2010 - WAEC English Past Questions & Answers - page 5

41

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
It is sad that the rich...............pity the poor

A
doesn't
B
don't
C
do
D
did
CORRECT OPTION: b

It is sad that the rich don't pity the poor

42

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:

It is sad that the rich...............pity the poor

A
doesn't
B
don't
C
do
D
did
CORRECT OPTION: b

It is sad that the rich don't pity the poor.

 

43

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:

The motorcycle nearly hit Jane and..............

A
me
B
I
C
myself
D
mine
CORRECT OPTION: b

The motorcycle nearly hit Jane and i

"I" is correct. The speaker is the subject of the sentence, the one performing the action, and so you use the subject version of the pronoun. You use "me" when the speaker is the object, the person being acted on.

44

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:

I found my friends sitting..............the beach.

A
in
B
at
C
under
D
on
CORRECT OPTION: b

I found my friends sitting at the beach.

If you say "at'' the beach, it might be in the water, or at a shop near the beach buying ice cream, or even on vacation in a beach town.

45

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
It is about time you..............to bed.

A
go
B
have gone
C
went
D
should go
CORRECT OPTION: c

It is about time you went to bed.

Tense is the form of a verb which represents the time it takes for something to happen. It is of three types: "Past, present and future". Past refers something that already happened, present refers to thing that is happening right now and future indicates to the things that are yet to happen.

The above given sentence is changed into past tense by changing the verb into past form.

46

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:

It is about time you..............to bed.

A
go
B
have gone
C
went
D
should go
CORRECT OPTION: c

It is about time you went to bed.

The grammar is past but meaning is NOW

47

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:

One of his close friends...............a soldier

A
is
B
are
C
have been
D
were
CORRECT OPTION: a

One of his close friends is a soldier

When deciding whether to use is or are, look at whether the noun is plural or singular. The noun ''soldier'' is singular 

48

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:

Does Omar...........in the city?

A
lived
B
lives
C
live
D
living
CORRECT OPTION: c

Does Omar live in the city?

Live; reside, one's residence

49

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:

The meeting of the.................will come later today.

A
secretaries general
B
secretary generals
C
secretary generals'
D
secartary general's
CORRECT OPTION: a

The meeting of the secretaries general will come later today.

secretaries general is the plural form of secretary general

50

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
His father has a .............

A
round wooden beautiful table
B
wooden round beautiful table
C
beautiful table
D
beautiful round wooden table
CORRECT OPTION: d

His father has a beautiful round wooden table

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