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

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• Question 841:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

  He is a prolific writer?

  Options:
  A) a very productive
  B) a well-known
  C) a clever
  D) an influential
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 842:

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

  I forgot to bring a pen with me. Would you, please _____ me yours

  Options:
  A) borrow
  B) loan
  C) provide
  D) lend
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 843: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The train _____ before i arrived? Options:
  A) was leaving
  B) has left
  C) had left
  D) would leave
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 844: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).Many Nigerian are wary of night journeys Options:
  A) worried about
  B) satisfied with
  C) unscared of
  D) troubled about
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 845:

  READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.With its radiant color and plant-like shape, the sea anemone looks more like a flower than animal. More specifically, the sea anemone is formed quite like a flower for which is named, with body like a stem and tentacles like petals in brilliant shades; blue, pink, green and red. Its diameters vary from about six millimeters in some species to more than ninety centimeters in the giant verities of Australia. Like corals, hydras and jelly fish, sea anemones are coelenterates. They can move slowly, but more often they attach the lower part of their cylindrical bodies to rocks, shells or wharf pilings.

  The upper and end of the sea anemone has a mouth surrounded by tentacles which the animal uses to capture its food. Stinging cells in the tentacles throw out tiny poison threads that paralyze other small sea animals. The tentacles then drag this prey into the sea anemone's mouth.The food is digested in the large inner body cavity. When disturbed, a sea anemone retracts its lump on a rock. Anemones may reproduce by forming eggs. dividing in half or developing buds that grow and break off as independent animals.

  The word 'shapes' in line 1 is closest meaning to

  Options:
  A) Nature
  B) Length
  C) Form
  D) Grace
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 846:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:

  The senior prefect had to carry the can because he refused to identify the culprit

  Options:
  A) dispose the can refuse
  B) accept responsibility
  C) be made one of the scape goat
  D) bear the brunt
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 847:

  Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  It is inconceivable that the son shone in the night.

  Options:
  A) credible
  B) unthinkable
  C) impossible
  D) contestable
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 848:

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

  Audu took these actions purely _____ his own career?

  Options:
  A) on furtherance of
  B) in furtherance of
  C) to furtherance in
  D) in furtherance with
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 849:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  I was one of those who actively believe in his development programmes?

  Options:
  A) I was part of those who renounced the programmes
  B) I was the originator of the programmes
  C) I was one of the people who embraced the programmes
  D) I was one of the great number who developed his programmes actively
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 850:

  Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  Ogedengbe kept goal for his club team because there wasn't _____ to do it

  Options:
  A) nobody else
  B) any other body
  C) any other body
  D) no other body
  E) anybody else
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  The correct answer is E .