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

English is the study of the English language. The goal is to improve communication skills by practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and understanding language rules like pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.

• Question 761:

  Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Watched

  Options:
  A) lived
  B) address
  C) letter
  D) match
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 762: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The members elected Baba _____ of the committee? Options:
  A) chairman
  B) their chairman
  C) to become chairman
  D) to be a chairman
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 763:

  Choose the option that best fills the gap.

  For taking part in the unsuccessful _____, the mutineers were court-martialed.

  Options:
  A) coope
  B) copes
  C) coup
  D) coupe
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 764:

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

  Good student can easily identify spurious arguments?

  Options:
  A) genuine
  B) interesting
  C) false
  D) illogical
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 765:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  The students received a mild reproof from the teacher.

  Options:
  A) exhortation
  B) opposition
  C) commendation
  D) appropriation
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 766:

  The young are not listening to their elders, and perhaps they never have. But now it happens that, with many of them, the reason may be medical. The young aren’t listening because they can’t hear. Just as nagging parents have long suspected, otologists (hearing specialist) now report that youngsters are going deaf as a result of blasting their eardrums with electronically amplified rock ‘n’ roll.

  The hearing specialists used to worry about loud noise as a cause of deafness only in industrial and military situations. They knew that eight hours of daily exposure, year in and year out, to the din of the proverbial boiler factory, would eventually result in permanent hearing loss. Riveters were particularly susceptible. Then they learned that the same thing happened to aviators. After the advent of jets, the hazard applied to the ground crews at airport and flight-deck personnel aboard aircrafts – hence the introduction of insulated noise absorbing plastic earmuffs.

  In discotheques and rock ‘n’ roll joints, the trouble is not so much in the instrument themselves, or the close quarters. The blame goes to the electronic amplifiers. An old-fashion military ban, playing a march in Ramat Park, generated as much sound. But the sound was not amplified and was dissipated in the open air. A trombonist sitting in front of a tuba player might be a bit deaf for an hour or so after a concert, and then his hearing returns to normal. A microphone hooked up to a public address system did not appreciably increase the hearing hazard. What he did was multiple microphones and speakers, and the installation of internal microphones in such instruments as guitars and bouzoukis.

  What is the result of being subjected to the din of the proverbial boiler factory for a long length of time? Options:
  A) A loss of hearing which will never improve
  B) Total deafness eight hours a day
  C) Temporary deafness
  D) Hearing loss which can be corrected by medical treatment
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 767:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter underlined.

  Goal

  Options:
  A) Face
  B) Boat
  C) Park
  D) More
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 768:

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

  The undesirable elements who perpetuate these vices are never detected?

  Options:
  A) aggravate
  B) overlook
  C) discontinue
  D) encourage
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 769:

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

  They were all behaving like a bunch of _____ children?

  Options:
  A) querulous
  B) querrulous
  C) querrullous
  D) quarrelous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 770:

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

  The beautiful plan made for the expansion of the business fell _____ as soon as the manager died.

  Options:
  A) down
  B) out
  C) in
  D) through
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  The correct answer is D .