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

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• Question 2081:

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

  Every human being is vulnerable to communicable diseases.

  Options:
  A) liable
  B) lifted
  C) immuned
  D) close
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2082:

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

  The usually hostile crowd was captivated by the player's winsome attitude?

  Options:
  A) obnoxious
  B) friendly
  C) colourful
  D) drunken
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2083:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  The lecture was merely obfuscating the issue with his endless examples

  Options:
  A) complicating
  B) clarifying
  C) confusing
  D) summarizing
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2084:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  In spite of many days of fasting, Musa is still fastidious about his food?

  Options:
  A) particular
  B) undecided
  C) indifferent
  D) unmindful
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2085:

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

  The effort made by the principal to get the students to be serious in their studies _____

  Options:
  A) are appreciated
  B) will appreciate
  C) is to appreciate
  D) is appreciated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2086:

  The coach has asked the Bright Rangers to be paid their --6-- salaries and --7-- so as to --8-- them to victory against Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in Saturday'sall-importantCAF Champions League Match. Bright Rangers are the third in group B with four points --9-- many matches and need to --10-- defeat at second-placed Al - Ahly to stay in the --11-- for a place in the semi-final of Africa's most prestigious club competition. The Coach told MTN Football.com that the team would be better motivated if they at leastreceive their August salaries before the Al-Ahly --12--. We have to make sure that they are paid their salaries --13-- so that they can play the game of their lives. The government has done very well, but it will be a big morale --14-- to get paid for them to go out there and play. The Coach informed MTN Football.com that the Bright Rangers plan to employ the counter --15-- to get a result in Cario.

  --6--

  Options:
  A) late
  B) owed
  C) outstanding
  D) leftover
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2087: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. You can learn a great deal just from watching other players. Options:
  A) Discover.
  B) Invent.
  C) Accumulate.
  D) Allow.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2088:

  Fill in the gap with the option that best completes the sentence.

  Between you and _____, he is a liar.

  Options:
  A) all of the above
  B) me
  C) I
  D) none of the above
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2089: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The members of the team agree _____. all the members of the contract? Options:
  A) by
  B) to
  C) on
  D) with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2090: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?When I visited James I only gave him a congratulatory card on account of his promotion? Options:
  A) The only person I visited was James and nobody else
  B) It was only James that I gave a congratulatory card to
  C) All I gave James when I visited him was a congratulatory card
  D) All I did when I visited James was given him a congratulatory card
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  The correct answer is C .