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

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• Question 2821:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  Who among Salma's roommate was reserved and withdrawn yet generous to a fault?

  Options:
  A) Ngozi
  B) Tomiwa
  C) Ada
  D) none of them
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2822:

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

  The secretary runs down anybody that does not sing his praises?

  Options:
  A) hates
  B) pleases
  C) honours
  D) discredits
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2823:

  Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).

  The brave hunter killed the _____ in the forest?

  Options:
  A) big spitting cobra black
  B) black big spitting cobra
  C) big black spitting cobra
  D) big spitting black cobra
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2824:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  I am told that the market is _____ in to the interests of people from all _______ of life.

  Options:
  A) tuned / walks
  B) constructed / places
  C) designed / places
  D) set / works
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2825:

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

  No sooner had he arrived than it started to rain?

  Options:
  A) Long before
  B) Seldom
  C) Simultaneously
  D) just before
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2826:

  Instruction: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
  The principal took exception to the ignoble role the prefect played in the matter.

  Options:
  A) embarrassing
  B) honourable
  C) extraordinary tick.com
  D) dishonourabe
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2827:

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

  The headmaster managed to take his way out of having to give a speech.

  Options:
  A) He delieverd a speech despite the difficult
  B) He managed to give a speech out of a difficult situation
  C) He managed to get himself out of a difficult situation
  D) He managed to talk on his way
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2828:

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

  The Governor parried all the questions put to him by the journalist.

  Options:
  A) The Governor answered all the questions brilliantly.
  B) The Governor evaded all the questions.
  C) The Governor failed all the questions.
  D) The Governor mastered all the questions.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2829:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  All in all, Aliya has ...

  Options:
  A) the inheritance of her parents both in knowledge and assets
  B) been challenged to be exceptional in all her endeavors
  C) the responsibility to pass on the lessons of her father to her own children
  D) been portrayed as the definition of beauty and character
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2830:

  From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
  I have an aversion for war movies.

  Options:
  A) dislike
  B) addiction
  C) preference
  D) bitterness
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  The correct answer is A .