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

43

Choose the option that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

bushes?

  • A. shapes
  • B. shoes
  • C. rapes
  • D. rakes
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44

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

character?

  • A. unique
  • B. charade
  • C. arch
  • D. church
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45

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

Says?

  • A. fierce
  • B. dam
  • C. wet
  • D. rain
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46

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

Cock?

  • A. cop
  • B. cope
  • C. cork
  • D. cup
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47

Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

Hurt?

  • A. hut
  • B. girl
  • C. hate
  • D. hot
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48

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

He is a prolific writer?

  • A. a very productive
  • B. a well-known
  • C. a clever
  • D. an influential
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49

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The party men revelled all night when the election results were announced.

  • A. celebrated
  • B. mourned
  • C. fought
  • D. discussed
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50

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The recommended novel has a convoluted theme?

  • A. a simple
  • B. an attractive
  • C. a disgusting
  • D. a complicated
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51

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The judge emphasized his morbid desires in his judgement?

  • A. inordinate
  • B. uncritical
  • C. ravenous
  • D. unpleasant
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52

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The plan has gone awry?

  • A. wide
  • B. wrong
  • C. well
  • D. wild
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53

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

His loss suddenly became redeemable?

  • A. incurable
  • B. exclusive
  • C. recoverable
  • D. repulsive
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54

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

After the meeting, I read a leer on his face as he looked at the woman?

  • A. satisfying meaning
  • B. bad look
  • C. pleasant disposition
  • D. poor smile
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55

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

His discovery of the vaccine became a quantum leap in search for a scientific cure for the illness.

  • A. victorious battle
  • B. slow but steady step
  • C. great impovement
  • D. fast but sure step
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56

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The chairman advised the participants to follow convention in stating their points?

  • A. eloquence
  • B. advice
  • C. prudence
  • D. tradition
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57

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The government has announced its preparedness for the scheme?

  • A. determination
  • B. regret
  • C. pleasure
  • D. readiness
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58

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The commander said that the battle would be sustained, total and relentless?

  • A. continuous
  • B. brutal
  • C. fierce
  • D. innocuous
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59

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

Adamu is rather meddlesome in dealing with his friends.

  • A. impertinent
  • B. intimidating
  • C. quarrelsome
  • D. uncaring
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60

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The witness provided a monstrous account of the event?

  • A. supportive
  • B. tragic
  • C. shocking
  • D. verbatim
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61

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

Because Jamiu is so easily offended, he was not considered for the post of head boy?

  • A. irritable
  • B. stubborn
  • C. troublesome
  • D. docile
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62

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

The move to expel the chairman was sanctioned by members of the party?

  • A. unleashed
  • B. opposed
  • C. supported
  • D. initiated
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63

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The class has fallen in with the teacher’s plans?

  • A. The class has ignored the plans
  • B. The class has rejected the plans
  • C. The class has accepted the plans
  • D. The class has modified the plans
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