands: they were covered with scratches and my
fingers burned. “But I do not want to be a workman” I said. “Why not?” replied my
uncle. “I do not want to be neglected.”
Now I was ambitious. But I would never realize my ambitions by becoming a
manual worker. I had no more respect than most people for such workers. “But who is
speaking of manual work?” said my uncle. “A technician is not necessarily a manual
worker. There are other things in his line of work. He is a man who has other workers
under him. He can do many different things. That is where you will succeed. Believe
me, stay where you are. And I am going to tell you something you don’t know. Your
school is about to be reorganized. You will shortly see great changes there, and the
general standard of education will not be inferior to that at the Camille Guy College.”
Did my uncle’s arguments finally convince me? __ Not altogether, perhaps__ But
my other uncle Sékou and even my aunts added their advice to this, and I stayed at the
technical school.
Adapted from the African Child by Camara Laye
Vocabulary: a workshop: un atelier ; Scratches: égratignures ; Perhaps: peut –
être.
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QUESTIONS (Going to a new school)

I. COMPREHENSION (8pts)

A- Read the text and write the letter that is in front of the correct answer (write
only the number and the letter). (2pts)
1. The boy complained to ……………
a) His friend b) His teacher c) A relative d) A classmate

2. The boy had to meet his uncle again

a) The previous week b) Two weeks later c) The following week d) At the
weekend

3. For the boy the new school was

a.) Difficult b.) Interesting c.) Too easy d.) Good for him.

4. At last the boy

a) Disagreed with his uncle b) Agreed with his uncle. c) was angry with his uncle.
d.) Disappointed his uncle.

B. Read the text and decide if these statements are True (T) or False (F) (Write
only the number and True or False) (2pts)

1.) The workshops are not in the boy’s school..............................

2.) A technical school is where you can receive a practical training.....................
3.) The boy admires manual workers............................
4.) For the uncle, a technician is more than a manual worker...............................

C. Read the text and answer the following questions (4pts)

1) When does the uncle take the boy to the new school? (1pt)
2) Where did the boy come from? (1pt)
3) Find two (02) expressions in the text to show that the boy’s working conditions
were hard. (2pts)

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 II. VOCABULARY (2pts)
1. Find in the text the antonym of these words. (1pt)
a. Nothing ……….….. (Paragraph 4)
b. Uncle ……………… (Paragraph 5)

2. Find two irregular verbs conjugated in the simple past and give their infinitives in
paragraph n°1. (1pt)

III. GRAMMAR (6pts)

A- Put the verbs between parentheses into the appropriate tense (1pt)
1. If I were the president of Burkina Faso, I (to build) many schools and hospitals.
2. Students will pass their BEPC exam if they (to work) hard

B- Write the corresponding tags question for these sentences (1pt)

1. I showed him my hands, ...............
2. I do not want to be neglected, .........

C- Complete with the right words in the parentheses: (1pt)

1) Do Romeo and Juliet love.................................? (They, their, each other)
2) The teacher will give...........................a homework. (You, your, yourselves)

D- There is one mistake in each of these sentences: correct it. (1pt)

1. Can you to speak English? :....................................................
2. Karim will must speak Chinese: .............................................

E- Put these sentences into the passive voice (1pt)

1. He can do many different things
2. My uncle Mamadou took me to my new school.

F- Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. (Choose only the letter) (1pt)
1. The woman ….. you met yesterday at school is our English teacher
a- which b. who c. Whom d. whose
2. You should avoid ……….your phone once in class
a. using b. to use c. use d. used

IV. WRITING (4pts)

Which do you prefer, general or technical education? Justify your choice (8-10 lines).

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