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

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• Question 3981:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  I am disappointed …. the ways you conducted yourself at the party.

  Options:
  A) By
  B) For
  C) Due to
  D) At
  E) According to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3982: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The prosecutor was fully able to substantiate the charge Options:
  A) expatiate on
  B) prove
  C) dismiss
  D) weaken
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3983: Mama Shilifat had an affection for Jimi because she always gave him Options:
  A) money to buy chewing gum
  B) advice against bad students
  C) the courage to do well in his class
  D) the largest pieces of puff-puff
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3984: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).
  By the end of the football match today, we _____ the best player? Options:
  A) could have known
  B) might have known
  C) will have known
  D) would have known
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3985:

  In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:

  He was _____ he had no time to eat

  Options:
  A) so busy that
  B) very busy
  C) very busy that
  D) too busy that
  E) busy that
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3986:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  The undesirable elements who perpetuate these vices are never detected?

  Options:
  A) aggravate
  B) overlook
  C) discontinue
  D) encourage
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3987:

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

  The candidate's charisma should be a _____ factor in winning the election?

  Options:
  A) determinant
  B) determinate
  C) determining
  D) determinable
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3988:

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

  The [prodigious] building was razed to the carpet level yesterday

  Options:
  A) ramshackle
  B) modern
  C) colossal
  D) mini-sized
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3989:

  In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :

  People who live by _____ what loneliness is like

  Options:
  A) each other know
  B) one another know
  C) oneself knows
  D) themselves know
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3990:

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

  The driver will _____ all the students interested in going to Lagos tomorrow at 7 a:m outside the Main Building

  Options:
  A) lift
  B) lift up
  C) pick
  D) pick up
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  The correct answer is D .