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WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
It is sad that the rich...............pity the poor
A
doesn't
B
don't
C
do
D
did
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
It is sad that the rich don't pity the poor
"The rich" is treated as a plural noun, referring to the group of people that are rich. Therefore, the plural form of the verb "don't" is needed.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25975)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
It is sad that the rich...............pity the poor
A
doesn't
B
don't
C
do
D
did
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
It is sad that the rich don't pity the poor.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25976)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
The motorcycle nearly hit Jane and..............
A
me
B
I
C
myself
D
mine
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The motorcycle nearly hit Jane and me
The subject or the doer of the action is 'the motorcycle'. The receiver of the action is 'Jane and me'.
'Me' is the object form of the pronoun 'I' as 'mine' is the possessive form of 'I'
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25977)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
I found my friends sitting..............the beach.
A
in
B
at
C
under
D
on
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
I found my friends sitting at the beach.
If you say "at'' the beach, it might be in the water, or at a shop near the beach buying ice cream, or even on vacation in a beach town.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25978)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
It is about time you..............to bed.
A
go
B
have gone
C
went
D
should go
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
It is about time you went to bed.
Tense is the form of a verb which represents the time it takes for something to happen. It is of three types: "Past, present and future". Past refers something that already happened, present refers to thing that is happening right now and future indicates to the things that are yet to happen.
The above given sentence is changed into past tense by changing the verb into past form.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25979)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Tenses, Aspect & Conditionals
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
It is about time you..............to bed.
A
go
B
have gone
C
went
D
should go
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
It is about time you went to bed.
The grammar is past but meaning is NOW
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25980)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
One of his close friends...............a soldier
A
is
B
are
C
have been
D
were
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
One of his close friends is a soldier
When deciding whether to use is or are, look at whether the noun is plural or singular. The noun ''soldier'' is singular
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25981)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
Does Omar...........in the city?
A
lived
B
lives
C
live
D
living
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option C
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Does Omar live in the city?
Live; reside, one's residence
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25982)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
The meeting of the.................will come later today.
A
secretaries general
B
secretary generals
C
secretary generals'
D
secartary general's
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The meeting of the secretaries general will come later today.
secretaries general is the plural form of secretary general
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25983)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
His father has a .............
A
round wooden beautiful table
B
wooden round beautiful table
C
beautiful table
D
beautiful round wooden table
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
His father has a beautiful round wooden table
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25984)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Question Tags, Modals & Pronouns
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
The teachers don't teach us............?
A
do they
B
don't they
C
didn't they
D
isn't it
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The teachers don't teach us, do they?
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25985)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
We are no...........friends
A
more
B
longer
C
again
D
always
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
We are no longer friends.
No longer; not any more.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25986)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
Can you tell us how the accident came...............?
A
up
B
by
C
out
D
about
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option D
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
Can you tell us how the accident came about.
When you say how or when something came about, you say how or when it happened.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25987)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
She wondered if the water was not..............hot for drinking
A
very
B
too
C
so
D
much
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option B
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
She wondered if the water was not too hot for drinking.
Too; to a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25988)
English Language
WAEC / WASSCE 2010
Concord (Subject-Verb Agreement)
Solution
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
The robbers were subjected..............a thorough beating by the irate mob.
A
to
B
by
C
with
D
for
medium Difficulty
Verified Correct Answer: Option A
Grammar & Contextual Explanation
The robbers were subjected to a thorough beating by the irate mob.
Source: Myschool Past Questions Archive (Record #25989)