2020 WASSCE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 TEST OF ORALS (OBJECTIVE)

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SECTION 1

 

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. Womb
   A. book
   B. fool
   C. comb
   D. bomb
2. Dirt
   A. Pet
   B. worth
   C. sword
   D. deed
3. Worst
   A. fiery
   B. cord
   C. put
   D. worship
4. Hall
   A. shortage
   B. love
   C. courage
   D. country
5. Pit
   A. blight
   B. pious
   C. hatred
   D. paint
6. Pint
   A. plait
   B. lisp
   C. buy
   D. late
7. Canoe
   A. truce
   B. pull
   C. doe
   D. shore
8. Fatal
   A. hard
   B. fat
   C. beard
   D. bail
9. Jeopardy
   A. check
   B. people
   C. probe
   D. fired
10. Stuff
    A. tune
    B. hoof
    C. tough
    D. doff
11. Bear
    A. her
    B. year
    C. fare
    D. pie
12. Boil
    A. coy
    B. soul
    C. how
    D. mode
13. Man
    A. tape
    B. slash
    C. palm
    D. barn
14. Heart
    A. lust
    B. clear
    C. star
    D. heat
15. Fault
    A. brought
    B. bowl
    C. loan
    D. laugh

SECTION 2

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

16. Girl
    A. badge
    B. gist
    C. bringing
    D. examine
17. Height
    A. house
    B. heir
    C. honest
    D. hour
18. Pine
    A. palm
    B. push
    C. empty
    D. phone
19. Most
    A. sniffed
    B. though
    C. think
    D. listen
20. Zoo
    A. stature
    B. cease
    C. days
    D. leisure
21. Bath
    A. heart
    B. those
    C. bathe
    D. thigh
22. Band
    A. breath
    B. asked
    C. handsome
    D. dream
23. Archive
    A. challenge
    B. match
    C. chimera
    D. chime
24. Swine
    A. one
    B. new
    C. know
    D. seen
25. Base
    A. boys
    B. clash
    C. lace
    D. lazy
26. Wept
    A. castle
    B. apostle
    C. slapped
    D. passed
27. Card
    A. sandwich
    B. hedge
    C. soldier
    D. maiden
28. Fetch
    A. approve
    B. tough
    C. thorough
    D. believe
29. Arrest
    A. lure
    B. shirt
    C. rule
    D. spurn
30. Writes
    A. wards
    B. costs
    C. wins
    D. dines

SECTION 3

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

31. Suite
    A. thrice
    B. suit
    C. sweet
    D. sweat
32. Incite
    A. inside
    B. disquiet
    C. excite
    D. surmise
33. Flood
    A. chord
    B. cud
    C. curd
    D. call
34. Receipt
    A. unkempt
    B. dealt
    C. deceive
    D. leapt
35. Firm
    A. born
    B. sworn
    C. burn
    D. girl

SECTION 4

In each of the following questions, the main/primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the words lettered A to D, choose the one that has the correct stress.

36. Overwhelming
    A. O-ver- whelm-ing
    B. o-VER-whelm-ing
    C. o-ver-WHELM-ing
    D. O-ver- whelm-ING
37. Melancholy
    A. MEL-an-chol-y
    B. mel-AN-chol-y
    C. mel-an-.CHOL-y
    D. mel-an-chol-Y
38. Inflammation
    A. IN-flam-ma- tion
    B. in-FLAM-ma-tion
    C. in- flam-MA-tion
    D. in-flam-ma- TION
39. Calculation
    A. CAL-cu-la-tion
    B. cal-CU-la-tion
    C. cal-cu-LA-tion
    D. cal-cu-la-TION
40. Economic
    A. EC-o-nom-ic
    B. ec-O-nom-ic
    C. ec-o-NOM-ic
    D. ec-o-nom-IC

SECTION 5

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

41. A. undo
    B. ado
    C. unless
    D. legal
42. A. despite
    B. petrol
    C. wardrobe
    D. vomit
43. A. typist
    B. orphan
    C. mattress
    D. cigar
44. A. colleague
    B. acute
    C. extent
    D. success
45. A. formative
    B. character
    C. designate
    D. continue

SECTION 6

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

46. The man BROUGHT the newspaper.
    A. Did the woman bring the newspaper?
    B. Did the man bring a newspaper?
    C. Did the man bring the magazine?
    D. Did the man read the newspaper?
47. The woman wants MY car.
    A. Does the woman want my radio?
    B. Does the man want my car?
    C. Does the woman want his car?
    D. Does the woman need my car?
48. The president SPOKE to the press yesterday.
    A. Did the minister speak to the press yesterday?
    B. Did the president speak to the lecturers yesterday?
    C. Did the president wave to the press yesterday?
    D. Did the president speak to the press today?
49. Comfort prepared a DELICIOUS meal.
    A. Did Comfort prepare a delicious snack?
    B. Did Comfort prepare a tasteless meal?
    C. Did Jummy prepare a delicious meal?
    D. Did Comfort order a delicious meal?
50. OUR Mathematics teacher has been transferred.
    A. Has their Mathematics teacher been transferred?
    B. Has our Physics teacher been transferred?
    C. Has our Mathematics teacher been promoted?
    D. Has our Mathematics supervisor been transferred?

 

SECTION 7

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

51. /ai/
    A. rare
    B. ice
    C. air
    D. fuel
52. /æ/
    A. bag
    B. park
    C. get
    D. class
53. /d/
    A. handkerchief
    B. passed
    C. handsome
    D. bride
54. /e/
    A. bite
    B. leave
    C. spare
    D. heaven
55. /p/
    A. bore
    B. warp
    C. wander
    D. wonder
56. /k/
    A. civil
    B. choral
    C. chore
    D. choose
57. /g/
    A. gnash
    B. target
    C. gnaw
    D. sing
58. /u:/
    A. work
    B. grew
    C. teeth
    D. bull
59. /ʃ/
    A. badge
    B. catch
    C. bastion
    D. edition
60. /o/
    A. know
    B. chance
    C. lean
    D. living

WASSCE 2020 ENGLISH LANGUAGE 3 TEST OF ORALS (OBJECTIVE) ANSWERS

1. B. fool
   We have the long vowel sound /u:/. It is realized in words such as stool, tool, dupe, food, recruit, fuse, group, and loot, among others.
2. B. worth
   We have the long vowel sound /3:/. It is realized in words such as colonel, birth, err, mirth, church, scourge, world, word, serve, burst, pear, etc. Sound /3:/ is always represented by two or more letters, and one of the letters, especially the last one, is often a letter “r”.
3. D. worship
   We have the long vowel sound /5:/. It is realized in words such as sport, hall, force, fore, ore, court, call, daughter, board, claw, sword, talk, etc. Sound /o:/ is, in many cases, represented by more than one letter, but can sometimes be represented by one letter if followed by “l”.
4. A. shortage
   We have the long vowel sound /o:/. It is realized in words such as sport, fall, force, fore, ore, court, call, daughter, board, claw, sword, talk, etc.
5. C. hatred
   We have the vowel sound /æ/. It is realized in words such as sit, fish, exam, kill, regime, English, gill, marry, women, bury, money, exalt, etc. Sound /æ/ is usually represented by one letter.
6. C. buy
   We have the vowel sound /ai/. It is a diphthong realized in words such as bye, tie, lie, fly, eyes, high, ignite, twilight, pint, etc.
7. A. truce
   We have the long vowel sound /u:/. This sound is realized in words such as fruit, you, fool, crude, view, shoe, blue, too, rude, rule, whose, sluice, fruit, move, canoe, etc.
8. D. bail
   We have the vowel sound /ei/. It is a diphthong realized in words such as age, paper, fame, made, angel, chalet, bouquet, take, capable, remain, same, aviation, fatal, etc.
9. A. check
   We have the vowel sound /e/. It is a monophthong realized in words such as egg, jeopardy, leopard, led, death, set, net, error, energy, debt, pen, head, etc.
10. C. stuff
    We have the vowel sound /ʌ/. It is realized in words such as cup, stuff, bus, encourage, mother, son, above, son, sun, above, among, brother, blood, country, honey, color, young, love, etc.
11. C. bear
    We have the vowel sound /ea/. It is a diphthong realized in words such as there, rare, spare, bear, scarce, stair, hair, share, parent, aware, ware, care, share, etc.
12. A. coy
    We have the vowel sound /ɔɪ/. It is a diphthong realized in words such as boy, oil, voice, toy, soil, annoy, noise, choice, rejoice, boil, employ, enjoin, spoil, oyster, etc.
13. B. slash
    We have the vowel sound /æ/. It is a monophthong realized in words such as angry, mad, plait, calendar, land, man, cat, rat, adverb, mango, apple, rag, animal, stab, thank, slash, etc.
14. C. star
    We have the long vowel sound /ɑː/. It is a monophthong realized in words such as father, heart, part, aunt, grass, calm, psalm, balm, far, half, registrar, clerk, sergeant, heart, fart, mask, fast, master, etc.
15. A. brought
    We have the long vowel sound /ɔː/. It is a monophthong realized in words such as sport, fall, force, fore, ore, court, call, fault, daughter, board, claw, sword, talk, etc.

Consonant Sounds

16. D. examine
    We have the consonant sound /g/. It is a voiced consonant sound realized in words such as goat, gimmick, get, examine, glory, greet, great, regret, gas, etc.
17. A. house
    We have the consonant sound /h/. It is a consonant sound realized in words such as heart, house, home, who, whose, behind, hear, perhaps, how, hover, head, hope, etc.
18. B. push
    We have the consonant sound /p/. It is a voiceless consonant sound realized in words such as pot, push, pillow, peel, people, pig, rapport, pigeon, happy, speak, etc.
19. A. sniffed
    We have the consonant sound /t/. It is a voiceless consonant sound realized in words such as toy, teacher, table, habit, rat, spirit, rat, talk, right, tie, etc.
20. C. days
    We have the consonant sound /z/. It is a voiced consonant sound realized in words such as reason, disease, days, boys, zealous, result, zest, etc.

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