2011 - WAEC English Past Questions and Answers - page 5
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence.
The fat old woman looked comical in those trousers.
Comical; amusing, especially in a ludicrous or absurd way.
Ridiculous; deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
When I arrived, I noticed that he.............the kitchen
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
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
He was dismissed because he ............. the cheque.
He was dismissed because he should not have issued the cheque.
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
Is there...............chalk in the classroom?
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.
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
The last election resulted ..................a disaster for the Socialist Party
The last election resulted in a disaster for the Socialist Party
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
The family..............dinner when we knocked at the door.
The family was having dinner when we knocked at the door.
Having,means anything your doing right now at the moment.
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
All................the president said was reported in the dailies.
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
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
Which of the two questions is..................?
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
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
If it rains, the exhibition will be cancelled,.............?
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.
From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences:
The rent is too high;............,the house is not in a suitable location.
The rent is too high; besides the house is not in a suitable location.
Besides; means in addition to; apart from.