English Past Questions And Answers

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4251

In the question below choose the optionopposite in meaning to the word underlined: Okoro is anamateur wrestler

  • A. skillful
  • B. good
  • C. professional
  • D. strong
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1992
4252

Fact 1: Eyeglass frames cost between $35 and $350. Fact 2: Some eyeglass frames are made of titanium. Fact 3: Some eyeglass frames are made of plastic. If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact? I: Titanium eyeglass frames cost more than plastic frames. II: Expensive eyeglass frames last longer than cheap frames. III: Only a few eyeglass frames cost less than $35.

  • A. I only
  • B. II only
  • C. II and III only
  • D. None of the statements is a known fact
View Discussion (0)POST UTME UNILORIN
4253

In the sentence below, there is one underlined word and one gap. From the list of words lettered A to D, choose the one that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the underlined word and that will, at the same time correctly fill the gap in the sentence.

I can vouch that he broke the glassaccidentally and not .....

  • A. forcefully
  • B. directly
  • C. carefully
  • D. deliberately
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2013 OBJ
4254

Choose the option that best option that best completes the gap(s). The police claim that a number of stolen cars ....... recovered?

  • A. have been
  • B. has been
  • C. has being
  • D. have being
View Discussion (0)JAMB 2006
4255

The following text is adapted from Zora Neale Hurston’s 1921 short story “John Redding Goes to Sea.” John is a child who lives in a town in the woods. Perhaps ten-year-old John was puzzling to the folk there in the Florida woods for he was an imaginative child and fond of day-dreams. The St. John River flowed a scarce three hundred feet from his back door. On its banks at this point grow numerous palms, luxuriant magnolias and bay trees. On the bosom of the stream float millions of delicately colored hyacinths.[John Redding] loved to wander down to the water’s edge, and, casting in dry twigs, watch them sail away down stream to Jacksonville, the sea, the wide world and [he] wanted to follow them. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

  • A) It provides an extended description of a location that John likes to visit.
  • B) It reveals that some residents of John
  • C) It illustrates the uniqueness of John
  • D) It suggests that John longs to experience a larger life outside the Florida woods.
View Discussion (0)SAT 2021
4256

After each of the following sentences, a list of possible interpretations of the sentence is given. Choose the interpretation that you consider most appropriate for each sentence.

Whenever my cousin comes to realize that I am telling the truth, she will eat the humble pie. This means that my cousin will

  • A. respect me
  • B. hate herself
  • C. apologize
  • D. be ashamed
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2010 OBJ
4257

In question below fill the gap with the appropriate option: Four engineers .... on this system since March

  • A. worked
  • B. are working
  • C. had worked
  • D. have been working
View Discussion (0)JAMB 1992
4258

From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that best completes each of the following sentences.

Mr Uche was trying to _____ a list of his debtors

  • A. compare
  • B. compose
  • C. compound
  • D. compile
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2017 OBJ
4259

Fact 1: All drink mixes are beverages. Fact 2: All beverages are drinkable. Fact 3: Some beverages are red. If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact? I: Some drink mixes are red. II: All beverages are drink mixes. III: All red drink mixes are drinkable.

  • A. I only
  • B. II only
  • C. I and III only
  • D. None of the statements is a known fact
View Discussion (0)POST UTME UNILORIN
4260

My neighbour has been ____ seeking admission for three years.

  • (A) seeking
  • (B) seeking for
  • (C) seeking on
  • (D) sicking
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