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

85

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Young people have a penchant for fast cars?

  • A. likeness
  • B. passion
  • C. madness
  • D. dislike
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86

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Salasi’s tremendous effort has yielded results?

  • A. absolute
  • B. insignficant
  • C. unimpressive
  • D. a gregarious
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87

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

They boy is too indolent to do well at school?

  • A. intelligent
  • B. industrious
  • C. inactive
  • D. slothful
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88

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

We had difficulty eating the meat because it was leathery?

  • A. bitter
  • B. stringy
  • C. tough
  • D. tender
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89

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

At the time I arrived, Olu was lying in third place?

  • A. Olu's third position coincided with my arrival
  • B. When I arrived, Olu was sleeping in the space reserved for him
  • C. It was a competition and Olu was in third position when I arrived
  • D. On my arrived at the competition, Olu went to sleep
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90

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

Kola visits us on occasions, and I don’t like that?

  • A. I do not like Kola because he visits us only when an event is being celebrated
  • B. I hate the fact that Kola only visits us when something is being celebrated
  • C. That Kola does not visit us often is something I object to
  • D. Kola seldom visits us and that is because he is a fair-weather friend
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91

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

He was injured by a friendly fire?

  • A. He was wounded in a war by a friend of his who fired a shot mistakenly
  • B. He was injured by a gun shot that was fired by a friend
  • C. He was hit in a war by a war weapon fired by his own side
  • D. It was a war and he was hit by a bomb fired by an unknown soldier
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92

Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

Emeka was always conspicuous by his absence when it came to attending lectures.

  • A. That Emeka always attended lectures at school
  • B. Emeka absence from lectures was all too glaring
  • C. It was obvious that Emeka was not present at lectures
  • D. What made Emeka conspicuous was is occasional absence from school
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93

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

Musa will not do the job well because he has an itching palm?

  • A. He has rashes in his palm
  • B. He is always looking for something to touch
  • C. He is always ready to accept bribe
  • D. He is tapping people on the back
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94

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

You could have heard the sound if you weren’t asleep.

  • A. You were not asleep so you heard the sound
  • B. You were asleep so you did not hear the sound
  • C. You heard the sound though you were asleep
  • D. You did not hear the sound though you were not asleep
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95

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

I couldn’t buy the biscuit because of the hold-up in the supermarket?

  • A. The shop had not opened
  • B. The attendant was slow
  • C. Armed robbers were there
  • D. There was nobody to attend to me
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96

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

In all ramifications, Chief Adeyemi was a successful principal of the school?

  • A. He was partly a failure and partly a success
  • B. Everyone admitted that he was largely successful during his tenure
  • C. He was not totally successful in the school
  • D. His tenure witnessed a huge success
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97

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
As we watched, he just popped along to the shop for some bread?

  • A. He has walked slowly to the shop
  • B. He stole some bread from the shop but we could not stop him
  • C. H e broke into the bread shop before our very eyes
  • D. He went quickly to the shop for some bread
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98

Choose the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

It was our collective idea but Ado was doing everything to steal the show.

  • A. Ado was not part of the planning but he tried rub us of the benefit of it
  • B. We planned the show together but Ado was trying to abort it
  • C. It was a joint project but Ado is trying to attract the most attention
  • D. We collated the idea for the show but Ado was trying to steal the programme
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