WAEC 2010 English Language · Question 61
His father has a … — choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences
Question
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences: His father has a .............
- A.round wooden beautiful table
- B.wooden round beautiful table
- C.beautiful table
- D.beautiful round wooden table
Answer: D. beautiful round wooden table
Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key
Analyze the question: The sentence is "His father has a ........." and we must pick the option with the adjectives in the correct order. This tests the order of adjectives before a noun.
The concept: When several adjectives come before a noun, English follows this general order:
Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Colour → Origin → Material → Purpose → NOUN
A handy memory phrase is OSASCOMP (Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose).
Apply it to the options:
The adjectives are:
- beautiful: opinion
- round: shape
- wooden: material
The correct order is therefore: beautiful (opinion) → round (shape) → wooden (material) → table
Check each option:
- A. round wooden beautiful table: opinion is misplaced at the end, so it is wrong.
- B. wooden round beautiful table: material comes first and opinion last, so it is wrong.
- C. beautiful table: this is grammatically fine, but it leaves out "round" and "wooden". It does not use the full set of descriptive words, so it is not the best answer.
- D. beautiful round wooden table: this follows the order Opinion → Shape → Material, so it is correct.
Tip: Say the phrase aloud. "A beautiful round wooden table" sounds natural, while "a wooden round beautiful table" sounds odd. The opinion adjective (such as beautiful, lovely, nice) always comes first, and the material (such as wooden, metal, plastic) always sits right next to the noun.
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