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

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• Question 241:

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

  The stockbroker said it was an astute move to sell the shares then.

  Options:
  A) a bad
  B) a shrewd
  C) an unprofitable
  D) an insincere
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 242:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

  The group of performers thrilled the audience with its peculiar choreography?

  Options:
  A) form of dancing
  B) art of theatrics
  C) type of costuming
  D) mode of singing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 243:

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

  Only two ministers survived the recent cabinet reshuffle.

  Options:
  A) In recent changes in government, all but two ministers retained their posts
  B) In the recent changes in government, all but two ministers remained alive
  C) In recent changes in government, all but two ministers were sacked
  D) In the recent changes in government, only two ministers were sacked
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 244: Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others. Options:
  A) there
  B) dear
  C) fair
  D) bear
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 245:

  Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.

  departmentalize

  Options:
  A) departMENtalize
  B) dePARTmentalize
  C) DEpartmentalize
  D) departmenTALIZE
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 246:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  The governor's wife, in characteristically simple attire, walked into the hall unnoticed?

  Options:
  A) eccentrically
  B) typically
  C) conssistently
  D) intrinsically
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 247:

  Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket

  Ask[ed]

  Options:
  A) whistle
  B) bed
  C) set
  D) Third
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 248: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined: His antipathy to religious ideas makes him unpopular Options:
  A) remedy
  B) conciousness
  C) hostility
  D) receptiveness
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 249:

  The importance of the code theory in education lies in the fact that the school system requires the use of an elaborated code but not all students have access to it. The importance of this theory to sociology lies in the fact that the differential access to the elaborated code does not occur randomly but rather is controlled by the class system. Lower working-class urban children tend to have a restricted code. Middle-class children possess both a restricted and an elaborated code. The two groups enter into different types of relationship and learn to express themselves in different ways through language. They do not use language for the same functions, some of which it seems are necessary for the school situation. When the lower working-class child is expected implicity to exploit language for functions, he normally does not express verbally a discontinuity is created between his home and his school environment. He has learned to verbalize certain range of meanings in his home and when he enters school, another range of meaning is required. There is then a very subtle but nonetheless very real, sense in which what is taught is personally irrelevant for this child. The school system does not talk to him. Middle class children possessing both codes experience no such discontinuity. They can use languages for these functions required by the school.

  An appropriate tittle for this passage is Options:
  A) language and education
  B) education and sociology
  C) codes and sociology
  D) codes and education
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 250:

  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 .