WAEC English Language 2020 Objective — Question 64
Question 64 of 80 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) English Language 2020 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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The newspaper reported that everybody died in the accident ______.
- A. hardly
- B. almostCorrect
- C. scarcely
- D. barely
Explanation
Hardly, scarcely and barely are synonymous, and they are unfit for the sentence because they would contrast the meaning. 'Almost' in the sentence '...almost everybody died in the accident' is correct to mean a large number of people died; hardly/scarcely/barely would instead be used as in '...people hardly/scarcely/barely survived the accident'.
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