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

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• Question 2201:

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

  The woman was mournful as her husband was found dead drunk.

  Options:
  A) She was sad because her husband was absolutely drunk
  B) She was apprehensive that her husband would drink as soon as he recovered fromdrunken stupor
  C) She was sad because her husband was drunk and always as helpless as a dead man
  D) She was mourning because her husband drank and died
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2202:

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

  Now, I am used ________ bread without butter.

  Options:
  A) to eat
  B) in eating
  C) of eating
  D) to eating
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2203:

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

  The lecturer said that we _____ be able to finish the next chapter this evening

  Options:
  A) must
  B) can
  C) shall
  D) should
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2204:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:

  By the end of this year, _____ in this town for eleven years

  Options:
  A) I'm living
  B) I'd be living
  C) I'll live
  D) I'll have lived
  E) I have lived
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2205:

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

  He _____ by now, i can hear all the people shouting

  Options:
  A) would have arrived
  B) must have arrived
  C) has arrived
  D) should have arrived
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2206: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The player kept on gamely to the end of the match? Options:
  A) amateurishly
  B) skilfully
  C) courageously
  D) stubbornly
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2207: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.Whenever we have _____ we feel better? Options:
  A) a long good talk together
  B) a good long talk together
  C) together a long good talk
  D) together a good long talk
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2208:

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

  We must observe that most of the support by other states _____ only marginal returns

  Options:
  A) have yielded
  B) yield
  C) has yielded
  D) have yield
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2209:

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

  Students could be timid?

  Options:
  A) pugnacious
  B) friendly
  C) bold
  D) covetous
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2210:

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

  The head of Department is away to Murtala Mohammed Airport and has asked Dr. Haruna to stand _____ for him

  Options:
  A) out
  B) in
  C) on
  D) across
  E) about
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  The correct answer is B .