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

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• Question 21:

  Answer the following question below and choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are underlined in capital letters.

  demarcation

  Options:
  A) demarCAtion
  B) DEmarcation
  C) deMARcation
  D) demarcaTION
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 22:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

  The island becomes more enchanting at night?

  Options:
  A) attractive
  B) delightful
  C) accomodation
  D) lively
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 23:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  Many countries no longer have _______ punishment as the penalty for murder

  Options:
  A) mortal
  B) corporal
  C) capital
  D) fatal
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 24:

  complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

  _____ listening to the news when i came in

  Options:
  A) There were
  B) There was
  C) It was
  D) There are going to be
  E) They were
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 25:

  Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record keeping to the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people’s minds. It depends very much on the retentive power of the human memory. This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Interminable arguments were thus order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely free from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true either willingly or inadvertently. With the advent of the electronic memory, however these dangers have been largely overcome. Recording on audio and video cassettes now show not what happened, but also who did or said what including how and when

  According to the author, human memory is unreliable because people Options:
  A) die and we forget what they said
  B) forget events or tell lies
  C) do not always know when events happen
  D) do not always know who did what and when
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 26:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

  Sheer

  Options:
  A) dear
  B) shirt
  C) spare
  D) shade
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 27:

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

  In spite of his humble beginning, Audu now throws his weight around?

  Options:
  A) His noble brith notwithstanding, Audu is a corrupt man
  B) From his poor background, Audu is now a rich man
  C) Despite his obvious poverty, Audu is a proud man
  D) Audu is arrogant despite his simple upbringing
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 28:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  This class __________students and teachers

  Options:
  A) comprise
  B) comprises
  C) comprise of
  D) comprises of
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 29:

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

  The urban environment tends to form the nucleus of a common dialect.

  Options:
  A) setting
  B) respository
  C) cell
  D) core
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 30:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  His chances in the games _____ seriously jeopardized?

  Options:
  A) have been
  B) has been
  C) have being
  D) has being
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  The correct answer is A .