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

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• Question 401:

  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.

  Mother

  Options:
  A) labour
  B) cargo
  C) exhibit
  D) council
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 402:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  I missed the match though it was shown on television on two _____ nights.

  Options:
  A) concurrent
  B) consistent
  C) concrete
  D) consecutive
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 403:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap.

  While the worshippers closed their eyes in prayer, a thief made __________ with the collection.

  Options:
  A) away
  B) up
  C) by
  D) through
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 404:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  The lawyer insisted _____ the full payment of his charge

  Options:
  A) with
  B) in
  C) for
  D) at
  E) on
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 405:

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

  His father surmounted the myriad of obstacles on his way.

  Options:
  A) most
  B) few
  C) all
  D) many
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 406:

  Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :

  We all have both good and bad characteristics. Either is, however, easily manifested in time of crises.

  Options:
  A) Demanded
  B) Highlighted
  C) Submerged
  D) Demonstrated
  E) Ridiculed
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 407: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sounds as the one represented by the letters underlined.Hang Options:
  A) hinge
  B) tinge
  C) song
  D) balm
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 408:

  Like a clock with the pendulum in full swing, the mind moves as fast as time. But we ought to mind our thoughts, for if they turn to be our enemies. They will too many for us and will drag us down to ruin.

  But some people may say that they cannot help having bad thought even though they sting like vipers. That may be son, but the question is do they hate them or not? We cannot keep thieves from looking in at our windows, but if we open our doors to them and receive them joyfully, we are bad as they. We cannot help the birds flying over our heads; but we may keep form building their nests in our hair. Vain thoughts will knock at the door but we must not open to them.

  Though bad and evil thoughts rise in our hearts, they must not be allowed to reign. He who turns a morsel over and over in his mouth does so because he likes flavours, and he who meditates upon evil, loves it, and is ripe to commit it. think of the devil, and he will appear, turn your thoughts towards will and your hands will soon follow. Snails leave their slime behind them, and so do vain thoughts. An arrow may fly through the air, and level no trace, but an evil though always leaves a trail like serpent.

  Where are is much traffic of bad thinking, there will be much mire and dirty. Every wave of wicked thought adds something to the corruption which rots upon the shore of life. It is dreadful to think that a vile imagination. Once indulged, gets the key of our minds, and an get in again very easily, whether or not we let it in, and what may follow, no one knows,. Nurse evil on the laps of thought, and it will grow into a giant.

  Therefore, there is wisdom in watching every day, the thoughts and imaginations of our hearts. Good thoughts are blessed guests and should be welcomed, well fed, and much sought after, but bad thoughts must fly out as swiftly as they moved in.

  From the argument in the second paragraph, it can be concluded that evil thoughts control the lives of people who Options:
  A) are helpless because they fly out of their minds
  B) cherist idle and slothful ways
  C) are thieves with evil instincts
  D) treasure and ruminate on them
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 409: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).They are considered to be legal luminaries Options:
  A) directors
  B) power
  C) experts
  D) practioners
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 410:

  For these questions, choose the option that best complete the gap(s):

  It is impossible to say whether_______Ola and her sister will be offered jobs by the firm.

  Options:
  A) both
  B) either
  C) each
  D) neither
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  The correct answer is A .