Which sentence implies that she did not leave earlier and did not catch the bus?

Had she left earlier, she would have caught the bus

The remarks were far from complimentary

Few of the delegates, if any, agreed

The proposal met with mixed feelings

In grammar, a subordinate clause is:

a clause that carries a subject and a verb but depends on another clause to complete its sense

a clause that tells when, where, why or how the action of the main clause happened

a group of words with a subject and a finite verb that can stand as a sentence on its own

a group of words built round a noun, doing in the sentence what a single noun would do

What is the function of a noun?

naming a person, place, thing or idea

standing in the place of a noun already named

showing the relation between a noun and another word, and always followed by a noun phrase

expressing sudden feeling, and standing outside the grammar of the sentence

What does the phrasal verb to put off mean?

to postpone something to a later time

to dismiss workers because there is no work for them

to distribute something among a group

to leave the ground, as an aircraft does

Which sentence implies that almost none of them agreed, and possibly none at all?

Few of the delegates, if any, agreed

Had she left earlier, she would have caught the bus

The proposal met with mixed feelings

He promised to look into the matter

In terms of syllables and stress, the word 'temporary' is:

a word of four syllables stressed on the first

a word of five syllables stressed on the second

a word of four syllables stressed on the second

a word of three syllables stressed on the third

West African Examinations Council

WASSCE English Language · Paper 1 — Objective

Multiple-choice. This is the paper the CBT simulator practises.

40 of 349 exam-style questions, written to the West African Examinations Council format and free to read. The answers are here too — what they do not tell you is how many you would get right with a clock running.

Sit this paper timed All WASSCE English Language papers

1. Which sentence implies that she did not leave earlier and did not catch the bus?

2. In grammar, a subordinate clause is:

3. What is the function of a noun?

4. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word courteous.

5. Choose the option that correctly completes the sentence: While I ______, the lights went out.

6. Which word is closest in meaning to dangerous?

7. Which word is the opposite of miserly?

8. Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The committee recommended that the report ______ published at once.

9. Choose the word that correctly completes the sentence: The committee ______ its decision last week.

10. Choose the correct question tag: Open the window, ______

11. What does the phrasal verb to put off mean?

12. To which register does this term belong: an editorial, the article giving the newspaper's own opinion?

13. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word hostile.

14. Choose the word that is stressed on the second syllable.

15. Which punctuation mark is used for enclosing the exact words somebody spoke or wrote?

16. Choose the option that best completes the sentence: A pair of scissors ______ on the table.

17. Which sentence implies that almost none of them agreed, and possibly none at all?

18. Which word is the opposite of innocent?

19. In terms of syllables and stress, the word 'temporary' is:

20. Which phrasal verb means to leave the ground, as an aircraft does?

21. What marks out a nostalgic tone?

22. In the sentence "Although it rained, the match continued", the word "Although" is:

23. Which word is closest in meaning to unfriendly?

24. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word ambiguous.

25. What marks out a conciliatory tone?

26. In grammar, a main clause is:

27. Which grammatical structure is a clause introduced by who, which or that, which describes a noun in the sentence?

28. Choose the word that has a different vowel sound from the others.

29. To which register does this term belong: a prognosis, the forecast of how an illness will run?

30. Which word is closest in meaning to persistent?

31. In the sentence "He gave the boy a book", the phrase "the boy" functions as the:

32. Which sentence is correctly completed by 'was reading'?

33. Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The meeting was put ______ until Monday.

34. Which of the following sentences uses commas correctly around a relative clause?

35. To which register does this term belong: a soliloquy, a speech made by a character alone on stage?

36. Which punctuation mark is used for introducing a list, an explanation or a quotation after a complete statement?

37. Choose the correct question tag: Pass me the register, ______?

38. What does the phrasal verb to take off mean?

39. Choose the option that best explains the idiom: The accountant was caught RED-HANDED.

40. Which sentence is correctly completed by the word 'are'?

Reading these is not the same as sitting them.