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

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• Question 1781:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  The students were undeterred by the noisy lecture environment?

  Options:
  A) frustrated
  B) encouraged
  C) discouraged
  D) chanllenged
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1782:

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

  Long after everyone _____ the hall, Obi still sat inside.

  Options:
  A) left
  B) is leaving
  C) has left
  D) had left
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1783:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  Thank you for the __________ of presenting my paper.

  Options:
  A) privelege
  B) priviledge
  C) privilege
  D) preveledge
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1784:

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

  Since mortality is the lot of man, argued the preacher, we must all accept death with equanimity?

  Options:
  A) concern
  B) uncertainty
  C) serenity
  D) anxiety
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1785:

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

  We must not foreclose reconciliation as the purpose of his trip.

  Options:
  A) exclude
  B) consider
  C) underestimate
  D) forgo
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1786:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  I have had enough of your impudence.

  Options:
  A) politeness
  B) incivility
  C) arrogance
  D) boldness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1787:

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

  Smiling broadly, she explained why she always took exception to being referred to as his wife?

  Options:
  A) objected to
  B) preferred very much
  C) felt specially honoured by
  D) liked nothing except
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1788:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  The stereotypical act in the book centres

  Options:
  A) terrorism
  B) religious intolerance
  C) food insecurity
  D) the lifestyle of a teenager
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1789: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Most of us will attend the conference _____at Ibadan later this year? Options:
  A) holding
  B) held
  C) being held
  D) to hold
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1790:

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

  In my opinion, neither the player nor the coach _____ praise for the result of the match.

  Options:
  A) deserves
  B) deserve
  C) are deserving
  D) is deserve
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  The correct answer is A .