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WAEC vowel sounds

1. Monday

A. age
B. day
C. pretty
D. heal

2. many

A. village
B. fern
C. pap
D. friend

3. want

A. dog
B. ant
C. wane
D. walk

4. woman

A. woo
B. put
C. lock
D. song

5. blood

A. cop
B. loop
C. fool
D. young

6. observe

A. float
B. mother
C. dog
D. form

7. people

A. quay
B. wedge
C. silk
D. pep

8. bought

A. dough
B. could
C. saw
D. stock

9. heart

A. ask
B. pack
C. as
D. swear

10. view

A. could
B. pull
C. hood
D. due

10. view

A. could
B. pull
C. hood
D. due

11. eight

A. height
B. face
C. west
D. fight

12. poke

A. pork
B. look
C. snow
D. work

13. hound

A. cold
B. load
C. snore
D. mouse

14. hear

A. heap
B. beer
C. fare
D. chair

15. air

A. care
B. fail
C. pile
D. cheer

WAEC consonant sounds

16. cheap

A. sheep
B. lashes
C. poach
D. chemistry

WAEC consonant cluster

17. liquor

A. quiz
B. square
C. account
D. lizard

WAEC consonant sounds

18. strife

A. strive
B. strip
C. phase
D. vibes

19. thank

A. tick
B. tank
C. stick
D. thin

20. then

A. through
B. den
C. bathe
D. think

21. cease

A. coat
B. back
C. chaff
D. seat

22. boys

A. zinc
B. street
C. pots
D. keeps

23. show

A. cheque
B. sure
C. chemist
D. church

24. seizure

A. sink
B. usual
C. zero
D. daze

25. mature

A. lash
B. turning
C. tube
D. ritual

26. giant

A. girl
B. ghetto
C. joke
D. leg

27. paste

A. physics
B. photo
C. lap
D. phlegm

28. team

A. them
B. thyme
C. listen
D. think

29. moved

A. drive
B. rove
C. more
D. kicked

30. bin

A. doubt
B. debt
C. lamb
D. bomb

WAEC rhymes

Choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

31. roam

A. from
B. come
C. home
D. loan

32. bough

A. thought
B. dough
C. low
D. how

33. rain

A. frighten
B. frame
C. feign
D. many

34. knight

A. knife
B. cite
C. knot
D. cent

35. jeer

A. jeep
B. gear
C. gauge
D. bear

WAEC word stress

Choose the one that has the correct stress.

36. beneficial

A. BE-ne-fi-cial
B. be-NE-fi-cial
C. be-ne-FI-cial
D. be-ne-fi-CIAL

37. pecuniary

A. PE-cu-ni-ary
B. pe-CU-ni-ary
C. pe-cu-NI-ary
D. pe-cu-ni-ARY

38. reduplicate

A. RE-du-pli-cate
B. re-DU-pli-cate
C. re-du-PLI-cate
D. re-du-pli-CATE

39. satisfactory

A. SAT-is-fact-ory
B. sat-IS-fact-ory
C. sat-is-FACT-ory
D. sat-is-fact-ORY

40. disputatious

A. DIS-pu-ta-tious
B. dis-PU-ta-tious
C. dis-pu-TA-tious
D. dis-pu-ta-TIOUS

WAEC stress pattern

Identify the one with the different stress pattern.

41.
A. mullato
B. mystery
C. pucker
D. public

42.
A. genius
B. enthrone
C. matron
D. eager

43.
A. multiple
B. never
C. rotter
D. distaste

44.
A. motivate
B. invade
C. concern
D. inveigh

45.
A. income
B. nibble
C. confirm
D. muffler

WAEC emphatic stress

Choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer.

46. The project is designed to alleviate poverty in the COUNTRY.

A. Is the constitution designed to alleviate poverty in the country?
B. Is the project designed to alleviate poverty in the city?
C. Is the project designed to increase poverty in the country?
D. Is the project designed to alleviate crime in the country?

47. Students are usually advised to stay out of POLITICS.

A. Are teachers usually advised to stay out of politics?
B. Are students usually advised to go into politics?
C. Are students usually advised to stay out of business?
D. Are students rarely advised to stay out of politics?

48. The angry WORKERS vowed not to return to work.

A. Did the happy workers vow not to return to work?
B. Did the angry students vow not to return to work?
C. Did the angry workers choose not to return to work?
D. Did the angry workers vow not to return to school?

49. Mr Peter GOT his hearing aid last week.

A. Did Mr Peter lose his hearing aid last week?
B. Did Mr James get his hearing aid last week?
C. Did Mr Peter get his reading aid last week?
D. Did Mr Peter get his hearing aid last year?

50. They have been on the PHONE for an hour.

A. Has she been on the phone for an hour?
B. Have they been off the phone for an hour?
C. Have they been on the sofa for an hour?
D. Have they been on the phone for two hours?

WAEC phonetic symbol

Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol.

51. /ı/

A. weak
B. symbol
C. people
D. heal

52. /ʌ/

A. shoot
B. mug
C. shirt
D. curly

53. /æ/

A. cart
B. heart
C. plait
D. core

54. /uː/

A. cook
B. float
C. hew
D. full

55. /ɜː/

A. walk
B. worm
C. trek
D. fire

56. /t/

A. listen
B. wrestle
C. castle
D. looked

57. /k/

A. knight
B. chassis
C. chime
D. count

58. /ð/

A. thin
B. then
C. teeth
D. three

59. /s/

A. plays
B. lose
C. hens
D. place

60. /ʒ/

A. pleasure
B. bag
C. rush
D. sharpen

• This past questions were extracted from the official WAEC 2015 English paper 3.

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