OBSERVATION
Write a letter to the Editor of the newspaper Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo suggesting how a successful hosting of football competition in this country could be achieved.
Above is a formal letter, candidates were expected to use the following format.
- Address of the writer
- Editor’s address
- Topic sentence
- Salutation
- Content
- Conclusion
The content of the letter may include suggesting ways that could lead to a successful hosting of the competition such as improving the condition of media houses, provision of security, good hotels, justice and fairness on the part of the referees, etc.
Many candidates attempted the question and their performance was encouraging.
- Kowa ya rufa asirin wani, Allah ya rufa nasa.
Whoever covers the secret of another person, God will surely cover his own.
The statement above is a proverb. It requires the candidates to give it’s meaning, narrate a story that will end with the proverb and further identify other proverbs of it’s equivalent.
Examples of proverbs of it’s equivalent
- Kowa ya jikan wani Allah zai jikan sa
- Alheri danko ne ba ya faduwa kasa banza
- Wanda ya taimaki wani Allah zai jikan sa.
Few candidates attempted the question and their performance was poor.
