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

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• Question 2671:

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

  When he had arranged the furniture, he _____ the picture on the wall

  Options:
  A) hanged
  B) hung
  C) hang
  D) hunged
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2672:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks.

    Publishing is the fast growing business in Nigeria and there are therefore, many publishing houses all over the country. When ……..16……..[A. an article B. an essay C. a book D. a manuscript]. is submitted by an author, the publisher sends it to ……..17……..[A. an assessor B. an evaluator C. a checker D. an examiner] to know if it is actually publishable. This is important because the publisher wants to make sure that the book catches the ……18…..[A. market B. audience C. students D. shops] when it is eventually published. In a good publishing house, there is …….19……[A. an error-proof B. an editor C. a lithographic D. an evaluation] section which is concerned with……..20……[A. proof-reading B. reading over C. scanning over D. skimming over] the manuscript and correcting both the spelling and typing errors. After this, the manuscript is ………21…….[A. typewritten B. typeset C. double-spaced D. single-spaced] in readiness for …….22…..[A. photocopying B. Xeroxing C. filming D. printing].

    The printed ……..23……[A. items B. bulletin C. copies D. specimen] are then stored in the warehouse and a few of them may be sent to the author as ……..24……[A. complementary B. complimentary C. acknowledgement D. sample] copies. Since it is not just the aim of the publisher to offset the cost of production but also to make some gains, there is a strong marketing division which promotes sales. A certain percentage of the cover price of the book is paid to the author as ……..25……[A. royalty B. honorarium C. dividend D. interest].

  Select the correct option for the space numbered 19 in the above passage Options:
  A) an error-proof
  B) an editor
  C) a lithographic
  D) an evaluation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2673: Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others. Options:
  A) cost
  B) won't
  C) hope
  D) coast
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2674: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).I was often angry _____ Oche since he differed _____ me often? Options:
  A) with / to
  B) about / with
  C) against / from
  D) with / with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2675:

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

  Jankoli was dressed in an old assortment of clothes.

  Options:
  A) avalanche
  B) homogeneity
  C) sameness
  D) melange
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2676:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.Ade: Do you mind if i sit down here?

  Bola: Well, yes I do actually.

  Options:
  A) Bola is reluctantly granting the request
  B) Bola is willingly accepting the request
  C) Bola is certainly rejecting the request
  D) Bola is objecting to the request
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2677:

  Like all reptiles, snakes are cold blooded, or more correctly, ectothermic - they cannot produce their own body heat; instead, they rely on the sun to heat their bodies. Because they do not rely on energy from food to generate body heat, snakes can survive on an extremely meager diet. some wait for months between successive meals, and a few survive by eating a large meal just once or twice a year. When they do eat, snakes swallow their prey whole rather than biting off small piece. Many snakes have specialized jaws that enable them to swallow animals that are far larger than their own heads. Although uncommon, some snakes, such as the African rock python, have been observed eating animals as large as an antelope or a small cow.

  With over two thousand five hundred species belonging to more than ten families, snakes are a large and successful groups. They owe much of this success to their versatility - snakes occupy habitat ranging from underground burrows to the top of the tree, to ocean depths as great as one hundred and fifty meters. They are found on every continent except Antarctica, and although they are most abundant in tropical areas, many survive in regions marked by extreme cold. The only places without snakes are parts of the polar regions and isolated islands, such as the Republic of Ireland and New-Zealand as opposed to places in Nigeria like Plateau and Gombe States in the Northern part where there is a large population of snakes.

  The most notable thing about snakes, according to the passage, is that they Options:
  A) Exist in families
  B) Abound in Gombe and Plateau States
  C) Are versatile in reproduction
  D) Eat big but seldom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2678:

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

  The girl that my brother introduced to us last week is pretty _____ ill-mannered

  Options:
  A) and
  B) but also
  C) as well as
  D) respectable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2679: Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters.Roared? Options:
  A) towered
  B) coast
  C) brought
  D) rod
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2680: Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space; The traditional folktales form an _____ to the book Options:
  A) index
  B) insertion
  C) information
  D) overview
  E) appendix
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  The correct answer is E .