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English Language Past Questions and Answers

Waec English Language Questions

Question 1871:
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.
Mary kept her fingers crossed about hearing from John. This means that Mary
  • A Had her fingers crossed all day long
  • B Waited to see John
  • C Hoped that John would contact her
  • D Refuesd to write to John
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Question 1872:
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.
Researchers leave no stone unturned in their quest for solutions. This means that researchers
  • A Overturn everything
  • B Do everything possible
  • C Disturb everybody
  • D Need a researchers
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Question 1873:
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.
Ebrima's stepmothers keeps his nose to the grindstone. This means that Ebrima's stepmother
  • A Makes Ebrima grind things all the time
  • B Makes Ebrima work all the time
  • C Keeps her hand on his nose
  • D Forces him to grind stones
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Question 1874:
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.
Most people usually steer a middle course in all they do. This means that most people
  • A Travel quite slowly
  • B Work very hard
  • C Live and do things moderately
  • D Do not driver very fast
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Question 1875:
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.
She delivered her speech without turning a hair. This means that she delivered her speech without
  • A Any emotion
  • B Combing her hair
  • C Nodding
  • D Looking up
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