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

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• Question 3261:

  Bridget denied that she wasn't there. This means that

  Options:
  A) She confessed that she wasn't there
  B) She owned up not to be there
  C) She maintained she was there
  D) She maintained she wasn't there
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3262:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...16...] above. Options:
  A) underrates
  B) overrates
  C) outclassess
  D) outfits
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3263:

  Choose the the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.

  Ceremoniously?

  Options:
  A) CEremoniously
  B) CeREmoniously
  C) CereMOniously
  D) CeremoNIously
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3264:

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

  Knowledge of figures of speech as well as idioms and lexical items _____ in this section

  Options:
  A) is tested
  B) have been tested
  C) are tested
  D) were tested
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3265:

  The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  Maiduguri is the CAPITAL of Borno State.

  Options:
  A) Is Maiduguri the capital of Plateau State?
  B) Which State is Maiduguri the capital of?
  C) Is Maiduguri a town in Borno State?
  D) What is the capital Borno State?
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3266:

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

  The exercise presented us with a lot of problems but later it was all _____ sailing?

  Options:
  A) plain
  B) smooth
  C) rough
  D) tough
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3267:

  Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s)
  When night fell, we had to hasten to the motor park.

  Options:
  A) disperse
  B) averse
  C) hurry
  D) return
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3268:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  The office assistant was dismissed for pilfering

  Options:
  A) fighting
  B) incompetence
  C) stealing
  D) mismanagement
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3269:

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

  The captain says sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.

  Options:
  A) localized
  B) perverted
  C) elevated
  D) overvalued
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3270:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  I would not like you to do the work piecemeal.

  Options:
  A) At meal time
  B) Bit by bit
  C) Badly
  D) As a master piece
  E) As a masterpiece
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  The correct answer is B .