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

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• Question 1041:

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

  The brave hunter killed the _____ in the forest?

  Options:
  A) big spitting cobra black
  B) black big spitting cobra
  C) big black spitting cobra
  D) big spitting black cobra
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1042:

  The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given relates.

  EMEKA finished his home work yesterday.

  Options:
  A) Was Emeka helped to do his home work?
  B) Did Emeka do his home work yesterday?
  C) When did Emeka finish his home work?
  D) Who finished his home work yesterday?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1043:

  Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The crowd in the hall is intimidating?

  Options:
  A) The crowd is frightening
  B) The crowd is angry
  C) The crowd is overwhelming
  D) The crowd is riotous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1044:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The doctor was very gentle with his patients in the examining room

  Options:
  A) harsh
  B) rude
  C) rough
  D) unkind
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1045:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:

  The preacher has made good his promise to visit some of his converts today

  Options:
  A) fulfilled
  B) abide to
  C) seen to
  D) accepted
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1046:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  Aisha impelled to the party.

  Options:
  A) compelled
  B) accompained
  C) authority
  D) finance
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1047: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.The politicians were _____ by the press? Options:
  A) marooned
  B) ridiculed
  C) eclipsed
  D) ostracized
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1048: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) supperior
  B) surcharge
  C) slaughter
  D) about
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1049:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  The delegates to the Constitutional Conference have mooted that funding of universities be transferred to states where they are located?

  Options:
  A) said
  B) agreed
  C) proposed
  D) legislated
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1050:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  foot

  Options:
  A) live
  B) vegetable
  C) traffic
  D) of
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  The correct answer is C .