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

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• Question 1:

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

  The nurse kept apologizing to mothers as she stuck her needle _____ every baby at the clinic

  Options:
  A) in
  B) onto
  C) on to
  D) into
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2:

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

  Most of his observations were wide of the mark

  Options:
  A) comprehensible
  B) irrelevant
  C) pertinent
  D) unacceptable
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3:

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

  What a relief that the strike _____ when it did!

  Options:
  A) would end
  B) was ending
  C) ended
  D) has ended
  E) is ending
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

  The driver died in the _______road accident.

  Options:
  A) fatal
  B) brutal
  C) serious
  D) pathetic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5: As he was still owing me two naira, i was careful not to _____ him any more money Options:
  A) lend
  B) loan
  C) borrow
  D) extend
  E) credit
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 6:

  For this question, choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  He walks in a gawky way.

  Options:
  A) suitable
  B) clumsy
  C) lumbering
  D) graceful
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 7:

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

  She realized that she was up against stiff competition when a new large department store was opened next to her small provision store

  Options:
  A) next to
  B) standing next
  C) opposed to
  D) faced with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8:

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

  The stadium had a capacity crowd in spite of the weather.

  Options:
  A) The stadium was not filled because of the weather
  B) The crowd defied the weather to fill the stadium
  C) The crowd loved the weather at the stadium
  D) The weather favoured the crowd at the stadium
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9: Choose the option that has a different consonant sound from the others. Options:
  A) wife
  B) of
  C) off
  D) laugh
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 10:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in.

  He was very much respected, though he had no temporal power.

  Options:
  A) spiritual
  B) mundane
  C) permanent
  D) ephemeral
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  The correct answer is A .