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

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• Question 741:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  She was ask to swallow her pride and get busy?

  Options:
  A) be more realistic
  B) eat up her own pride
  C) be more insistent
  D) be less proud
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 742: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).As we sat _____ the silence, my eyes _____ the room? Options:
  A) under / looked
  B) over / surrounded
  C) in / roamed
  D) along / observed
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 743:

  complete the statement from the options lettered A-D

  The two friends made promises to _____ when theymet last year

  Options:
  A) each other
  B) one another
  C) theirselves
  D) themselves
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 744:

  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.

  Power

  Options:
  A) flour
  B) higher
  C) liar
  D) flier
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 745:

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

  If you want to succeed in life, don't be envious ______ other people's achievement.

  Options:
  A) of
  B) to
  C) with
  D) on
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 746:

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

  Jane and Jarawa love …. very much.

  Options:
  A) Themselves
  B) Each other
  C) One another
  D) Theirselves
  E) Each others
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 747:

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

  You must study hard this semester in order to avoid being made _____ ridicule?

  Options:
  A) a subject of
  B) an object for
  C) a subject for
  D) an object with
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 748: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The Flying Eagles put up a plucky defence against their opponents Options:
  A) strong
  B) weak
  C) careless
  D) tactful
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 749:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  The soldier _________ his gun on the wall after the armed robber______

  Options:
  A) hang/has been hung
  B) hung/had been hanged
  C) hanged/has been hanged
  D) hung/ has been hunged
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 750:

  Answer the following question below and select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  As far as Abu is concerned , Mero should be given fifty naira at the most.

  Options:
  A) All Abu is concerned with is that Mero should be given nothing more than fifty naria
  B) All Abu is saying is that Mero probably desrves more than fifty naria and not less
  C) In Abu's estimation, Mero merits not more than fifty naria
  D) In Abu's opinion, Mero deserves fifty naria or probably more
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  The correct answer is C .