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

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• Question 1731:

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

  The only set of loud speakers available _____ to be connected according to the instruction

  Options:
  A) is
  B) are
  C) were
  D) have
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1732: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The Executive Secretary has just assumed office? Options:
  A) resumed work
  B) started work
  C) returned
  D) been sworn in
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1733:

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

  The contractors were short _____ cash even before the project was completed

  Options:
  A) in
  B) for
  C) with
  D) of
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1734:

  Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questionsAlice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

   

  After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live.

  Options:
  A) Intensive
  B) Healthy
  C) Safe
  D) Heavy
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1735:

  In this question, choose the option nearest in meaning to the bold and underlined word(s) or phrase.

  Ade hardly ever falls sick

  Options:
  A) Most often
  B) Very seldom
  C) Sometimes
  D) Frequently
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1736:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  He was _____ weak _____ he could now boast of more _____?

  Options:
  A) so / that
  B) too / that
  C) very / that
  D) so / when
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1737: Can you buy African souvenirs in any other shops? OR _____ can you buy African souvenirs? Options:
  A) What place
  B) Which place
  C) Where
  D) Where else
  E) Wherever
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1738: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.Any chief executive of an organization would find radical changes blocked at every turn? Options:
  A) developments
  B) ideals
  C) suggestions
  D) innovations
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1739:

  In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  She wounded the man _____ the back with her knitting needle

  Options:
  A) on
  B) in
  C) at
  D) by
  E) upon
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1740:

  This question is based on Bolaji Abdullahi's Sweet Sixteen

  Mr Bello is a/an _______ by profession in the novel?

  Options:
  A) accountant
  B) engineer
  C) nurse
  D) journalist
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  The correct answer is D .