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JAMB and WAEC English Language questions: Lexis and structure

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All topicsClauses and sentence structure · 37Cloze passages · 50Comprehension and summary · 50Concord (subject-verb agreement) · 51Consonant sounds · 39Emphatic stress and intonation · 30Idioms and figurative expressions · 59Lexis and structure · 60Oral forms · 6Prepositions and phrasal verbs · 48Pronouns and reference · 36Question tags · 32Rhymes · 22Sentence interpretation · 56Summary · 7Tenses and verb forms · 51Vowel sounds · 47Word classes · 33Word stress · 38Words nearest in meaning · 85Words opposite in meaning · 85

  1. Question 1· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The farmer could not ___ the loss of his entire harvest.

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  2. Question 2· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The ___ of the bridge across the river took three years.

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  3. Question 3· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The new road will ____ travel time between the two towns.

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  4. Question 4· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The judge ruled that the recording was not ___ as evidence.

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  5. Question 5· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The thief was caught red-____.

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  6. Question 6· Lexis and structure· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The meeting was ______ till Monday.

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  7. Question 7· Lexis and structure· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: If I ______ you, I would apologise.

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  8. Question 8· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The minister refused to ___ on the matter before the inquiry.

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  9. Question 9· Lexis and structure· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The government has promised to ___ the roads before the rains.

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  10. Question 10· Lexis and structure· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Hardly had we sat down ______ the lights went off.

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  11. Question 11· Lexis and structure· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The teacher insisted that every student ______ the assignment.

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  12. Question 12· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best fills the gap: The ______ blew the final whistle to end the football match.

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  13. Question 13· Lexis and structure· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: She is the ______ of the two sisters.

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  14. Question 14· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The heavy downpour had a serious ____ on the harvest.

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  15. Question 15· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Neither the teacher nor the pupils ____ aware of the change.

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  16. Question 16· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best fills the gap: A scientist who studies the stars and planets is an ______.

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  17. Question 17· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: Fuel ___ has caused long queues at filling stations in Lagos.

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  18. Question 18· Lexis and structure· WAEC

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The sprinter ___ the record that had stood for ten years.

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  19. Question 19· Lexis and structure· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: The students have been waiting ______ two hours.

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  20. Question 20· Lexis and structure· JAMB

    Choose the option that best completes the sentence: I would rather you ______ now.

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