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

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• Question 421:

  In the question below, choose the expression or words which best completes each sentence:

  I've lived _____ this street _____ ten years.

  Options:
  A) at, since
  B) for, during
  C) on, for
  D) on ,from
  E) in, for
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 422: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to _____? Options:
  A) matured / mature
  B) mature / mature
  C) mature / matured
  D) matured / matured
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 423: Choose the option that best complete the gap. The house and the senate will at noon next Wednesday, _________ to hear a special address by the president. Options:
  A) Collude.
  B) Convene.
  C) Adjourn.
  D) Rise.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 424:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

  Shoe

  Options:
  A) full
  B) food
  C) put
  D) blood
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 425:

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

  If people don't want to play the game according to the rule, that is their business

  Options:
  A) their business will suffer
  B) it is not their fault
  C) they should blame others for it
  D) other people will take over their business
  E) they will have themselves to blame
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 426:

  In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  You could have heard the sound if you weren't aslee.

  Options:
  A) You were not asleep so you heard the sound
  B) You were asleep so you did not hear the sound
  C) You heard the sound though you were asleep
  D) You did not hear the sound though you were not asleep
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 427:

  Choose the word that has the consonant sound as the one in bracket, from questions below.

  A[n]kle

  Options:
  A) Tongue
  B) New
  C) Pneumatic
  D) Photosynthesis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 428:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

  He deprecated the attempts made to unseat him?

  Options:
  A) challenged
  B) resisted
  C) despise
  D) condemned
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 429:

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

  He moved out of the house because the landlord and his wife were always fighting _____

  Options:
  A) them selves
  B) theirselves
  C) each other
  D) one another
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 430:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:`

  These two books are identical

  Options:
  A) alike
  B) similar
  C) different
  D) equal
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  The correct answer is C .