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

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The trader …… his wares at the trade fair?

  • A. exhibited
  • B. displayed
  • C. spread
  • D. demonstrated
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44

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Until his recent experience, Onimisi used to pride himself……. his fearlessness?

  • A. on
  • B. by
  • C. about
  • D. for
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45

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To be extravagant is to be ……. ?

  • A. rich
  • B. luxurious
  • C. careless
  • D. wasteful
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46

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The president of the union ……. for the airport by the time the riot started?

  • A. would have left
  • B. is about leaving
  • C. was leaving
  • D. has left
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47

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The handset was faulty and so it was impossible to ….. them on phone?

  • A. get at
  • B. get over
  • C. get through to
  • D. get on to
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48

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I don’t think he can …….?

  • A. can't he
  • B. isn't it
  • C. can he
  • D. don,t I
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49

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He claimed that Mr. okoli’s utterance was tantamount to defamation of character, so he sued for …….

  • A. damage
  • B. some damage
  • C. a damage
  • D. damages
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50

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A range of options ……available to the political parties during the recently concluded elections

  • A. were made
  • B. is made
  • C. are made
  • D. was made
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51

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The old man couldn’t help …… at his grandson’s babbling?

  • A. to laugh
  • B. that he laughed
  • C. laughing
  • D. in laughing
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52

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The patient was ……. by a group of surgeons last week?

  • A. operated on
  • B. operated
  • C. operated for
  • D. operated with
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53

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I now realize I …….. you before?

  • A. had met
  • B. have met
  • C. met
  • D. meet
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54

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The keepers themselves are sometimes…….. by the bees?

  • A. stinged
  • B. stang
  • C. stung
  • D. sting
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55

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The police ……….. happy about the dwindling crime rate.

  • A. says they are
  • B. say it is
  • C. say they are
  • D. says it is
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56

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She usually works hard, but……. she could be very lazy?

  • A. at times
  • B. atimes
  • C. attimes
  • D. at time
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57

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There are …… on spelling and pronunciation at the end of the book?

  • A. appendexes
  • B. appendix
  • C. appendices
  • D. appendixes
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58

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If the boys arrived early enough, the match ….?

  • A. would have been played
  • B. will be played
  • C. will have to be played
  • D. would be played
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59

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People dislike Jobe because he is a……young man?

  • A. trickish
  • B. tricking
  • C. trickful
  • D. tricky
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60

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Measles….no longer impossible to manage these days

  • A. is
  • B. are
  • C. were
  • D. was
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61

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Sa’adatu as well as the maids….?

  • A. like Plantain chips
  • B. are liking Plantain chips
  • C. is liking plantain chips
  • D. likes plantain chips
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62

It is clear to me that you won’t visit Okoro this holiday, will you?…

  • A. Yes, I wont
  • B. Yes, I wiil visit
  • C. No, I won't
  • D. No, I will not visit
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63

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The pen which you have just picked up is…….?

  • A. Charle's
  • B. Charles'
  • C. Charless'
  • D. Charles's
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