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

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• Question 441:

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

  Straight

  Options:
  A) struggle
  B) waste
  C) waist
  D) stare
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 442:

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

  He ______ the picture on the table?

  Options:
  A) laid
  B) lay
  C) lied
  D) lain
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 443: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Two young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but _____ admitted stealing it? Options:
  A) neither of them has
  B) neither of them have
  C) none of them has
  D) none of them have
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 444:

  This passage sums up the problems peculiar to the book trade make it different from any other trade-the problem of selection and the problem of sticking. How is the bookseller to tell what, in an enormous output, will prove sale-able before the full weight of unsold items affects the balance of his business and how is he at the same time to hold a stock large enough to enable the public to choose freely? He may seek to escape from this dilemma by becoming the passive sales representative of large publishing houses or distribution networks but he is then no longer a book seller. He may take refuge in the sale of items to a restricted circle of customers but he thereby cuts himself of from all that is vital in his trade and dooms himself to mediocrity and stagnation. On the other hand, he may protect his business from the danger of idle stock by speculating on the latest publication but this is a dangerous game in that it implies a constantly changing clientele: readers remain faithful to their own discoveries and failure to follow up a book an author or a type of literature means dismissing the public responsible for their success.

  This brings us back to the fact that books are indefinable. The story is told of a certain country with a great many generals where it was decided to present a rare and valuable edition of an old book to a general about to retire. The old soldier looked at the volume and remarked, ‘A book? What’s the point? I’ve already got one!’

  How many solutions to the bookseller's problems are offered in this passage? Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four
  D) five
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 445:

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

  He did not stop to ask himself why _____ such thing.

  Options:
  A) should he do
  B) he should do
  C) could he have done
  D) did he do
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 446: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) supperior
  B) surcharge
  C) slaughter
  D) about
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 447:

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

  The choice to go to the university or not is _____

  Options:
  A) yours'
  B) your
  C) yours
  D) your's
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 448:

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

  It was an _____ moment for us to be _____ to welcome the new Vice - Chancellor?

  Options:
  A) opportune /privileged
  B) opportuned / privileged
  C) opportune / opportuned
  D) opportuned / opportune
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 449:

  In the question below select the option (A-D) that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  He can't be swimming all day

  Options:
  A) it's possible he is not swimming now
  B) It's very likely he is swimming now
  C) He does not have the ability to swim all day
  D) He would not like to swim all day
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 450:

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

  Four persons accused of currency _____ are being held by the security agents

  Options:
  A) traficking
  B) traviking
  C) trafficking
  D) traffiking
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  The correct answer is C .