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

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• Question 2621: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.Inspite of her grim situation, the young widow smiled dutifully at the visitor's pleasantries? Options:
  A) unkind comments
  B) sad stories
  C) condolence messages
  D) jocular remarks
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2622:

  In the question below fill in the right word/phrase:

  He _____ the book to the library last week

  Options:
  A) has returned
  B) had returned
  C) was returning
  D) returned
  E) was to be returning
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2623:

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

  Student

  Options:
  A) Refuse(N)
  B) Propose
  C) Rebel(V)
  D) Superb
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2624: Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Members of the panel were working at cross purposes? Options:
  A) in harmony
  B) in disunity
  C) for selfish purposes
  D) for selfless purpose
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2625: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Ali was honest and quite as a schoolboy, but too much drinking has now changed his _____ and _____ his tongue? Options:
  A) temperature / injured
  B) character / tightened
  C) temperament / loosened
  D) innocence / worsened
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2626:

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

  Isa and Ilu ate sumptuous meals on their brother's wedding day.

  Options:
  A) expensive
  B) foreign
  C) insipid
  D) cheap
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2627:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letters or letters underlined.

  granite

  Options:
  A) lean
  B) sit
  C) contrite
  D) light
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2628:

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

  Country?

  Options:
  A) worry
  B) courteous
  C) bought
  D) poultry
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2629:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  It is business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it and to find if he is able, common……11…..[A. experiment B. instruments C. approaches D. factors] which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses when he can, the method of the controlled…….12…..[A. respondent B. experiment C. system D. data]. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stand in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables……..14……[A. constant B. good C. dark D. natural] and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This …….15…..[A. research B. method C. tool D. rationale] of using ‘controls’ can be applied to a variety of situation and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as ‘must moisture be present if…….16….[A. an alloy B. gold C. bar D. iron] is to rust?’ and which variety of beans give the greatest yield in one……17…..[A. climate B. period C. season D. weather]?

  In the course of his……18…..[A. finding B. queries C. experiment D. inquiries], the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts the explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called…….19……[A. an antithesis B. a principle C. a thesis D. a hypothesis]. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a……20…..[A. deduction B. law C. notion D. thesis].

  In question number 11 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) experiments
  B) instruments
  C) approaches
  D) factors
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2630:

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

  Joe had found a flat, so …. he will not be sleeping here, even if he still comes for meals.

  Options:
  A) Lastly
  B) Least
  C) Last
  D) At last
  E) At least
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  The correct answer is E .