English Past Questions v28 (JAMB/ WAEC/ NECO).

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#1. Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined. His taciturnity amazed everyone in the court during the legal tussle

A) obliviousness

A) obliviousness

B) reticence

B) reticence

C) sensibility

C) sensibility

D) pervasiveness

D) pervasiveness

#2. Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined. The boxer fizzled out just in the sixth round

A) knocked out his opponent

A) knocked out his opponent

B) showed off his talents

B) showed off his talents

C) became tired out fought on spiritedly

C) became tired out fought on spiritedly

D) surrendered rather disappointingly

D) surrendered rather disappointingly

#3. Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined. The manager described Mfon as a man of vehement character

A) weak and interesting

A) weak and interesting

B) strong and insistent

B) strong and insistent

C) troublesome and noisy

C) troublesome and noisy

D) clever and helpful

D) clever and helpful

#4. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined. Many people used to live in poverty.

A) instability

A) instability

B) want

B) want

C) difficulty

C) difficulty

D) the slums

D) the slums

#5. Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined. Accountability is certainly a desirable quality in a politician.

A) respectability

A) respectability

B) courage

B) courage

C) responsibility

C) responsibility

D) diligence

D) diligence

#6. Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined. The common practice among some media practitioners is to be sensational in their reporting.

A) prevalent

A) prevalent

B) rampart

B) rampart

C) ordinary

C) ordinary

D) cogent

D) cogent

#7. Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined. Nigeria has been playing a vital role in the political and economic development of Africa.

A) credictable

A) credictable

B) crucial

B) crucial

C) respectable

C) respectable

D) laudable

D) laudable

#8. Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined. Emeka's painting was so realistic that it could almost have been a photograph.

A) picturesquare

A) picturesquare

B) concrete

B) concrete

C) lively

C) lively

D) authentic

D) authentic

#9. Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter underlined. Gnash.

A) Ring.

A) Ring.

B) Forge.

B) Forge.

C) New.

C) New.

D) King.

D) King.

#10. The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.Your mother CAN cook the meal.

A) Who will cook the meal?

A) Who will cook the meal?

B) Can my father cook the meal?

B) Can my father cook the meal?

C) Isn''t my mother able to cook the meal?

C) Isn''t my mother able to cook the meal?

D) What can my mother do?

D) What can my mother do?

#11. Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.The EAGLES won the match.

A) Did the Eagles lose the match?

A) Did the Eagles lose the match?

B) Who won the match ?

B) Who won the match ?

C) What did the Eagles win?

C) What did the Eagles win?

D) Did the Eagles win the match?

D) Did the Eagles win the match?

#12. Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.Refuse (noun)

A) reform

A) reform

B) intact

B) intact

C) obscure

C) obscure

D) phantom

D) phantom

#13. Choose the option that has the same stress pattern as the given word.downtrodden?

A) downgrading

A) downgrading

B) prescribing

B) prescribing

C) functional

C) functional

D) internal

D) internal

#14. Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others

A) interpreter

A) interpreter

B) impossible

B) impossible

C) remarkable

C) remarkable

D) critism

D) critism

#15. Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.

A) impound

A) impound

B) subject (verb)

B) subject (verb)

C) canoe

C) canoe

D) knowledge

D) knowledge

#16. Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letters underlined.Healthy?

A) father

A) father

B) path

B) path

C) they

C) they

D) that

D) that

#17. Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.jurisprudence?

A) jUsprudence

A) jUsprudence

B) juRIsprudence

B) juRIsprudence

C) jurisPRUdence

C) jurisPRUdence

D) jurispruDENCE

D) jurispruDENCE

#18. Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.suburbanite?

A) SUburbanite

A) SUburbanite

B) suBURbanite

B) suBURbanite

C) suburBAnite

C) suburBAnite

D) suburbaNITE

D) suburbaNITE

#19. Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters. departmentalize

A) departMENtalize

A) departMENtalize

B) dePARTmentalize

B) dePARTmentalize

C) DEpartmentalize

C) DEpartmentalize

D) departmenTALIZE

D) departmenTALIZE

#20. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).A nursery rhyme is used to teach pupils how to spell the word _____ ?

A) hipoppotemus

A) hipoppotemus

B) hippoppotemus

B) hippoppotemus

C) hipoppotamus

C) hipoppotamus

D) hippopotamus

D) hippopotamus

#21. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).You, who _____ convicted, should appeal.

A) has been

A) has been

B) is

B) is

C) was

C) was

D) are

D) are

#22. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The man is refurbishing the flat with a view to _____ it?

A) sell

A) sell

B) selling

B) selling

C) have sold

C) have sold

D) be selling

D) be selling

#23. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The Secretary-General was shocked at the number of _____ ?

A) child's soildiers

A) child's soildiers

B) childish soldiers

B) childish soldiers

C) children soldiers

C) children soldiers

D) child soldiers

D) child soldiers

#24. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).In spite of Shade's good looks, her hair is always _____ ?

A) unkept

A) unkept

B) unkempt

B) unkempt

C) unwashed

C) unwashed

D) uncleaned for

D) uncleaned for

#25. Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). By the end of the football match today, we _____ the best player?

A) could have known

A) could have known

B) might have known

B) might have known

C) will have known

C) will have known

D) would have known

D) would have known

#26. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).It is African for a younger person to show _____ to elders?

A) understanding

A) understanding

B) indifference

B) indifference

C) deference

C) deference

D) satisfaction

D) satisfaction

#27. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The public library has stopped _____. books to readers?

A) borrowing

A) borrowing

B) lending

B) lending

C) renting

C) renting

D) loaning

D) loaning

#28. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S). We won't leave until it _____. raining?

A) will stop

A) will stop

B) stopped

B) stopped

C) stops

C) stops

D) has stopped

D) has stopped

#29. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The _____ event marked the beginning of a new life for the entire cabinet?

A) historical

A) historical

B) historicity of the

B) historicity of the

C) historic

C) historic

D) history of the

D) history of the

#30. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The train _____ before i arrived?

A) was leaving

A) was leaving

B) has left

B) has left

C) had left

C) had left

D) would leave

D) would leave

#31. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).You can travel on your on your own _____ ?

A) isn't it

A) isn't it

B) can't you

B) can't you

C) won't you

C) won't you

D) shan't you

D) shan't you

#32. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).Tsadu always cautions that difficult jobs should be done _____?

A) step from step

A) step from step

B) step by step

B) step by step

C) steps after steps

C) steps after steps

D) steps by steps

D) steps by steps

#33. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).I was often angry _____ Oche since he differed _____ me often?

A) with / to

A) with / to

B) about / with

B) about / with

C) against / from

C) against / from

D) with / with

D) with / with

#34. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).I am writing to you for _____ reasons?

A) concerned

A) concerned

B) several

B) several

C) plenty

C) plenty

D) myriad of

D) myriad of

#35. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).As we sat _____ the silence, my eyes _____ the room?

A) under / looked

A) under / looked

B) over / surrounded

B) over / surrounded

C) in / roamed

C) in / roamed

D) along / observed

D) along / observed

#36. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).I sit true that Okoro _____. when the gates were closed?

A) had return

A) had return

B) wolud return

B) wolud return

C) should return

C) should return

D) would return

D) would return

#37. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The greatness of the creator of the universe is always inexpressible to many adherents of certain faiths?

A) inevitable

A) inevitable

B) wonderful

B) wonderful

C) unbearable

C) unbearable

D) ineffable

D) ineffable

#38. Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).We made a pie in the business deal?

A) lost a lot of money

A) lost a lot of money

B) earned alot of money

B) earned alot of money

C) broke even

C) broke even

D) cut corners

D) cut corners

#39. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).Yesterday, my mother asked me _____ ?

A) are you tired?

A) are you tired?

B) are you tired?

B) are you tired?

C) whether was I tired?

C) whether was I tired?

D) if i was tired?

D) if i was tired?

#40. Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The Bank Manager assured us that there was nothing to worry about _____ ?

A) as regard to the loan

A) as regard to the loan

B) with regard to the loan

B) with regard to the loan

C) in regard of the loan

C) in regard of the loan

D) with regards to the loan

D) with regards to the loan

#41. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The crisis ended as suddenly as it began?

A) The crisis had suddenly begun

A) The crisis had suddenly begun

B) The crisis will not end suddenly

B) The crisis will not end suddenly

C) The crisis stopped almost immediately

C) The crisis stopped almost immediately

D) The crisis stop immediately

D) The crisis stop immediately

#42. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.One thing I will not be complaining about in my new job is a lack of excitement?

A) The job is bad

A) The job is bad

B) The job is exciting

B) The job is exciting

C) The job is not too exciting

C) The job is not too exciting

D) The job has been previously done

D) The job has been previously done

#43. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The Governor parried all the questions put to him by the journalist?

A) The governor answered all the questions brilliantly

A) The governor answered all the questions brilliantly

B) The Governor evaded all the questions

B) The Governor evaded all the questions

C) The Governor failed all the questions

C) The Governor failed all the questions

D) The Governor mastered all the questions

D) The Governor mastered all the questions

#44. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.If the rain hadn't fallen, we wouldn't have missed the match?

A) The rain is falling, so we will miss the match

A) The rain is falling, so we will miss the match

B) The rain fell, so we didn't watch the match

B) The rain fell, so we didn't watch the match

C) The rain didn't fell, so we didn't watch the match

C) The rain didn't fell, so we didn't watch the match

D) The rain didn't fall, so we didn't watch the match

D) The rain didn't fall, so we didn't watch the match

#45. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The class was tired of the new boy jawing away all the times?

A) He bit off people's jaws

A) He bit off people's jaws

B) He was always chewing in the class

B) He was always chewing in the class

C) He was always making trouble for the class

C) He was always making trouble for the class

D) He talked continuously in the class

D) He talked continuously in the class

#46. Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.The new Headmaster hoped that his men would pull together?

A) He expected that the men would coorperate with him

A) He expected that the men would coorperate with him

B) He thought that the men would compose themselves at work

B) He thought that the men would compose themselves at work

C) He was certain that they would resign en masses

C) He was certain that they would resign en masses

D) He was certain that their condition would improve under him

D) He was certain that their condition would improve under him

#47. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters(s) underlined.bear

A) beer

A) beer

B) steer

B) steer

C) rare

C) rare

D) fear

D) fear

#48. Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letters underlined. Thunder?

A) prefer

A) prefer

B) differ

B) differ

C) confer

C) confer

D) defer

D) defer

#49. From the words or group of words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences. The test was so difficult that ______students passed

A) some few

A) some few

B) a few

B) a few

C) few

C) few

D) fewest

D) fewest

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