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

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• Question 1861:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  I am very sorry _____ to attend the meeting yesterday

  Options:
  A) for failure
  B) in failing
  C) to have failed
  D) to fail
  E) for failing
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1862:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  When they examined his body, they found that he _____ ?

  Options:
  A) had been dead
  B) had been dying
  C) died
  D) was dead
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1863:

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

  The driver was discharged while the car owner was ___________ for fraud.

  Options:
  A) remanded
  B) detained
  C) acquitted
  D) sued
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1864: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.Ade tried to _____ all memory of his dead father? Options:
  A) recall
  B) obstruct
  C) obiterate
  D) eulogize
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1865:

  Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

  The patient is suffering from ____________.

  Options:
  A) reumatism
  B) rheumantism
  C) rhuematism
  D) rheumatism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1866:

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

  The secretary has no right to _____ my affairs?

  Options:
  A) spy from
  B) meddle in
  C) toy at
  D) complain into
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1867:

  Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

  You have been absent from classes for four months. How can you _____ for the lost time

  Options:
  A) make in
  B) make up
  C) make off
  D) make out
  E) make over
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1868:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  _____ mark an important step in the history of industrial revolution

  Options:
  A) The invention of the locomotive engine
  B) The discovery of locomotion
  C) The discovery of the engine
  D) The process of locomotion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1869:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  The young lady decided to _____

  Options:
  A) do away with the many advices given by her relatives
  B) reject all the advices given by her relations
  C) take to all the advice given by her relations
  D) take to all the advices given by her relations
  E) eject all the advice given by her relatives
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1870:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  A range of options _____ available to the political parties during the recently concluded elections

  Options:
  A) were made
  B) is made
  C) are made
  D) was made
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  The correct answer is A .