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

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• Question 3381:

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

  Adamu's father is a stem man.

  Options:
  A) wicked
  B) strict
  C) playful
  D) conservation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3382:

  Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

  Options:
  A) incinerator
  B) indicate
  C) increase
  D) euphemism
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3383:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  Journalists always collect and publish _____

  Options:
  A) informations
  B) an information
  C) some information
  D) information
  E) much unformation
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3384:

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

  Leonard: We went to a hotel and had a very good dinner for N1.00. Geoffrey: You _____ a very good dinner if you paid N1.00

  Options:
  A) must had had
  B) needn't have had
  C) couldn't have had
  D) had to have
  E) have had
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3385:

  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 .
• Question 3386:

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

  The speaker took his audience down memory lane before he went to the topic of his lecture

  Options:
  A) Took his audience on a journey through a street called memory lane
  B) recalled events from the past
  C) told a tale about a place called memory lane
  D) gave an outline of his lecture
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3387:

  Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s).

  We saw you earlier but we could not stop you because we did not know __________.

  Options:
  A) Where you were going.
  B) Where you are going
  C) Where are you going.
  D) Where were you going.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3388:

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

  During a particular time of the day, the road shimmers in the heat.

  Options:
  A) darkens
  B) lightens
  C) shines
  D) beams
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3389:

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

  He brought a _____ against his neighbour?

  Options:
  A) complaint
  B) complains
  C) complain
  D) complaining
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3390: Choose the option that rhymes with the given word. Tax. Options:
  A) Ask.
  B) Box.
  C) Lacks.
  D) Back.
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  The correct answer is C .