Observation

Candidates were required to (a) identify three constituents of a syllable in Igbo and (b) divide some listed words into their number of syllables and write out the numbers.
Expected answers:
(a) ụdaume naanị
    mgbochiume na ụdaume
    myiriụdaume naanị
                       

• o/du/mo/du                  - 4                   
• nwa/ta                         - 2
• m/pa/ta/ka                    - 4
• ụ/zọ/i/je                        - 4
• n/zu/kọ                         - 3
• e/gbe                            - 2
• u/me/n/ta                     - 4
• m/me/m/me                  - 4
• ji                                  - 1
• a/kwụ/kwọ                  - 3
• Chi/ọ/ma /bụ/ nwa/n/ne/ m- 8
• A/nyị/ ri/ri /n/ri            - 6