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

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• Question 261:

  Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  He needed not to have played in the position of quarterback in volley ball.

  Options:
  A) He participated in the game in his unusual position
  B) Nobody expected him to have participated in the game
  C) He wanted to play in a position other than the one he was offered
  D) Someone did not want him to play in the position that he played
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 262:

  In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  The boys who rioted, were suspended by the principal

  Options:
  A) Only some of the boys rioted and they were suspended
  B) All the boys rioted and were suspended
  C) Many boys rioted and were suspended
  D) A few boys rioted and were suspended
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 263:

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

  From 7 a.m to 9 a.m, he _____ hot chocolate, often not having time for his own breakfast

  Options:
  A) is kept busy serving
  B) keeps busy to serve
  C) is busied serving
  D) kept busy to serve
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 264:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  The novel is written in the ___________

  Options:
  A) First-person and Third person point of view
  B) Third person Omniscient
  C) second-person point of view
  D) limited omniscient
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 265:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...16...] above. Options:
  A) underrates
  B) overrates
  C) outclassess
  D) outfits
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 266:

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

  It is sheer foolhardiness for unarmed policemen to pursue armed robbers

  Options:
  A) nonsense
  B) bravery
  C) foolishness
  D) stupidity
  E) foolish risk taking
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 267:

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

  The _____ discouraged me from reading it

  Options:
  A) story's lengths
  B) length of the story
  C) story length
  D) stories length
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 268: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  Talle works as a ______?

  Options:
  A) driver
  B) gateman
  C) cleaner
  D) government officer
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 269:

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

  Smoo[th]

  Options:
  A) worth
  B) dress
  C) brother
  D) wealthy
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 270:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  Chike, who plays in the first eleven, is an expert …. dribbling

  Options:
  A) For
  B) By
  C) At
  D) With
  E) On
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  The correct answer is C .