Waec English language Past Questions and Answers

Question 536:

• WAEC 1993

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The match was virtually a .... for the home team as the visitors offered little or no resistance

A. Walk up
B. Walk- about
C. Walk - over
D. Walk - away
E. Walk on

Question 537:

• WAEC 1993

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The meeting was held under the..........of the social club.

A. Jurisdiction
B. Arbitration
C. Agreement
D. Influence
E. Auspices

Question 538:

• WAEC 1993

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
Don't be so .......as to push your nose into other people's affairs

A. Concerened
B. Inqusitive
C. Intolerant
D. Disrespectful
E. Overbearing

Question 539:

• WAEC 1993

From the words lettered A to E, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.
The wife insisted that she should also be a .....to the family's joint savings account

A. Signature
B. Withdrawer
C. Payee
D. Signatory
E. Guarantor

Question 540:

• WAEC 1993

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.
When asked to state her side of the story Bunmi started by beating about the bush. This means that Bunmi

A. Went striaght to the point
B. Was lost in great thought
C. Followed a bush path
D. Approached the subject without coming to the point