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

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• Question 1281:

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

  My friend will hate his uncle forever because he left him in the lurch in his hour of need

  Options:
  A) abandoned him
  B) purnished himn
  C) disinheited him
  D) despised him
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1282:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

  These polices have been espoused by the ruling party.

  Options:
  A) condemned
  B) rejected
  C) supported
  D) outlined
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1283:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  When he joined the staff of the school, he had various duties _____ to him

  Options:
  A) detailed
  B) assigned
  C) prescribed
  D) enlisted
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1284:

  He called the control ....5.... to report the mishap

  Options:
  A) office
  B) Department
  C) Building
  D) Tower
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1285:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  There are puddles in the road. It _____

  Options:
  A) rains
  B) will be raining
  C) had to rain
  D) must rain
  E) must have been raining
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1286: In each of the following questions, the word in capital letter has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
  The man BOUGHT the newspaper Options:
  A) Is this the newspaper which the man bought?
  B) Did the man read the newspaper?
  C) Who bought the newspaper?
  D) What did the man buy?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1287: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What position is Bint in the family?

  Options:
  A) Last born
  B) First child
  C) Second child
  D) Third child
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1288:

  If we examine the opportunities for education of girls or women in less developed countries, we usually find a dismal picture. In some countries, the ratio of boys to girls in secondary schools is more than seven to one. What happens to the girls? Often they are kept at home to look after younger siblings and to perform a variety of domestic chores. Their education is not perceived as in any way equal in importance to that of boys. When a non-literate or barely literate girl reaches adolescence, she has little or no qualification for employment, even if her community provides any opportunity for the employment of women. The solution is to get her married as soon as possible, with the inevitable result that she produces children too soon, too often and too late. With no formal education, she is hardly aware that there is any alternative. In a study made in Thailand, it was noted that the literate woman marries later and ceases childbearing earlier than her non-literate counterpart. But the latter is so chained to her household by the necessities of gathering fuel, preparing food and tending children that she is very difficult to reach, even if health services, nutrition, education, maternal and child health centres are available in her community. She does not understand what they are intended to do.

  The non-literate woman is very difficult to reach because she Options:
  A) does not understand the value of education and health services
  B) is too far from the city and from school
  C) is not permitted to go out to attened clinics for health services
  D) can only gather fuel and prepare food
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1289: Mama Shilifat had an affection for Jimi because she always gave him Options:
  A) money to buy chewing gum
  B) advice against bad students
  C) the courage to do well in his class
  D) the largest pieces of puff-puff
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1290: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  ''I made a space for you in the front seat so you can sit near your heartthrob''
  Who made this statement?

  Options:
  A) Habib
  B) Labaran
  C) Kabir
  D) Lawal
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  The correct answer is B .