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

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• Question 591:

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

  The man rose to an important position as a result of ________ hard work

  Options:
  A) sheer
  B) cheer
  C) share
  D) shear
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 592:

  Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

  We saw Ifueko ____________ an egg on the wall.

  Options:
  A) smashed
  B) smash
  C) smashing
  D) smashes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 593:

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

  He shared his room with a person whose behaviour was quite nauseating?

  Options:
  A) disgusting
  B) disrespectful
  C) disgraceful
  D) discouraging
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 594:

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

  The telephone _____ in the nineteenth century and is now used in most countries in the world

  Options:
  A) had been invented
  B) was invented
  C) would have been invented
  D) has been invented
  E) was being invented
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 595:

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

  He went abroad with a view _____ a business partner

  Options:
  A) to find
  B) to be finding
  C) to have found
  D) to finding
  E) he will find
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 596:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phase in italics.
  His taciturnity amazed everyone in the court during the legal tussle.

  Options:
  A) obliviousness
  B) reticence
  C) sensibility
  D) pervasiveness
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 597:

  In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:

  'An open secret' means

  Options:
  A) a fact that is very secret
  B) an open matter
  C) a secret known to everybody
  D) a confidential matter
  E) a secret told in the open air
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 598:

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

  It's no good _____ about the result until you have sat for examination

  Options:
  A) to worry
  B) for worring
  C) worrying
  D) to have worried
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 599: Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.Refuse (noun) Options:
  A) reform
  B) intact
  C) obscure
  D) phantom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 600:

  From the alternative provided in the question below select the one which is most appropriately completes the sentence:

  The market women _____ profit ranges from thirty fifty percent are making _____ difficult for the ordinary people

  Options:
  A) for who/ to live
  B) for whom/ lives
  C) by whose/ living
  D) whose/ life
  E) whose/ leaving
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  The correct answer is D .