2012 - WAEC English Past Questions and Answers - page 2
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
One should ...........the land very well if one expects a bumper harvest
cultivate; prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening.
One should cultivate the land very well if one expects a bumper harvest
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
His lecture was.............and so the students did not understand it.
Indefinite; lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time
His lecture was indefinite and so the students did not understand it.
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
In Botany, one is bound to........flowers
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
Harry cannot do without his...........of short stories because he loves reading.
collection; a group of things or people.
Harry cannot do without his collection of short stories because he loves reading.
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
Can you............the result of tomorrow's match?
predict; is a guess, sometimes based on facts or evidence, but not always.
Can you predict the result of tomorrow's match?
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
The river..........across the plain
Meandered; (of a river or road) follow a winding course.
The river meandered across the plain
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
Since the army was no longer needed, it was ...............
Disbanded; to dissolve or cause to part ways
Since the army was no longer needed, it was disbanded
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
It is most...........that the company spent five million naira on that fragile fence
Astonishing; extremely surprising or impressive; amazing.
It is most astonishing that the company spent five million naira on that fragile fence
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
Matters that are confidential must not be made..........
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
The boy went scot-free even though he insulted his teacher. This means that the boy was
To escape from a situation without receiving the punishment you deserve