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

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• Question 2781:

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

  We will surely buy this idea of introducing an entirely new product

  Options:
  A) pay for
  B) accept
  C) trade in
  D) barter
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2782:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The Universities has offered temporary accommodation for staff

  Options:
  A) popular
  B) permanent
  C) recognized
  D) regular
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2783:

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

  The host insisted on _____ what he called 'a little gift'

  Options:
  A) me to accept
  B) me accepting
  C) my accepting
  D) my acceptance
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2784:

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

  _____ been no official reaction to your request yet?

  Options:
  A) There's
  B) Theres'
  C) Theirs
  D) Their's
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2785:

  Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

  Bobrisky is a fashion victim

  Options:
  A) he/she likes fashionable things more than anything else
  B) he/she dresses gorgeously without any fitting
  C) he/she wears low quality dresses of his/her pauperized status
  D) he/she likes things that are indisputably translucent
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2786:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  The students were undeterred by the noisy lecture environment?

  Options:
  A) frustrated
  B) encouraged
  C) discouraged
  D) chanllenged
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2787:

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

  To be above board is to be

  Options:
  A) afloat
  B) on top of a plank
  C) above suspicion
  D) raised above a board
  E) the chairman of a board
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2788:

  These questions are based on A.H. Mohammed's The Last Days at Forcados High School.

  At the end of term in Forcados High School. Nene was saddled with the responsibility of.

  Options:
  A) leading her house in the race
  B) packaging the gifts for presentation
  C) arranging the school hall for dinner
  D) organizing the carol night
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2789: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The fateful decision changed the company's outlook in many ways? Options:
  A) wonderful
  B) uncontrollable
  C) disastrous
  D) unsuccessful
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2790:

  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.

  to stop on a ...8.....

  Options:
  A) park
  B) field
  C) tarmac
  D) runway
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  The correct answer is C .