2024 WASSCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER THREE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSBY: Dinzei Maureen Marris

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 WASSCE 2024 Test of Orals


From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  1. women (a) red (b) rid (c) bead (d) cool
  2. pearl (a) curtain (b) fear (c) care (d) sergeant 
  3. edit  (a) many (b) earthly (c) forte (d) meaty
  4. penal  (a) penalty (b) reality (c) receipt (d) pleasant 
  5. passage (a) message (b) package (c) mortar (d) partner
  6. coarse  (a) coax (b) chore (c) road (d) rod
  7. stipend  (a) still (b) free (c) bear (d) kite
  8. dumb  (a) comb (b) pupil (c) urban (d) month
  9. wolf  (a) golf (b) scold (c) crude (d) wood
  10. manure  (a) party (b) search (c) again (d) bad
  11. host  (a) now (b) hoarse (c)  thought (d) known
  12. steak  (a) stake (b) mead (c) meadow (d) bellow
  13. brute  (a) should (b) stood (c) lose (d) brought
  14. south  (a) drought (b) foal (c) southern (d) doughty
  15. ploy (a) plough (b) law (c) noise (d) sort
From the words lettered A to D choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

16. escape  (a) lacks (b) exact (c) scene (d) school 
17. chute  (a) loch (b) usual (c) sugar (d) choose 
18. scion  (a) cars (b) barks (c) sure (d) zoo
19. suture  (a) chalet (b) badge (c) chalk (d) city
20. whole  (a) white (b) ewe (c) house (d) sword
21. sold  (a) could (b) fodder (c) soldier (d) fold
22. lustre (a) stay (b) straight (c) treat (d) castle 
23. helped  (a) moved (b) banded (c)  risked (d) begged
24. viscount  (a) scent (b) car (c) race (d) vital
25. punctual  (a) ankle (b)funny (c) damn (d) thin
26. rest  (a) near (b) survey (c) choir (d) carry
27. what  (a) who (b) write (c) one (d) whose
28. giggle  (a) league (b) ensign (c) genre (d) gesture
29. peasant  (a) lacy (b) passion (c) loser (d) leisure
30. indict  (a) pack (b) listen (c) fiction (d) till
From the words lettered A to D choose the word that rhymes with the given word.
31. muscle  (a) tousle (b) puzzle (c) tussle (d) dozen
32. trouser  (a) browser (b) bounce (c) trowel (d) cower
33. aisle  (a) isle (b) bail (c) fly (d) real
34.potter (a) porters (b) pear (c) otter (d) rotten
35. plaque (a) lake (b) lark (c) luck (d) plague

From the words lettered A-D, choose the one that has the correct stress.
36.  leguminous (a) LEguminous (b) leGUMinous (c) legumINous (d) leguminOUS
37. manifesto (a) MANifesto (b) manIfesto (c) maniFESto (d) manifesTO
38.collocation (a) COLLocation (b) colloOcation (c) colloCAtion (d) collocaTION
39. dependable (a) DEpendable (b)dePENDable (c) dependAble (d) dependaBLE
40. embodiment (a) EMbodiment (b) emBODiment (c) embodIment (d) embodiMENT

From the following options lettered A-D, all the words are except one have the same stress pattern. Identify the one with the different stress pattern and shade your answer in the usual way. 

41.(a) couture (b) cowshed (c) forest (d) gadget
42. (a) galley (b) hamlet (c) hotel (d) madam
43. (a)remember (b) harmony (c) percentage (d) agreement
44. (a) blossom (b) faucet (c) gainsay (d) bosom
45. (a) elephant (b) ectopic (c) ensemble (d) enrolment

In each of the following sentences, the word that receives the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the questions lettered A-D, choose the one to which the given sentence  is the appropriate answer. 

46. The United States will host the next FIFA football competition
(a) will the United States hold the next CAF football competition? (b) will Nigeria host the next FIFA football competition (c) will the United States fund the next FIFA football competition (d) will the United States host the next FIFA basketball competition?

47. Bisi's mother ENJOYS cooking. (a) does Ayo's mother enjoy cooking? (b) does Bisi's mother hate cooking? (c) does Bisi's sister enjoy cooking? (d) Does Bisi's mother enjoy washing?

48. We left for MAKURDI yesterday. (a) Did we leave for Lagos yesterday? (b) did we arrive from Makurdi yesterday? (c) did they leave for Makurdi yesterday? (d) did we leave for Makurdi today?

49. Ahmed greeted AKIN at the party. (a) did Ahmed ignore Akin at the party (b) did Peter greet Akin at the party? (c) did Ahmed greet James at the party? (d) Did Ahmed greet Akin at the park?

50.Bimpe was the FIRST to submit the assignment. (a) was Nneka the first to submit the assignment? (b) was Bimpe the first to leave the assignment? (c) was Bimpe the last to submit the assignment?
 (d) was Bimpe the first to submit the project?

From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol.

51./ÊŒ/   (a) comfort (b) music (c) ozone (d) food
52./au/ (a) howl (b) law (c) flow (d) note
53. /v/ (a) of (b) few (c) off (d) photo
54. /É”/ (a) age (b) argue (c) about (d) active
55. /ð/ (a) these (b) thanks (c) thyme (d) moth
56. /j/ (a) jet (b) flew (c) few (d) just
57. /Ê’:/ (a) heart (b) floor (c) herb (d) fork
58. /ai/ (a) freight (b) faith (c) said (d) piety
59. /i:/ (a) pit (b) exile (c) regal (d) serve
60. /dÊ’/ (a) regime (b) gutter (c) gender (d) design


Answers 
  1. B
  2. B
  3. A
  4. A
  5. D
  6. A
  7. A
  8. D
  9. B
  10. D
  11. D
  12. C
  13. B
  14. C
  15. C
  16. D
  17. B
  18. C
  19. C
  20. C
  21. D
  22. D
  23. C
  24. B
  25. A
  26. D
  27. B
  28. A
  29. C
  30. D
  31. B
  32. A
  33. A
  34. A
  35. B
  36. B
  37. C
  38. C
  39. B
  40. B
  41. C
  42. D
  43. B
  44. C
  45. B
  46. A
  47. B
  48. A
  49. C
  50. C
  51. A
  52. A
  53. A
  54. C
  55. A
  56. B
  57. C
  58. A
  59. C
  60. A





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