waec 2000 english Past Questions And Answers

Waec 2000 English Past Questions And Answers

1

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.

You should take what he tells you with a pinch of salt. This means that you should

A. reject everything he says because he is a liar
B. pay close attention to him
C. doubt what he says
D. question him closely

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2

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 children were warned not to be undulyinquisitive

A. naughty
B. playful
C. troublesome
D. curious

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3

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 bride was praised by her mother-in-law for herimpeccablebehaviour

A. spotless
B. appropriate
C. beautiful
D. faultless

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4

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.

With hiscogent argument in favour of the proposal he was able to check further opposition

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. With his cogent argument in favour of the proposal he was able to check further opposition A. insistent
B. urgent
C. convincing
D. uncompromising

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5

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

If we cancommence the meeting on time, we should be able to ............by 4.00 p.m.

A. return
B. vacate
C. convene
D. adjourn

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6

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.

Ogene was not the leastcowed by the bully's threats

A. intimidated
B. worried
C. encouraged
D. distracted

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7

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

Weblamed Obi for breaking the door, but when Ade confessed that he did it, Obi was...........

A. rewarded
B. exonerated
C. released
D. jailed

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8

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 warned the final-year students about the consequences ofprocrastination

A. haste
B. delay
C. protesting
D. rioting

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9

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 newly acquired air-bus plane is a white elephant. This means that the plane is

A. very costly but worthless
B. very useful
C. as big as an elephant
D. the biggest plane on the fleet

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10

You are a speaker in an inter-school debate on the topic: It is better to attend a school near your home than one outside your neighborhood. Write your speech for or against the proposition.

Explanation

A SPEECH AGAINST THE PROPOSITION THAT IT IS BETTER TO ATTEND A SCHOOL NEAR YOUR HOME THAN ONE OUTSIDE YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Good day, Mr. Chairman panel of Judges co-debators ladies and gentlemen and my most attentive audience. My name is Temilola Adekanbi a student of Okeira Grammar School. Okeira. I am here to oppose the motion which states: It is better to attend a school near your home than one outside your neighbourhood.

I believe strongly that it is better to attend a school outside ones neighbourhood. First, attending a neighbourhood school will limit the outlook and the perception of a person as a student. A student needs to go outside his neighbour-hood so that he could be widely accepted and recognised. It makes a student to be more cosmopolitan in outlook, comportment and behaviour. There is a tendency for a student who attends a neighbourhood school to be parochial in outlook and thinking. As a student, one must not be restricted or limited to ones environment alone because there is a lot to learn outside one's immediate neighbourhood.

I am sure that my opponent would want to argue that a student who attends a school outside his neighbourhood would be tired and fagged out before getting to school everday However, attending a school outside one's neighbourhood makes one to be more time-conscious and more organised than a student who attends a school in the neighbourhood. A student who knows that he has to go to school outside his neighbourhood would organize his schedule effectively in order to be in his class at the appropriate time. Of course, chairman. ladies and gentlemen, you would all agree with me that such a student would be more effective, diligent and able to manage his or her time more effectively than the other who settles for a school nearer home. Such a student would not allow people to waste his time and he would face his studies with all seriousness because he is aware of the efforts he puts in before he gets to school.

Furthermore, a student who attends a school outside his neighbourhood is unlikely to engage himself in trivial and irrelevant matters. He has his time-table which he keeps. He would not be bothered by irrelevant and trivial issues which would have bothered him should he attend a school near his home. He could not be on useless errands as his counterparts who are attending schools in the neighbourhood. He is immune against humdrum and mundane matters of the home and all his energy are channeled towards profitable ventures.

Mr. Chairman sir. ladies and gentlemen. I would like to thank you for giving me the time to make my points clear. Panel of Judges and my audience, I hope that I have been able to convince you that it is better to attend a school outside ones neighbourhood than to attend a school in one s neighbourhood. Thank you.

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