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

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• Question 2771:

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

  Omar's achievement was by no means a small feat. This means that?

  Options:
  A) Omar's achievement was difficult
  B) His accomplishment was small
  C) Omar's achievement was not as difficult as it seems
  D) His accomplishment was not by a small feat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2772: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.His meteoric rise to fame surprise everyone? Options:
  A) His rise to fame was only temporary
  B) People were amazed at his rapid success
  C) He became successful very suddenly
  D) He rose to the top quite unexpectedly
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2773:

  Read the passage and choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Just after ...1..... the aircraft gave a shudder and coughed. The pilot, from the ..2...... activated the emergency sheet to cover the improperly secured left rear ....3.... At the same time, he pushed a button on the panel to activate automatic turning, and the airplane ....4.... north-east He called the control ....5.... to report the misshaped requested clearance for emergency ....6....The plane circled the airport and prepared to return to the airport it had just left. Moments later, the aircraft ....7....to stop on a ....8.... ....9.... in oilskin ran in the light drizzle and were soon perched on the ....10.... of the plane, from where they began their inspection.

  The pilot, from the .....2... activated the emergency sheet

  Options:
  A) cabin
  B) cubicle
  C) cockpit
  D) cab
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2774:

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

  My uncle is one of the _____ of the society

  Options:
  A) elitists
  B) elites
  C) elite
  D) elitist
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2775: From the alternatives provided in the questions given, select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence. The principal went to buy some... for the physics laboratory. Options:
  A) equipment
  B) pieces of equipments
  C) equipments
  D) items of equipments
  E) list of equipments
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2776: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The boxer fizzled out just in the sixth round? Options:
  A) knocked out his opponent
  B) showed off his talents
  C) became tired out fought on sppiritedly
  D) surrendered rather disappointingly
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2777:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  I have applied for _____ on the campus and almost certain i shall get it

  Options:
  A) acommodation
  B) accommondation
  C) accomodation
  D) acomoddation
  E) accommodation
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2778:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  The police described the boy as being_______hand.

  Options:
  A) over at
  B) out of
  C) on by
  D) up to
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2779:

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

  One of the most difficult and confusing aspect of English language is its spelling system. There is often ….16…. [A. discrepancy B. discord C. a similarity D. concord] between the punctuation of a word and its spelling. One cannot always tell how to spell a word ….17…. [A. throughout B. by C. as to D. as from] its pronunciation.

  In order to understand the peculiarity of English spelling ….18….[A. difficulty B. confusion C. system D. code], it is good to know something about the history of the language. First, it is helpful to realize that English was originally spoken by people who could neither read nor write. While the ….19…. [A. middle-class B. educated C. less enlightened D. uneducated] people spoke English, the literate upper classes spoke French and wrote in Latin, later when English became a ….20…. [A. literary B. romantic C. written D. coded] language, there was no system for spelling its words. Moreover, the first writers of English were French speaking ….21… [A. newscasters B. scribes C. orators D. interpreters] who knew English only slightly: therefore, they carried many French spelling ….22…. [A. habits B. attitudes C. idiosyncrasies D. mannerisms] into English. In addition, these first writers of English, who were used to writing in Latin, often ….23…. [A. inserted B. interjected C. interpolated D. juxtaposed] letters into words even when they were not pronounced because the ….24…. [A. antecedent B. opposing C. corresponding D. synonymous] word in Latin was spelled that way. Finally, the confusion increased when the ….25…. [A. diction B.morphology C. orthography D. pronunciation] of certain words changed while the spelling remained the same.

  In question number 21 choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gap Options:
  A) newscasters
  B) scribes
  C) orators
  D) interpreters
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2780: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. The first round of the tournament was a doddle. Options:
  A) Exasperating.
  B) Easy.
  C) Balanced.
  D) Dodgy.
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  The correct answer is B .