Below is a complete WAEC–style English Language Paper 3 (Oral) set, containing 60 Objective Questions based on:
• Oral English sounds
• Stress
• Emphatic stress
• Intonation
• Rhymes
• Consonant and vowel contrasts
• Phonetic discrimination
All questions follow WAEC GCE/SSCE format.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE PAPER 3 (ORAL) – 60 QUESTIONS
INSTRUCTION: Choose the option that has the vowel or consonant sound that is different from the others OR best answers the question.
SECTION A: VOWEL SOUNDS (1–20)
Choose the word with a different vowel sound:
A. Beat
B. Seat
C. Bit
D. Leak
Answer C
Choose the word with the same vowel sound as “book”:
A. boot
B. took
C. cool
D. mood
Answer B
Choose the odd vowel sound:
A. father
B. car
C. cat
D. hard
Answer C
Which word contains the same vowel sound as “pen”:
A. pain
B. hen
C. lane
D. cane
Answer B
Choose the word with a different vowel sound:
A. pool
B. pull
C. fool
D. stool
Answer B
Select the odd vowel sound:
A. hat
B. heart
C. cat
D. fat
Answer B
Which word contains /u:/
A. put
B. root
C. foot
D. full
Answer B
Choose the word whose vowel sound differs:
A. but
B. cut
C. put
D. shut
Answer C
The vowel sound in “bird” is also in
A. heard
B. head
C. hard
D. beard
Answer A
Choose the word with a different vowel sound:
A. care
B. fair
C. fear
D. share
Answer C
The word that contains the same vowel sound as “seat”
A. sit
B. beat
C. set
D. fit
Answer B
Identify the odd one out:
A. cup
B. hut
C. put
D. sun
Answer C
Which has the same vowel sound as “site”
A. seat
B. sight
C. sit
D. cite
Answer B
Choose the odd vowel sound:
A. go
B. hoe
C. now
D. so
Answer C
Which word has the same sound as “food”:
A. good
B. wood
C. mood
D. book
Answer C
Choose the word with a different vowel sound:
A. foil
B. soil
C. boil
D. toil
Answer A
Select the word with the same vowel sound as “care”:
A. beer
B. bear
C. bare
D. bar
Answer B
Identify the word with the odd vowel sound:
A. girl
B. pearl
C. well
D. heard
Answer C
Choose the word that shares the same sound as “boot”:
A. book
B. loot
C. foot
D. cook
Answer B
Choose the odd vowel sound:
A. tea
B. bee
C. key
D. they
Answer D
SECTION B: CONSONANT SOUNDS (21–40)
Choose the word with a different consonant sound:
A. ship
B. sheep
C. chip
D. she
Answer C
Choose the word containing the /tʃ/ sound:
A. shape
B. cheap
C. ship
D. share
Answer B
The consonant sound /θ/ appears in
A. though
B. think
C. them
D. this
Answer B
Choose the odd consonant sound:
A. pleasure
B. measure
C. pressure
D. vision
Answer C
Which word contains the /ŋ/ sound?
A. long
B. lung
C. log
D. lock
Answer A
Choose the word with a different initial consonant sound:
A. gin
B. jam
C. girl
D. joy
Answer C
The consonant sound in “phone” is the same as
A. pin
B. vine
C. fan
D. thin
Answer C
The sound /ʃ/ is in
A. chef
B. check
C. chop
D. chalk
Answer A
Which word contains /ð/?
A. thought
B. thick
C. though
D. thank
Answer C
Choose the word with a different final consonant sound:
A. back
B. trek
C. sack
D. bag
Answer D
Choose the word that begins with the same sound as “cat”:
A. chain
B. kite
C. chair
D. chin
Answer B
Choose the odd consonant sound:
A. laugh
B. calf
C. half
D. safe
Answer D
The sound in “judge” is present in
A. badge
B. huge
C. hedge
D. ledge
Answer A
Identify the word containing /s/ not /z/:
A. plays
B. bags
C. sits
D. days
Answer C
Choose the word with the sound /ʒ/:
A. pleasure
B. pressure
C. treasure
D. casualty
Answer A
The consonant cluster /spl/ appears in
A. splash
B. splashy
C. explain
D. split
Answer D
Choose the odd sound:
A. knife
B. know
C. knee
D. knit
Answer A
Which word ends with /p/?
A. cup
B. cub
C. curb
D. cop
Answer A
Choose the word that contains /kw/:
A. choir
B. quote
C. key
D. queue
Answer B
The consonant sound in “judge” differs from that in
A. jam
B. joy
C. large
D. age
Answer C
WAEC 2026/2027 English Language Paper 3 (Oral) Questions and Answers
SECTION C: RHYMES (41–50)
Choose the word that rhymes with “light”:
A. late
B. bite
C. sit
D. let
Answer B
Choose the rhyme pair:
A. pool – fall
B. could – stood
C. food – flood
D. boot – but
Answer B
The word that rhymes with “fair”:
A. fear
B. dear
C. bear
D. near
Answer C
Which word rhymes with “coat”?
A. bought
B. boat
C. cut
D. court
Answer B
Choose the rhyming word for “time”:
A. tin
B. tame
C. dime
D. team
Answer C
The rhyming word for “stone”:
A. soon
B. tone
C. tun
D. ton
Answer B
Choose the rhyme pair:
A. late – date
B. lake – lack
C. beer – bear
D. fit – feet
Answer A
Rhymes with “speak”:
A. peak
B. thick
C. sick
D. seek
Answer A
Rhymes with “tall”:
A. tell
B. toil
C. fall
D. tile
Answer C
Choose the word that rhymes with “back”:
A. bake
B. break
C. pack
D. bark
Answer C
SECTION D: STRESS & EMPHATIC STRESS (51–60)
In which word is the stress on the first syllable?
A. receive
B. begin
C. market
D. reply
Answer C
The stress in “photograph” falls on
A. first syllable
B. second syllable
C. third syllable
D. last syllable
Answer A
The emphatic stress on “He BOUGHT the car” emphasizes that
A. he rented it
B. he bought it, not sold it
C. he borrowed it
D. he washed it
Answer B
If the statement is “Mary passed the EXAM,” the contradictory emphatic response is
A. Mary passed the test
B. Mary passed the exam
C. Mary did not pass the exam
D. Mary passed all the exams
Answer C
In “She arrived yesterday,” to contradict the time, the reply is
A. She did not arrive yesterday
B. She arrived late
C. She arrived quickly
D. She arrived again
Answer A
Where is the stress placed in “environment”?
A. enVIronment
B. enviRONment
C. environMENT
D. ENvironment
Answer A
In emphatic stress, the stressed word
A. changes meaning
B. shows contrast
C. shows rhyme
D. forms a question
Answer B
The stressed syllable in “understand” is
A. UN-derstand
B. un-DER-stand
C. un-der-STAND
D. un-derstand
Answer C
To contradict “He is VERY intelligent,” the reply is
A. He is not very intelligent
B. He is not tall
C. He is intelligent
D. He is very tall
Answer A
The stress in “economic” is on the
A. first syllable
B. second syllable
C. third syllable
D. fourth syllable
Answer C
