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

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• Question 3971:

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

  The elders rebuked Olu for taking issue with his principal?

  Options:
  A) Olu was scolded for acting in collusion principal
  B) Olu was reprimanded for arguing with his principal
  C) Olu was blamed for issuing a statement denying his principal
  D) Olu was cautioned for shouting at his principal
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3972: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence.His meteoric rise to fame surprise everyone? Options:
  A) His rise to fame was only temporary
  B) People were amazed at his rapid success
  C) He became successful very suddenly
  D) He rose to the top quite unexpectedly
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3973:

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

  The lecturer said that we _____ be able to finish the next chapter this evening

  Options:
  A) must
  B) can
  C) shall
  D) should
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3974:

  In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :

  People who live by _____ what loneliness is like

  Options:
  A) each other know
  B) one another know
  C) oneself knows
  D) themselves know
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3975:

  Rufus Okeke – Roof, for short – was a very popular man in his village. Although the villagers did not explain it in so many words, Roof’s popularity was a measure of their gratitude to an energetic young man who unlike most of his fellows nowadays, had not abandoned the village in order to seek work, any work, in the towns. Roof was not villages tout either. Everyone knew how he had spent two years as a bicycle repairer’s apprentice in Port-Harcourt and had given up of his own free will a bright future to return to his people and guide them in these political times. Not that Umuofia needed a lot of guidance. The village already belong en masse to the People’s Alliance Party, and its most illustrious son, Chief the Honorable Marcus Ibe, was Minister of Culture in the outgoing government (which was pretty certain to be the incoming one as well). Nobody doubted that the Honorable Minister would be elected in his constituency. Opposition to him was like the proverbial fly trying to move a dung-hill. It would have been ridiculous enough without coming, as it did now, from a complete nonentity.

  As was to be expected, Roof was in the service of the Honourable Minister for the coming elections. He had become a real expert in election campaigning at all levels – villages, local government or national. He could tell the mood and temper of the electorate at any given time. For instance, he had warned the Minister months ago about the radical change that had come into the thinking of Umuofia since the last national election

  A village tout can be described as being Options:
  A) unemployed
  B) crazy
  C) energetic
  D) lazy
  E) servile
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 3976:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.

  He is _____ Kaduna ______ an official assignment?

  Options:
  A) in / on
  B) at / in
  C) at / for
  D) for / in
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3977:

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

  Although he was invited _____ he was not welcome.

  Options:
  A) but
  B) yet
  C) so
  D) since
  E) because
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3978: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).Akoso thought that her father was very callous? Options:
  A) indifferent
  B) compassionate
  C) wicked
  D) careless
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3979:

  Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  If i were the Head of the English Department in my school, i _____ make oral English a compulsory subject

  Options:
  A) would
  B) could
  C) should
  D) might
  E) had
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3980:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.

  Air?

  Options:
  A) heir
  B) her
  C) hear
  D) fire
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  The correct answer is A .