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

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• Question 2331:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the letter(s) underlined

  exist

  Options:
  A) never
  B) isle
  C) meant
  D) helicopter
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2332:

  complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

  I _____ to gain admission to the college for the past three years

  Options:
  A) have been trying
  B) tried
  C) am trying
  D) was trying
  E) try
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2333:

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

  No one has said anything yet, but i think i _____ be getting a salary increase next month

  Options:
  A) must
  B) can
  C) would
  D) may
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2334:

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

  I want to _____this chance to acquaint you the latest development?

  Options:
  A) size
  B) seize
  C) sieze
  D) cease
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2335:

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

  Last Monday his father asked me, _____ .

  Options:
  A) if iI had come some days before
  B) if I had come the day before
  C) did you come yesterday
  D) had I come yesterday
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2336:

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

  Í'm sorry I can't give you any of the oranges; I have _____ left'.

  Options:
  A) few
  B) little
  C) only a little
  D) a few
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2337:

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

  Ada gave her husband a look that made words superfluous.

  Options:
  A) redundant
  B) spurious
  C) unnecessary
  D) scanty
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2338:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 – 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  When a mother is afraid that her child would die when it has only a pimple or a slight headache, we speak of anxiety. But if she is afraid when the child has a serious illness, we call her reaction ….16…. [A. hysteria B. xenophobia C. fear D. foolish]. If someone is afraid whenever he stands on a height or when he has to discuss ….17…. [A. workshop B. a seminar C. a topic D. an exercise] he knows well, we call his reaction ….18…. [A. incompetence B. anxiety C. anger D. immaturity]; if someone is afraid when he loses his way high up the mountain during a heavy thunderstorm, we would seek of ….19…. [A trepidation B. ignorance C. depression D. apprehension]. Thus far, we have a simple and near distinction between the two, namely, one is a reaction that is proportionate to the danger one has to face whereas the other is ….20…. [A. an unrelated B. a dissimilar C. an equal D. an unparalleled] reaction to danger or even a reaction to ….21…. [A. imaginary B. unrealistic C. ominous D. unusual] danger. This distinction has one ….22…. [A. direction B. flavor C. flaw D. meaning], however, which is that the decision ….23…. [A as to B. as from C. as in D. as of] whether the reaction is proportionate depends on the average knowledge existing in the particular ….24…. [A. medium B. culture C. feature D. institution]. But, even if that knowledge proclaims a certain attitude to be unfounded, a neurotic will find no difficulty in giving his action a ….25…. [A. rational B. reactional C. proactive D. radical] foundation.

  In question number 22 above choose the best option from letters A- D that best complete the gap

  Options:
  A) direction
  B) flavour
  C) flaw
  D) meaning
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2339:

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

  IfJames fails his examination, his teachers, his parents, his friends, or I ______ to be blame.

  Options:
  A) are
  B) is
  C) am
  D) not
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2340:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  Evelyn: I've submitted eight copies. Joseph: You _____ eight. Three would have been enough

  Options:
  A) can't have submitted
  B) couldn't have submitted
  C) didn't need to submit
  D) needn't have submitted
  E) must have submitted
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  The correct answer is D .