2011 - WAEC English Past Questions and Answers - page 5

Comical;  amusing, especially in a ludicrous or absurd way.

Ridiculous; deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.

When I arrived, I noticed that he had swept the kitchen,

Swept is the past tense and past participle of  sweep, likewise had is the past tense and past participle of have

He was dismissed because he should not have issued  the cheque.

Is there any chalk in the classroom?

Any; used to refer to one or some of a thing or number of things, no matter how much or how many.

The last election resulted in a disaster for the Socialist Party

The family was having dinner when we knocked at the door.

Having,means anything your doing right now at the moment.

All that the president said was reported in the dailies.

''That'' is correct because ''all what'' is always wrong, and you should use either ''all that'' (or everything that, the words that, etc) or what. ''That'' is a relative pronoun like who/whom, whereas ''what'' is a nominal relative pronoun. The two words fulfill distinct grammatical parts, and cannot be interchanged

Which of the two questions is more difficult?

The rule is simple and has no exceptions. If you're only comparing two things, use comparatives like more and easier. If you're comparing more than two, use superlatives like most and easiest

question tags turn a statement into a question. They are often used for checking information that we think we know is true.  

Usually if the main clause is positive, the question tag is negative, and if the main clause is negative, it's positive. For example: You don't like me (positive), do you (negative)?

from the  statement  ''If it rains, the exhibition will be cancelled, (positive)  wont it? (negative).? The speaker is certain the event would be canceled if it rains, the ''wont it?'' tag is to confirm there are all on the same page.

Question tag is used when we want to check something is true, or invite people to agree with us.

The rent is too high; besides  the house is not in a suitable location.

Besides; means in addition to; apart from.