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

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• Question 1: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.Worst Options:
  A) burst
  B) haste
  C) guessed
  D) perched
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Film?

  Options:
  A) salt
  B) walk
  C) Psalm
  D) chalk
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  The teacher asked if she _____ seen her boyfriend recently

  Options:
  A) has
  B) have
  C) was
  D) had
  E) will have
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4:

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

  _____ been there to look several times without success?

  Options:
  A) He' II
  B) He's
  C) Is he
  D) He is
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 5:

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

  The trader was amused by the cut-throat rush for the goods.

  Options:
  A) worrisome
  B) strange
  C) lacklustre
  D) mad
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

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

  The principal warned the students not to take the _____ hands?

  Options:
  A) law into their
  B) laws into their
  C) law into their own
  D) laws into their own
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  Choose the word that has an opposite meaning to the one in bracket for questions below.

  The [prodigious] building was razed to the carpet level yesterday

  Options:
  A) ramshackle
  B) modern
  C) colossal
  D) mini-sized
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 8:

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

  We were all delighted when the beautiful lady in our house ….. a bouncing baby boy.

  Options:
  A) Delivered
  B) Born
  C) Brought forth
  D) Gave birth to
  E) Gave bath to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 9: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).After the war, the visitors became increasingly vindictive Options:
  A) friendly
  B) vociferous
  C) arrogant
  D) treacherous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 10: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).After so many trials, the experiment _____ ? Options:
  A) paid up
  B) paid for
  C) paid out
  D) paid off
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  The correct answer is D .