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

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• Question 2261:

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

  Father Francis thanked God for the abundance of blessings his family received.

  Options:
  A) Nature
  B) Quantity
  C) Quality
  D) Paucity
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2262: In each of the following questions, the word in capital letter has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.
  The man BOUGHT the newspaper Options:
  A) Is this the newspaper which the man bought?
  B) Did the man read the newspaper?
  C) Who bought the newspaper?
  D) What did the man buy?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2263:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s) as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Barge

  Options:
  A) gin
  B) guest
  C) gasp
  D) grade
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2264:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  In West Africa the _____ of sickle cell is about 25 percent

  Options:
  A) incident
  B) incidence
  C) accident
  D) accidence
  E) incense
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2265:

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

  The manager said that the new loaf was the last word in bakery?

  Options:
  A) The loaf was the best ever baked
  B) The loaf was the last to be baked
  C) The loaf was the worst to have been baked
  D) The loaf was the last in the baker's directory
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2266:

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

  He boasts so much about his high scores and he _____ at the efforts of others?

  Options:
  A) scorns
  B) sneers
  C) grins
  D) smilies
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2267:

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

  Gone are the days when he _____ enjoy patronage.

  Options:
  A) would
  B) will
  C) used to
  D) could
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2268:

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

  When he joined the staff of the school, he had various duties _____ to him

  Options:
  A) detailed
  B) assigned
  C) prescribed
  D) enlisted
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2269: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).Some equatorial areas have a sultry climate? Options:
  A) a hot
  B) an inclement
  C) a temperate
  D) a stable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2270: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?Though he is our elected representative he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems? Options:
  A) He takes a rather hazy view of our problems
  B) He takes an unfavourable position concerning our problems
  C) He takes a rather forceful view of our problems
  D) He takes a sickly view of our problems
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  The correct answer is B .