JAMB and WAEC English Language questions

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Question 21· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
In 'The boy who won the race is my cousin', the clause 'who won the race' is
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Question 22· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
Which of these is a complex sentence?
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Question 23· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
In 'Although it rained, we went out', the clause 'Although it rained' is an adverbial clause of
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Question 24· Clauses and sentence structure· JAMB
In 'I will wait until you return', the clause 'until you return' is an adverbial clause of
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Question 25· Clauses and sentence structure· JAMB
In 'If it rains, we shall stay at home', the clause 'If it rains' is an adverbial clause of
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Question 26· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
Which of the following sentences contains a relative clause?
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Question 27· Clauses and sentence structure· JAMB
Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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Question 28· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
In 'What you said surprised me', the clause 'What you said' is
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Question 29· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
Which of these is a compound sentence?
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Question 30· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
In 'Put the book where you found it', the clause 'where you found it' is an adverbial clause of
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Question 31· Clauses and sentence structure· JAMB
In 'Unless you work hard, you will fail', the clause 'Unless you work hard' is an adverbial clause of
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Question 32· Clauses and sentence structure· JAMB
In 'I know that he is honest', the clause 'that he is honest' is
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Question 33· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
In 'I will wait until you come', the clause 'until you come' is an adverbial clause of
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Question 34· Clauses and sentence structure· JAMB
In 'This is the house where I was born', the clause 'where I was born' is
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Question 35· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
In the sentence 'The man who lives next door is a doctor', the clause 'who lives next door' is
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Question 36· Clauses and sentence structure· WAEC
In 'The man WHO SOLD ME THE CAR has left town', the words in capitals form
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Question 37· Clauses and sentence structure· JAMB
In 'The fact that he lied surprised us', the clause 'that he lied' is
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Question 38· Cloze passages· JAMB
The harmattan arrived early that year. By November, a fine ...1... of dust covered every surface in the house, and Mother ...2... us to keep the windows shut. The dry wind cracked our lips and made our skin ...3... . Grandfather, however, welcomed the season. He said the cold mornings ...4... him of his youth, when he and his friends would gather around a fire ...5... dawn and tell stories until the sun grew warm. He ...6... that the harmattan also brought good health, because the dry air killed many of the insects that ...7... disease during the rainy season. We listened politely, but secretly we longed for the ...8... of the first rains. Even so, when the dust finally ...9... and the sky turned blue again, we found that we missed the cosy evenings around Grandfather's fire, and the stories that had made the long nights seem ...10... .
Choose the option that best fills gap 4 in the passage.
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Question 39· Cloze passages· JAMB
Every year, as the rainy season approaches, residents of low-lying parts of the city ...1... for the worst. Drains that should carry away the water are often ...2... with refuse, and a single heavy downpour can turn streets into rivers. The government has ...3... several campaigns urging people not to dump waste in gutters, but old habits die ...4... . Experts argue that awareness alone is not ...5... ; there must also be regular refuse collection, so that people are not ...6... to dispose of waste wherever they can. In some communities, youth groups now ...7... the drains every Saturday, and the results have been ...8... : streets that once flooded after every storm now remain ...9... . Such efforts show that when citizens take ...10... of their environment, much can be achieved.
Choose the option that best fills gap 8 in the flood passage.
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Question 40· Cloze passages· JAMB
In the passage below, each numbered gap has four options. Choose the option that best fills the gap. Many students complain that they have no time to read. Yet a ___1___ look at their day shows hours spent on social media. Reading, unlike scrolling, ___2___ concentration, and concentration is like a muscle: it grows ___3___ when it is exercised. A student who reads for only twenty minutes a day will, by the end of a term, have ___4___ several books. More importantly, he will have ___5___ his vocabulary and learnt to follow an argument from beginning to ___6___. Teachers can help by ___7___ a short reading period into the timetable, and parents can set an example by reading ___8___ front of their children. Libraries, too, must open at hours that ___9___ working students. If these steps are taken, the complaint about having no time may soon ___10___. (An original passage written for AdmitMe practice.)
Reading-habit passage, gap 7: choose the best option.
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JAMB and WAEC English Language questions

In 'The boy who won the race is my cousin', the clause 'who won the race' is

Which of these is a complex sentence?

In 'Although it rained, we went out', the clause 'Although it rained' is an adverbial clause of

In 'I will wait until you return', the clause 'until you return' is an adverbial clause of

In 'If it rains, we shall stay at home', the clause 'If it rains' is an adverbial clause of

Which of the following sentences contains a relative clause?

Which of the following is a complex sentence?

In 'What you said surprised me', the clause 'What you said' is

Which of these is a compound sentence?

In 'Put the book where you found it', the clause 'where you found it' is an adverbial clause of

In 'Unless you work hard, you will fail', the clause 'Unless you work hard' is an adverbial clause of

In 'I know that he is honest', the clause 'that he is honest' is

In 'I will wait until you come', the clause 'until you come' is an adverbial clause of

In 'This is the house where I was born', the clause 'where I was born' is

In the sentence 'The man who lives next door is a doctor', the clause 'who lives next door' is

In 'The man WHO SOLD ME THE CAR has left town', the words in capitals form

In 'The fact that he lied surprised us', the clause 'that he lied' is

Choose the option that best fills gap 4 in the passage.

Choose the option that best fills gap 8 in the flood passage.

Reading-habit passage, gap 7: choose the best option.