English Language Past Questions

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Question 31
jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

Mr. Adeyemo is quite a conceited young man?

Aa resourceful
Ban experience
Ca practical
Dan unassuming
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Question 32
jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined

The suggestions he made were very unobtrusive

Aforceful
Bhelpful
Csincere
Dreasonable
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Question 33
jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

The police demanded a factual account of the accident?

Aa supportive
Ban uncorroborated
Can admissible
Dan undisguised
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Question 34
jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined.

'Is it necessary for us to go? she asked in her shrill voice.

Aangry
Bquiet
Cindistinct
Daggressive
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Question 35
jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

Lami and her husband are simply munificent?

Awealthy
Bangry
Chappy
Dniggardly
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Question 36
jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

The man paid a large sum to redeem his mortgage property?

Aransom
Bacquire
Cpawn
Drecover
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Question 37
jamb 2007

Choose the option opposite in meaning to word
underlined?

The refugees were received at the transit camp?

Apassage
Bpermanent
Ctemporary
Dnearby
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Question 38
jamb 2007

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

pear?

Adear
Byear
Cthere
Dnear
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Question 39
jamb 2007

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

blue?

Abook
Broot
Cfoot
Dlook
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Question 40
jamb 2007

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

potable

Apaw
Bpot
Cport
Dpost
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Question 41
jamb 2007

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

English?

Aend
Bthin
Cthink
Dedge
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Question 42
jamb 2007

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

clothe?

AThomas
Bthree
Cthey
Dmouth
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Question 43
jamb 2007

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

shoes?

Ahorse
Bhouse
Closs
Dreason
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Question 44
jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?

Things may change soon, but at the moment our economic situation is precarious?

Aredeemable
Bbuoyant
Cuncertain
Dunattractive
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Question 45
jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?

The noise across the road downed the sound of the keyboard in my room?

Aneutralized
Bovershadowed
Cbalanced
Dequalized
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Question 46
jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word?

beads of sweat ran down Ngozi's armpit?

APools
BSpring
CPonds
DRivulets
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Question 47
jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

The tax rebate was a concession given to the civil servants?

Aa donation
Ban allowance
Can incentive
Dan emolument
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Question 48
jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

The debt the company incurred became rather intolerable?

Ainevitable
Bunprecedented
Cinsupportable
Ddangerous
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Question 49
jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined?

I visited Amina umpteen times in her college, but she never came to me?

Aoften
Bseldom
Ctwice
Doccasionally
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Question 50
jamb 2007

Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined word.

He holds on firmly to his hackneyed view of life.

Awayward
Bprincipled
Cobsolete
Dpositive
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