OBSERVATION
(a) Define an open syllable
(b) Mention three examples each of an open syllable with these types of vowels:
- long
- short
- diphthong
The question is on phonology, candidates were expected to define an open syllable and to use the three types of vowels mentioned to give three examples each of an open syllable. Example:
Dogon wasali gajeren wasali tagwan wasali
waasaa wayaa wai
kaazaa karee kai
yaaroo tawadaa tauri
doogoo kankanaa daidai
daree gwauro
Few candidates attempted the question and their performance was encouraging.
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.
