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

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• Question 1571:

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

  If you don't want to _____ your car to robbers, then don't travel in the night

  Options:
  A) loose
  B) loss
  C) lose
  D) llost
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1572: In this question, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined.
  If experience is anything to go by, the action will prove a political minefield Options:
  A) a source of political benefit
  B) a way out of political trouble
  C) a cause for political joy
  D) an invitation to political problems
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1573:

  Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket

  Non[ch]alant

  Options:
  A) television
  B) arch
  C) champagne
  D) chest
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1574: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  ''I want to know you intimately...''
  The speaker of the excerpt above is_____

  Options:
  A) Dr Kabir
  B) Dr Samjohn
  C) Dr Dabo
  D) Habib
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1575:

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

  Plans for a rise in production _____ through when a strike started

  Options:
  A) went
  B) came
  C) set
  D) carried
  E) fell
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1576:

  For these questions, choose the option that best complete the gap(s):

  It is impossible to say whether_______Ola and her sister will be offered jobs by the firm.

  Options:
  A) both
  B) either
  C) each
  D) neither
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1577:

  LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL FORMS

  In each of this question select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Usman needs to get his act together if he wants to pass the examination.

  Options:
  A) He needs to organized himself
  B) He needs to be fast when writing the examination
  C) He needs to put on his stage costume
  D) Heneeds to pull all points down in the examination
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1578:

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

  She used to be very untidy but she has grown _____ it now

  Options:
  A) out of
  B) from
  C) without
  D) away with
  E) by
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1579:

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

  The sudden death of the king put paid to the ambition of the Minister

  Options:
  A) encourage
  B) rewarded
  C) benefitted
  D) terminated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1580:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 – 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  When a mother is afraid that her child would die when it has only a pimple or a slight headache, we speak of anxiety. But if she is afraid when the child has a serious illness, we call her reaction ….16…. [A. hysteria B. xenophobia C. fear D. foolish]. If someone is afraid whenever he stands on a height or when he has to discuss ….17…. [A. workshop B. a seminar C. a topic D. an exercise] he knows well, we call his reaction ….18…. [A. incompetence B. anxiety C. anger D. immaturity]; if someone is afraid when he loses his way high up the mountain during a heavy thunderstorm, we would seek of ….19…. [A trepidation B. ignorance C. depression D. apprehension]. Thus far, we have a simple and near distinction between the two, namely, one is a reaction that is proportionate to the danger one has to face whereas the other is ….20…. [A. an unrelated B. a dissimilar C. an equal D. an unparalleled] reaction to danger or even a reaction to ….21…. [A. imaginary B. unrealistic C. ominous D. unusual] danger. This distinction has one ….22…. [A. direction B. flavor C. flaw D. meaning], however, which is that the decision ….23…. [A as to B. as from C. as in D. as of] whether the reaction is proportionate depends on the average knowledge existing in the particular ….24…. [A. medium B. culture C. feature D. institution]. But, even if that knowledge proclaims a certain attitude to be unfounded, a neurotic will find no difficulty in giving his action a ….25…. [A. rational B. reactional C. proactive D. radical] foundation.

  In question number 25 above choose the best option from letters A- D that best complete the gap

  Options:
  A) rational
  B) reactional
  C) proactive
  D) radical
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  The correct answer is A .