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

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• Question 2801: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.The rebels will soon fight back. We have been informed _____their _____ ? Options:
  A) of / predicament
  B) about / indulgence
  C) on / rearmament
  D) as for / advancement
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2802:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  He missed the point because he took the statement _____.

  Options:
  A) literally
  B) litaraily
  C) literary
  D) unlitaterally
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2803:

  By 1910, the motor car was plainly conquering the highway. The private car was now part of every rich man’s establishment, although its price made it as yet an impossible luxury for most of the middle class. But for the adventuresome youth, there was the motor cycle, a fearsome invention producing accidents and ear-splitting noises. Already the dignified carriages and smart pony-traps were beginning to disappear from the roads and coachmen and grooms unless mechanically minded, were finding it more difficult to make a living.

  The roads which had gone to sleep since the coming of the railway now awoke to feverish activity. Cars and motor cycles dashed along them at speeds which rivalled those of the express trains and the lorry began to appear. Therefore, the road system was compelled to adapt itself to a volume and speed of traffic for which it had never intended. Its complete adaptation was impossible, but the road surface was easily transformed and during the early years of the century, the dustiness and greasiness of the highways were lessened by tar-spraying. To widen and straighten the roads and get rid of blind corners and every steep gradient were tasks which had scarcely been tackled before 1914. the Situation was worst of all in towns where not only was any large scheme of road widening usually out of the question, but also where crowding and danger were all too frequently increased by the short-sighted eagerness of town authorities in laying down tramlines.

  Yet, it was not only the road system that was in need of readjustment; the nervous system who used and dwelt by the road suffered. The noises caused by the conversion of the roads into speedways called for a corresponding lightening up of the nerves and especially I the towns, the pedestrian who wished to preserve life and limb was compelled to keep his attention continually on the stretch to practise himself in estimates of the speed of approaching vehicles and to run or jump for his life if he ventured off the pavement.

  The statement 'By 1910, the motor car was plainly conquering the highway' means that Options:
  A) by 1910many people knew how to drive motor cars
  B) the motor car was invented in 1910
  C) highway codes for motor cars came into effect by 1910
  D) by 1910 motor cars became common sight on the highways
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2804:

  The coach has asked the Bright Rangers to be paid their --6-- salaries and --7-- so as to --8-- them to victory against Mamelodi Sundowns of South Africa in Saturday'sall-importantCAF Champions League Match. Bright Rangers are the third in group B with four points --9-- many matches and need to --10-- defeat at second-placed Al - Ahly to stay in the --11-- for a place in the semi-final of Africa's most prestigious club competition. The Coach told MTN Football.com that the team would be better motivated if they at leastreceive their August salaries before the Al-Ahly --12--. We have to make sure that they are paid their salaries --13-- so that they can play the game of their lives. The government has done very well, but it will be a big morale --14-- to get paid for them to go out there and play. The Coach informed MTN Football.com that the Bright Rangers plan to employ the counter --15-- to get a result in Cario.

  --13--

  Options:
  A) on time
  B) as due
  C) as and when due
  D) for time
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2805:

  Choose from the option the word that has the same consonant sound as the represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Sure?

  Options:
  A) cheer
  B) cheap
  C) charlatan
  D) church
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2806:

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

  The story on the lost jewel was quite _____

  Options:
  A) unbelievable
  B) unbelieveable
  C) unbeliveable
  D) unbelivable
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2807:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Grandma told the boys a story that cheered them up.

  Options:
  A) The story made them cry.
  B) The story made them scared.
  C) The story made them delighted.
  D) The story made them uninterested
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2808:

  Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  Dume _____ in Abraka for three years when i met her

  Options:
  A) lived
  B) had lived
  C) would have lived
  D) was living
  E) was lived
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2809:

  From the alternatives provided in the question below select the one which most appropriately completes the sentence:

  Paulina arrived late, she _____ the right route

  Options:
  A) cannot have taken
  B) could not have taking
  C) cannot take
  D) could not had taken
  E) could not have taken
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2810:

  fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

  _____ reached 18.7% of the U.S population.

  Options:
  A) Employed
  B) Unemployment
  C) Employers
  D) Employees
  E) Underemployment
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  The correct answer is B .