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

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• Question 1761:

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

  It is bad to take _______ property without permission?

  Options:
  A) someone else
  B) someone else's
  C) someone's else
  D) someone's else's
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1762:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

  Brought

  Options:
  A) roar
  B) plough
  C) drought
  D) worse
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1763:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  The driver of that lorry _____ lost his life during the collision

  Options:
  A) barely
  B) hardly
  C) nearly
  D) closely
  E) narrowly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1764:

  fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

  The guests _____ breakfast by the time the bus arrives.

  Options:
  A) Are finishing
  B) Have finished
  C) Shall have finished
  D) Had finished
  E) Will have finished
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1765: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What subject is optional in Bint's school?

  Options:
  A) Music
  B) French
  C) Fine Art
  D) Hand writing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1766:

  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 1767:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s):

  Her mother brought her some_______.

  Options:
  A) clothes
  B) yards
  C) cloth
  D) clothing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1768:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

  The economist concluded that several factors have been adduced to explain the fall in the birth rate.

  Options:
  A) affirmed
  B) diffused
  C) mentioned
  D) refuted
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1769:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  The benefit one gets from watching plays _____ comparable to that found in taking a university course in drama

  Options:
  A) is
  B) was
  C) were
  D) are
  E) being
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1770:

  choose the option with the correct emphatic stress indicated in capital letters from the options lettered A-D

  Democracy

  Options:
  A) DEmocracy
  B) deMOcracy
  C) demoCRAcy
  D) democraCY
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  The correct answer is B .