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WAEC Pronoun questions
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Choose the word(s) that best completes each of the following sentences.
WAEC English 2010 (43)
1. The motorcycle nearly hit Jane and _____
A. me
B. I
C. myself
D. mine
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The action is “hit”. Jane and someone received this action. The receiver of an action is called the OBJECT and the only objective pronoun is option (A).
WAEC English 2010 (55)
2. The principal advised all the students to be of help to _____
A. one other
B. themselves
C. the other
D. one another
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“One another” indicates a mutual (give-and-take) relationship among more than two members of a group. Option (B) refers to self and does not show the “mutuality” in the assistance, while (C) refers to just one other person, not a group.
WAEC English 2011 (45)
3. All _____ the President said was reported in the dailies.
A. what
B. which
C. that
D. those
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“All that…” is used to mean “everything”. Other options are not grammatically combined with “all” in like manner.
WAEC English 2011 (53)
4. _____ does this money belong to?
A. Whom
B. Whose
C. Who
D. Which
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Use “whom” when the answer is “him, her, them”. Use “who” when the answer is “he, she, they”.
WAEC English 2011 (61)
5. The members of the association were advised to cooperate with _____
A. one another
B. each other
C. themselves
D. one to the other
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(A) is used to describe mutual actions among a group of people while (B) is used between just two people and option (C) for individual action to oneself.
WAEC English 2012 (45)
6. We are not bound to believe all _____ he said.
A. what
B. which
C. these
D. that
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“All that…” means everything. Option (A) would’ve been correct without “all”.
WAEC English 2012 (53)
7. Those boys will have to blame _____ for not listening to advice.
A. each other
B. ourselves
C. the other
D. themselves
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(D) indicates that the boys will be responsible for any result that comes to THEM out of THEIR own inability to listen. (A) and (C) do not fit the context of self-blame and (B) involves the speaker rather than just the boys.
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