WAEC 2015 English Language · Question 27

The standard of education has gone …

Question

From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the words or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences. The standard of education has gone.....

A.out
B.at
C.on
D.up

Answer: D. up

Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key

Analyze the question: The sentence is "The standard of education has gone ..... " and we need the word that best completes it. This tests phrasal verbs with "go" and what idiom fits the meaning of "standard."

Explain the concept: "Go" combines with prepositions to give different meanings:

go out: stop burning, or leave a place
go at: attack or approach energetically
go on: continue or happen
go up: rise or increase

Here the sentence is about a "standard," which can rise or fall. "Go up" means to increase or rise, as in "Prices have gone up."

Solution:

"Standard of education" is something that can be measured as higher or lower.
"Gone out" doesn't fit, because a standard doesn't "go out" in this sense, and it would sound like a light or fire going out.
"Gone at" and "gone on" are incomplete or unnatural here. "Gone on" would need more information, such as "gone on for years."
"Gone up" is a natural, complete phrase meaning the standard has risen.

So the sentence reads: "The standard of education has gone up."

Note: "Gone down" is the more common phrase when people complain about falling standards, but it is not among the options. Of the choices given, only "up" forms a correct and meaningful phrase.

Answer: D. up

Exam tip: For phrasal verb questions, test each option by inserting it and asking whether it forms a real, complete phrase. Phrases like "go up" and "go down" are very common in WASSCE and JAMB, so learn them in pairs.

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