Year : 
1994
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

71 - 80 of 98 Questions

# Question Ans

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

71.

Elaho enjoys.....soccer

A. to play

B. play

C. playing

D. to be playing

C

72.

Miss Onassis was a ......

A. young rich lady

B. rich young lady

C. lady young rich

D. young lady rich

B

73.

Did Aminu come here as he promised?

A. No, he did

B. Yes, he didn't

C. No, he didn't

D. Yes, he doesn't

C

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the list below each passage, five choices are offered A to E. For each question, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage.

A nation that wants to -76- her citizens cannot rely on traditional methods of -77- but a large scale -78- Rather than depend on simple -79- like the hoe and the cutlass, it is high time we thought in terms of -80- . Large areas of -81- land must be open up, and aid must be given to young farmers to acquire their own -82-. The effort must start from schools, where students need to be taught both -83- of crops as well as animal -84-. To make land available to more people, the land -85- practices in most parts of the nation need to be revised. Above all, -86- should be generated through loans with reasonable -87- rates.
The -88- to have children is deep rooted in the hearts of both men and women, and on entering into -89- union they regard the -90- of children as the first and most -91- duty. A childless marriage in an African -92- is practically a failure, for children bring joy not only to their parents but also to the -93- as a whole. The -94- of a family brings with it a rise in social -95-. The social position of a -96- who has children is of greater importance and dignity than that of a bachelor or -97-. After the -98- of the first child, the married -99- becomes the object of higher -100- among their fellows than they were before.

74.

In question numbered 76 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. groom

B. fatten

C. feed

D. feast

E. nourish

C

75.

In question numbered 77 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. farming

B. peasantry

C. planting

D. sowing

E. gardening

A

76.

In question numbered 78 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. horticulture

B. silage

C. tillage

D. husbandry

E. agriculture

E

77.

In question numbered 79 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. instruments

B. facilities

C. machines

D. implements

E. aids

D

78.

In question numbered 80 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. harrowing

B. mechanisation

C. robots

D. automation

E. computerization

B

79.

In question numbered 81 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. fallow

B. waste

C. arable

D. paddy

E. ranch

C

80.

In question numbered 82 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. appliances

B. vehicles

C. engines

D. arms

E. tractors

E

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

71.

Elaho enjoys.....soccer

A. to play

B. play

C. playing

D. to be playing

C

72.

Miss Onassis was a ......

A. young rich lady

B. rich young lady

C. lady young rich

D. young lady rich

B

73.

Did Aminu come here as he promised?

A. No, he did

B. Yes, he didn't

C. No, he didn't

D. Yes, he doesn't

C

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the list below each passage, five choices are offered A to E. For each question, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage.

A nation that wants to -76- her citizens cannot rely on traditional methods of -77- but a large scale -78- Rather than depend on simple -79- like the hoe and the cutlass, it is high time we thought in terms of -80- . Large areas of -81- land must be open up, and aid must be given to young farmers to acquire their own -82-. The effort must start from schools, where students need to be taught both -83- of crops as well as animal -84-. To make land available to more people, the land -85- practices in most parts of the nation need to be revised. Above all, -86- should be generated through loans with reasonable -87- rates.
The -88- to have children is deep rooted in the hearts of both men and women, and on entering into -89- union they regard the -90- of children as the first and most -91- duty. A childless marriage in an African -92- is practically a failure, for children bring joy not only to their parents but also to the -93- as a whole. The -94- of a family brings with it a rise in social -95-. The social position of a -96- who has children is of greater importance and dignity than that of a bachelor or -97-. After the -98- of the first child, the married -99- becomes the object of higher -100- among their fellows than they were before.

74.

In question numbered 76 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. groom

B. fatten

C. feed

D. feast

E. nourish

C

75.

In question numbered 77 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. farming

B. peasantry

C. planting

D. sowing

E. gardening

A

76.

In question numbered 78 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. horticulture

B. silage

C. tillage

D. husbandry

E. agriculture

E

77.

In question numbered 79 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. instruments

B. facilities

C. machines

D. implements

E. aids

D

78.

In question numbered 80 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. harrowing

B. mechanisation

C. robots

D. automation

E. computerization

B

79.

In question numbered 81 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. fallow

B. waste

C. arable

D. paddy

E. ranch

C

80.

In question numbered 82 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. appliances

B. vehicles

C. engines

D. arms

E. tractors

E