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

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• Question 1771:

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

  After Jerry had made the bed, he _____ on it

  Options:
  A) layed
  B) laid
  C) lied
  D) lay
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1772:

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

  His story gave us an inkling of what he passed through during the strike.

  Options:
  A) a possible idea
  B) a taste
  C) a summary
  D) the right view
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1773:

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

  I ….. him before he came into the room.

  Options:
  A) Have seen
  B) Have not
  C) Used to see
  D) See
  E) Had seen
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1774:

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

  Chike, who plays in the first eleven, is an expert …. dribbling

  Options:
  A) For
  B) By
  C) At
  D) With
  E) On
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1775:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  The office assistant was dismissed for pilfering

  Options:
  A) fighting
  B) incompetence
  C) stealing
  D) mismanagement
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1776:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  Surveying the sky in the quiet of the night gives me an ethereal feeling

  Options:
  A) human
  B) earthly
  C) mundane
  D) commonplace
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1777: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).People dislike Mariam because she is _____ ? Options:
  A) trickful
  B) trickish
  C) tricky
  D) a tricker
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1778:

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

  Match

  Options:
  A) March
  B) Much
  C) Bate
  D) Pack
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1779:

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

  I shall be with you presently

  Options:
  A) now
  B) in a moment
  C) at present
  D) for the time being
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1780: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).His success may be described as a Pyrrhic victory? Options:
  A) costly
  B) a deserving victory
  C) an easy victory
  D) indecisive
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  The correct answer is A .