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

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• Question 921:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  Mr. Adeyemo is quite a conceited young man?

  Options:
  A) a resourceful
  B) an experience
  C) a practical
  D) an unassuming
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 922:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

  I visited Amina umpteen times in her college, but she never came to me?

  Options:
  A) often
  B) seldom
  C) twice
  D) occasionally
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 923:

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

  By twelve midnight, we will be _____ en route for Britain?

  Options:
  A) airbourned
  B) airborned
  C) air borned
  D) air burne
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 924: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.My father was at the apogee of his career when he was retired? Options:
  A) terminal point
  B) highest point
  C) least productive stage
  D) redundant stage
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 925:

  This question is from the novel 'The Last Days at Forcados High school'.

  ‘I could hear his voice from a distance, rowdy and full of fun as usual,’ to whom were these words said to and who said it.

  Options:
  A) Ansa to Nene Ekpo
  B) Nene Ekpo to Ansa
  C) Efua to seyi lawal
  D) Jimi to Nene Ekpo
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 926:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  What is the full name of Salma?

  Options:
  A) Salma Mohammed
  B) Salma Johnson
  C) Salma Samuel
  D) Salma Ahmed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 927:

  The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

  He travelled ONLY 20 kilometres before his car stopped?

  Options:
  A) Did he travel only 20 kilometres after his car stopped?
  B) Did he travel exactly 20 kilometres before his car stopped?
  C) Did you walk only 20 kilometres before the vehicle stopped?
  D) Did he travel more than 20 kilometres before his car stopped?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 928:

  In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:

  'An open secret' means

  Options:
  A) a fact that is very secret
  B) an open matter
  C) a secret known to everybody
  D) a confidential matter
  E) a secret told in the open air
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 929: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.The EAGLES won the match. Options:
  A) Did the Eagles lose the match?
  B) Who won the match ?
  C) What did the Eagles win?
  D) Did the Eagles win the match?
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 930: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.Uche could not travel last December because of the severity of the harmattan? Options:
  A) cold
  B) mildness
  C) warmth
  D) moderation
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  The correct answer is B .