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

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• Question 21:

  Choose the word that has the same rhyme scheme as the word below:
  Day

  Options:
  A) Dare
  B) Anime
  C) Flight
  D) Ball
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 22:

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

  What bothered me about the lecture was that the speaker _____ too many irrelevant works

  Options:
  A) slighted
  B) sighted
  C) sited
  D) cited
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 23:

  Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:

  The elections _____ the Senate were held in July

  Options:
  A) into
  B) of
  C) from
  D) onto
  E) on
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 24:

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

  The panacea for a country's economic mess lies in systematic planning and hardwork.

  Options:
  A) cure
  B) hope
  C) foresight
  D) trouble
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 25: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(sTravelling in the night can be an ordeal? Options:
  A) a great exercise
  B) a great fear
  C) a great endurance
  D) a great pleasure
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 26:

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

  By the end of June, i …. six examinations this year.

  Options:
  A) Shall take
  B) Have taken
  C) Shall have taken
  D) Am taken
  E) Took
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 27:

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

  If he were here, it could be more fun.

  Options:
  A) He did not show up and so the occasion lacked much fun
  B) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion
  C) There was no fun because he was not present
  D) He was being expected to supply more fun
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 28:

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

  The first graduation ceremony of the university was attended by men from all _____ of life

  Options:
  A) works
  B) areas
  C) walks
  D) parts
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 29:

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

  Before announcing his retirement, Ochima resolved to settle an account with the bank?

  Options:
  A) get back at
  B) pay back all he owes
  C) close his account with
  D) retire his loans from
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 30:

  Choose the word or phrase closest in meaning to the underlined word:

  Don't eat just any innocuous looking mushroom you see around

  Options:
  A) harmful
  B) harmless
  C) innocent
  D) immunized
  E) conspicuous
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  The correct answer is B .