From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences. When I was coming b...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - English Language - 1993 (Objective) Subject: English Language

Question 1 Report

From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.
When I was coming back from Lagos, I saw a ......
Answer Details
The correct option is "one-legged young mad man." This is because the sentence is describing a man who is both young and has one leg. "One-legged" is used to describe the man's physical characteristic, "young" describes his age, while "mad man" indicates that the man might have a mental illness or disorder. The other options are not grammatically correct or are unclear in meaning. For example, "young one-legged mad man" and "mad man one legged young" are both missing the necessary hyphen between "one" and "legged," and their word order makes the sentence confusing and difficult to understand. "One-legged mad man young" is also unclear because it is not clear whether "young" is describing the man or some other aspect of the sentence.

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