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

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• Question 3681:

  Choose the option which is nearest in meaning to the sentences in each of the following questions:

  For all he cared, his parent might have been dead for years

  Options:
  A) although concern about his parent,he had been unable to find out if they were alive
  B) He cared for no one except his parents, and it was possible that they had died long before
  C) he did not care whether his parents were alive or had died long before
  D) He was concerned about everyone not just his parents, who might have died long before
  E) He cared very much for his parents even though they were dead
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3682:

  Days passed fast for Ntanya and Teresa. They could hardly notice the land getting brown all over kachawanga again, since neither of them noticed any more the sun come up and go down. Ntanya would work very hard in the field hauling in the last harvest and Teresa would stay at home washing, cooking and waiting, waiting for him to come home. She would cook his meal with extra care and when there was little meat she would only give bits to the children and not even touch it herself but use only the smell to get her food down and reserve the whole chunk for her husband. When Ntanya would come home with sweat on his brows she would put the wooden tray on a stool for him and sit down by him watching him eat with great satisfaction: every bolus that went down Ntanya’s throat would also go down her own throat. When Ntanya would insist on sharing the food with her she would always say she had eaten already no matter how hungry she might be. Ntanya would then eat and drink to his satisfaction and rest a while in the sun after saying ‘Thank you mother’Bolus in this passage means

  Options:
  A) Adam's apple
  B) thorat pill
  C) liquid
  D) piece of meat
  E) large morsel
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 3683:

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

  One hindrance to an orderly economic development of the country is large scale fraud and corruption

  Options:
  A) difficult
  B) disturbance
  C) reason
  D) obstacle
  E) ritual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3684: Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. the stressed syllables are written in capital letters.dedication Options:
  A) dediCAtion
  B) DEdication
  C) dedicaTION
  D) DeDIcation
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3685:

  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 3686:

  Choose the word that has an opposite meaning to the one in bracket for questions below.

  The sick man is now [ambulatory]

  Options:
  A) recovering gradually
  B) walking
  C) sound in health
  D) immobile
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3687:

  In each of this question choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  The soldiers tried in their dogged defence of the city.

  Options:
  A) strong
  B) indestructible
  C) classical
  D) indifferent
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3688: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The witness averred that had seen Dosun at the scene of the crime? Options:
  A) argued
  B) confirmed
  C) denied
  D) affirmed
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3689:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

  Excuse me, do you mind _____ i smoke?

  Options:
  A) because
  B) if
  C) since
  D) while
  E) against
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3690:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phase in italics.
  Obi's dog is old but still lively.

  Options:
  A) attractive
  B) howling
  C) barking
  D) frisky
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  The correct answer is D .