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

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• Question 1131:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined world(S).

  Amina said she married a doting husband?

  Options:
  A) a loving
  B) a fun-loving
  C) an uncaring
  D) a nagging
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1132:

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

  He was determined to _____ all position into submission.

  Options:
  A) push
  B) cow
  C) box
  D) pound
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1133:

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

  _____ we can now start meaningful development?

  Options:
  A) Since the cold war is over
  B) With the cold war over
  C) The cold war over
  D) That the cold war is over
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1134:

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

  Orinya balances the pail on her head with accustomed ease?

  Options:
  A) convincing
  B) surprising
  C) unwary
  D) unusual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1135:

  Answer the following question below , the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  The cat DEVOURED the rat

  Options:
  A) did the rat devour the cat?
  B) what devoured the rat?
  C) did the cat eat the rat?
  D) Is this the rat that the cat devoured?
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1136:

  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 1137:

  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 1138:

  Choose the word or phrase from the options A - E which has the nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:

  Ekwensi's account with the Naira bank is in the red. His account

  Options:
  A) was written in red ink
  B) is overdrawn
  C) is in danger
  D) is special
  E) is heavy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1139:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning of the underlined word.

  The ruler expects full allegiance from his subjects at all times?

  Options:
  A) obedience
  B) homage
  C) disloyalty
  D) disaproval
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1140:

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

  The sick man is now [ambulatory]

  Options:
  A) recovering gradually
  B) walking
  C) sound in health
  D) immobile
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  The correct answer is D .