WAEC - English Language (2007 - No. 15)
From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences:
The thief ran so fast that my attempt to get him was in......
The thief ran so fast that my attempt to get him was in......
failure
waste
futile
vain
Erläuterung
The word "vain means producing no result; unsuccessful. It means that the attempt to catch the thief was unsuccessful because of the thief's speed.