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

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• Question 1361:

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

  Agbo could not travel as he had come _____ influenza?

  Options:
  A) over with
  B) down with
  C) in from
  D) on to
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1362:

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

  As the wedding day approached, the bride began to develop cold feet

  Options:
  A) fall sick
  B) feel cold
  C) be reluctant
  D) become aggressive
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1363: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The player kept on gamely to the end of the match? Options:
  A) amateurishly
  B) skilfully
  C) courageously
  D) stubbornly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1364: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The members elected Baba _____ of the committee? Options:
  A) chairman
  B) their chairman
  C) to become chairman
  D) to be a chairman
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1365:

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

  The policemen became suspicious as the hoodlums _____ in their office?

  Options:
  A) ferreted
  B) ferretted
  C) ferreted about
  D) ferretted about
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1366:

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

  Lambusa TOOK OFF the wig

  Options:
  A) Did Lambusa take off a wig?
  B) Did Lambusa take off the ring?
  C) who took off the wig?
  D) What did Lambusa do?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1367:

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

  The boss made a clean sweep of all old hands in the office

  Options:
  A) completely got rid
  B) cleanly swept the office
  C) made a quick change
  D) made an adjustment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1368:

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

  All we need is a concerted effort to combat the epidemic

  Options:
  A) persistent
  B) dramatic
  C) joint
  D) concentrated
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1369:

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

  The director's remark was extremely apposite to the shrine.

  Options:
  A) collected
  B) overwhelmed
  C) embarrased
  D) astonished
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1370: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided. _____ You come early to the new house, clean up my flat? Options:
  A) While
  B) By chance
  C) Should
  D) Sholud in case
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  The correct answer is C .