Waec English language 1989 Past Questions and Answers

Question 101:

• WAEC 1989

In Nigeria, the idea of taking a vacation cannot be said to have -72-. This is not -73- that Nigerians are not -74- of travelling. The people travel so -75- that the frequency of the travelling could provide useful -76- for a -77- census. The -78- of the year -79- matters -80- Nigerians are -81-student, it will be -82- that they move across the -83- of the country at an -84- high rate. such movements reach a -85- with the -86- of festivals. All such times, Nigerians troop out despite the -87- charges imposed by the transport owners.
When you desire to erect a building, you must -88- a plan that is -89- both from the point of view of -90- and that of -91-. The -92- must be -93- cleared. Having decided -94- the building materials to be -95- the foundation is then -96-. The builder then -97- to erect the building. He -98- that the bricks are of the -99- recommended by -100- builders.


In question numbered 99 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap

A. Rigidity
B. Flexibility
C. Standard
D. Medium
E. Solidity

Question 102:

• WAEC 1989

In Nigeria, the idea of taking a vacation cannot be said to have -72-. This is not -73- that Nigerians are not -74- of travelling. The people travel so -75- that the frequency of the travelling could provide useful -76- for a -77- census. The -78- of the year -79- matters -80- Nigerians are -81-student, it will be -82- that they move across the -83- of the country at an -84- high rate. such movements reach a -85- with the -86- of festivals. All such times, Nigerians troop out despite the -87- charges imposed by the transport owners.
When you desire to erect a building, you must -88- a plan that is -89- both from the point of view of -90- and that of -91-. The -92- must be -93- cleared. Having decided -94- the building materials to be -95- the foundation is then -96-. The builder then -97- to erect the building. He -98- that the bricks are of the -99- recommended by -100- builders.


In question numbered 100 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap

A. Architectural
B. Commissioned
C. Supervisory
D. Professional
E. Pragmatic

Question 103:

• WAEC 1989

Your school has been invited to participate in a debate on the topic: Co-education in secondary schools should be abolished. Write out your speech for or against the motion.

Question 104:

• WAEC 1989

Write a letter to the Commissioner for Agriculture informing him of the invasion, by certain pests, of farms in your locality and asking for advice and help in controlling them.

Question 105:

• WAEC 1989

There has been an outcry in the country against the desire to get rich quickly, bribery and corruption, embezzlement of public funds and other forms of moral decadence. Write an article, suitable for publication in a national magazine, stating the causes of these social evils and suggesting possible solutions.