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

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• Question 4261:

  Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

  By the time the plane reaches Harare, it __________in the air for twelve hours.

  Options:
  A) has been
  B) would be
  C) would have been
  D) should be
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4262:

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

  High?

  Options:
  A) what
  B) honest
  C) who
  D) vehicle
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4263:

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

  Last Monday his father asked me, _____ .

  Options:
  A) if iI had come some days before
  B) if I had come the day before
  C) did you come yesterday
  D) had I come yesterday
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4264:

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

  If he were here, could be more fun.

  Options:
  A) He was expected but did not show up to make the occasion lively
  B) There was no fun because he was not present
  C) He did not show up so the occasion lacked much fun
  D) He was being expected to supply more fun
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4265:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  It has been confirmed that the election _____ held in July next year.

  Options:
  A) will be
  B) is being
  C) has been
  D) have being
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4266:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  The awareness of mortality has always imposed some restraint on man's excesses

  Options:
  A) celestial
  B) eternity
  C) continuity
  D) inexistence
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 4267:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s):

  Strange

  Options:
  A) vague
  B) mirage
  C) logic
  D) legume
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4268: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.These villagers _____ to grow rice? Options:
  A) used
  B) are used
  C) were used
  D) use
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 4269: Choose the word that has a stress pattern on the first syllables. Options:
  A) July
  B) literate
  C) august
  D) oesophagus
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 4270: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.Adawo is an imp? Options:
  A) Adawo behaves queerly
  B) Adawo behaves decently
  C) Adawo behaves differently
  D) Adawo behaves badly
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  The correct answer is D .