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From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the word or...

English Language
WAEC 1991

From the words or groups of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes the sentence.
For our Sunday lunch. Mother always cooked a .......

  • A. large pot of thick,spicy groundnut soup
  • B. large, thick,spicy pot of groundnut soup
  • C. large, spicy, thick groundnut pot of soup
  • D. large,spicy groundnut soup
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Correct Answer: Option A
Explanation

The correct order of adjectives in English follows this pattern:

Quantity → Opinion → Size → Age → Shape → Colour → Origin → Material → Purpose → Noun

In the given sentence:

  • "thick" (opinion)
  • "spicy" (opinion/taste)
  • "groundnut soup" (main noun)

The quantifier "a large pot of" comes before "thick, spicy, groundnut soup" because a quantifier needs to come before an uncountable noun (i.e. soup). 


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