WAEC (WASSCE) English Language · Oral English

Phonetic symbols: WAEC English Language Past Questions and Answers

What the WAEC syllabus covers in Phonetic symbols

Our summary: Matching the symbols used to write English sounds to the sounds and the letters in words.

  • Phonetic symbols

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WAEC (WASSCE) English Language questions on Phonetic symbols

  1. WAEC 2024/ə/ — From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  2. WAEC 2024/i:/ — From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  3. WAEC 2024/aʊ/ — From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  4. WAEC 2024/dʒ/ — From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  5. WAEC 2024/v/ — From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  6. WAEC 2024/aɪ/ — From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  7. WAEC 2024/ð/ — From the words lettered A-D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  8. WAEC 2023Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol /ɔɪ/
  9. WAEC 2023Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol /ŋ/
  10. WAEC 2023Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol /ʃ/
  11. WAEC 2023Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol /ei/
  12. WAEC 2023Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol /θ/
  13. WAEC 2023Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol /ɜː/
  14. WAEC 2023Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol /j/
  15. WAEC 2023Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol /ʊ/
  16. WAEC 2021/ŋ/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  17. WAEC 2021/k/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  18. WAEC 2021/b/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  19. WAEC 2021/ə/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  20. WAEC 2021/æ/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  21. WAEC 2021/ʊə/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  22. WAEC 2021/əʊ/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  23. WAEC 2020/k/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  24. WAEC 2020/g/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  25. WAEC 2020/ŋ/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  26. WAEC 2020/æl — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  27. WAEC 2020/u:/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  28. WAEC 2020/d/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  29. WAEC 2020/e/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  30. WAEC 2019/ɔː/ — Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  31. WAEC 2019/tʃ/ — Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  32. WAEC 2019/^/ — Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  33. WAEC 2019/p/ — Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  34. WAEC 2019/ʒ/ — Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  35. WAEC 2019/dʒ/ — Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  36. WAEC 2019/a:/ — Choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  37. WAEC 2018/ b / — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  38. WAEC 2018/ ð / — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  39. WAEC 2018/ ɪə / — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  40. WAEC 2018/ j / — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  41. WAEC 2018/ n / — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  42. WAEC 2018/ ɔː / — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  43. WAEC 2018/ ʊ / — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  44. WAEC 2018/ s / — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  45. WAEC 2017/θ/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  46. WAEC 2017From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol./ /ɔː/
  47. WAEC 2017/ʒ/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  48. WAEC 2017/j/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  49. WAEC 2017/3:/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol
  50. WAEC 2017/eə/ — choose the word that contains the sound represented by the given phonetic symbol

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Years with Phonetic symbols questions in DeeepSolve's question bank

From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.

  • 2024
  • 2023
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2014