WASSCE English Language · Paper 1 style

Prepositions

One sample question with the full working. 2 more in the app, with instant feedback and repair sessions for the traps below.

Choose the option that best completes the sentence: We have a test ___ Monday.

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Answer: D

On Monday.

Trap A Copies the preposition of a similar word: Learn fixed collocations as whole chunks: congratulate ON, accuse OF, charge WITH, comply WITH, insist ON, absent FROM.

Trap B Picks a near neighbour of the right form: Name the exact category the stem needs (third conditional; /əʊ/; 'call off' = cancel; clause of concession) and check each option against that name, not against how close it looks.

Trap C Picks a meaning that fits the context but not the words: Test the option by substitution: does it mean the same as the underlined words, not just make sense in the story?

Traps in Prepositions

Copies the preposition of a similar word
Learn fixed collocations as whole chunks: congratulate ON, accuse OF, charge WITH, comply WITH, insist ON, absent FROM.
Picks a near neighbour of the right form
Name the exact category the stem needs (third conditional; /əʊ/; 'call off' = cancel; clause of concession) and check each option against that name, not against how close it looks.
Picks a meaning that fits the context but not the words
Test the option by substitution: does it mean the same as the underlined words, not just make sense in the story?
Accepts an informal or local usage as standard
WASSCE marks standard British English. When an option 'sounds normal' in speech, check it against the formal rule before choosing it.

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