All your WAEC subjects will also have their theory paper but the questions will be around 5 to 15 with NO OPTIONS.
Performing well here too will boost your scores to help you pass WAEC in one sitting with good grades in that particular subject.
1. Go over the instructions.
Unlike objective papers, WAEC theory questions do not require you to answer all of them.
In reality
Some of the questions in this section are NOT FOR YOU TO ANSWER AT ALL.
Whatever the case may be, the instructions are always provided under each section of your WAEC theory paper.
Make sure to read and follow them exactly.
2. Only respond to questions about your country.
Aside Nigeria, other West African Countries (Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and The Gambia) also participate in WAEC.
And some section(s) in your theory paper might be for only candidates in any of those other countries.
This will be stated in the instructions.
Be sure you only answer questions under the section for your country because other countries’ questions will earn you Zero marks.
3. Don’t forget about the mandatory questions.
Further instructions on how many questions to answer and which ones are mandatory will be provided in the section for your country.
Compulsory questions carry the most weight, so don’t skip them if you want to pass WAEC in one sitting with high marks.
In addition…
Make sure you only answer the required number of questions. Not any less.
Answering more than the required number of questions will not earn you any extra points, and you already know what answering less than the required number of questions will do… or do you not?
4. Choose your questions wisely
In those sections where you’d be required to answer some number of questions, only choose to answer those questions that you AT LEAST know more than half of all its “children”.
And by children, I mean
Question 3.
3 (a)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(b) (i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(c)
Hope you now understand?
But how will this help you pass WAEC in one sitting?
Well…
Aside compulsory questions, all other questions often carry equal marks which are shared among its subquestions or “children”.
So when you choose to answer a question that you know more of its subquestions, you are likely to score the full marks for that particular question.
And the more full marks you score, the closer you get to an A1 (or at least B2) in that subject.
5.Make your writing legible.
WAEC objective papers will have options, but theory papers will not.
As a result, you will be required to write down your exam details as well as all of your answers to the theory questions on an answer booklet that will be provided to you.
Whatever you write must be legible (i.e. easy to see) because your theory papers will be graded by a human being — don’t make your answers difficult for them to see, or else…
“But my handwriting is illegible; how can I improve it?”
Simple. Make it a big deal.
Because, regardless of how bad or ugly your handwriting is, it will become more legible as it grows in size.
Correct answers plus proper writing = FULL MARK.
