Year : 
1995
Title : 
English Language
Exam : 
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE

Paper 1 | Objectives

61 - 70 of 102 Questions

# Question Ans

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

61.

The two cats are so similar that I cannot tell whether that one is

A. yourself or myself

B. yours or mine

C. my or you

D. you's or my

B

62.

........all the contestants, the judges then announced the winner

A. to see

B. seen

C. seeing

D. having seen

D

63.

His cloths were not only tattered but also.....with oil

A. were dripping

B. is dripping

C. drip

D. have dripped

Detailed Solution

The above statement was made in the past tense, meaning the reporter is telling a story that happened earlier. Hence the option ''were dripping'', is the correct phrase to fill in the gap.
64.

I ....at the hotel for two days when I was suddenly asked to leave

A. have stayed

B. was staying

C. had been staying

D. stay

C

65.

Dupe...to havespoken so rudely to her mother

A. shouldn't

B. daren't

C. oughtn't

D. wouldn't

C

66.

Perhaps what Ade told us.....true after all

A. shall not be

B. must not be

C. may not be

D. should not be

C

67.

To have gone through a civil war...... a terrible experience.

A. must have been

B. was not be

C. was to be

D. might have been

A

68.

Umar and Yusuf went hunting today......?

A. isn't it

B. haven't they

C. is it

D. didn't they

D

69.

Bose shouldn't have interrupted the teacher.....?

A. didn't she

B. did she

C. should she

D. could she

C

70.

.........are seven female teachers in our school.

A. they

B. there

C. their

D. those

B

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

61.

The two cats are so similar that I cannot tell whether that one is

A. yourself or myself

B. yours or mine

C. my or you

D. you's or my

B

62.

........all the contestants, the judges then announced the winner

A. to see

B. seen

C. seeing

D. having seen

D

63.

His cloths were not only tattered but also.....with oil

A. were dripping

B. is dripping

C. drip

D. have dripped

Detailed Solution

The above statement was made in the past tense, meaning the reporter is telling a story that happened earlier. Hence the option ''were dripping'', is the correct phrase to fill in the gap.
64.

I ....at the hotel for two days when I was suddenly asked to leave

A. have stayed

B. was staying

C. had been staying

D. stay

C

65.

Dupe...to havespoken so rudely to her mother

A. shouldn't

B. daren't

C. oughtn't

D. wouldn't

C

66.

Perhaps what Ade told us.....true after all

A. shall not be

B. must not be

C. may not be

D. should not be

C

67.

To have gone through a civil war...... a terrible experience.

A. must have been

B. was not be

C. was to be

D. might have been

A

68.

Umar and Yusuf went hunting today......?

A. isn't it

B. haven't they

C. is it

D. didn't they

D

69.

Bose shouldn't have interrupted the teacher.....?

A. didn't she

B. did she

C. should she

D. could she

C

70.

.........are seven female teachers in our school.

A. they

B. there

C. their

D. those

B