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

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• Question 671:

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

  Procrastination is the enemy of progress

  Options:
  A) acceleration
  B) laziness
  C) hardwork
  D) tiredness
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 672:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  I have refused to give him my pen because I don’t want him to ….. it again.

  Options:
  A) Loss
  B) Loose
  C) Lose
  D) Lost
  E) Lend
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 673: From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.Pale Options:
  A) pail
  B) palm
  C) mall
  D) haul
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 674: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The slide in the price of gold in the world market has left the industry reeling? Options:
  A) The gradual fall in gold price is making the industry unstable
  B) The stablity in gold price is making the industry stagnant
  C) The decline in gold price is making the industry redundant
  D) The increase in gold price is making the industry to boom
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 675:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 – 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap

  When a mother is afraid that her child would die when it has only a pimple or a slight headache, we speak of anxiety. But if she is afraid when the child has a serious illness, we call her reaction ….16…. [A. hysteria B. xenophobia C. fear D. foolish]. If someone is afraid whenever he stands on a height or when he has to discuss ….17…. [A. workshop B. a seminar C. a topic D. an exercise] he knows well, we call his reaction ….18…. [A. incompetence B. anxiety C. anger D. immaturity]; if someone is afraid when he loses his way high up the mountain during a heavy thunderstorm, we would seek of ….19…. [A trepidation B. ignorance C. depression D. apprehension]. Thus far, we have a simple and near distinction between the two, namely, one is a reaction that is proportionate to the danger one has to face whereas the other is ….20…. [A. an unrelated B. a dissimilar C. an equal D. an unparalleled] reaction to danger or even a reaction to ….21…. [A. imaginary B. unrealistic C. ominous D. unusual] danger. This distinction has one ….22…. [A. direction B. flavor C. flaw D. meaning], however, which is that the decision ….23…. [A as to B. as from C. as in D. as of] whether the reaction is proportionate depends on the average knowledge existing in the particular ….24…. [A. medium B. culture C. feature D. institution]. But, even if that knowledge proclaims a certain attitude to be unfounded, a neurotic will find no difficulty in giving his action a ….25…. [A. rational B. reactional C. proactive D. radical] foundation.

  In question number 17 above choose the best option from letters A- D that best complete the gap Options:
  A) workshop
  B) a seminar
  C) a topic
  D) an excercise
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 676:

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

  Agbenu was ecstatic about her result?

  Options:
  A) sad
  B) dispassionate
  C) mad
  D) pessimistic
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 677: Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others? Options:
  A) interrupt
  B) Contribute
  C) Harmattan
  D) Entertain
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 678:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  I am disappointed …. the ways you conducted yourself at the party.

  Options:
  A) By
  B) For
  C) Due to
  D) At
  E) According to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 679:

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

  The teacher invited Akpan and _____ to his office

  Options:
  A) myself
  B) me
  C) i
  D) himself
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 680: 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 .