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

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• Question 3591:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  As a public officer, he should act with scrupulous honesty at all times.

  Options:
  A) impeccable
  B) careless
  C) transparent
  D) uncompromising
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3592:

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

  The crops the farmer planted will be ________ in three months time.

  Options:
  A) sold
  B) weeded
  C) uprooted
  D) harvested
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3593:

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

  Knowledge of figures of speech as well as of idiom 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 3594:

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

  The competitor who _____ earlier on has started _____ again

  Options:
  A) fainted/to run
  B) had fainted/to run
  C) fainted/running
  D) fainted/on running
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3595:

  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 3596:

  Jimi and Efua, there's something fishy going on there ...

  From the exercept above, the expression ... something fishy refers to

  Options:
  A) Nene's fear that Efua and Jimi were no longer going out
  B) Nene's fear that Jimi was not determined to jilt Efua
  C) Nene's annoyance that Efua might snatch Jimi from her
  D) Nen's suspicion that Jimi and Efua were having a relationship
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3597:

  Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  If Remi perform poorly in her forthcoming examination,then either her mother or i _____ to blame

  Options:
  A) must
  B) has
  C) will be
  D) are
  E) am
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 3598: Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined letter.
  Southern Options:
  A) North
  B) South
  C) Earth
  D) Whether
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3599: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined: The advertisement served as a smoke screen for the activities of the company Options:
  A) a camouflage
  B) a protection
  C) an enhancement
  D) an exchange
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3600: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.Benjamin exclaimed, 'If it is Napoleon who said it, it must be right'? Options:
  A) Benjamin never believes what Napoleon says
  B) Benjamin does not know what is right unless Napoleon says it
  C) Napoleon always says what Benjamin believes to be right
  D) Benjamin thinks that Napoleon always says the right thing
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  The correct answer is D .