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

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• Question 1691:

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

  Musa asked Asmau what she …. Since, he last saw her.

  Options:
  A) Has been doing
  B) Had been doing
  C) Has done
  D) Was doing
  E) Might be doing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1692: The word in capital letter has the emphatic stress. choose the option in which the given sentence relates. Musa is STAYING in Enugu. Options:
  A) Was Musa staying in Enugu?
  B) Is Musa going through Enugu?
  C) Is Musa staying on the outskirt of Enugu?
  D) Is Audu staying in Enugu?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1693:

  Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record keeping to the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people’s minds. It depends very much on the retentive power of the human memory. This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Interminable arguments were thus order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely free from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true either willingly or inadvertently. With the advent of the electronic memory, however these dangers have been largely overcome. Recording on audio and video cassettes now show not what happened, but also who did or said what including how and when

  From the passage, we gather that writings were almost Options:
  A) as unreliable as human memory
  B) as reliable as electronic memory
  C) more reliable than electronic recording
  D) not to be compared to any recording system
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1694:

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

  Before announcing his retirement, Ochima resolved to settle an account with the bank?

  Options:
  A) get back at
  B) pay back all he owes
  C) close his account with
  D) retire his loans from
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1695:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :

  Do you have the same aversion as i do for way film?

  Options:
  A) bitterness
  B) dislike
  C) criticism
  D) indignation
  E) preference
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1696:

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

  Their strength is their staggering capacity to reproduce?

  Options:
  A) unstable multiplying power
  B) unreliable attacking power
  C) qualitative multiplying power
  D) overwhelming multiplying power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1697:

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

  He ______ the picture on the table?

  Options:
  A) laid
  B) lay
  C) lied
  D) lain
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1698: Choose the option that best has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?Shirt? Options:
  A) shut
  B) shade
  C) surf
  D) shed
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1699:

  Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  I now realize I _______ you before?

  Options:
  A) had met
  B) have met
  C) met
  D) meet
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1700: Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter underlined. Gnash. Options:
  A) Ring.
  B) Forge.
  C) New.
  D) King.
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  The correct answer is C .