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

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• Question 121:

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

  The team adapted to the new tactic as clean as a whistle.

  Options:
  A) They adapted to the pattern perfectly
  B) They needed a whistle to be able to adapt to the pattern.
  C) They adapted to the tactic with little errors
  D) They found it difficult to adapt to the new tactic.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 122:

  Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.

  We ought to stay away ______ the robbers come back

  Options:
  A) provided
  B) should in case
  C) although
  D) in case
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 123:

  From the list of words or group of wordslettered A to D, choose the one that is mostnearest opposite in meaning to the underlined word or group of words and that will, at the same time correctly fill in the gap in the sentence.

  The pilot says that it is easier to take off from the airport than to ___________ on the tarmac

  Options:
  A) land
  B) come down
  C) alight
  D) drop
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 124:

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

  During a particular time of the day, the road shimmers in the heat.

  Options:
  A) darkens
  B) lightens
  C) shines
  D) beams
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 125:

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

  You must forbid _____ coming

  Options:
  A) he's
  B) that he is
  C) him for
  D) his
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 126:

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

  The traditional chief NARRATED the story to the children

  Options:
  A) the children heard the story from the traditional chief
  B) who narrated the story to the children?
  C) the children could not listen to the story by the traditional chief
  D) did the chief hide the story from the children?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 127:

  In order to approach the problem of anxiety in play, let us consider the activity of building and destroying a tower. Many a mother thinks that her son is in a ‘destructive stage’ or even has a ‘destructive personality’ because after building a big, big tower, the boy cannot follow her advice to leave the tower for Daddy to see, but instead must kick it and make it collapse. The almost manic pleasure with which children watch the collapse in a second of the product of long play-labor has puzzles many, especially since the child does not appreciate it at all if his tower falls by accident or by a helpful uncle’s hand. He, the builder must destroy it himself. This game, I should think arises from the not so distant experience of sudden falls at the very time when standing upright on wobbly legs afforded a new and fascinating perspective on existence. The child who consequently learns to make a tower ‘stand up’ enjoys causing the same tower to waver and collapse; in addition to the active mastery over a previous passive event, it makes one feel stronger to know that there is somebody weaker-and towers, unlike little sister, can’t cry and call ‘mummy’

  According to this passage, it gives the child great pleasure 

  Options:
  A) For daddy to see the tower he has built
  B) To destroy the tower himself
  C) To see his tower accidentally destroyed
  D) To be helped to destroy the tower
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 128:

  Manager: Mr.Mbu, I would not describe you as an inefficient worker; I therefore find it difficult to understand why the conference room is so untidy, in spite of the fact that I had reminded you of the meeting scheduled to take place there this afternoon.

  Secretary: Sir, I did instruct the cleaner to tidy up the place before meeting

  Manager: Are you trying to hold the cleaner responsible for the untidy condition of the room?

  Secretary: Partly, sir, I gave him an instruction which he failed to carry out. It is certainly my intention to make a formal complaint against him for dereliction of duty.

  Manager: And would you wash your hands off any blame after that? Do you think that just making a formal complaint against the cleaner absolves you of all blame? When do you consider an assignment as properly executed; when the execution is properly supervised or not? Was it sufficient for you to give instruction to the cleaner with out ensuring that he actually carried them out?

  Secretary: Sir, I do not see what else I could have done, short of doing the job myself. The cleaner Is a six-footer and I could not have intimidated him physically.

  Manager: I see, I await your complaints against the cleaner, but I shall not forget that you allowed a board meeting to take place in an untidy conference room.

  The last comment by the manager suggests that he Options:
  A) is going to hold the secretary responsible for what has happened
  B) is likely to reprimand both the secretary and the cleaner for dereliction of duty
  C) will punish the cleaner but warn the secretary
  D) wil warn the cleaner and punish the secretary
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 129:

  Choose the the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.

  Management?

  Options:
  A) MAnagement
  B) maNAgement?
  C) manaGEment
  D) manageMENT
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 130:

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

  Do you prefer _____ my rickety car?

  Options:
  A) going on foot to taking
  B) to go on foot to taking
  C) going on foot than taking
  D) to go on foot than to take
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  The correct answer is A .