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

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• Question 1831: Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others. Options:
  A) toil
  B) rejoice
  C) enjoy
  D) log
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1832: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).As we sat _____ the silence, my eyes _____ the room? Options:
  A) under / looked
  B) over / surrounded
  C) in / roamed
  D) along / observed
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1833: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. If I went to the village I would visit the King. Options:
  A) If i go to the village, i will visit the king
  B) I did not go to the village and I did not visit the king
  C) All the times I went to the village I also visited the king
  D) I will visit the king when I go to the village
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1834:

  Manager: Mr.Mbu, I would not describe you as an inefficient worker; I therefore find it difficult to understand why the conference room is so untidy, in spite of the fact that I had reminded you of the meeting scheduled to take place there this afternoon.

  Secretary: Sir, I did instruct the cleaner to tidy up the place before meeting

  Manager: Are you trying to hold the cleaner responsible for the untidy condition of the room?

  Secretary: Partly, sir, I gave him an instruction which he failed to carry out. It is certainly my intention to make a formal complaint against him for dereliction of duty.

  Manager: And would you wash your hands off any blame after that? Do you think that just making a formal complaint against the cleaner absolves you of all blame? When do you consider an assignment as properly executed; when the execution is properly supervised or not? Was it sufficient for you to give instruction to the cleaner with out ensuring that he actually carried them out?

  Secretary: Sir, I do not see what else I could have done, short of doing the job myself. The cleaner Is a six-footer and I could not have intimidated him physically.

  Manager: I see, I await your complaints against the cleaner, but I shall not forget that you allowed a board meeting to take place in an untidy conference room.

  The secretary's attitude seems to be Options:
  A) manager sir, you empolyed this huge and recalcitrant cleaner and i am not to do his job for him
  B) it is not the duty of a secretary to enforce the instruction he gives to his junior workers
  C) i am a secretary by profession not a cleaner
  D) it is not terribly important how tidy the conference room is for the meeting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1835: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.If the trader paid in full, his order was not pruned down. Options:
  A) The trader who made full payment did not have his oder reduced
  B) The trrader whom made some payment did not have his order delayed
  C) Unless the trader paid in full his order would be rejected
  D) As the trader did not increase his order, he did not need to pay in full
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1836:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks .

  One of the most difficult and confusing aspect of English language is its spelling system. There is often ….16…. [A. discrepancy B. discord C. a similarity D. concord] between the punctuation of a word and its spelling. One cannot always tell how to spell a word ….17…. [A. throughout B. by C. as to D. as from] its pronunciation.

  In order to understand the peculiarity of English spelling ….18….[A. difficulty B. confusion C. system D. code], it is good to know something about the history of the language. First, it is helpful to realize that English was originally spoken by people who could neither read nor write. While the ….19…. [A. middle-class B. educated C. less enlightened D. uneducated] people spoke English, the literate upper classes spoke French and wrote in Latin, later when English became a ….20…. [A. literary B. romantic C. written D. coded] language, there was no system for spelling its words. Moreover, the first writers of English were French speaking ….21… [A. newscasters B. scribes C. orators D. interpreters] who knew English only slightly: therefore, they carried many French spelling ….22…. [A. habits B. attitudes C. idiosyncrasies D. mannerisms] into English. In addition, these first writers of English, who were used to writing in Latin, often ….23…. [A. inserted B. interjected C. interpolated D. juxtaposed] letters into words even when they were not pronounced because the ….24…. [A. antecedent B. opposing C. corresponding D. synonymous] word in Latin was spelled that way. Finally, the confusion increased when the ….25…. [A. diction B.morphology C. orthography D. pronunciation] of certain words changed while the spelling remained the same.

  In question number 19 choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gap Options:
  A) middle-class
  B) educated
  C) less enlightened
  D) uneducated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1837:

  complete the statement from the options lettered A-D

  The manager met the ______ who came visiting last week

  Options:
  A) dark tall good-looking American
  B) good-looking tall dark American
  C) Tall dark American good-looking
  D) American dark tall good-looking
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1838:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:

  Once i have finished all my homework, i am permitted to watch television

  Options:
  A) I can only watch television at any time
  B) I can only watch television after doing my homework
  C) Television comes first, then homework second
  D) I can only finish my homework after permission to watch television
  E) after watching television i finished my homework
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1839:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phase in italics.
  His taciturnity amazed everyone in the court during the legal tussle.

  Options:
  A) obliviousness
  B) reticence
  C) sensibility
  D) pervasiveness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1840:

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

  The prosecutor was accused of obstructing justice?

  Options:
  A) hindering
  B) retarding
  C) impeding
  D) interrupting
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  The correct answer is A .