WAEC 2013 English Language · Question 33
After the sentence below, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you…
Question
After the sentence below, a list of possible interpretations is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for the sentence. Ojo's learning has gone to his head. This means that Ojo
- A.has become proud because of his learning
- B.has learnt too much
- C.has been made mad by his learning
- D.feels that only learning is important
Answer: A. has become proud because of his learning
Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key
Analyze the question: The sentence "Ojo's learning has gone to his head" uses an idiom. We need the meaning of "gone to his head."
Explain the concept: In English, when something "goes to someone's head," it makes the person conceited, arrogant, or overly proud. It is usually said of success, praise, power, or (here) education. The meaning is figurative, not literal, so we should not take it to mean madness or physical effects.
Work through the options:
- A. has become proud because of his learning. This matches the idiom exactly: his education has made him arrogant or conceited.
- B. has learnt too much. This is a literal reading about quantity. The idiom says nothing about how much he learned.
- C. has been made mad by his learning. This is a common trap. The phrase is about attitude, not mental illness. (There is a different expression, "too much learning has made him mad," but it is not this idiom.)
- D. feels that only learning is important. This describes a belief about values, not the conceit the idiom conveys.
Answer: Option A is correct. The idiom "gone to his head" means pride or an inflated sense of self-importance.
Tip: For idiom questions, ask whether the phrase is literal or figurative. "Go to one's head" almost always means becoming conceited. Related examples: "Success has gone to her head" means she has become arrogant. Also watch out for tempting options that sound dramatic, such as "made mad."
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