Waec English language Past Questions and Answers

Question 211:

• 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 212:

• 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 213:

• 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 214:

• 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

Question 215:

• WAEC 1990

From the word lettered A to E , choose the word that best completes the following sentence.
The fishermen threw a stone into the river and this caused a ....

A. Sprinke
B. Sparkle
C. Splash
D. Spring
E. Storm