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

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• Question 1331:

  Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

  Options:
  A) Project(V)
  B) Basic
  C) Suspect(V)
  D) Neglect
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1332:

  Answer the following question below and choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are underlined in capital letters.

  impossible

  Options:
  A) imPOSsible
  B) IMpossible
  C) imposSIBLE
  D) impossiBLE
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1333:

  LEXIS, STRUCTURE AND ORAL FORMS

  In each of this question select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  You need to brush up on your Spanish.

  Options:
  A) you need to improve your skills
  B) you need a brush from Spain
  C) you need to learn to play with a spaniard
  D) you need to study the history of Spain
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1334:

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

  The rich citizens are often niggardly in their ways

  Options:
  A) beggarly
  B) sordid
  C) miserly
  D) pompous
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1335: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).It is inconceivable that the rat devoured the cat? Options:
  A) contestable
  B) incomprehensible
  C) credible
  D) unimaginable
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1336:

  Manager: Mr.Mbu, I would not describe you as an inefficient worker; I therefore find it difficult to understand why the conference room is so untidy, in spite of the fact that I had reminded you of the meeting scheduled to take place there this afternoon.

  Secretary: Sir, I did instruct the cleaner to tidy up the place before meeting

  Manager: Are you trying to hold the cleaner responsible for the untidy condition of the room?

  Secretary: Partly, sir, I gave him an instruction which he failed to carry out. It is certainly my intention to make a formal complaint against him for dereliction of duty.

  Manager: And would you wash your hands off any blame after that? Do you think that just making a formal complaint against the cleaner absolves you of all blame? When do you consider an assignment as properly executed; when the execution is properly supervised or not? Was it sufficient for you to give instruction to the cleaner with out ensuring that he actually carried them out?

  Secretary: Sir, I do not see what else I could have done, short of doing the job myself. The cleaner Is a six-footer and I could not have intimidated him physically.

  Manager: I see, I await your complaints against the cleaner, but I shall not forget that you allowed a board meeting to take place in an untidy conference room.

  The last comment by the manager suggests that he Options:
  A) is going to hold the secretary responsible for what has happened
  B) is likely to reprimand both the secretary and the cleaner for dereliction of duty
  C) will punish the cleaner but warn the secretary
  D) wil warn the cleaner and punish the secretary
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1337:

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

  The old car _____ several times this year

  Options:
  A) was repaired
  B) has been repaired
  C) had been repaired
  D) has repaired
  E) was being repaired
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1338:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:

  If he had left home earlier, he _____ late

  Options:
  A) would not be
  B) would have not be
  C) would not been
  D) would have been not
  E) would not have been
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1339:

  Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.

  Student

  Options:
  A) Propose
  B) Superb
  C) Refuse(N)
  D) Rebel(V)
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1340: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What position is Bint in the family?

  Options:
  A) Last born
  B) First child
  C) Second child
  D) Third child
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  The correct answer is A .