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Theory Practice A

Senior High 8 questions
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What theory practice a means

This practice set helps you handle short English questions that test grammar and word meaning. You learn to give direct answers quickly and correctly, which matters in timed exams.

What you will practise

  • Change active sentences into the passive voice.
  • Identify the correct past participle form of a verb.
  • Give one-word meanings for common descriptions.
  • Answer short structured grammar questions neatly.

Before you start

You should already know basic sentence parts such as subject, object and verb. It also helps if you can use common past tense forms and understand simple vocabulary meanings.

Not confident yet? Work through WASSCE-style Objectives — Set A first.

Worked example

One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.

Question

Rewrite in the passive voice: "The boy broke the window."

Answer: The window was broken by the boy.

Working: The object (window) becomes the subject and the verb becomes "was broken".

Common mistakes to avoid

  • Swapping the subject and object wrongly in passive voice questions.
  • Using the wrong verb form after 'was' or 'were'.
  • Giving a phrase when one precise word is needed.
  • Mixing up past tense and past participle forms.

Curriculum and exam alignment

Ghana GES SHS syllabusWASSCE

This kind of work usually appears in SHS English revision on grammar, sentence transformation and vocabulary building. It supports the sort of short response needed in WASSCE English papers.

Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.

Related skills

Other WASSCE Past Questions Practice skills in English, at the same point in the course.

Other English topics

Early Reading and WritingSHS English and LiteratureAcademic and Professional WritingGrammarVocabularyReading Comprehension

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Exams that assess theory practice a

Senior High work on this skill feeds directly into these exam papers. Each page lists the English topics that appear on it.

WASSCEWASSCE practice questionsFree WASSCE practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.GESGES practice questionsFree GES practice across the subjects at this stage, with worked answers.BECEBECE practice questionsListed as a related subject on the BECE practice page.

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