Waec English language 1990 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• WAEC 1990

Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
Nobody expects him to show...for his children but he certainly bestows too much affection on them

A. Love
B. Concern
C. Intimacy
D. Devotion
E. Hatred

Question 7:

• WAEC 1990

Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
The challenger was crude and inexperienced in constrast to the champion who was ...

A. Great
B. Exposed
C. Celebrated
D. Refined
E. Strong

Question 8:

• WAEC 1990

Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
What should have been a source of motivation for him proved a terrible source of

A. Failure
B. Harm
C. Discouragement
D. Uncertainty
E. Disturbance

Question 9:

• WAEC 1990

Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
Ade is very conservative in his political ideas whereas Bala expresses ... views always

A. Radical
B. Heretical
C. Conventional
D. Fanatical
E. Impractical

Question 10:

• WAEC 1990

Instruction: Choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
The government has been spending more money on preventive rather than on ...medicine

A. Modern
B. Protective
C. Diagnostic
D. Traditional
E. Curative