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

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• Question 2031:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.
  We had to ..... the group headed by Taiwo.

  Options:
  A) sell out
  B) sell off
  C) sell up
  D) selled
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2032:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  The government suffered a _____ when they lost two by-elections.

  Options:
  A) check
  B) set-back
  C) hindrance
  D) disturbance
  E) recession
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2033:

  Bridget denied that she wasn't there. This means that

  Options:
  A) She confessed that she wasn't there
  B) She owned up not to be there
  C) She maintained she was there
  D) She maintained she wasn't there
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2034:

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

  By the time the plane reaches Harare, it __________in the air for twelve hours.

  Options:
  A) has been
  B) would be
  C) would have been
  D) should be
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2035:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  How much did Tomiwa give her roommates?

  Options:
  A) Five thousand naira
  B) Ten thousand Naira
  C) Fifteen thousand Naira
  D) Twenty thousand naira
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2036: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The festivals create in the people of feeling of pride in their cultural heritage Options:
  A) history
  B) heirloom
  C) legacy
  D) possession
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2037:

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

  He compliments me on my way of doing things.

  Options:
  A) complements
  B) imitates
  C) disgusts
  D) praises
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2038:

  Identify the word that has the stress on the first syllable

  Options:
  A) Hotel
  B) Esteem
  C) Police
  D) Table
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2039:

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

  The catering manageress saw to it that the morning meal _____ by 07.00 hours everyday

  Options:
  A) is prepared
  B) used to prepare
  C) has been prepared
  D) was prepared
  E) used to be prepared
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2040:

  Although our aim is to nurture healthy children, Nigerian children are still subjected to severe physical and mental stress as they develop.

  So far our interest and activities have been to ensure their physical well-being through the reduction of high mortality and morbidity rates, still inadequate as this may be. But we need to examine from time to time the other needs of the Nigerian child which will ensure a totally healthy development.

  We are split between two cultures – our traditional and the Western, a relic of our colonial past. This also affects our child-rearing practices. Therefore, these practices must have a very important bearing on how the child is prepared for our world of today so that he fits into our disturbed cultural milieu.

  Different styles of child-rearing and education can produce different personalities in terms of motivation, aggressiveness, achievement and integration of the individual into the community socially and culturally. It is important that, while we struggle with the visible organic disease, we fix our gaze on the other important measures to attain this end – a healthy child.

  The process of social adjustment begins from the moment of birth. Many of our traditional birth practices ensure that the mother either carries or suckles her child immediately after birth. The baby therefore comes into close contact with the mother at this critical time.

  Moreover she is forced to stay indoors with the baby for varying periods of time. By this means, the attachment of the baby to the mother, so essential for the child’s ability to relate to her in future is secured.

  This crucial moment in the baby’s life is now being recognized in the Western countries, whilst birth practices in some hospital and maternity homes separate mother and child immediately after birth to the extent that their ability to develop a close relationship may be jeopardized.

  Our Nigerian child of today may, therefore, be worse off than that of yesterday. As we move towards the training of our traditional birth attendants with a view to incorporating them into our health services, healthy practices such as the one described above must be maintained and encouraged

  It is said that differences in ways of bringing up children and educating them Options:
  A) achieve the same results
  B) are reflected in the personalities , attitudes and achievements of thye individual
  C) make people aggressive
  D) have nothing to do with educational attainments
  E) are a matter of the cultural background of the people
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  The correct answer is B .