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

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• Question 3411:

  Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

  Oxygen is necessary to life. Nothing can live without it. It was _____ a century ago

  Options:
  A) invented
  B) found out
  C) discovered
  D) learnt
  E) extracted
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3412:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word Underlined:

  It seems fashionable, in some quaters today to decry examinations and the ability to pass them

  Options:
  A) extol
  B) abuse
  C) entreat
  D) discourage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3413:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  In Lafayette, before a stranger is hosted or accommodated, permission must be requested and granted by_______

  Options:
  A) the Hakimi
  B) the high priest
  C) the governor
  D) community oracle
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3414: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What is Dr Kabir's weakness?

  Options:
  A) women
  B) Easy money
  C) Food
  D) alcohol
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3415:

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

  Caught?

  Options:
  A) hot
  B) water
  C) sup
  D) wrong
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3416:

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

  My brother does not have a flair _____ mathematics.

  Options:
  A) for
  B) in
  C) at
  D) of
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3417: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:It was their custom to keep an open house on Sundays Options:
  A) welcome all visitors
  B) keep the shutters open
  C) leave the house open
  D) expose the whole house
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3418:

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

  Kola visits us on occasions, and I don't like that.

  Options:
  A) I do not like Kola because he visits us only when an event is being celebrated
  B) I hate the fact that Kola only visits us when something is being celebrated
  C) That Kola does not visit us often is something I object to
  D) Kola seldom visits us and that is because he is a fair-weather friend
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3419:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  Biliaminu sent the expensive present to one Miss Sanda of the United African Organization and not to _____ of the Central Bank of Nigeria

  Options:
  A) the Miss Sanda
  B) Miss Sanda
  C) a Miss Sanda
  D) one Miss Sanda
  E) some Miss Sanda
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3420:

  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.

  Done

  Options:
  A) don
  B) sun
  C) clown
  D) dawn
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  The correct answer is B .