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

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• Question 2451:

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

  We found a shady place for the display.

  Options:
  A) an open
  B) an unsafe
  C) a stuffy
  D) an enclosure
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2452:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

  The police are not happy with the growing number of depraved people around the politician?

  Options:
  A) violet
  B) immoral
  C) indolent
  D) loquacious
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2453:

  In the question below select the option (A-D) that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  Tom ought not to have told me

  Options:
  A) Tom did not tell me but he should
  B) Perhaps Tom was wrong to have told me
  C) Tom told me but it was wrong of him
  D) It was necessary for Tom not to tell me
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2454:

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

  The economic situation is responsible for the recent discord in many families

  Options:
  A) division
  B) resourcefulness
  C) harmony
  D) suffering
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2455: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.We did not understand what the magistrate said about _____. and battery? Options:
  A) acid
  B) insult
  C) assault
  D) touching
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2456:

  Choose the option that best has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined?

  thatch?

  Options:
  A) clothing
  B) mother
  C) then
  D) method
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2457:

  The primary stress is indicated by writing the syllable on which it occurs in capital letters. From the words lettered A to D choose the one that has the correct stress.
  category

  Options:
  A) cat-e-GO-ry
  B) CAT-e-go-ry
  C) cat-e-go-RY
  D) cat-E-go-ry
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2458: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.Tade became timorous when she was asked to give the valedictory speech? Options:
  A) excited
  B) nervous
  C) aggressive
  D) happy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2459:

  Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word in each sentence:

  James is a disco-addict. He takes his studies rather lightly.

  Options:
  A) Humorously
  B) Gloomily
  C) Tediously
  D) Carefully
  E) Seriously
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2460: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to _____? Options:
  A) matured / mature
  B) mature / mature
  C) mature / matured
  D) matured / matured
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  The correct answer is A .