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

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• Question 3061:

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

  I didn't think she could be so easily taken in by his pretences

  Options:
  A) flattered
  B) deceived
  C) overcome
  D) blackmailed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3062:

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

  _____ to help him, being the only person in the vicinity.

  Options:
  A) it was not possible
  B) There was no one
  C) He had no nobody
  D) No person was around
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3063:

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

  It is important that you clear the refuse in front of your house every _____?

  Options:
  A) fourtnight
  B) firtnight
  C) fourthninght
  D) fortnight
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3064:

  The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  My house is a BUNGALOW

  Options:
  A) Is my house a terrace ?
  B) was my house a bungalow?
  C) Is my house the bungalow?
  D) Is his house a bungalow?
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3065:

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

  He likes to call attention to unimportant matters

  Options:
  A) dubious
  B) incidental
  C) trivial
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3066: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined: The judge always takes a hardline on such issues Options:
  A) complex stand
  B) simple stand
  C) uncompromising stand
  D) difficult stand
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3067:

  This questions is base on Jerry Agada's The successes:

  My boy, your future is bright, you can be anything you want to be ...

  The statement above was made because Ifenne had

  Options:
  A) been working for others to make profit
  B) been planning to excel
  C) proven himself faithful and committed
  D) purchased his first bus
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3068:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phase in italics.
  The accident victim received a superficial wound from the crash.

  Options:
  A) a serious
  B) a painless
  C) an internal
  D) an external
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3069:

  Choose the word or phrase from A to D which has its meaning opposite to the underlined word or words in each sentence
  She was impertinent until she met her husband.

  Options:
  A) subdued
  B) extravagant
  C) courteous
  D) promiscuous
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3070:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

  The way the workshop was organized was rather hit-and-miss

  Options:
  A) systematic
  B) hasty
  C) slow
  D) funny
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  The correct answer is A .