English Language JAMB, WAEC, NECO AND NABTEB Official Past Questions

64

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
If you keep playing with this door handle, it will get ….

  • A. loose
  • B. lose
  • C. lost
  • D. lossing
  • E. loosed
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65

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
There is not doubt that every lady takes great pride …. her appearance.

  • A. with
  • B. in
  • C. at
  • D. on
  • E. about
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66

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
While the worshippers closed their eyes in prayer, a thief made …. the collection

  • A. out
  • B. away
  • C. up
  • D. by
  • E. through
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67

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

It took the father many days to get …. the untimely death if his son

  • A. off
  • B. over
  • C. by
  • D. through
  • E. across
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68

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
She wounded the man … the back with her knitting needle

  • A. on
  • B. in
  • C. at
  • D. by
  • E. upon
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69

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The principal remarked that it was the high standard of discipline that was instrumental …. the high percentage of passes in the school

  • A. upon
  • B. to
  • C. with
  • D. on
  • E. in
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70

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The most stupid boy in the class passed the examination contrary …. the expectation of others

  • A. upon
  • B. from
  • C. on
  • D. to
  • E. with
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71

In the question below choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The chairman of the state school board has advised students to desist ….. blackmailing college authorities

  • A. from
  • B. in
  • C. on
  • D. against
  • E. by
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72

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
I have not seen my housemaster …. the beginning of this session

  • A. from
  • B. in
  • C. for
  • D. at
  • E. since
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73

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The young lovers first met …. the university of Ibadan havana Night dance

  • A. in
  • B. at
  • C. in course of
  • D. on
  • E. inside
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74

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
John arrived at the airport on time but he could not get …. the plane

  • A. into
  • B. on
  • C. in
  • D. to enter
  • E. to
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75

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
These folktales have been handed ….. from generation to generation

  • A. in
  • B. over
  • C. down
  • D. up
  • E. across
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76

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
I am looking …. seeing your family.

  • A. ahead at
  • B. forward to
  • C. forward on
  • D. for to
  • E. ahead to
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77

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
What do you want me to do now? I’m …. withdrawing and keeping quiet

  • A. for
  • B. with
  • C. up
  • D. off
  • E. on
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78

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The Headmaster was interviewed in connection …. the expansion project

  • A. to
  • B. with
  • C. for
  • D. about
  • E. at
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79

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The man has atoned …. his sins

  • A. upon
  • B. on
  • C. for
  • D. at
  • E. against
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80

In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:
The student who went home without an exit has apologised …. his misconduct

  • A. on
  • B. at
  • C. to
  • D. for
  • E. about
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81

In the question below choose the expression which best complete the sentence:
The manager said that unless the employes worked harder the factory would have to be closed. The manager said that ….

  • A. the employees were not working hard, and so the factory would be closed
  • B. the employees should not close early so that they could produce more
  • C. the factory was not productive because the employees were lazy
  • D. the factory would be shut if the employees did not increase their output
  • E. the factory was closed because the employees did not work hard enough
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82

In the question below choose the expression which best complete the sentence:
My uncle told me, ‘I have a large house and you are welcome to the protection it offers’. O my uncle told me that …..

  • A. he had a large house, and you are welcome to the protection it offers
  • B. he have a large house, and i was welcome to the protection it offered
  • C. had a large house and he was welcomed to the protection it offers
  • D. he had a large house , and i was welcome to the protection it offered
  • E. he has a large house , and i am welcome to the protection it offers
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83

In the question below select the word opposite in meaning to the underlined:
A book on style without abundant example seems to me as ineffectual as a book on biology without abundant illustration

  • A. useless
  • B. difficult
  • C. interesting
  • D. satisfactory
  • E. attractive
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84

In the question below select the word opposite in meaning to the underlined:
The long straight trunk of the tree is ideal for roundwood used like railway sleepers, refters and fence posts

  • A. best
  • B. perfect
  • C. most unsuitable
  • D. satisfactory
  • E. poor
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