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

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• Question 4091: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?The striking workers have vowed not to return to work until the decision is reversed? Options:
  A) rescinded
  B) dismissed
  C) implemented
  D) reverted
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4092: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).My father's presentation was rather casual Options:
  A) formal
  B) vital
  C) infirmal
  D) divisive
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4093:

  Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  As we watched, he just popped along to the shop for some b read.

  Options:
  A) He has walked slowly to the shop
  B) He stole some bread from the shop but we could not stop him
  C) H e broke into the bread shop before our very eyes
  D) He went quickly to the shop for some bread
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4094:

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

  If i went to the cinema i _____ early

  Options:
  A) shall return
  B) am returning
  C) would return
  D) had return
  E) may return
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4095:

  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 [...20...] above. Options:
  A) career
  B) calling
  C) vacation
  D) routine
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4096:

  Like a clock with the pendulum in full swing, the mind moves as fast as time. But we ought to mind our thoughts, for if they turn to be our enemies. They will too many for us and will drag us down to ruin.

  But some people may say that they cannot help having bad thought even though they sting like vipers. That may be son, but the question is do they hate them or not? We cannot keep thieves from looking in at our windows, but if we open our doors to them and receive them joyfully, we are bad as they. We cannot help the birds flying over our heads; but we may keep form building their nests in our hair. Vain thoughts will knock at the door but we must not open to them.

  Though bad and evil thoughts rise in our hearts, they must not be allowed to reign. He who turns a morsel over and over in his mouth does so because he likes flavours, and he who meditates upon evil, loves it, and is ripe to commit it. think of the devil, and he will appear, turn your thoughts towards will and your hands will soon follow. Snails leave their slime behind them, and so do vain thoughts. An arrow may fly through the air, and level no trace, but an evil though always leaves a trail like serpent.

  Where are is much traffic of bad thinking, there will be much mire and dirty. Every wave of wicked thought adds something to the corruption which rots upon the shore of life. It is dreadful to think that a vile imagination. Once indulged, gets the key of our minds, and an get in again very easily, whether or not we let it in, and what may follow, no one knows,. Nurse evil on the laps of thought, and it will grow into a giant.

  Therefore, there is wisdom in watching every day, the thoughts and imaginations of our hearts. Good thoughts are blessed guests and should be welcomed, well fed, and much sought after, but bad thoughts must fly out as swiftly as they moved in.

  Which of the following statements summarizes the argument of the last paragraph? Options:
  A) Heavy traffic on a miry and dirty road may lead to evil thoughts
  B) The more evil we think, the more vile we are likely to because
  C) Evil people should not be welcomed as guets in our homes the same way as we welcome good people
  D) Evil thought control the key to the human heart and no one can keep them out.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4097:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  It's time the room _____ it looks awful?

  Options:
  A) is redecorated
  B) was redecorated
  C) is being redecorated
  D) has been redecorated
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4098:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  We were all enthusiastic as we awaited the result of the election.

  Options:
  A) bemused
  B) agitated
  C) elated
  D) nervous
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4099:

  Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The events of last Friday show that there is no love lost between the Principal and the Vice-principal.

  Options:
  A) They like each other
  B) They work independently
  C) They couldn't part company
  D) They dislike each other
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4100: In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:It is generally believed that misers are not loved by many Options:
  A) spendthrifts
  B) spenders
  C) hoarders
  D) savers
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  The correct answer is B .