Edo Paper 2 WASSCE (SC), 2018

Question 3

Ru igiemwi ehan ye elisiọn ọghe ola?

Candidates were requested to give six words in which vowel elision can take place in Ẹdo as shown below:

(i) /owa + ebe/ → [owebe] school

(ii) /uɱɛ̃ + ebo/ → [uɱíe͂bo] sugar

(iii) /ug͡bo + ɛdi͂/ → [ug͡bɛdi͂] palm tree plantation

(iv) /ɛk͡po + iɤo/ → [ɛk͡piɤo] bag of money

(v) /aza + ebe/ → [azebe] library

(vi) /abɔ + er̻a͂/ → [aber̻a͂] 'branch of a tree

(vii) /ɔxɔ + ebe/ → [ɔxebe] leave eating worm

Observation

Few Candidates who attempted this question did very well.