Waec English language Past Questions and Answers

Question 701:

• WAEC 1994

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
It's high time you...seeing her

A. Stop
B. Stops
C. Will stop
D. Stopped

Question 702:

• WAEC 1994

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
Elaho enjoys.....soccer

A. To play
B. Play
C. Playing
D. To be playing

Question 703:

• WAEC 1994

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
Miss Onassis was a ......

A. Young rich lady
B. Rich young lady
C. Lady young rich
D. Young lady rich

Question 704:

• WAEC 1994

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
Did Aminu come here as he promised?

A. No, he did
B. Yes, he didn't
C. No, he didn't
D. Yes, he doesn't

Question 705:

• WAEC 1994

In the following passages, the numbered gaps indicate missing words. Against each number in the list below each passage, five choices are offered A to E. For each question, choose the word that is the most suitable to fill the numbered gap in the passage.
A nation that wants to -76- her citizens cannot rely on traditional methods of -77- but a large scale -78- Rather than depend on simple -79- like the hoe and the cutlass, it is high time we thought in terms of -80- . Large areas of -81- land must be open up, and aid must be given to young farmers to acquire their own -82-. The effort must start from schools, where students need to be taught both -83- of crops as well as animal -84-. To make land available to more people, the land -85- practices in most parts of the nation need to be revised. Above all, -86- should be generated through loans with reasonable -87- rates.
The -88- to have children is deep rooted in the hearts of both men and women, and on entering into -89- union they regard the -90- of children as the first and most -91- duty. A childless marriage in an African -92- is practically a failure, for children bring joy not only to their parents but also to the -93- as a whole. The -94- of a family brings with it a rise in social -95-. The social position of a -96- who has children is of greater importance and dignity than that of a bachelor or -97-. After the -98- of the first child, the married -99- becomes the object of higher -100- among their fellows than they were before.


In question numbered 76 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap.

A. Groom
B. Fatten
C. Feed
D. Feast
E. Nourish