Question 50
WAEC_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1
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2022
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LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH
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objective
Consider the sentence: "The teacher said the student will fail if he does not study." Identify the source of ambiguity, rewrite the sentence to eliminate the ambiguity, and explain how your revision clarifies the meaning.
Answer Options
A.
Ambiguity arises from the conjunction "if" which could introduce a conditional or a temporal clause; a clear rewrite is "The teacher said the student will fail; he does not study," which clarifies the timing.
B.
Ambiguity arises from the verb phrase "will fail" which could refer to either the teacher's prediction or the student's outcome; a clear rewrite is "If the student does not study, the teacher said he will fail," which clarifies that the teacher will fail.
C.
Ambiguity arises from the word "teacher" which could be interpreted as a subject or object; a clear rewrite is "The student will fail if the teacher does not study," which removes the pronoun ambiguity.
Correct Answer
D.
Ambiguity arises from the pronoun "he" which could refer to the teacher or the student; a clear rewrite is "The teacher said that the student will fail if the student does not study," which makes it explicit that the student is the one who must study.
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
Ambiguity arises from the pronoun "he" which could refer to the teacher or the student; a clear rewrite is "The teacher said that the student will fail if the student does not study," which makes it explicit that the student is the one who must study.
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Literature In English
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