Year :
1988
Title :
English Language
Exam :
WASSCE/WAEC MAY/JUNE
Paper 1 | Objectives
41 - 50 of 85 Questions
| # | Question | Ans |
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From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence. |
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| 41. |
The girl has just come out of the fattening room and her waist is adorned with beads. A. surrounded B. decorated C. besieged D. defaced E. bedraggled |
B |
| 42. |
Ade is very winsome yet his neighbour finds it difficult to put up with him. A. live with B. tolerate C. depend on D. rely on E. stay with Detailed Solutionput up with (third-person singular simple present puts up with, present participle putting up with, simple past and past participle ) (idiomatic) To endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying. I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much. |
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| 43. |
There are some drugs that could exacerbate a particular illness A. heal B. ameliorate C. lengthen D. worsen E. detect |
D |
| 44. |
In accordance with the practice of his religion, Raman's body was interred the day he died A. sanctified B. preserved C. cremated D. buried E. entered |
D |
| 45. |
What you cannot avoid you try to endure A. cast off B. dispense with C. practice D. tolerate E. put off |
D |
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence. |
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| 46. |
Adamu is a very good friend on .... I can rely A. who B. whose C. which D. whom |
D |
| 47. |
I ought ... the letter by now. A. to be sent B. to have being sent C. to have sent D. to have to send |
C |
| 48. |
Toyin's fever was so acute that she ... an injection A. had to have B. had to had C. must have D. ought to have |
A |
| 49. |
I know of a cow ... has only three legs A. whom B. which C. who D. of which |
B |
| 50. |
Ranti: This is not my key, Ayo: Then... is it? A. of which B. whose C. who's D. whom |
B |
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From the words lettered A to E below each of the following sentences, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined expression as it is used in the sentence. |
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| 41. |
The girl has just come out of the fattening room and her waist is adorned with beads. A. surrounded B. decorated C. besieged D. defaced E. bedraggled |
B |
| 42. |
Ade is very winsome yet his neighbour finds it difficult to put up with him. A. live with B. tolerate C. depend on D. rely on E. stay with Detailed Solutionput up with (third-person singular simple present puts up with, present participle putting up with, simple past and past participle ) (idiomatic) To endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying. I put up with a lot of nonsense, but this is too much. |
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| 43. |
There are some drugs that could exacerbate a particular illness A. heal B. ameliorate C. lengthen D. worsen E. detect |
D |
| 44. |
In accordance with the practice of his religion, Raman's body was interred the day he died A. sanctified B. preserved C. cremated D. buried E. entered |
D |
| 45. |
What you cannot avoid you try to endure A. cast off B. dispense with C. practice D. tolerate E. put off |
D |
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From the words lettered A to D choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence. |
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| 46. |
Adamu is a very good friend on .... I can rely A. who B. whose C. which D. whom |
D |
| 47. |
I ought ... the letter by now. A. to be sent B. to have being sent C. to have sent D. to have to send |
C |
| 48. |
Toyin's fever was so acute that she ... an injection A. had to have B. had to had C. must have D. ought to have |
A |
| 49. |
I know of a cow ... has only three legs A. whom B. which C. who D. of which |
B |
| 50. |
Ranti: This is not my key, Ayo: Then... is it? A. of which B. whose C. who's D. whom |
B |