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

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• Question 171:

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

  As an idiot, the boy is weak in class.

  Options:
  A) a deviant
  B) an expert
  C) a dunce
  D) a genius
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 172:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  I owe you far less than you owe me?

  Options:
  A) My debt to you is greater than yours to me
  B) Your debt is not much greater than mine
  C) What we owe each other is approximately the same
  D) I owe you something, but you owe me much more
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 173: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.The class _____ more girls than boys this session? Options:
  A) comprised of
  B) comprises of
  C) comprise
  D) comprises
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 174:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The team adapted to the new tactic as clean as a whistle.

  Options:
  A) They adapted to the pattern perfectly
  B) They needed a whistle to be able to adapt to the pattern.
  C) They adapted to the tactic with little errors
  D) They found it difficult to adapt to the new tactic.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 175:

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

  The severity of the harmattan helped me to complete my writing assignment in record time because I had no choice but to lock myself indoors.

  Options:
  A) warmth
  B) mildness
  C) moderation
  D) leniency
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 176:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the Principal.

  Options:
  A) they like each other
  B) they work independently
  C) they couldn't part company
  D) they dislike each other
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 177:

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

  The suspect defrauded his _____ victims of large sums of money

  Options:
  A) unsuspected
  B) unsuspecting
  C) unexpecting
  D) unexpected
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 178:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Film?

  Options:
  A) salt
  B) walk
  C) Psalm
  D) chalk
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 179:

  He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better ........ a singer

  Options:
  A) like
  B) to be
  C) as if
  D) as
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 180:

  Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the option. Conspiracy.

  Options:
  A) CONspiracy.
  B) conspiRAcy.
  C) conspiraCY
  D) conSPI racy.
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  The correct answer is D .