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

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that contains the sound segment represented by the given phonetic symbol

/g/

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that rhymes with the word given

tease

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Bisi is a girl who can be relied_________

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The man could not simply bring himself ……… up all he had worked and lived for.

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has a different stress pattern from the others:
 

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__________ are not allowed into the premises.

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I am playing host to my …….. this weekend.

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Zainab is scared to be taken to a place she is not accustomed_____________

Choose from the options lettered A – E the interpretation you consider most appropriate for each expression

Shehu decided to take the bull by the horns and go to the Principal. This means that Shehu___________

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The patient’s condition has gone from bad to___________

Choose from the options lettered A – E the question that is best answered by the statement containing the stressed word which is written in CAPITAL letters

The speaker AND his deputy attended the ceremony.

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Ifeanyi, the captain, boasted that our team, though inexperienced, would thrash our opponents and truly______ we.

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined Letter(s).

thin

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Olu has returned the pencil he________him.

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same stress with the word given. In each word, only one syllable has the main/primary and the syllable is written in capital letters

desegregate

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that is nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

My principal gives his candid opinion on every issue brought before him.

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the underlined letter(s)

may

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that has the same consonant sound as the one represented by the underlined Letter(s).

gear

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that contains the sound segment represented by the given phonetic symbol

/θ/

Choose from the options lettered A – E the one that is the most appropriate interpretation for each of the following statement

if my children were older, l would emigrate. This means

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My friends were lucky ………….. the scene before the accident happened.