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

64

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

Raffle draws, like gambling, often end in a ……. for me.

  • A. lost
  • B. loss
  • C. loose
  • D. lose
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65

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

Our culture does not allow one to …….. when an elderly person is speaking.

  • A. cut of
  • B. cut off
  • C. cut in
  • D. cut on
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66

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You can travel on your own, ……?

  • A. isn't it
  • B. wouldn't you
  • C. can't you
  • D. shouldn't you
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67

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He arrived ……. to see his family leave for the countryside.

  • A. in time
  • B. timely
  • C. late
  • D. with
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68

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The Dark Continent was an …… for Africa.

  • A. abuse
  • B. enigma
  • C. eclectic
  • D. epithet
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69

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Audu fought with his …….. brother.

  • A. senior
  • B. older
  • C. bigger
  • D. elder
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70

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There are several …….. in the farmyard.

  • A. sheep
  • B. ewe
  • C. lamb
  • D. goat
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71

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The politicians were ……. by the press. 

  • A. marooned
  • B. ridiculed
  • C. eclipsed
  • D. ostracized
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72

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

llesa witnessed the largest ….. of writers at any convention in recent times.

  • A. turnaround
  • B. turnover
  • C. turn-out
  • D. turn-on
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73

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The new school is not provided with …….for science practicals.

  • A. enough equipment
  • B. equipments
  • C. an equipment
  • D. enough equipments
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74

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The Team Manager told us that the race could only be won by the …….

  • A. flat-footed
  • B. bare-footed
  • C. swift-footed
  • D. fore-footed
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75

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The man declared his intention from the —–

  • A. outset
  • B. inset
  • C. onset
  • D. offset
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76

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

I like the character that played the role of a political ……. at the last convention of our party.

  • A. thorncoat
  • B. torncoat
  • C. turncoat
  • D. turnedcoat
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77

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To check desertification in the arid zones …… trees should be planted.

  • A. drought-proof
  • B. drought-resisting
  • C. drought-effective
  • D. drought-resistant
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78

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

Without our relentless campaigns we might ……. sure of victory in the race for the National Assembly.

  • A. never have been
  • B. have never be
  • C. never had been
  • D. be never
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79

Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others.

  • A. integral
  • B. intimate
  • C. discourse
  • D. accelerate
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80

Identify the word that has the stress on the second syllable.

  • A. reproduce
  • B. always
  • C. result
  • D. understand
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81

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word.

Education

  • A. duplicity
  • B. economics
  • C. elaborate
  • D. conjectural
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82

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word.

Quality

  • A. guarantee
  • B. accepted
  • C. bachelor
  • D. related
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83

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word.

Honour

  • A. hotel
  • B. hyena
  • C. human
  • D. humane
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84

Select the word that has the same pattern of stress as the given word.

Enormous

  • A. interest
  • B. solution
  • C. stupidly
  • D. character
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