Year : 
1996
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

11 - 20 of 98 Questions

# Question Ans

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

11.

He was sent to the Remand Home in the hope that the place would....him

A. reform

B. amend

C. improve

D. renovats

E. commend

A

12.

Since there was no further comments the chairman called for the ......of the minutes of the last meeting.

A. objection

B. resolution

C. admission

D. adoption

E. correction

D

13.

There was a ten-minute.....during the stage-performance of the play

A. intercession

B. interview

C. interlude

D. inetrim

E. interplay

C

14.

The judge restrained the landlord from...the tenant

A. ejecting

B. sacking

C. dismissing

D. punishing

E. attacking

A

15.

The soldiers pledged their....loyalty to their commander

A. divided

B. unalloyed

C. effective

D. remarkable

E. enomous

B

16.

Many children are suffering from.....because of poor feeding

A. maltreatment

B. meningitis

C. hepatitis

D. conjunctivitis

E. malnutrition

E

17.

The audience gave the actor a standing.......for his beautiful performance.

A. proclamation

B. appraisal

C. ovation

D. reward

E. clapping

C

18.

If the customer fails to honour his pledge again, his.....will surely be in doubt

A. responsibility

B. validity

C. credulity

D. crediblity

E. ability

D

19.

The judge warned that he would not tolerate any interruption of the .....of the court

A. proceeds

B. deliberations

C. debates

D. proceedings

E. processions

D

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.

20.

I can make a little out of Tolu's story. This means that

A. I don't understand Tolu's story

B. I quite appreciate Tolu's story

C. Tolu's story is unreliable

D. Tolu's story is biased

A

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

11.

He was sent to the Remand Home in the hope that the place would....him

A. reform

B. amend

C. improve

D. renovats

E. commend

A

12.

Since there was no further comments the chairman called for the ......of the minutes of the last meeting.

A. objection

B. resolution

C. admission

D. adoption

E. correction

D

13.

There was a ten-minute.....during the stage-performance of the play

A. intercession

B. interview

C. interlude

D. inetrim

E. interplay

C

14.

The judge restrained the landlord from...the tenant

A. ejecting

B. sacking

C. dismissing

D. punishing

E. attacking

A

15.

The soldiers pledged their....loyalty to their commander

A. divided

B. unalloyed

C. effective

D. remarkable

E. enomous

B

16.

Many children are suffering from.....because of poor feeding

A. maltreatment

B. meningitis

C. hepatitis

D. conjunctivitis

E. malnutrition

E

17.

The audience gave the actor a standing.......for his beautiful performance.

A. proclamation

B. appraisal

C. ovation

D. reward

E. clapping

C

18.

If the customer fails to honour his pledge again, his.....will surely be in doubt

A. responsibility

B. validity

C. credulity

D. crediblity

E. ability

D

19.

The judge warned that he would not tolerate any interruption of the .....of the court

A. proceeds

B. deliberations

C. debates

D. proceedings

E. processions

D

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.

20.

I can make a little out of Tolu's story. This means that

A. I don't understand Tolu's story

B. I quite appreciate Tolu's story

C. Tolu's story is unreliable

D. Tolu's story is biased

A