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

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• Question 1631:

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

  You should not need _____ twice

  Options:
  A) to tell
  B) telling
  C) tell
  D) to have been told
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1632:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  Tinu likes apples _______she does not like oranges.

  Options:
  A) so
  B) but
  C) or
  D) do
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1633:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  We watch in wonder as she rattled away in that esoteric language?

  Options:
  A) inscrutable
  B) familiar
  C) secret
  D) obscure
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1634:

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

  His power supply was _____ from the mains because he did not pay his electricity bill

  Options:
  A) blown out
  B) cut off
  C) put off
  D) put out
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1635:

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

  Many students have joined the _____ movement

  Options:
  A) revivalists
  B) revival
  C) revivalist
  D) revivalist's
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1636:

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

  'Marcus bears watching; remarked Emperor Nero.

  Options:
  A) deserves
  B) needs
  C) favours
  D) enjoys
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1637:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s):

  Strange

  Options:
  A) vague
  B) mirage
  C) logic
  D) legume
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1638:

  The Save the Children Fund (SCF) was first started in London on 19th May, 1919 by an English woman named Miss Jebb. It is now a worldwide organization, dedicated to helping needy children everywhere. The SCF of Malawi was formed in 1953, under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda. “Our job in Malawi is to give those unfortunate children the rights that are deprived of through no fault of theirs. These are internationally recognized as the ten rights of children and includes protection, care, food and accommodation, and relief, a spokesman for the Fund explained.

  One of those who benefited from the help of the Fund is Samuel Mpetechula, a graduate of Chancellor. His sponsorship started in 1967. The SCF of Malawi found him sponsors. They were Mr. and Mrs. Sutton of Australia who paid is school fees and continued to help him financially throughout his University education. Mr. Mpetechula said, ‘They even built a house for me at home and looked after my family while I was a student. They were really helpful to me, and the thought that there were these sponsors caring, for me from thousands of kilometres away from here was an encouragement for me to work hard at college.

  Another important function of the work of the SCF is in the field of nutrition. With the help of the Australian Government, the SCF established two nutrition rehabilitation centres for children; one at Mpemba and another in Mulanje’. The object of the Centre’s, explained Mr. Petre Chimbe, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, ‘is to combat malnutrition in children, by giving them the proper food’ .

  The 'Save the Children Fund' in Malawi helps needy children by Options:
  A) finding families which are willing to adopt the children
  B) finding sponsors for the children's education and by opening nutrition centres
  C) giving loans and scholarships to children who can not afford to continue their education
  D) running institutions which give free food
  E) clothing and lodging poor children without parents
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1639:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  The author of The Life Changer holds a degree in ______

  Options:
  A) BSc (Ed) Mathematics
  B) BA (Ed) English Language
  C) BA (Ed) Economics
  D) BA Mass Communication
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1640:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  Three quarters of the people in the village _____ killed but only half of their huts ______ affected?

  Options:
  A) were / were
  B) was / was
  C) were/ was
  D) was /were
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  The correct answer is C .