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

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• Question 1971:

  choose the option nearly opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined

  James found the photocopied material invaluable while preparing for the examination

  Options:
  A) Valuable
  B) worthwhile
  C) worthless
  D) important
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1972:

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

  It _____ so hard that all the cars have stopped moving.

  Options:
  A) rains
  B) will rain
  C) is raining
  D) was raining
  E) might rain
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1973:

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

  The host insisted on _____ what he called 'a little gift'

  Options:
  A) me to accept
  B) me accepting
  C) my accepting
  D) my acceptance
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1974:

  complete the statement from the options lettered A-D

  The meeting was organised at _______ instance ?

  Options:
  A) whom
  B) whose's
  C) whose
  D) whom's
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1975: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.Gritty Options:
  A) asked
  B) sachet
  C) depot
  D) wrestle
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1976:

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

  The _____ of what she was cooking filled the whole compound?

  Options:
  A) fragrance
  B) scent
  C) aroma
  D) smell
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1977:

  From the options, choose the word(s) that best fill(s) the gap.

  If the armed robbers _____ caught, they would have been lynched.

  Options:
  A) would be
  B) have been
  C) are
  D) had been
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1978:

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

  _____ to help him, being the only person in the vicinity.

  Options:
  A) it was not possible
  B) There was no one
  C) He had no nobody
  D) No person was around
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1979:

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

  It was too cold for him to go out?

  Options:
  A) He had a bad cold, and did not go out
  B) Althoughit was very cold, he still went out
  C) As it was very cold, he did not go out
  D) He was afraid to go out that day
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1980:

  Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questionsAlice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

   

  The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease.

  Options:
  A) Limits
  B) Anticipates
  C) Monitors
  D) Increases
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  The correct answer is C .