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Get ready and see below for the correct and verified answers and questions on WAEC 2020 English Language exam...
Please Note that the date for English will be announced here when time comes
Let us keep the ball rolling.
As this period sets in, there has been so much seriousness in the mind of every WAEC 2020 candidate.
This is as a result of the upcoming West African Examination that is about to commence.
Every person writing WAEC needs serious guidance at this time because no man knows it all.
This is an examination that is being conducted in all Schools in Nigeria, therefore, it is always an important time in the lives of SS3 students.
Due to this fact...
There have been so many queries on this blog, asking us to provide them with guides and some Past questions and answers on English Language that will be set by WAEC.
In response to these questions...
We in schoolsniger have decided to create this page in order to help all applicants in passing their examination with good grades without any stress.
As a note, below is the report about Last year's English examination.
See image below.
Please see the image below it will really help.
In this case, all candidates are advised to check the WAEC 2020 Timetable to know the exact time for the exams.
Just as we have said earlier...
You cannot do it all alone at this time.
You definitely need someone to tell you how to prepare for this WAEC English so you can get your correct answers while in the hall.
We'll also give you some past questions and answers in order to help you read for this subject and pass with flying colours.
The success is in your hands and we urge you to utilise it now or be ready to come back next year...
God forbid, you'll pass it this time...Say Amen...
WAEC English Answers & Questions to OBJ/Essay is what we shall give you right on this page.
Therefore, all that you must do is to sit tight and go through this page carefully so you can get every bit of it.
Do not forget to subscribe to this page for regular updates relating to WAEC 2020 Questions and Answers.
Before we move on, do not forget that this examination is solely set, conducted and supervised by the WAEC and no one is entitled to do so except the Council alone.
Let get into the business.
See WAEC Physics Practical Specimen 2020
When is WAEC English Language Holding? - Question and Answer 2020
Yes, if you have been wondering when English OBJ/Essay questions will be written...
do not ask anymore because we are here to tell you nothing but the correct date for the exam.
do not ask anymore because we are here to tell you nothing but the correct date for the exam.
According to the Timetable for WAEC SSCE 2020, English will hold as follows;
This was for last year...
This was for last year...
Thursday 9th May, 2019
- English Language 2 (Essay) – 09:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- English Language 1 (Objective) – 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
- English Language 3 (Oral)**/*** – 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
We hope that has clearly answered your question?
You may still visit the WAEC Timetable 2020 Page to see it by yourself and probably copy it out for regular checks.
You may still visit the WAEC Timetable 2020 Page to see it by yourself and probably copy it out for regular checks.
How to prepare for WAEC English Essay & OBJ Exam 2020/21? - Question & Answer
Before we go on to give you the Questions and answers on WAEC English...
let us first of all guide you on how you can prepare and pass with good scores and As.
let us first of all guide you on how you can prepare and pass with good scores and As.
Passing this subject is very simple.
It all depends on how you will see because what we understand here is that WAEC is not setting the questions so that candidates will not have the answers.
What we mean is that they are not hard.
It all depends on how you will see because what we understand here is that WAEC is not setting the questions so that candidates will not have the answers.
What we mean is that they are not hard.
You simply need to follow the tips given below and everything will go straight throughout this period of WAEC.
#1: Put God First
Everything one has in life has been pre-destined for one to have. Nothing happens by chance...
you need to recognise your creator and giver in everything you want to do.
you need to recognise your creator and giver in everything you want to do.
Put God at the top of your priority while preparing for WAEC English Answers.
He can do all things.
He can do all things.
Have you ever heard someone complaining of not remembering what he or she read in the test hall?
Has it ever occurred to you?
If yes, then,
the solution to this is for you to recognise your creator and tell him that you've handed everything into his hands.
Has it ever occurred to you?
If yes, then,
the solution to this is for you to recognise your creator and tell him that you've handed everything into his hands.
#2: Set up your Reading timetable and Study Extensively
Once you have prayed to God...
the next thing is to start reading immediately.
Laziness is not a friend to anyone at all.
the next thing is to start reading immediately.
Laziness is not a friend to anyone at all.
How do you start your reading?
The first thing to do is to schedule your time, that is, prepare a timetable for your studies.
The first thing to do is to schedule your time, that is, prepare a timetable for your studies.
You must make sure that it favours you and that you'll not miss it for anything.
Whether it is at night or day time,
the most important aspect is to schedule when you are free.
Whether it is at night or day time,
the most important aspect is to schedule when you are free.
Once you're done with that...
begin reading work very seriously.
Look for the quietest area and hide.
begin reading work very seriously.
Look for the quietest area and hide.
#3: Study with WAEC Syllabus for English (Expo)
Most candidates make the mistake of just reading their books like a novel.
No, you want to get this subject into your head, then you must read it with care. Read as if you want to know.
No, you want to get this subject into your head, then you must read it with care. Read as if you want to know.
Studying without a syllabus especially for WAEC English question and answers will not help you at all.
The syllabus is there to guide you on the topics you are to read. It will also give you the subtopics and will direct you properly.
The syllabus is there to guide you on the topics you are to read. It will also give you the subtopics and will direct you properly.
So...
we advise you to use WAEC Syllabus for English if you really want to get an idea of how the questions and answers will look like.
The syllabus for 2019 is given below...
PAPER 1: (For candidates in The Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia only)
This is an objective/multiple choice paper comprising eighty questions: forty lexical and
forty structural questions. Each question will have four options lettered A to D.
A. LEXIS
In addition to items testing knowledge of the vocabulary of everyday usage (i.e home,
social relationships, and common core school subjects) questions will be set to test
candidates’ ability in the use of the general vocabulary associated with the following
fields of human activity:
I. (a) Building and Building Construction;
(b) Agriculture;
(c) Fishing;
(d) Stock exchange;
(e) Health;
(f) Environment;
(g) Culture, Institutions and Ceremonies;
(h) Law and Order;
(i) Motor Vehicles and Travelling;
(j) Government and Administration;
(k) Sports;
(l) Religion;
(m)Science and Technology;
(n) Animal husbandry;
(o) Advertising;
(p) Human Internal Body system and function.
II. Idioms, i.e. idiomatic expressions and collocations (e.g. ‘hook, line and sinker’, ‘every
Tom, Dick and Harry” etc.) the total meaning of which cannot be arrived at simply by
consideration of the dictionary meanings of the words in the structures in which they
appear.
III. Structural elements of English e.g. sequence of tenses, matching of pronouns with their
antecedents, correct use of prepositions etc.
IV. Figurative Usage
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The term ‘general’ vocabulary refers
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(e) Photography;
(f) Mineral exploration;
(g) Common manufacturing industries;
(h) Printing, publishing, the press and libraries;
(i) Sea, road, rail and air transport;
(j) Government and politics;
(k) Sports and entertainment;
(l) Religion;
(m) Science and Technology;
(n) Power production – hydro, thermal, solar;
(o) Education;
(p) Communication;
(q) Military;
(r) Journalism and Advertising.
The term ‘general vocabulary’ refers to those words and usage of words normally
associated with the relevant field of human activity in (i) above which are
generally known, used and understood by most educated people, who, while not
engaged in that field of activity, may have occasion to read, speak or write about
it. Thus, for example, in the vocabulary of transportation by sea, one would
expect knowledge of terms such as “bridge” and “deck”, which most educated
people understand but not “halyard”, “dodge”, “davit” or “thrust block”, which
are specialized.
II. Idioms, i.e., idiomatic expressions and collocations (e.g. “hook, line and sinker”,
“every Tom, Dick and Harry” etc) the total meaning of which cannot be arrived at
simply by the consideration of the dictionary meanings of words in the structures in
which they appear.
III. Structural elements of English e.g. sequence of tenses, concord and the use
of correct prepositions, matching of pronouns with their antecedents, etc.
IV. Figurative Usage
All items will be phrased in such a way as to test the use and understanding of the
required lexis, rather than dictionary definitions and explanations. In practice, the test
of lexis will be designed to explore, not merely the extent of the candidates’
vocabulary but more importantly their ability to respond to sense relations in the use
of lexical items e.g. synonyms, antonyms and homonyms.
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In the test of figurative language, candidates will be expected to recognize when an
expression is used figuratively and not only when it is used.
B. STRUCTURE
Structure here includes:
(i) The patterns of changes in word-forms which indicate number, tense,
degree, etc.
(ii) The patterns in which different categories of words regularly combine to
form groups and these groups in turn combine to form sentences;
(iii) The use of structural words e.g. conjunctions, determiners, prepositions,
etc.
C. LITERATURE
The objective questions on Literature will be as follows:
10 questions on Drama
10 questions on Prose
10 questions on Poetry
NOTE: For Prose and Drama the candidate is to study one prescribed text each.
PAPER 2: (For all candidates)
The paper will be divided into three sections: Sections A, B and C. Candidates will be required
to spend 2 hours on this paper.
SECTION A: ESSAY WRITING (50 marks)
Candidates will be required to spend 50 minutes on this section. There will be five questions in
all and candidates will be required to answer only one question.
The questions will test candidates’ ability to communicate in writing. The topics will demand the
following kinds of writing:
(i) letter;
(ii) speech;
(iii) narration;
(iv) description;
(v) argument/debate;
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(vi) report;
(vii) article;
(viii) exposition;
(ix) creative writing.
Marks will be awarded for:
(i) Content: relevance of ideas to the topic;
(ii) Organization: formal features (where applicable), good paragraphing, appropriate
emphasis and arrangement of ideas;
(iii) Expression: effective control of vocabulary and sentence structure;
(iv) Mechanical Accuracy: correct grammar, punctuation, spelling etc.
The minimum length will be 450 words.
SECTION B: COMPREHENSION (20 marks)
Candidates will be required to spend 30 minutes on this section. The section will consist of
one passage of at least three hundred and fifty (350) words. Candidates will be required to
answer all the questions on the passage.
The questions will test candidates’ ability to
(i) find appropriate equivalents for selected words or phrases;
(ii) understand the factual content;
(iii) make inferences from the content of the passage;
(iv) understand the use of English expressions that reveal/reflect
sentiments/emotions/attitudes;
(v) identify and label basic grammatical structures, words, phrases or clauses and explain
their functions as they appear in the context;
(vi) identify and explain basic literary terms and expressions;
(vii) recast phrases or sentences into grammatical alternatives.
The passage will be chosen from a wide variety of sources all of which should be suitable for
this level of examination in terms of theme and interest. The passage will be written in
modern English that should be within the experience of candidates. The comprehension test
will include at least four questions based on (ii) above.
SECTION C: SUMMARY (30 marks)
Candidates will be required to spend 40 minutes on this section. The section will consist of
one prose passage of about five hundred (500) words and will test candidates’ ability to
(i) extract relevant information;
(ii) summarize the points demanded in clear concise English, avoiding repetition and
redundancy;
(iii) present a summary of specific aspects or portions of the passage.
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The passage will be selected from a wide variety of suitable sources, including excerpts from
narratives, dialogues and expositions of social, cultural, economic and political issues in any
part of the world.
PAPER 3: ORAL ENGLISH (30 marks)
This paper will test candidates’ knowledge of Oral English. There will be two alternatives for
this paper: Candidates in Ghana, The Gambia and Sierra Leone will be tested in listening
comprehension and those in Nigeria and Liberia will take a paper on test of oral.
Listening Comprehension Test (For candidates in Ghana, The Gambia and Sierra Leone)
This will be made up of sixty multiple choice objective questions on:
Consonants, consonant clusters, vowels, diphthongs, stress and intonation patterns,
dialogues and narratives.
Section 1: Test of word final voiced-voiceless consonants in isolated words mainly, but other
features such as consonant clusters may also be tested.
Section 2: Test of vowel quality in isolated words.
Section 3: Test of vowel quality and consonant contrasts in isolated words.
Section 4: One of three options below will be used in different years:
(i) test of vowel and/or consonant contrasts in sentence contexts;
(ii) test of vowel and consonant contrasts in isolated words- to be selected from a list
of at least four-word contrasts;
(iii) test of vowel and consonant contrasts through rhymes.
Section 5: Test of rhymes
Section 6: Test of comprehension of emphatic stress
Section 7: Test of understanding of the content of longer dialogues and narratives
NOTE: CD players will be used for the administration of this Listening Comprehension
Test.
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Features to be tested
1. CONSONANTS
(a) Single Consonants – Candidates should be able to recognize and produce all
significant sound contrasts in the consonantal system of English. For the guidance of
candidates, a few examples of such contrasts are given below.
Initial Medial Final
they – day buzzes – buses boat – both
ship – chip parcel – partial breathe – breed
fan – van sopping – sobbing wash – watch
pit – fit written – ridden leaf – leave
pit – bit anger – anchor cup – cub
tuck – duck faces - phrases cart – card
card – guard prices – prizes
gear – jeer
(b) Consonant Clusters – Candidates should be able to produce and recognize consonant
clusters which may occur both initially and finally in a syllable. They should also be
able to recognize and produce the consonant sounds in a consonant cluster in the right
order. For the guidance of candidates, a few examples are given below.
Initial Final
play – pray rains - range
sting – string felt – felled
scheme – scream sent – send
crime – climb nest – next
flee – free ask – axe
three – tree lift – lived
true – drew missed – mixed
blight – bright seats – seeds
tread – thread hens – hence
drift – thrift lisp – lips
glade – grade coast – coats
marks – masks
II. VOWELS
(a) Pure Vowels
(b) Diphthongs
(c) Triphthongs
Candidates should be able to recognize and produce all the significant sound contrasts in the
vowel system of English. For the guidance of candidates, a few examples of such contrasts are
given below.
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seat - sit
sit - set
peck - pack
pack - park
cart - cat
load - lord
pair - purr
park - port
hard - heard
word - ward
let - late
cheer - chair
pet - pat - part - pate
hat - heart - height - hate - hut
caught - cot - cut - curt
pool - pull - pole
bird - bed - bared
but - bat
III. STRESS
(a) Word Stress - Candidates should be able to contrast stressed and unstressed syllables in
words which are not otherwise distinguished. In addition, they should be aware of the
possibility of shifting stress from one syllable to another in different derivations of the
same word with consequent change in vowel quality. For the guidance of candidates, a
few examples of changing word stress are given below.
‘increase (noun) in’crease (verb)
‘import “ im’port “
‘rebel “ re’bel “
‘convict “ con’vict “
‘extract “ ex’tract “
‘record “ re’cord “
‘subject “ sub’ject “
(b) Sentence Stress – Candidates should be aware that stress in sentences in English tends to
occur at regular intervals in time. English is therefore called a stress-timed language.
They should also be aware that in most sentences, unless some sort of emphasis is
introduced, only nouns, main verbs (not auxiliaries), adjectives and adverbs are stressed.
Final pronouns should not be stressed, unless some kind of contrast is intended: relative
pronouns should not be stressed, nor should possessive pronouns. Thus, for example, the
following sentences should be stressed as indicated:
He ‘went to the town and ‘bought some ‘oranges.
I ‘told him to ‘go to the ‘station to ‘ask when the train would ‘leave.
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Did you ‘ask him?
I ‘read it but I did not understand it.
They ar’rived yesterday.
I ‘fetched his ‘book.
NOTE: There are a few words in English that are pronounced differently depending on
whether or not they are stressed in the sentence. These are usually called strong
and weak forms.
(c) Emphatic stress – Candidates should be aware of the use of emphatic stress, most
commonly to indicate a contrast, which is realized partly as a change in pitch within the
intonational pattern. This falling pitch illustrated below is one of the common ways of
indicating this:
He borrowed ‘my newspaper. (i.e. not hers)
He’ borrowed my newspaper. (i.e. he did not steal it)
He borrowed my ‘newspaper.(i.e. not my book)
‘He borrowed my newspaper.(i.e. not someone else’s)
IV. INTONATION
Candidates should be made aware of the different forms that English intonation takes in
relation to the grammar of the language and the attitudes conveyed by the speaker. There
are two basic intonation patterns or tunes: the falling and rising patterns. They should
also realize that whereas the normal place for the changing pitch in an intonation is the
last stressed syllable of the utterance(as indicated below), placing the changing pitch
elsewhere implies a contrast to the item on which this changing pitch falls. For example:
(a) Falling Pattern
They ar’rived to’day. - Statement
‘Where did he ‘go? - WH question
‘Come ‘here! - Command
(b) Rising Pattern
Did he ‘see the ‘principal? - Yes/No question
When the ‘train arrived. - Incomplete
They arrived to’day? - Question
Note that (i) the two patterns indicated above may be combined in longer sentences, e.g.
When the ‘train ar’rived, the passengers were on the platform. ( )
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(ii) candidates should note, in addition, that any unstressed syllable following the last
stressed syllable of the sentence is said on a low level pitch when the pattern is
falling, but continues the rise if the pattern is rising. The same rule applies to tags
following quoted speech.
Test Of Orals (For candidates in Nigeria and Liberia)
The test will also be of the multiple-choice objective type consisting of sixty questions on a wide
range of areas or aspects of Orals as contained in the syllabus.
The test will cover the following areas:
1. Vowels – pure vowels and diphthongs;
2. Consonants and clusters;
3. Rhymes;
4. Word stress/Syllable Structure;
5. Emphatic Stress/Intonation Patterns;
6. Phonetic Symbols.
we advise you to use WAEC Syllabus for English if you really want to get an idea of how the questions and answers will look like.
The syllabus for 2019 is given below...
PAPER 1: (For candidates in The Gambia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia only)
This is an objective/multiple choice paper comprising eighty questions: forty lexical and
forty structural questions. Each question will have four options lettered A to D.
A. LEXIS
In addition to items testing knowledge of the vocabulary of everyday usage (i.e home,
social relationships, and common core school subjects) questions will be set to test
candidates’ ability in the use of the general vocabulary associated with the following
fields of human activity:
I. (a) Building and Building Construction;
(b) Agriculture;
(c) Fishing;
(d) Stock exchange;
(e) Health;
(f) Environment;
(g) Culture, Institutions and Ceremonies;
(h) Law and Order;
(i) Motor Vehicles and Travelling;
(j) Government and Administration;
(k) Sports;
(l) Religion;
(m)Science and Technology;
(n) Animal husbandry;
(o) Advertising;
(p) Human Internal Body system and function.
II. Idioms, i.e. idiomatic expressions and collocations (e.g. ‘hook, line and sinker’, ‘every
Tom, Dick and Harry” etc.) the total meaning of which cannot be arrived at simply by
consideration of the dictionary meanings of the words in the structures in which they
appear.
III. Structural elements of English e.g. sequence of tenses, matching of pronouns with their
antecedents, correct use of prepositions etc.
IV. Figurative Usage
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The term ‘general’ vocabulary refers
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(e) Photography;
(f) Mineral exploration;
(g) Common manufacturing industries;
(h) Printing, publishing, the press and libraries;
(i) Sea, road, rail and air transport;
(j) Government and politics;
(k) Sports and entertainment;
(l) Religion;
(m) Science and Technology;
(n) Power production – hydro, thermal, solar;
(o) Education;
(p) Communication;
(q) Military;
(r) Journalism and Advertising.
The term ‘general vocabulary’ refers to those words and usage of words normally
associated with the relevant field of human activity in (i) above which are
generally known, used and understood by most educated people, who, while not
engaged in that field of activity, may have occasion to read, speak or write about
it. Thus, for example, in the vocabulary of transportation by sea, one would
expect knowledge of terms such as “bridge” and “deck”, which most educated
people understand but not “halyard”, “dodge”, “davit” or “thrust block”, which
are specialized.
II. Idioms, i.e., idiomatic expressions and collocations (e.g. “hook, line and sinker”,
“every Tom, Dick and Harry” etc) the total meaning of which cannot be arrived at
simply by the consideration of the dictionary meanings of words in the structures in
which they appear.
III. Structural elements of English e.g. sequence of tenses, concord and the use
of correct prepositions, matching of pronouns with their antecedents, etc.
IV. Figurative Usage
All items will be phrased in such a way as to test the use and understanding of the
required lexis, rather than dictionary definitions and explanations. In practice, the test
of lexis will be designed to explore, not merely the extent of the candidates’
vocabulary but more importantly their ability to respond to sense relations in the use
of lexical items e.g. synonyms, antonyms and homonyms.
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In the test of figurative language, candidates will be expected to recognize when an
expression is used figuratively and not only when it is used.
B. STRUCTURE
Structure here includes:
(i) The patterns of changes in word-forms which indicate number, tense,
degree, etc.
(ii) The patterns in which different categories of words regularly combine to
form groups and these groups in turn combine to form sentences;
(iii) The use of structural words e.g. conjunctions, determiners, prepositions,
etc.
C. LITERATURE
The objective questions on Literature will be as follows:
10 questions on Drama
10 questions on Prose
10 questions on Poetry
NOTE: For Prose and Drama the candidate is to study one prescribed text each.
PAPER 2: (For all candidates)
The paper will be divided into three sections: Sections A, B and C. Candidates will be required
to spend 2 hours on this paper.
SECTION A: ESSAY WRITING (50 marks)
Candidates will be required to spend 50 minutes on this section. There will be five questions in
all and candidates will be required to answer only one question.
The questions will test candidates’ ability to communicate in writing. The topics will demand the
following kinds of writing:
(i) letter;
(ii) speech;
(iii) narration;
(iv) description;
(v) argument/debate;
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(vi) report;
(vii) article;
(viii) exposition;
(ix) creative writing.
Marks will be awarded for:
(i) Content: relevance of ideas to the topic;
(ii) Organization: formal features (where applicable), good paragraphing, appropriate
emphasis and arrangement of ideas;
(iii) Expression: effective control of vocabulary and sentence structure;
(iv) Mechanical Accuracy: correct grammar, punctuation, spelling etc.
The minimum length will be 450 words.
SECTION B: COMPREHENSION (20 marks)
Candidates will be required to spend 30 minutes on this section. The section will consist of
one passage of at least three hundred and fifty (350) words. Candidates will be required to
answer all the questions on the passage.
The questions will test candidates’ ability to
(i) find appropriate equivalents for selected words or phrases;
(ii) understand the factual content;
(iii) make inferences from the content of the passage;
(iv) understand the use of English expressions that reveal/reflect
sentiments/emotions/attitudes;
(v) identify and label basic grammatical structures, words, phrases or clauses and explain
their functions as they appear in the context;
(vi) identify and explain basic literary terms and expressions;
(vii) recast phrases or sentences into grammatical alternatives.
The passage will be chosen from a wide variety of sources all of which should be suitable for
this level of examination in terms of theme and interest. The passage will be written in
modern English that should be within the experience of candidates. The comprehension test
will include at least four questions based on (ii) above.
SECTION C: SUMMARY (30 marks)
Candidates will be required to spend 40 minutes on this section. The section will consist of
one prose passage of about five hundred (500) words and will test candidates’ ability to
(i) extract relevant information;
(ii) summarize the points demanded in clear concise English, avoiding repetition and
redundancy;
(iii) present a summary of specific aspects or portions of the passage.
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The passage will be selected from a wide variety of suitable sources, including excerpts from
narratives, dialogues and expositions of social, cultural, economic and political issues in any
part of the world.
PAPER 3: ORAL ENGLISH (30 marks)
This paper will test candidates’ knowledge of Oral English. There will be two alternatives for
this paper: Candidates in Ghana, The Gambia and Sierra Leone will be tested in listening
comprehension and those in Nigeria and Liberia will take a paper on test of oral.
Listening Comprehension Test (For candidates in Ghana, The Gambia and Sierra Leone)
This will be made up of sixty multiple choice objective questions on:
Consonants, consonant clusters, vowels, diphthongs, stress and intonation patterns,
dialogues and narratives.
Section 1: Test of word final voiced-voiceless consonants in isolated words mainly, but other
features such as consonant clusters may also be tested.
Section 2: Test of vowel quality in isolated words.
Section 3: Test of vowel quality and consonant contrasts in isolated words.
Section 4: One of three options below will be used in different years:
(i) test of vowel and/or consonant contrasts in sentence contexts;
(ii) test of vowel and consonant contrasts in isolated words- to be selected from a list
of at least four-word contrasts;
(iii) test of vowel and consonant contrasts through rhymes.
Section 5: Test of rhymes
Section 6: Test of comprehension of emphatic stress
Section 7: Test of understanding of the content of longer dialogues and narratives
NOTE: CD players will be used for the administration of this Listening Comprehension
Test.
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Features to be tested
1. CONSONANTS
(a) Single Consonants – Candidates should be able to recognize and produce all
significant sound contrasts in the consonantal system of English. For the guidance of
candidates, a few examples of such contrasts are given below.
Initial Medial Final
they – day buzzes – buses boat – both
ship – chip parcel – partial breathe – breed
fan – van sopping – sobbing wash – watch
pit – fit written – ridden leaf – leave
pit – bit anger – anchor cup – cub
tuck – duck faces - phrases cart – card
card – guard prices – prizes
gear – jeer
(b) Consonant Clusters – Candidates should be able to produce and recognize consonant
clusters which may occur both initially and finally in a syllable. They should also be
able to recognize and produce the consonant sounds in a consonant cluster in the right
order. For the guidance of candidates, a few examples are given below.
Initial Final
play – pray rains - range
sting – string felt – felled
scheme – scream sent – send
crime – climb nest – next
flee – free ask – axe
three – tree lift – lived
true – drew missed – mixed
blight – bright seats – seeds
tread – thread hens – hence
drift – thrift lisp – lips
glade – grade coast – coats
marks – masks
II. VOWELS
(a) Pure Vowels
(b) Diphthongs
(c) Triphthongs
Candidates should be able to recognize and produce all the significant sound contrasts in the
vowel system of English. For the guidance of candidates, a few examples of such contrasts are
given below.
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seat - sit
sit - set
peck - pack
pack - park
cart - cat
load - lord
pair - purr
park - port
hard - heard
word - ward
let - late
cheer - chair
pet - pat - part - pate
hat - heart - height - hate - hut
caught - cot - cut - curt
pool - pull - pole
bird - bed - bared
but - bat
III. STRESS
(a) Word Stress - Candidates should be able to contrast stressed and unstressed syllables in
words which are not otherwise distinguished. In addition, they should be aware of the
possibility of shifting stress from one syllable to another in different derivations of the
same word with consequent change in vowel quality. For the guidance of candidates, a
few examples of changing word stress are given below.
‘increase (noun) in’crease (verb)
‘import “ im’port “
‘rebel “ re’bel “
‘convict “ con’vict “
‘extract “ ex’tract “
‘record “ re’cord “
‘subject “ sub’ject “
(b) Sentence Stress – Candidates should be aware that stress in sentences in English tends to
occur at regular intervals in time. English is therefore called a stress-timed language.
They should also be aware that in most sentences, unless some sort of emphasis is
introduced, only nouns, main verbs (not auxiliaries), adjectives and adverbs are stressed.
Final pronouns should not be stressed, unless some kind of contrast is intended: relative
pronouns should not be stressed, nor should possessive pronouns. Thus, for example, the
following sentences should be stressed as indicated:
He ‘went to the town and ‘bought some ‘oranges.
I ‘told him to ‘go to the ‘station to ‘ask when the train would ‘leave.
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Did you ‘ask him?
I ‘read it but I did not understand it.
They ar’rived yesterday.
I ‘fetched his ‘book.
NOTE: There are a few words in English that are pronounced differently depending on
whether or not they are stressed in the sentence. These are usually called strong
and weak forms.
(c) Emphatic stress – Candidates should be aware of the use of emphatic stress, most
commonly to indicate a contrast, which is realized partly as a change in pitch within the
intonational pattern. This falling pitch illustrated below is one of the common ways of
indicating this:
He borrowed ‘my newspaper. (i.e. not hers)
He’ borrowed my newspaper. (i.e. he did not steal it)
He borrowed my ‘newspaper.(i.e. not my book)
‘He borrowed my newspaper.(i.e. not someone else’s)
IV. INTONATION
Candidates should be made aware of the different forms that English intonation takes in
relation to the grammar of the language and the attitudes conveyed by the speaker. There
are two basic intonation patterns or tunes: the falling and rising patterns. They should
also realize that whereas the normal place for the changing pitch in an intonation is the
last stressed syllable of the utterance(as indicated below), placing the changing pitch
elsewhere implies a contrast to the item on which this changing pitch falls. For example:
(a) Falling Pattern
They ar’rived to’day. - Statement
‘Where did he ‘go? - WH question
‘Come ‘here! - Command
(b) Rising Pattern
Did he ‘see the ‘principal? - Yes/No question
When the ‘train arrived. - Incomplete
They arrived to’day? - Question
Note that (i) the two patterns indicated above may be combined in longer sentences, e.g.
When the ‘train ar’rived, the passengers were on the platform. ( )
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(ii) candidates should note, in addition, that any unstressed syllable following the last
stressed syllable of the sentence is said on a low level pitch when the pattern is
falling, but continues the rise if the pattern is rising. The same rule applies to tags
following quoted speech.
Test Of Orals (For candidates in Nigeria and Liberia)
The test will also be of the multiple-choice objective type consisting of sixty questions on a wide
range of areas or aspects of Orals as contained in the syllabus.
The test will cover the following areas:
1. Vowels – pure vowels and diphthongs;
2. Consonants and clusters;
3. Rhymes;
4. Word stress/Syllable Structure;
5. Emphatic Stress/Intonation Patterns;
6. Phonetic Symbols.
#4: Use WAEC Recommended Textbooks for English (Expo)
There are some recommended textbooks you should use while studying.
You can search it online or ask your teacher in the school to give you the best textbooks to use for WAEC English exam.
You can search it online or ask your teacher in the school to give you the best textbooks to use for WAEC English exam.
He'll be very delighted to hear that and will give you without wasting any time.
#5: Do not Miss classes
You should not miss classes so easily if you want to pass WAEC English questions with correct answers.
This is because most of those things your teacher will say will appear in the exams and that will be of great help.
This is because most of those things your teacher will say will appear in the exams and that will be of great help.
Remember...
one mark can change your story in WAEC.
So, do not joke with lectures when it is time.
one mark can change your story in WAEC.
So, do not joke with lectures when it is time.
Again, you can pay a tutor to take you after the normal school hours, it helps a lot.
This will give you the confidence that you need to write your exam without shaking.
This will give you the confidence that you need to write your exam without shaking.
# Say no to Malpractice
Malpractice does not help anybody.
If you cheat and pass today, a day is coming when you shall not be able to cheat.
What you know shall be required of thee.
If you cheat and pass today, a day is coming when you shall not be able to cheat.
What you know shall be required of thee.
Therefore, it is pertinent you write it on your own and forget about malpractice.
Remember, a little form of misconduct can lead to the cancellation of WAEC French exam in your centre.
Write the questions and get your answers correctly without involving in any problem.
Remember, a little form of misconduct can lead to the cancellation of WAEC French exam in your centre.
Write the questions and get your answers correctly without involving in any problem.
With these tips, we are convinced that nothing will happen to your answer sheet at all and you'll pass successfully if you adhere to it.
WAEC English Past Questions & Answers 2020
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