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

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• Question 1741:

  Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

  The sea waves continue to ____________ the cliff on the west coast constantly.

  Options:
  A) impair
  B) rub
  C) knock
  D) erode
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1742:

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

  We have been living peacefully here but _____ hear rumours of war?

  Options:
  A) again
  B) slowly
  C) occasionally
  D) eventually
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1743:

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

  I am looking _____ seeing your family.

  Options:
  A) ahead at
  B) forward to
  C) forward on
  D) for to
  E) ahead to
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1744:

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

  _____ are good friends

  Options:
  A) He and i
  B) I and him
  C) I and he
  D) He and me
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1745:

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

  The school will _____ for Easter in another six weeks

  Options:
  A) break off
  B) break away
  C) break out
  D) break up
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1746:

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

  Lantana dwelt in a ruined cottage on the hillside.

  Options:
  A) sat
  B) worked
  C) slept
  D) lived
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1747:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) in italics.

  Father Francis thanked God for the abundance of blessings his family received.

  Options:
  A) Nature
  B) Quantity
  C) Quality
  D) Paucity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1748:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  thatch

  Options:
  A) clothing
  B) mother
  C) then
  D) method
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1749:

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

  Animals in _____ behave differently from animals living in the natural habitat

  Options:
  A) prison
  B) bondage
  C) captivity
  D) slavery
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1750:

  This book consist of lectures given by me at Cambridge. Though they have been largely rewritten, I have kept a good deal of their original lecture-form, as being (I hope) rather less formal and less dogmatic. For to dogmatism, those who write on language seem, for some reason, particularly prone; and I should like to make clear at once that, if at times I have put my view strongly, I do not forget that such matters of taste must remain mere matters of opinion.

  In addition I have included a good many specimen passages from various authors. Perhaps I have quoted too much. But a book on style without abundant examples seems to me as ineffectual as a book on art, or biology without abundant illustrations. Many of these passages are in French. That may be Gallomanian on my part and I must apologize if they trouble some readers. But some ability to read French prose does seem to me most desirable for anyone who would write well in English. I have tried to choose pieces not too difficult in syntax or vocabulary. And in these days less than ever can we afford to be better insular.

  In the author's opinion, a book on style Options:
  A) can do with few examples
  B) need not have any examples
  C) is a book on art
  D) will be intellectual with many examples
  E) will be ineffectual with insufficient examples
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  The correct answer is E .