Year : 
2005
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

1 - 10 of 99 Questions

# Question Ans

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.

1.

The management has neither ............nor denied the rumour that it was going to lay off some workers

A. pronounced

B. confirmed

C. rejected

D. advertised

B

2.

Instead of .........the issue, the speaker digressed to unimportant matters.

A. summarizing

B. describing

C. revealing

D. addressing

D

3.

The telephone booths were all........and I had to wait for more than ten minutes for one to become vacant

A. locked

B. busy

C. occupied

D. ringing

C

4.

While the first battalion halted its march at nightfall, the second ..........to the barracks

A. returned

B. set out

C. proceeded

D. turned up

C

5.

His father is an............driver but he is only a novice

A. enlightened

B. aged

C. excellent

D. experienced

D

6.

The arrival of the police at the scene...........rather than mitigated tension

A. provoked

B. heightened

C. created

D. prolonged

B

7.

Roses are common in May but.............in November

A. dead

B. strange

C. rare

D. extinct

C

8.

A bank clerk should be able to tell easily the difference between.........notes and counterfeit one

A. crisp

B. good

C. correct

D. genuine

D

9.

Last night, Uncle Joe was blind drunk but this morning he is as.......as a judge

A. alert

B. saintly

C. strong

D. sober

D

10.

What I have is only a .............of the famous painting; the original is in the National Museum

A. duplicate

B. model

C. fake

D. drawing

A

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.

1.

The management has neither ............nor denied the rumour that it was going to lay off some workers

A. pronounced

B. confirmed

C. rejected

D. advertised

B

2.

Instead of .........the issue, the speaker digressed to unimportant matters.

A. summarizing

B. describing

C. revealing

D. addressing

D

3.

The telephone booths were all........and I had to wait for more than ten minutes for one to become vacant

A. locked

B. busy

C. occupied

D. ringing

C

4.

While the first battalion halted its march at nightfall, the second ..........to the barracks

A. returned

B. set out

C. proceeded

D. turned up

C

5.

His father is an............driver but he is only a novice

A. enlightened

B. aged

C. excellent

D. experienced

D

6.

The arrival of the police at the scene...........rather than mitigated tension

A. provoked

B. heightened

C. created

D. prolonged

B

7.

Roses are common in May but.............in November

A. dead

B. strange

C. rare

D. extinct

C

8.

A bank clerk should be able to tell easily the difference between.........notes and counterfeit one

A. crisp

B. good

C. correct

D. genuine

D

9.

Last night, Uncle Joe was blind drunk but this morning he is as.......as a judge

A. alert

B. saintly

C. strong

D. sober

D

10.

What I have is only a .............of the famous painting; the original is in the National Museum

A. duplicate

B. model

C. fake

D. drawing

A