WAEC English Language questions: Tenses and verb forms

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1. Question 21· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

   Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Look at those dark clouds! It ___ rain.

   • Agoing
   • Bwill to
   • Cis going to
   • Dis go to

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2. Question 22· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

   Choose the option that best completes the sentence: By the time we reached the station, the train ____.

   • Ahad left
   • Bhas left
   • Cleft
   • Dleaves

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3. Question 23· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

   Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The bell ___ while we were writing the test.

   • Arung
   • Brang
   • Cring
   • Dhas rung

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4. Question 24· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

   Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Femi ____ to school every day.

   • Awalks
   • Bwalk
   • Cwalking
   • Dis walk

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5. Question 25· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

   Choose the option that best completes the sentence: This time next week, we ____ our final examination.

   • Awill write
   • Bwill be writing
   • Care writing
   • Dwrote

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6. Question 26· Tenses and verb forms· WAEC

   Choose the option that best completes the sentence: He ____ the ball over the fence yesterday.

   • Athrowed
   • Bthrew
   • Cthrown
   • Dthrow

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