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

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• Question 2601:

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

  Smiling broadly, she explained why she always took exception to being referred to as his wife?

  Options:
  A) objected to
  B) preferred very much
  C) felt specially honoured by
  D) liked nothing except
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2602:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  Olu promised to look out for her next time he is in town.

  Options:
  A) watch for
  B) visit
  C) greet
  D) take care of
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2603:

  Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  My _____ is for you to refuse the _____ of the wicked?

  Options:
  A) advise / advice
  B) advice / advice
  C) advice / advise
  D) advise / advise
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2604:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

  Justice is difficult to enforce because people are unwilling to accept any loss sovereignty

  Options:
  A) autonomy
  B) position
  C) leadership
  D) kingdom
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2605:

  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 2606: Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) original
  B) deplorable
  C) ability
  D) revolution
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2607:

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

  No sooner _____ to fall

  Options:
  A) did we set out when the rain had started
  B) had we set out than the rain started
  C) were we setting out than the rain started
  D) we had set out when the rain started
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2608: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. They accused him of fomenting political unrest. Options:
  A) Guiding.
  B) Inciting.
  C) Discouraging.
  D) Preventing.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2609:

  Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questionsAlice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

   

  They convinced her to start taking proper ..4.......

  Options:
  A) Cure
  B) Medication
  C) Measures
  D) Precautions
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2610:

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

  The girl is angry with her friend who had ensnared her into this relationship.

  Options:
  A) tricked
  B) encourage
  C) forced
  D) enslaved
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  The correct answer is A .