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

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• Question 4001:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  If you travel by air you will be given an allowance to cover _____

  Options:
  A) a luggage
  B) luggage
  C) luggages
  D) a baggage
  E) baggages
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4002:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  Many people have raised the issue about the need for an equitable distribution of our wealth?

  Options:
  A) a fair
  B) an even
  C) an unjust
  D) an undue
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4003: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined: The case was dismissed for want of evidence Options:
  A) for want of facts
  B) for lack of opinions
  C) for insufficient discussions
  D) for lack of proof
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4004:

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

  How can we believe this witness when no one will _____ his story?

  Options:
  A) collate
  B) correlate
  C) collaborate
  D) corroborate
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4005:

  I dare not lift the veil that protects our tribal marriage customs and ceremonies from the eyes of outsiders. There is already too little in this world that is sacred; and what Fatmata and I were required to go through during the next week must remain so. I was deeply in debt by the time everything was over, but I was absolutely satisfied with my parents’ choice. Fatmata was as black as satin, and as soft. She had the teeth and smile of a goddess. The Dopo tutors had done their job well; she was a completely efficient lover and mother. I brought her home with swelling pride, and began at once to save all I could spare towards the cost of acquiring my second wife. My anti-Western revolt was gaining momentum

  It would appear that the marriage had turn him into Options:
  A) a good worker
  B) a faithfu husband
  C) an incurable debtor
  D) a tragic figure
  E) a proud husband
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 4006: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Emeka is now a _____ student but it took him years to _____? Options:
  A) matured / mature
  B) mature / mature
  C) mature / matured
  D) matured / matured
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4007:

  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 4008:

  In order to approach the problem of anxiety in play, let us consider the activity of building and destroying a tower. Many a mother thinks that her son is in a ‘destructive stage’ or even has a ‘destructive personality’ because after building a big, big tower, the boy cannot follow her advice to leave the tower for Daddy to see, but instead must kick it and make it collapse. The almost manic pleasure with which children watch the collapse in a second of the product of long play-labor has puzzles many, especially since the child does not appreciate it at all if his tower falls by accident or by a helpful uncle’s hand. He, the builder must destroy it himself. This game, I should think arises from the not so distant experience of sudden falls at the very time when standing upright on wobbly legs afforded a new and fascinating perspective on existence. The child who consequently learns to make a tower ‘stand up’ enjoys causing the same tower to waver and collapse; in addition to the active mastery over a previous passive event, it makes one feel stronger to know that there is somebody weaker-and towers, unlike little sister, can’t cry and call ‘mummy’

  The expression 'must kick it and make it collapse' in this context means Options:
  A) is forced to kick it and demolish
  B) is obliged to kick it and demolish it
  C) cannot resist the urgue to demolish it
  D) ought to kick it and make it collapse
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4009:

  From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  My mother is a shrewd businesswoman.

  Options:
  A) reliable
  B) resourceful
  C) orderly
  D) gullible
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4010:

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

  Ogedebge was an Intrepid fighter for human freedom and dignity

  Options:
  A) timid
  B) half-hearted
  C) fearless
  D) undaunted
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  The correct answer is A .