English Past Questions And Answers
John's father has just bought a ______ car
- (a)brand new blue Japanese sports
- (b)brand new Japanese blue sports
- (c)brand new sports Japanese blue
- (d)new brand blue sports Japanese
This question is based on selection poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W.. (ed.):Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.):A Selection of African Poetry; Maduka, C.T. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D. I. (ed.):West African Verse
The poet persona in Wangusa's A Taxi Driver on His Death is
- A. optimistic
- B. pessimistic
- C. romantic
- D. sarcastic
After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
We wanted to arrive early so we decided to leave at 10 0'clock at the latest. This means that we
- A. must leave at 10 0'clock exactly
- B. should not leave later than 10 0'clock
- C. should not leave before 10 0'clock
- D. must leave about 10 0'clock
Due to their often strange images, highly experimental syntax, and opaque subject matter, many of John Ashbery’s poems can be quite difficult to ______ and thus are the object of heated debate among scholars. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
- A) delegate
- B) compose
- C) interpret
- D) renounce
Write a story to illustrate the saying: The devil makes work for idle hands.
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2014 THEORYIn each of the following sentence, 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 in the underlined word and that will at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.
Rather than being sensitive to the plight of the workers, the manager remained......
- A. Disdainful
- B. Curious
- C. Negligent
- D. Indifferent
Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). Here is Mr. Odumusu who teaches English ....... in our school?
- A. pronuntiation
- B. pronounciation
- C. pronunciation
- D. pronountiation
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. People are not interested in who rules?
- A. People are not ruled by the leaders they want
- B. People are not concerned about who rules them
- C. The rulers are not concerned about the people
- D. People who rule are not intersested in the ruled
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 as it is used in the sentence.
The lawyer remarked that the fact that the accused did nothing when the innocent boy was being lynched made himculpable
- A. liable
- B. untrustworthy
- C. guilt
- D. blameworthy
Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined. We werecollectively responsible for keeping the machine in good shape?
- A. jointly
- B. severally
- C. dutifully
- D. socially