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

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• Question 2291:

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

  Do you know one of the most astounding events of my life?

  Options:
  A) special
  B) amazing
  C) serious
  D) outstanding
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2292:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  He is loved for his altruism.

  Options:
  A) benevolence
  B) sincerity
  C) selfishness
  D) selflessness
  E) kindness
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2293:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  Lami's father ______ as a gardener when he was young, but now he is a driver.

  Options:
  A) had been working
  B) use to work
  C) has worked
  D) used to work
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2294: 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 chief RAN to the place Options:
  A) Where did the chief run to?
  B) Did the chief walk to the place?
  C) Did the princess run to the place
  D) Who ran to the place?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2295:

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

  We had difficulty eating the meat because it was leathery.

  Options:
  A) bitter
  B) stringy
  C) tough
  D) tender
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2296:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  You need to __________your points

  Options:
  A) expanciate
  B) expaciate
  C) expatiate
  D) expantiate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2297:

  Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

  Options:
  A) Project(V)
  B) Basic
  C) Suspect(V)
  D) Neglect
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2298:

  Choose the word that has the same rhyme scheme.

  sweet

  Options:
  A) twice
  B) sweat
  C) suite
  D) suit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2299:

  Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).

  _____ been there to look several times without success?

  Options:
  A) He' II
  B) He's
  C) Is he
  D) He is
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2300:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  Three quarters of the people in the village _____ killed but only half of their huts ______ affected?

  Options:
  A) were / were
  B) was / was
  C) were/ was
  D) was /were
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  The correct answer is C .