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

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• Question 841:

  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 842:

  The prisoner finally ........ that he drank to ........ on the night he committed the murder

  Options:
  A) acceded/access
  B) conceded/excess
  C) exceeded/extreme
  D) eluded/escape
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 843:

  Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  There are _____ on spelling and pronunciation at the end of the book?

  Options:
  A) appendexes
  B) appendix
  C) appendices
  D) appendixes
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 844:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks.

    Publishing is the fast growing business in Nigeria and there are therefore, many publishing houses all over the country. When ……..16……..[A. an article B. an essay C. a book D. a manuscript]. is submitted by an author, the publisher sends it to ……..17……..[A. an assessor B. an evaluator C. a checker D. an examiner] to know if it is actually publishable. This is important because the publisher wants to make sure that the book catches the ……18…..[A. market B. audience C. students D. shops] when it is eventually published. In a good publishing house, there is …….19……[A. an error-proof B. an editor C. a lithographic D. an evaluation] section which is concerned with……..20……[A. proof-reading B. reading over C. scanning over D. skimming over] the manuscript and correcting both the spelling and typing errors. After this, the manuscript is ………21…….[A. typewritten B. typeset C. double-spaced D. single-spaced] in readiness for …….22…..[A. photocopying B. Xeroxing C. filming D. printing].

    The printed ……..23……[A. items B. bulletin C. copies D. specimen] are then stored in the warehouse and a few of them may be sent to the author as ……..24……[A. complementary B. complimentary C. acknowledgement D. sample] copies. Since it is not just the aim of the publisher to offset the cost of production but also to make some gains, there is a strong marketing division which promotes sales. A certain percentage of the cover price of the book is paid to the author as ……..25……[A. royalty B. honorarium C. dividend D. interest].

  Select the correct option for the space numbered 21 in the above passage Options:
  A) typewritten
  B) typeset
  C) double-spaced
  D) single-spaced
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 845:

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

  Most warring countries end up in a state of satiatic?

  Options:
  A) hunger
  B) thirst
  C) danger
  D) famine
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 846:

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

  Your approach to the problem is different _____ ours

  Options:
  A) as
  B) like
  C) from
  D) because of
  E) to
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 847:

  For these questions, choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The Stressed syllable are written in capital letter (s):

  disagreement

  Options:
  A) disAgreement
  B) disaGREEment
  C) DISagreement
  D) disagreeMENT
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 848:

  fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options :

  Although the problem was simple …. Students were able to solve it.

  Options:
  A) Little
  B) Small
  C) Few
  D) A few
  E) A lot of.
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 849:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Colonel?

  Options:
  A) golden
  B) girl
  C) colony
  D) gaol
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 850:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined.

  The exhibition was an eye opener to all.

  Options:
  A) style
  B) examination
  C) dispatch
  D) display
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  The correct answer is D .