Waec English language 1995 Past Questions and Answers

Question 71:

• WAEC 1995

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the one that best completes each of the following sentences.
.........are seven female teachers in our school.

A. They
B. There
C. Their
D. Those

Question 72:

• WAEC 1995

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the one that best completes each of the following sentences.
.........are seven female teachers in our school

A. They
B. There
C. Their
D. Those

Question 73:

• WAEC 1995

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the one that best completes each of the following sentences.
The principal sent them home because they did not pay .......school fees

A. They
B. There
C. Them
D. Their

Question 74:

• WAEC 1995

In the following passages the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the below each passage, five choices are offered in columns lettered A to E. For each question choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage.
Farming is a very common -73- among the rural dwellers in the West African sub-region. Most often, this is practised at -74- level with little if any -75- outlay involved. Year in year out, the farmers eke out their -76- from the land tilled with hoes and such other simple implements. Many of these rural dwellers have never heard about -77- farming let alone the prerequisites for the successful operation of such -78- enterprises. -79- cultivation is widely practised. This is a process where farmers abandon their parcels of land for a period of four to five years to allow such land to recover its natural -80- for better -81- -82- such as yam, maize, rice, cow pea which serve as -83- food are planted on -84- basis, while -85- crops are hardly grown. Invariably the -86- are inherited and passed from one generation to another. Where -87- are paid at all, they are usually in kind.
The -88- has just completed his -89- into a case of -90- brought by a -91-, but was undecided as to whether or not there was enough evidence to -92- the -93-. However, his inspector felt that there were sufficient ingredients in the case to warrant -94- . Not only ere there witnesses to -95- the evidence of the complainant but the accused had virtually confessed to the offence. The courtroom was filled to capacity during the ensuing -96-, as the accused had employed the service of a legal luminary for his defence. During the -97- it became clear to all present that the -98-relied upon by the prosecution was very weak. The defence counsel successfully tore the evidence of the witnesses into shreds. The presiding -99- had no choice but to -100- and accused for want of evidence.


In question numbered 73 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. Preoccupation
B. Pastime
C. Hobby
D. Job
E. Occupation

Question 75:

• WAEC 1995

In the following passages the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the below each passage, five choices are offered in columns lettered A to E. For each question choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage.
Farming is a very common -73- among the rural dwellers in the West African sub-region. Most often, this is practised at -74- level with little if any -75- outlay involved. Year in year out, the farmers eke out their -76- from the land tilled with hoes and such other simple implements. Many of these rural dwellers have never heard about -77- farming let alone the prerequisites for the successful operation of such -78- enterprises. -79- cultivation is widely practised. This is a process where farmers abandon their parcels of land for a period of four to five years to allow such land to recover its natural -80- for better -81- -82- such as yam, maize, rice, cow pea which serve as -83- food are planted on -84- basis, while -85- crops are hardly grown. Invariably the -86- are inherited and passed from one generation to another. Where -87- are paid at all, they are usually in kind.
The -88- has just completed his -89- into a case of -90- brought by a -91-, but was undecided as to whether or not there was enough evidence to -92- the -93-. However, his inspector felt that there were sufficient ingredients in the case to warrant -94- . Not only ere there witnesses to -95- the evidence of the complainant but the accused had virtually confessed to the offence. The courtroom was filled to capacity during the ensuing -96-, as the accused had employed the service of a legal luminary for his defence. During the -97- it became clear to all present that the -98-relied upon by the prosecution was very weak. The defence counsel successfully tore the evidence of the witnesses into shreds. The presiding -99- had no choice but to -100- and accused for want of evidence.


In question numbered 74 above, choose the best option from letters A - E that best completes the gap.

A. Sustenance
B. Primary
C. Advanced
D. Substantial
E. Subsistence