Question: Write an essay on what you will like to be in future
Points to Note in Essay Writing
1. The minimum word count for a WAEC essay or letter is 450 words. One side of an answer sheet accommodates about 150 words for an average handwriting, so you need to write up to 3 sides to achieve the minimum word count.
2. Remember the important aspects of your writing; you must start with an introduction, the middle part (body which will contain the points you are making), and a conclusion. This is very important!
3. An advantage of revising past WAEC English questions is that it allows you to choose ahead of the examination, the type of writing you will undertake among the five different types of writing given in Section A of Paper 2.
4. This way, you can continuously practice writing your chosen type and understand the rules of writing that particular form. This will enable you to answer the question on the examination day with ease.
5. You will also avoid wasting time in the examination hall, debating within yourself about which question to answer. Some students even start writing on a topic, only to cancel it and begin another one, thereby wasting precious minutes.
6. I often prefer answering letter writing questions whether on formal or informal letters in the WAEC SSCE because they are simple, with clear rules and usually shorter which means that they take less time to write.
7. Always remember that whichever essay or letter writing question you choose, your answer must NOT BE LESS THAN 450 WORDS.
An Essay On What I Will Like To Be In Future
My brother Tolu is four years old. However, you would be forgiven if you think that he is at least a couple of years older. This is because Tolu is too energetic. Yes, boys his age are often playful and averse to staying in one place. But Tolu would attempt to climb the big mango tree at the center of the compound which, even teenagers found to be a hard task.
Last Christmas, my mother was barely in time to prevent Tolu from chopping of his left foot as he lifted the axe to split wood for my grandmother. Being older than Tolu by ten years, I was put in charge of him and I often took the blame or a beating, depending on the severity of any of his misadventures.
The day I made the decision on what I will like to be in future was the day Tolu was playing hide and seek on the street with a group of children in the neighbourhood. It was going well until I heard a scream. Of course, when the children played their games, they were noisy and always shouting to one another.
But this particular scream was piercing and sounded urgent. I ran outside and found Tolu lying on the ground and holding his left eye. His playmates formed a half circle around him. They bent over him in such a way that they could easily run away and yet close enough to not abandon him.
By now Tolu's screams had turned to cries of agony. I forcefully lifted the left hand he was using to cover his left eye but he quickly replaced it with his right hand. "What happened?" I asked his playmates, and from the jumble of sounds of all of them talking at the same time, I learned Tolu had jumped across the drainage Infront of the house, missed his step, fell, and unfortunately, a stick was lying at the point his face hit the ground
By now I had succeeded in prying his hand lose but both eyes were shut tightly. Some adult neighbours had come to the scene and our next-door neighbour drove us to the government hospital.
We were seen by a doctor at the emergency room who referred us to the Ophthalmology department. Tolu had stopped crying and was sleeping as he usually did when he was afraid or had been naughty and expected punishment. The hospital attendants wheeled him on a stretcher through several corridors and up a flight of stairs till we got to the Ophthalmology clinic.
The female doctor examined both eyes with something that looked like a telescope while asking me several questions on what happened. After that, he was placed on a bed-like structure which passed through a light to scan his head. Thereafter, he was taken straight to the theatre for surgery.
My parents had joined me in the hospital by then, and the kind neighbour taken his leave with best wishes for Tolu's recovery.
As we sat at the waiting room, I observed several children who were being attended to by the ophthalmologists. A few of the patients were like Tolu, injuring themselves while playing. But many had problems with their eyes from birth.
I got chatting with a ten-year-old boy who had cataract and was being primed for surgery otherwise he would go blind. The parents of two toddlers looked sad as they told my mom that their children have Glaucoma which can lead to blindness.
It was there and then that I decided that what I want to be in the future is an ophthalmologist, so that I can prevent little children like my brother Tolu from going blind
Closing Note
You can read other past WAEC letter writing questions and answers to familiarize more with WAEC-type questions. Don’t forget to also study examples of narrative essay questions and answers as well as comprehension and summary questions from previous WAEC examinations.
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