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

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• Question 1351:

  In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:

  I _____ a lot when I was a student.

  Options:
  A) used travelling
  B) was used to travel
  C) used to travel
  D) used travel
  E) was used to travelling
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1352:

  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.

  I thought that the comments made by the Manager were quite innocuous but the chairman considered them __________

  Options:
  A) polite
  B) inappropriate
  C) antagonistic
  D) harmful
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1353:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  Who called the attention of the district head when it was discovered that Talle buys more than he could consume from the supermarket?

  Options:
  A) his friends
  B) the grocers
  C) His neighbors
  D) his colleagues
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1354:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  The man advised his wife to steer a middle course in the argument between her and her employers?

  Options:
  A) be recalcitrant
  B) be compromising
  C) be unrepentant
  D) be relenting
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1355:

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

  I have the _____ of meeting him

  Options:
  A) previlege
  B) privilege
  C) previledge
  D) priviledge
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1356:

  Days passed fast for Ntanya and Teresa. They could hardly notice the land getting brown all over kachawanga again, since neither of them noticed any more the sun come up and go down. Ntanya would work very hard in the field hauling in the last harvest and Teresa would stay at home washing, cooking and waiting, waiting for him to come home. She would cook his meal with extra care and when there was little meat she would only give bits to the children and not even touch it herself but use only the smell to get her food down and reserve the whole chunk for her husband. When Ntanya would come home with sweat on his brows she would put the wooden tray on a stool for him and sit down by him watching him eat with great satisfaction: every bolus that went down Ntanya’s throat would also go down her own throat. When Ntanya would insist on sharing the food with her she would always say she had eaten already no matter how hungry she might be. Ntanya would then eat and drink to his satisfaction and rest a while in the sun after saying ‘Thank you mother’Bolus in this passage means

  Options:
  A) Adam's apple
  B) thorat pill
  C) liquid
  D) piece of meat
  E) large morsel
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1357: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).I wonder what will be left of his essay when the extraneous material is deleted? Options:
  A) superfluous
  B) erroneous
  C) relevant
  D) main
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1358: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). No teacher of honour would subject his student to any form of _____ ? Options:
  A) harassement
  B) harassment
  C) harrassement
  D) harrassment
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1359:

  Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  Dume _____ in Abraka for three years when i met her

  Options:
  A) lived
  B) had lived
  C) would have lived
  D) was living
  E) was lived
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1360:

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

  The group of performers thrilled the audience with its peculiar choreography?

  Options:
  A) form of dancing
  B) art of theatrics
  C) type of costuming
  D) mode of singing
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  The correct answer is A .