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

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• Question 141:

  In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get _____

  Options:
  A) loose
  B) lose
  C) lost
  D) lossing
  E) loosed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 142:

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

  As an idiot, the boy is weak in class.

  Options:
  A) a deviant
  B) an expert
  C) a dunce
  D) a genius
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 143:

  In the question below, fill the gap with the most appropriate option:

  The secretary was blamed _____ the untidy state of the office

  Options:
  A) for
  B) about
  C) over
  D) on
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 144: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.dice Options:
  A) shame
  B) cue
  C) chair
  D) loss
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 145:

  The driver was short of petrol, so he ........ down the road with the engine switched off

  Options:
  A) glided
  B) coasted
  C) wheeled
  D) taxied
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 146:

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

  Ogiri takes after his father, he fawns upon anyone with influence.

  Options:
  A) Like his father, Ogiri likes to flatter people with influence in society
  B) Like his father, Ogiri hates influential people
  C) Ogiri, who always follows his father, tries to act an influential man
  D) Ogiri, who looks like his father, follows rich and influential people about
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 147:

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

  The police ran the criminal to earth

  Options:
  A) jailed him
  B) knocked him down
  C) discovered him
  D) buried him
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 148: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.A state of mutual hatred existed for years between the two villages of Umunna and Ogboma? Options:
  A) Umunna hated Ogboma
  B) Ogboma hated Umunna
  C) Ogboma and Umunna hated themselves
  D) Umunna and Ogboma hated each other
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 149:

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

  Many of the workers hired for firing the furnace had themselves fired as a result of the unfortunate accident

  Options:
  A) got themselves burned accidentally
  B) jumped into the fire themselves
  C) got themselves sacked from their jobs
  D) were sacked from there jobs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 150:

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

  The students _____ so much noise while the lecturer had to walk out of the class

  Options:
  A) made
  B) had been making
  C) were making
  D) had made
  E) would have been making
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  The correct answer is A .