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

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• Question 811:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined words.

  Their strength is their staggering capacity to reproduce?

  Options:
  A) unstable multiplying power
  B) unreliable attacking power
  C) qualitative multiplying power
  D) overwhelming multiplying power
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 812: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Kindly _____ me your book because my friends has _____ mine? Options:
  A) borrow /borrowed
  B) borrow /lent
  C) lend / lent
  D) lend / borrowed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 813:

  For this question, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the question.

  My friend is well off nowadays.

  Options:
  A) My friend is financially sound
  B) My friend is well known to people
  C) My fiend is now well
  D) My friend has lost focus
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 814: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:The professor's thesis was the precursor of nuclear studies Options:
  A) preliminary
  B) climax
  C) developer
  D) forerunner
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 815:

  In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option:

  Four engineers _____ on this system since March

  Options:
  A) worked
  B) are working
  C) had worked
  D) have been working
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 816:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italicized words or expressions.

  The French classes were always funny because we considered French a strange tongue.

  Options:
  A) Awkward
  B) Foreign
  C) Funny
  D) Uninteresting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 817:

  The words in capital letters have the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  Lamide is VERY hostile.

  Options:
  A) Is Lamide so hostile?
  B) Is Lamide friendly?
  C) Was Lamide very hostile?
  D) Who is hostile?
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 818:

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

  The panacea for a country's economic mess lies in systematic planning and hardwork.

  Options:
  A) cure
  B) hope
  C) foresight
  D) trouble
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 819:

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

  The committee was disgusted _____ the way the office was being run

  Options:
  A) at
  B) by
  C) with
  D) over
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 820:

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

  The school authority dismissed him for _____ but I won't tell you about it yet?

  Options:
  A) certain reason
  B) a reason
  C) more reason
  D) a certain reason
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  The correct answer is D .