WAEC 2021 English Language · Question 126

We all look forward to meeting the ............

Options

  1. A.beautiful, young, Nigerian musician
  2. B.young, Nigerian, beautiful musician
  3. C.Nigerian, young, beautiful musician
  4. D.Nigerian, beautiful, young musician

Answer: A. beautiful, young, Nigerian musician

Explanation written with AI and checked against the answer key

Analyze the question: This tests the order of adjectives (opinion → size → age → shape → colour → origin → material → purpose, then noun).

Explain the concept: When several adjectives come before a noun in English, they follow this order:

  1. Opinion (beautiful, lovely, ugly)
  2. Size
  3. Age (young, old, new)
  4. Shape
  5. Colour
  6. Origin/Nationality (Nigerian, Ghanaian)
  7. Material
  8. Purpose

Solution: Identify the category of each adjective:

  • beautiful → opinion
  • young → age
  • Nigerian → origin/nationality

Arranged in the correct order: opinion → age → origin → noun, which gives:

"We all look forward to meeting the beautiful, young, Nigerian musician."

Check the other options:

  • B: young, Nigerian, beautiful. Opinion comes after origin, which is wrong.
  • C: Nigerian, young, beautiful. Origin comes first, which is wrong.
  • D: Nigerian, beautiful, young. Origin comes first, which is wrong.

Only option A follows the correct order.

Tip: Remember the order with OSASCOMP (Opinion, Size, Age, Shape, Colour, Origin, Material, Purpose). Nationality words like Nigerian sit right next to the noun, and opinion words like beautiful come first.

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