Year : 
1990
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 98 Questions

# Question Ans

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

1.

The young engineer is good at terminating other people's project but has not been capable of ... any of his own

A. integrating

B. finishing

C. complating

D. initiating

E. organizing

D

2.

The manager who expected to be given respect was treated with ....

A. dignity

B. shame

C. scorn

D. cruelty

E. disloyalty

C

3.

Those who had invitation cards were admitted to the party while those who had none were....

A. barred

B. repelled

C. expelled

D. compelled

E. restricted

A

4.

Too many theories will not help us; we need to be ...........

A. bookish

B. hypothetical

C. antithetical

D. shrews

E. practical

E

5.

Nobody expects him to show...for his children but he certainly bestows too much affection on them

A. love

B. concern

C. intimacy

D. devotion

E. hatred

E

6.

The challenger was crude and inexperienced in constrast to the champion who was ...

A. great

B. exposed

C. celebrated

D. refined

E. strong

D

7.

What should have been a source of motivation for him proved a terrible source of

A. failure

B. harm

C. discouragement

D. uncertainty

E. disturbance

C

8.

Ade is very conservative in his political ideas whereas Bala expresses ... views always

A. radical

B. heretical

C. conventional

D. fanatical

E. impractical

A

9.

The government has been spending more money on preventive rather than on ...medicine

A. modern

B. protective

C. diagnostic

D. traditional

E. curative

E

From the word lettered A to E , choose the word that best completes the following sentence.

10.

The fishermen threw a stone into the river and this caused a ....

A. sprinke

B. sparkle

C. splash

D. spring

E. storm

C

Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

1.

The young engineer is good at terminating other people's project but has not been capable of ... any of his own

A. integrating

B. finishing

C. complating

D. initiating

E. organizing

D

2.

The manager who expected to be given respect was treated with ....

A. dignity

B. shame

C. scorn

D. cruelty

E. disloyalty

C

3.

Those who had invitation cards were admitted to the party while those who had none were....

A. barred

B. repelled

C. expelled

D. compelled

E. restricted

A

4.

Too many theories will not help us; we need to be ...........

A. bookish

B. hypothetical

C. antithetical

D. shrews

E. practical

E

5.

Nobody expects him to show...for his children but he certainly bestows too much affection on them

A. love

B. concern

C. intimacy

D. devotion

E. hatred

E

6.

The challenger was crude and inexperienced in constrast to the champion who was ...

A. great

B. exposed

C. celebrated

D. refined

E. strong

D

7.

What should have been a source of motivation for him proved a terrible source of

A. failure

B. harm

C. discouragement

D. uncertainty

E. disturbance

C

8.

Ade is very conservative in his political ideas whereas Bala expresses ... views always

A. radical

B. heretical

C. conventional

D. fanatical

E. impractical

A

9.

The government has been spending more money on preventive rather than on ...medicine

A. modern

B. protective

C. diagnostic

D. traditional

E. curative

E

From the word lettered A to E , choose the word that best completes the following sentence.

10.

The fishermen threw a stone into the river and this caused a ....

A. sprinke

B. sparkle

C. splash

D. spring

E. storm

C