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

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• Question 1:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  He regarded the betrayal of his friend as a stab _____ the back

  Options:
  A) on
  B) at
  C) in
  D) from
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s).:

  The whole class looked forward to _____ Kainji Dam at christmas.

  Options:
  A) visiting
  B) visit
  C) be visiting
  D) a visit
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  The government has provided new _____ for the local government polls

  Options:
  A) guard lines
  B) guide lines
  C) guardlines
  D) guidelines
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4:

  Answer the following question below , the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  The cat DEVOURED the rat

  Options:
  A) did the rat devour the cat?
  B) what devoured the rat?
  C) did the cat eat the rat?
  D) Is this the rat that the cat devoured?
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 5: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The train _____ before i arrived? Options:
  A) was leaving
  B) has left
  C) had left
  D) would leave
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  For these questions, choose the option that have same vowel sound as the ones represented by the letter (s) underlined:

  famous

  Options:
  A) soup
  B) cook
  C) pilot
  D) colonel
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills(s) the gap(s):

  The college bus was travelling at high _____ when the accidents occurred

  Options:
  A) velocity
  B) acceleration
  C) rapidity
  D) speed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8:

  In the question below, choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fills the gap(s).

  Owing to the constant harassment of the populace by armed robbers, all night guards have been instructed to shoot _____ every moving thing.

  Options:
  A) At sight
  B) By sight
  C) In sight
  D) Off sight
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 9:

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

  Most of the latest actions are militant in nature.

  Options:
  A) commanding
  B) civil
  C) zealous
  D) passionate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 10:

  Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  My _____ is for you to refuse the _____ of the wicked?

  Options:
  A) advise / advice
  B) advice / advice
  C) advice / advise
  D) advise / advise
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  The correct answer is B .