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

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• Question 1601:

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

  The lecturer maintained his usual good humour in spite of the cat-calls and rude behaviour of his students

  Options:
  A) provoked
  B) obtained
  C) kept
  D) lost
  E) improved
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1602:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  On the orders of the steward, the cook rushed _____ the market

  Options:
  A) to
  B) at
  C) for
  D) in
  E) against
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1603:

  In each of the questions, 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 pet the rat
  D) is this rat that the cat devoured
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1604:

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

  The team adapted to the new tactic as clean as a whistle.

  Options:
  A) They adapted to the pattern perfectly
  B) They needed a whistle to be able to adapt to the pattern.
  C) They adapted to the tactic with little errors
  D) They found it difficult to adapt to the new tactic.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1605:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

  Sheer

  Options:
  A) dear
  B) shirt
  C) spare
  D) shade
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1606:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  The students were undeterred by the noisy lecture environment?

  Options:
  A) frustrated
  B) encouraged
  C) discouraged
  D) chanllenged
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1607:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  He urged other progressives in the country to join forces with his association?

  Options:
  A) radicals
  B) conservatives
  C) pessimists
  D) activists
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1608:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) or phrase in italics.

  We found a shady place for the display.

  Options:
  A) an open
  B) an unsafe
  C) a stuffy
  D) an enclosure
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1609: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Three-quarters of the church _____ painted by the members the previous day? Options:
  A) were
  B) was
  C) is
  D) are
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1610:

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

  I am not sure that all _____ well with John.

  Options:
  A) Were
  B) Is
  C) Are
  D) Will
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  The correct answer is B .