english Past Questions And Answers

English Past Questions And Answers

1231

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics This event was awatershed in the company

A. landmark
B. blot
C. publicity
D. stain

View Discussion (0)JAMB 2017

1232

From the words or group of words lettered A to E below the sentence, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined words as used in the sentence.

You will incur your father'swrath if you do that.

A. debt
B. expenditure
C. anger
D. favour

View Discussion (0)WAEC 1991 OBJ

1233

A horse rider rode into town on Friday, spent one night there, and left on Friday. Which of the following explains the situation?

A. His horse was named Friday
B. He arrived in the town after midnight on Friday
C. He left the town before noon on Friday
D. His own name was Friday

View Discussion (0)POST UTME UNILORIN

1234

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 young girl swept the board at the recent competitions. This means that the young girl

A. came last in the competition
B. cleaned the score-board very well
C. won some of the competition
D. won everything that could be won

View Discussion (0)WAEC 1997 OBJ

1235

He has never been a good mediator, even in minor family disputes, because in most cases his views are always Jaundiced

A. coloured
B. sick
C. suspicious
D. prejudiced

View Discussion (0)JAMB 1980

1236

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.

Mr. Preye is astern father.

A. wicked
B. loving
C. conservative
D. strict

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2001 OBJ

1237

In each of the following sentences, there is one underlined word and one gap. from the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence

False withnesscastigate rather than....the accused

A. expose
B. appease
C. punish
D. exonerate

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2015 OBJ

1238

A youth club in your country is organizing an essay competition for final year Senior Secondary School students on the topic: The lingua franca question: problems and prospects. Write your entry.

Explanation

PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF LINGUA FRANCA IN NIGERIA.

A lingua franca is a language used for common communication among peoples of a country with diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds like Nigeria, For instance. in some countries in East Africa like Tanzania and Kenya, Swahili has been adopted as the lingua franca. A lingua franca is supposed to be a language accepted and adopted by a country and spoken among natives who have their different native languages.

In Nigeria, presently, the language which can be regarded as the lingua franca is the English language, the language of the colonizers. English language has served the country over the years as both the official language and the lingua franca. However, Nigeria, as a multi-ethnic country with diverse cultural and linguistic affinities needs a lingua franca even if it means throwing off the last yoke of colonialism by replacing English language with a lingua famca.

A. lingua franca can do a lot of good for the country. As a means of effective communication among all tribes and ethnic groups in the country, a lingua franca will promote unity and harmony. When there is a common language spoken by all the. ethnic groups in Nigeria, there is every tendency that the various ethnic languages and dialects will be de-emphasized. This will lead to people in the country regarding one another as brothers and sisters. It will facilitate easy communication and understanding.

In addition, a lingua franca is a leveller. It is a language spoken by both the rich and the poor. the noble and the peasants. A lingua franca bridges the yearning gap between the rich and the poor as it is natural that the person one shares a language with is one's brother.

Furthermore, a lingua franca is desirable for national integrity. A country with a distinguished lingua franca is identified with the language and as such. it is respected among comity of nations. In fact, other nations look down on a nation which uses another country's language as its lingua franca. It is even worse if the lingua franca is the language of a coloniser.

The adoption of a lingua franca could be fraught with a lot of problems. The first problem is that of acceptance. The ethnic groups always cling to their different native languages which they regard as their mother tongues. As a result of this, making them to accept a lingua franca may mean to them dropping their mother tongues for another language.

The second problem is that in Nigeria. the several ethnic groups always associate the number of the speakers of their ethnic languages with population. They believe that languages have to do with geographical spread and thus, they resist every attempt to undermine the use of their native languages.

Nigeria needs to have a national lingua franca policy as a matter of urgency. If the country could gradually and assiduously pursue a policy on lingua franca. a language could emerge out of the various ethnic languages we have. A lingua franca is always a melange of the two or more languages, especially the languages of the minority groups. I am sure that if a lingua franca emerges out of the languages of the minority ethnic groups in Nigeria, such lingua franca will be nationally accepted and it would not be regarded by other major ethnic groups as local imperialism.

View Discussion (0)WAEC 1991 THEORY

1239

From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

Twice, he wasrepulsed with heavy losses

A. repelled
B. gratified
C. irated
D. shocked

View Discussion (0)JAMB 2022

1240

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

The boys covered their noses because of the........odour in the area.

A. annoying
B. smelling
C. offensive
D. repressive

View Discussion (0)WAEC 2003 OBJ