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

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• Question 651:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  His chances in the games _____ seriously jeopardized?

  Options:
  A) have been
  B) has been
  C) have being
  D) has being
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 652:

  One day, Alan, a friend of mine, who likes country life, was fishing in a river, when he caught a trout. He tried to put fish in but it slipped off the hook, flew over his head and landed in a field behind him.

  Alan put down his rod, went through the gate and started searching for his trout. Some people, obviously from the city were having a picnic in the field. One of the men shouted. ‘What on earth are you doing? Thinking that it was a silly question because they could see how hews dressed, Alan replied ‘Fishing’.

  ‘Don’t be silly, the fish are down in the river’, answered the man, ‘Fish don’t live fields! He turned to his friends, laughing, thinking that he had made a good joke.

  Oh, but they do, ‘said Alan, They jump out of the river to look for flies and I catch them with my hands. At that moment he found his trout in the grass and picked it up and showed it to the picnickers. He put it in his basket and bent down, as if he was hunting for another one. The picnickers, no longer laughing, spent the rest of the day searching the field.

  Where was Alan looking for his fish? He was looking for the fish Options:
  A) in the grass
  B) down in the river
  C) in front of the gate
  D) in his basket
  E) among the picnickers
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 653:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  The man advised his wife to steer a middle course in the argument between her and her employers?

  Options:
  A) be recalcitrant
  B) be compromising
  C) be unrepentant
  D) be relenting
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 654:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  We should try to help_______.

  Options:
  A) the less fortunates
  B) less fortunates
  C) the less fortunate
  D) this less forunate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 655: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The men were lardy in offering help? Options:
  A) brave
  B) generous
  C) slow
  D) quick
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 656:

  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 657: The word in capital letter has the emphatic stress. choose the option in which the given sentence relates. My mother bought a BICYCLE yesterday. Options:
  A) When did my mother buy a bicycle?
  B) What did my mother buy yesterday?
  C) Whose mother bought a bicycle yesterday?
  D) Did my mother steal a bicycle yeaterday?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 658:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word as it is used in the sentence

  I went through his work; it was gibberish

  Options:
  A) meaningless
  B) meaningful
  C) brutal
  D) too simple
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 659:

  In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  Emeka wished he had started school early

  Options:
  A) Emeka started school early as he wished
  B) Emeka regretted starting school early
  C) Emeka regretted not starting school early
  D) Emeka could have started school early if he had wished
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 660:

  choose the option with the correct emphatic stress indicated in capital letters from the options lettered A-D

  Successful

  Options:
  A) SUccessful
  B) suCcessful
  C) sucCEssful
  D) succESSful
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  The correct answer is C .