English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 1:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  The company director has a vivacious personality.

  Options:
  A) a positive
  B) an unmanageable
  C) an unimpressive
  D) a gregarious
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The mottled skin of a person with HIV indicates an advanced stage of its development Options:
  A) brown
  B) spotted
  C) scaly
  D) pimply
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

  Mother

  Options:
  A) labour
  B) cargo
  C) exhibit
  D) council
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).In his naivety he believed all the stories his friend told him? Options:
  A) artlessness
  B) stupidity
  C) friendliness
  D) incredulity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 5:

  Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).

  We have been living peacefully here but _____ hear rumours of war?

  Options:
  A) again
  B) slowly
  C) occasionally
  D) eventually
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  I am always amazed when I hear people saying that sport creates goodwill among nations and that if only the common people of the world could meet one another at football or squash, they would have no inclination to meet on the battle field. Even if one didn’t know from concrete example (the 1936 Olympic games, for instance) that international sporting contests lead to orgies of hatred, one could deduce it from general principals.

  Nearly all the sports practiced nowadays are competitive. You play to win, and the game has little meaning. Unless you do your utmost to win. On the village green, where you pick up sides and not feeling of local patriotism is involved, it is possible to play simple for fun of it and exercise, but as soon as the question of prestige arises, as soon as you feel that you and some larger unit will be disgraced if you lose, the most savage combative instincts are aroused. Anyone who has played even in a school football match knows this. At the international level, sport is frankly a mimic warfare. But the significant thing is not the behaviour of the players but the attitude of the spectators and behind the spectators are the nations who work themselves into furies over these absurd contests and seriously believe at any rate for short period that running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue.

  Even a leisurely game demanding grace rather than strength can cause much ill-will. Football, a game in which everyone gets hurt and every nation has its own style or play is far worse. Worst of all is boxing. One of the most horrible sights in the world is a fight between white and coloured boxers before a mixed audience

  Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? Options:
  A) running, jumping and kicking a ball are tests of national virtue
  B) at the national level, sports is frankly a mimic warfare
  C) the most savage combative instincts are aroused by anyone who has played in a school football match
  D) nations work themselves up because they tend to believe that6 sports are tests of national virtue
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 7:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  We were collectively responsible for keeping the machine in good shape.

  Options:
  A) jointly
  B) severally
  C) dutifully
  D) socially
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 8: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Soyinka's masterful _____of the atmosphere of his childhood helped to make his book, Ake, an ought success? Options:
  A) envocation
  B) invocation
  C) convocation
  D) revocation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

  _____ listening to the news when i came in

  Options:
  A) There were
  B) There was
  C) It was
  D) There are going to be
  E) They were
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 10:

  Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:

  The meeting starts _____ two o'clock. Please be punctual

  Options:
  A) about
  B) in
  C) on
  D) at
  E) around
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  The correct answer is D .