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

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• Question 3591:

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

  You are free to leave the hall

  Options:
  A) at an advantage
  B) opportuned
  C) at liberty
  D) right
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3592:

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

  What embarrasses is the stealthy way in which the new servant goes about his duties in the house

  Options:
  A) indolent
  B) furtive
  C) boisterous
  D) agile
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3593:

  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 [...18...] above. Options:
  A) drain
  B) fatigue
  C) damage
  D) sprain
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3594: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. The dressmaker unpicked the seam of the shirt. Options:
  A) Tore up.
  B) Threaded.
  C) Sewed up.
  D) Picked up.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3595:

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

  I know that your friend will not accept the proposal _____

  Options:
  A) and you neither
  B) and neither you
  C) neither do you
  D) neither will you
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3596:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  What were Ummi's children waiting for when Bint narrates her encounter with Mr. Salihu?

  Options:
  A) Their father
  B) Lesson Teacher
  C) Dinner
  D) Arabic Teacher
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3597:

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

  Management?

  Options:
  A) MAnagement
  B) maNAgement?
  C) manaGEment
  D) manageMENT
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3598:

  From the list of words or group of wordslettered A to D, choose the one that is mostnearest opposite in meaning to the underlined word or group of words and that will, at the same time correctly fill in the gap in the sentence.

  The pilot says that it is easier to take off from the airport than to ___________ on the tarmac

  Options:
  A) land
  B) come down
  C) alight
  D) drop
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3599:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  He did not like _____ leaving the class early

  Options:
  A) we
  B) us
  C) our
  D) ourselves
  E) our selves
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3600:

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

  Adika _____ a message from the club regularly?

  Options:
  A) receives
  B) had received
  C) receive
  D) has received
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  The correct answer is A .