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

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• Question 2591:

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

  Two ministers found it very difficult to get _____

  Options:
  A) through with each other in the cabinet
  B) by with one another
  C) through with one another
  D) off from each other
  E) on with each other
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2592: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.If one perseveres _____ will surely succeed? Options:
  A) she
  B) one
  C) he
  D) they
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2593:

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

  Do you want me to buy her anything? She asked Asman. She asked Asman if …..

  Options:
  A) She wants her to buy her anything
  B) You want to buy anything
  C) She wanted to buy anything
  D) I wanted her to buy anything
  E) She wanted her to buy her anything.
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2594:

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

  While the worshippers closed their eyes in prayer, a thief made _____ the collection

  Options:
  A) out
  B) away
  C) up
  D) by
  E) through
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2595:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase which best fills the gap:

  After the accused was found guilty by the court, his counsel _____ before sentence was passed.

  Options:
  A) begged for mercy
  B) made a plea for mitigation
  C) made anovation
  D) made a plea for litigation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2596:

  As the stranger approached, shola noticed that he was handsome and her excitement increased. It was of such a man she had dreamt. He had fine, arrogant carriage, like a soldier or someone in authority. When he reached the end of the pier, he addressed them in a rich, deep voice that disturbed her as the voluptuous rising of the tide had gone.

  ‘You’re Tunde Onu, I’m told’, he said to her father.

  ‘That’s right, said her father.

  ‘The bus conductor told me you take people to the islands’, the man continued. I’d like to go there if you can take me.

  Her father examined the man from head to foot, shrewdly measuring his capacity to pay. Then he said:

  ‘When were you thinking of going?’

  ‘Right away’.

  ‘That’s different story, for my boatman is gone to Badagry and he won’t be back before nightfall.

  ‘Oh!’ said the stranger. That’s too bad. You couldn’t get someone else instead of him?

  ‘I would have to think hard’, he said gloomily, for its not everyone would do for the job of going with me beyond the bay to the islands at this time of the year.

  Shola understood her father’s manoeuvre and felt ashamed.

  Which of the following is NOT true of the passage? Options:
  A) shola did not approve of her father's behaviour towards the stranger
  B) shola's father could roe the stranger to the islands aolne had he wished
  C) shola's father exaggerated the difficulties in order to raise his fee
  D) shola had recently been disturbed by the tide
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2597:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Hurt?

  Options:
  A) hut
  B) girl
  C) hate
  D) hot
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2598: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).You may not have heard the last word on the matter _____ ? Options:
  A) may you have
  B) haven't you
  C) have you
  D) mayn't have you
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2599:

  From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.
  I have an aversion for war movies.

  Options:
  A) dislike
  B) addiction
  C) preference
  D) bitterness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2600: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. My niece has an unquenchable thirst for adventure stories. Options:
  A) An inextinguishable.
  B) A spurious.
  C) An illegitimate.
  D) A reduced.
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  The correct answer is D .