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

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• Question 2131:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:

  I didn't think she could be so easily taken in by his pretences

  Options:
  A) flattered
  B) deceived
  C) overcome
  D) blackmailed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2132:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  The visitor was very uncomfortable because of his _____ nose?

  Options:
  A) runny
  B) running
  C) watery
  D) flowing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2133: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s)The presidential aspirant warned of the political catastrophe that would follow if the elections were rigged ? Options:
  A) problem
  B) turmoil
  C) success
  D) conflagration
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2134:

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

  There are _____ on spelling and pronunciation at the end of the book?

  Options:
  A) appendexes
  B) appendix
  C) appendices
  D) appendixes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2135: Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s).
  Fuss Options:
  A) Cot
  B) Some
  C) Soup
  D) Troop
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2136:

  They hung around together, the boys from the school up on the hill, School was over. They were expecting the result. One or two got teaching job on St. Alban’s College. It is one of the post-war secondary schools that sprang up in the city because serious people felt the educational need of the country, and possessed a sharp nose for smelling quick money. Boys from up country who were eager to learn, whose parents had a little money, but who could not get into the big school like Achimota and Mfantsipim in Cape Coast, rushed to the new schools, secured lodgings with distance relatives , and bought for a relatively cheap amount some sort of education. His friend Sammy was the history master from Form one to Five and was also put in charge of sports in the distant hope that the school would one day get its own playing field near the mental hospital. There were six hundred students who were all day boys; classes were held in Dr. Dodu’s house. The house was originally built by a man of wealth and a large family. The bedrooms, of which they were eight, were turned into classrooms; toilets were knocked into pantries to provide additional classrooms for the ever growing population of the school. Mr. Anokye, a retired pharmacist, owned the school. He laid great emphasis on science, being a science man himself. He wrote a small-rimmed pair of glasses which made him looks like one of those little black cats on Christmas cards. He had a small voice which squeaked with akpeteshie and a breath a breath like the smell of gun powder. He had spent many years at Kole Bu Hospital where he drank the methylated spirit meant to be supplied to laboratory assistants. He was dedicated to learning, in scholar in many ways. He knew Archimedes’ principle. Whenever he shouted, during terminal examinations, his battle cry of Eureka! Eureka! Then he had caught someone cheating, someone looking over his mate’s answer sheet. Mr. Anokye came from a long line of scholars. He claimed his grandfather went to England with Reverend T.A Barnes, D. D., who was the Anglican Bishop of Cape Coast Diocese from 1896 to 1909. He was dedicated to his work. He interviewed Sammy himself, questioned him about his parentage and religious background, listened to him carefully, and decided to appoint him on a salary or six pounds per month pending the outcome of his Cambridge School Certificate examination. He questioned him closely on history, especially the Glorious Revolution, and Oliver Cromwell.

  Mr Anokye would shout Eureka! Options:
  A) after he had drunk methylated spirit
  B) to show that he Archimedes' principle
  C) whenever he caught a boy cheating during an examination
  D) whenever he wanted to go into battle
  E) inorder to frighten the boys
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2137:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  The helpless _____ our sympathy

  Options:
  A) require
  B) requires
  C) does require
  D) do requires
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2138: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).All God's prophets were given the great _____ to preach salvation to people? Options:
  A) commision
  B) commition
  C) comision
  D) commission
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2139:

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

  All through his years in public office, he found his father's advice invaluable

  Options:
  A) priceless
  B) hopeless
  C) worthless
  D) helpful
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2140:

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

  The situation has deteriorated sharply and relations between the two countries may soon be _____

  Options:
  A) removed
  B) broken
  C) withdrawn
  D) eliminated
  E) deferred
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  The correct answer is B .