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

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• Question 3491:

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

  The novelist noted that stereoscopic people should be

  Options:
  A) condemned for their bad thinking
  B) encouraged by admonition
  C) corrected of their bad thinking
  D) challenged to take up social responsibilities
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3492:

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

  We saw him _____ over a wall as the police approached

  Options:
  A) leaped
  B) leap
  C) leapt
  D) leaping
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3493: According to the novel, Efua was in Forcados High School because Options:
  A) her stepfather was a board member
  B) of her former principal's recommendation
  C) the school needed her mother's support
  D) of aunt Moni's gift to the school
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3494:

  In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined:

  It was interesting to observe the likeness between the pupil and his teacher

  Options:
  A) similarity
  B) relationship
  C) fondness
  D) affection
  E) affinity
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3495: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:The demonstrators have refused to call off their action Options:
  A) consolidate
  B) start
  C) resume
  D) end
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3496:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks .

  One of the most difficult and confusing aspect of English language is its spelling system. There is often ….16…. [A. discrepancy B. discord C. a similarity D. concord] between the punctuation of a word and its spelling. One cannot always tell how to spell a word ….17…. [A. throughout B. by C. as to D. as from] its pronunciation.

  In order to understand the peculiarity of English spelling ….18….[A. difficulty B. confusion C. system D. code], it is good to know something about the history of the language. First, it is helpful to realize that English was originally spoken by people who could neither read nor write. While the ….19…. [A. middle-class B. educated C. less enlightened D. uneducated] people spoke English, the literate upper classes spoke French and wrote in Latin, later when English became a ….20…. [A. literary B. romantic C. written D. coded] language, there was no system for spelling its words. Moreover, the first writers of English were French speaking ….21… [A. newscasters B. scribes C. orators D. interpreters] who knew English only slightly: therefore, they carried many French spelling ….22…. [A. habits B. attitudes C. idiosyncrasies D. mannerisms] into English. In addition, these first writers of English, who were used to writing in Latin, often ….23…. [A. inserted B. interjected C. interpolated D. juxtaposed] letters into words even when they were not pronounced because the ….24…. [A. antecedent B. opposing C. corresponding D. synonymous] word in Latin was spelled that way. Finally, the confusion increased when the ….25…. [A. diction B.morphology C. orthography D. pronunciation] of certain words changed while the spelling remained the same.

  In question number 25 choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gap Options:
  A) diction
  B) morphology
  C) orthography
  D) pronounciation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3497: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The solution lies in choosing between various negative alternatives? Options:
  A) the solution can be found in one of negative options
  B) the solution lies in choosing between the positively and the negative and the negative
  C) the solutions are many
  D) the solution is anegative one
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3498:

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

  Paulina arrived late, she _____ the right route

  Options:
  A) cannot have taken
  B) could not have taking
  C) cannot take
  D) could not had taken
  E) could not have taken
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 3499: Seyi Lawal, the head boy of the school was described as someone who Options:
  A) loved his job
  B) hated Physics practical
  C) loved interacting with girls
  D) hated hard-work
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3500:

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

  He is so credulous _____ my story about the ghost?

  Options:
  A) to believe
  B) that he believes
  C) in order to believe
  D) since he believes
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  The correct answer is B .