2012 - WAEC English Past Questions and Answers - page 5
From the words lettered A to D below each of the following sentences, choose the word that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word
The principal endorsed my travelling documents without delay.
Endorsed; To declare one's public approval or support of something or someone
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:
Please, run......fifty copies of this report for me
Run off; To make photocopies.
Please, run off fifty copies of this report for me
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:
My father's seventieth birthday...........a celebration.
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:
Kojo succeeded in passing his examination.................the odds he faced
Despite; without being affected by; in spite of.
Kojo succeeded in passing his examination despite the odds he faced
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 the police had not intervened quickly, the suspected thief..........by the mob.
The phrase ''would have been killed'' means something had happened that prevented another thing (an unlikely bad event) from happening.
If the police had not intervened quickly, the suspected thief would have been killed by the mob.
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:
Harry hates.............in suspense
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:
We are not bound to believe all .............He said
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:
Margaret forgot to buy.................
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 charged...........stealing from the company's safe
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 teacher had hardly turned his back...........the class became noisy
The teacher had hardly turned his back. when the class became noisy