English Past Questions v14 (JAMB/ WAEC, NECO)

 English Past Questions v14 (JAMB/ WAEC, NECO);These English questions are for students who are sitting for the following examinations:

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#1. Jane and Jarawa love …. very much.

A) Themselves

A) Themselves

B) Each other

B) Each other

C) One another

C) One another

D) Theirselves

D) Theirselves

#2. I shall travel to Lagos by …. next week.

A) Air or with lorry

A) Air or with lorry

B) Aircraft or by road

B) Aircraft or by road

C) Airways or by bus

C) Airways or by bus

D) Air or by road

D) Air or by road

#3. You can never get …. with stealing the presidential jet. You will be caught.

A) By

A) By

B) Away

B) Away

C) Bye

C) Bye

D) Free

D) Free

#4. She got into trouble because she refused to listen to the …. given by her friends and relatives.

A) Many of the advice

A) Many of the advice

B) Series of advices

B) Series of advices

C) Pieces of advices

C) Pieces of advices

D) Advice

D) Advice

#5. Monisola is sure to pass in September. She _____ hard since the beginning of this term.

A) had been working

A) had been working

B) was working

B) was working

C) is working

C) is working

D) has been working

D) has been working

#6. The old shoemaker at the corner of our street is _____ so i hope you will patronize him

A) mine shoemaker

A) mine shoemaker

B) a tight friend

B) a tight friend

C) a good customer

C) a good customer

D)a close friend

D)a close friend

#7. The students in my junior class seem to have performed _____ they did last year

A) as brilliant as

A) as brilliant as

B) more brilliant than

B) more brilliant than

C) as brilliantly

C) as brilliantly

D) brilliantly than

D) brilliantly than

#8. In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined: It was interesting to observe the 'likeness' between the pupil and his teacher

A) similarity

A) similarity

B) relationship

B) relationship

C) fondness

C) fondness

D) affection

D) affection

#9. In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined: The thought of his admission to the university 'keyed Olu' up to state of great excitement

A) stimulated Olu

A) stimulated Olu

B) ushered Olu

B) ushered Olu

C) opened Olu

C) opened Olu

D) frightened Olu

D) frightened Olu

#10. In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined: After a careful review of Adamu's last examination result, the principal concluded that his performance 'left much to be desired'

A) was very unsatisfactory

A) was very unsatisfactory

B) was very satisfactory

B) was very satisfactory

C) was extremely desirable

C) was extremely desirable

D) was very brilliant

D) was very brilliant

#11. In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined: The president 'stood his ground' because the committee member would not be persuaded to arrive at a compromised on the issue being debated

A) yield his position

A) yield his position

B) shifted his position

B) shifted his position

C) maintained his position

C) maintained his position

D) defended his position

D) defended his position

#12. In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined: The take home pay for many workers is such that they can hardly 'make both ends meet'

A) live an honest live

A) live an honest live

B) finish their schedule of work

B) finish their schedule of work

C) keep two jobs at a time

C) keep two jobs at a time

D) live within their income

D) live within their income

#13. In the question below select the option which best express the meaning of the phrase or word underlined: When kerosine was poured on the fire, the effect was 'instantaneous'

A) momentary

A) momentary

B) momentous

B) momentous

C) amazing

C) amazing

D) immediate

D) immediate

#14. He was _____ he had no time to eat

A) so busy that

A) so busy that

B) very busy

B) very busy

C) very busy that

C) very busy that

D) too busy that

D) too busy that

#15. It had been raining before the match started, _____ ?

A) isn't it

A) isn't it

B) hasn't it

B) hasn't it

C) hadn't it

C) hadn't it

D) wasn't it

D) wasn't it

#16. There was a fire in the market last week which resulted _____ a terrible destruction of property

A) in

A) in

B) to

B) to

C) from

C) from

D) into

D) into

#17. At the end of the month we _____ each other for five years

A) would know

A) would know

B) should have known

B) should have known

C) should be knowing

C) should be knowing

D) would have been

D) would have been

#18. The body is sensitive to changes in velocity which, if too sudden _____

A) consciousness may be lost

A) consciousness may be lost

B) it may lose consciousnesss

B) it may lose consciousnesss

C) one may become unconscious

C) one may become unconscious

D) may cause loss of consciousness

D) may cause loss of consciousness

#19. In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?: 'To ask after a friend' is to

A) Ask questions about the friend

A) Ask questions about the friend

B) inquire about the friend's welfare

B) inquire about the friend's welfare

C) go after the friend

C) go after the friend

D) like the friend

D) like the friend

#20. In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?: 'An open secret' means

A) a fact that is very secret

A) a fact that is very secret

B) an open matter

B) an open matter

C) a secret known to everybody

C) a secret known to everybody

D) a confidential matter

D) a confidential matter

#21. In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?: 'To put something aside' is to

A) put it by ones side

A) put it by ones side

B) put it in a side pocket for future use

B) put it in a side pocket for future use

C) keep something for some special purpose

C) keep something for some special purpose

D) keep in safety

D) keep in safety

#22. One of the _____ during the football match led to a fight between the teams

A) incidence

A) incidence

B) incidences

B) incidences

C) incidents

C) incidents

D) occasions

D) occasions

#23. He used to play tennis, but he doesn't _____

A) as of now

A) as of now

B) any longer

B) any longer

C) again

C) again

D) presently

D) presently

#24. He _____ the book to the library last week

A) has returned

A) has returned

B) had returned

B) had returned

C) was returning

C) was returning

D) returned

D) returned

#25. The candidate made _____ at the village square a day before the election

A) a sermon

A) a sermon

B) an address

B) an address

C) a eulogy

C) a eulogy

D) a speech

D) a speech

#26. The policeman was sent to _____ the allegation made by the man

A) investigate

A) investigate

B) examine

B) examine

C) probe

C) probe

D) enquire

D) enquire

#27. In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?: 'To be in the red', is to be

A) in debt

A) in debt

B) rich

B) rich

C) a socialist

C) a socialist

D) red

D) red

#28. In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?: 'To beat down the price' is to

A) flog the price

A) flog the price

B) reduce the price

B) reduce the price

C) beat the salesman

C) beat the salesman

D) attack the seller

D) attack the seller

#29. The ingenious scheme of the robber broke down because of the efficiency of the police officer. Ingenious here means

A) suspicious

A) suspicious

B) ambitious

B) ambitious

C) deceitful

C) deceitful

D) clever

D) clever

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