WAEC 2014 English Language · Question 30

Our tour of the tower came to an end all … soon.

Question

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence. Our tour of the tower came to an end all ....... soon.

  1. A.much
  2. B.rather
  3. C.too
  4. D.more

Answer: C. too

Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key

Analyze the question: We need a word that fits the phrase "came to an end all ....... soon." This is a fixed expression in English.

Explain the concept: The idiom "all too + adjective/adverb" means "much more than is desirable; regrettably." For example:

  • "The holidays ended all too soon."
  • "It was all too easy to make a mistake."

It expresses that something happened sooner (or more easily) than one would have liked.

Step-by-step solution:

  • A. much: "all much soon" is ungrammatical.
  • B. rather: "all rather soon" is not a natural English phrase. "Rather" can modify "soon" by itself ("rather soon"), but it does not combine with "all."
  • C. too: "all too soon" is the correct idiom. It fits the meaning perfectly: the tour ended sooner than the speakers wanted, which suggests they enjoyed it.
  • D. more: "all more soon" makes no sense grammatically.

The correct sentence is: Our tour of the tower came to an end all too soon.

Tip: Memorize common "all too" collocations: all too soon, all too often, all too easy, all too well. In WASSCE and JAMB lexis-and-structure questions, idioms are tested often, so learning them as fixed chunks saves time.

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