WAEC SSCE WASSCE 1998 English Language: Antonyms
This post is part of a series touching on the different aspects of SSCE / WASSCE English past questions. In the first series of posts, we are focusing on antonyms (opposite in meaning).
SECTION 1: In the following sentences, there is one word underlined and one gap. From the list of words letterd A to D, choose the one word that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time, correctly fill the gap in the sentence.
ANTONYMS
26. There was heavy traffic on the road so John slowed down, but the taxi driver ……….and overtook him.
A. accelerated
B. hurried up
C. braked
D. hastened
27. Mr. Bayo’s account of the incident was fictitious, but the wife’s evidence was ……
A. embarrassing
B. pleasant
C. probable
D. factual
28. They are a strange pair; one of them is very refined in his manners while the other is….
A. proud
B. uncouth
C. unskilled
D. untidy
29. The purpose of education is to facilitate progress not to….it.
A. reprimand
B. impede
C. stampede
D. proscribe
30. While Oye is extravagant his brother is………
A. frugal
B. kind
C. mean
D. corrupt
Answers to SSCE / WASSCE 1998 English Language: Antonyms
26. A - accelerated
27. D - factual
28. B - uncouth
29. B - impede
30. A -frugal
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