English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

English is the study of the English language. The goal is to improve communication skills by practicing listening, speaking, reading, writing, and understanding language rules like pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar.

• Question 1:

  In each of this question choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  Everyone's condition was appalling

  Options:
  A) cloudy
  B) pleasant
  C) complex
  D) simple
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

  Asmau, did you see the snapshop of _____

  Options:
  A) Yourself
  B) You
  C) Yours
  D) Yourselves
  E) Herself
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  Of the three girls, Uka is the _____.

  Options:
  A) so much notorious
  B) notorious
  C) naughty
  D) naughtiest
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 4: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.The weather is probably _____ appealing for people who live in Jos _____ for foreigners? Options:
  A) as / much as
  B) more / as
  C) less / than
  D) at least as / but
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 5:

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

  Oche's mother advised him to talk very little because still waters run deep?

  Options:
  A) his enemies may be listening
  B) there is no pride in talking too much
  C) there is wisdom in silence
  D) talking too much could lead him into trouble
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 6:

  Choosing the word or phrase from A to E which has the same meaning as the underlined word or words in each sentence:

  Writing for newspaper is exciting and lucrative especially when one is a freelance journalist

  Options:
  A) a forthright
  B) an eloquent
  C) an unattached
  D) a political
  E) a convincing
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 7:

  Choose the option that best best completes the gap(s).

  The old man was rushed to hospital when his blood pressure dropped to a _____ level?

  Options:
  A) dangerously lowly
  B) dangerous lowly
  C) dangerously low
  D) dangerous low
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 8:

  Read the Passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

  The term Mass Communication occurs when information is disseminated to a relatively large number of people in different places. it should be seen as the same thing with talking face to face with someone else. With mass communication, there is no answer, smile, laugh or lock of surprise. the people who receive the message are as far away from the source of the message as far away as you are from the announcers on the radio or from the newscasters on television, or from the writer of a column in the local newspaper.

  There are three identifiable means of errors in mass communication. There is one done through the printed words, books, magazine and newspapers. The other is primarily radio, but also records and tape recordings. Also, it can be done through a combination of sound and pictures as in television, films and the more recently popular video tape.

  Together, they are referred to as the mass media.

  All media can be used to inform and entertain. However, there are coverts roles played. It may be to educate as in school broadcast. Again, the aim may be to persuade as when the media are used by advertisers or for political broadcasts. The media are often in strong position to influence public opinion because they select the topics to be presented and can stress the importance of one issue over the other.

  The mass media have, in recent times, come under acerbic criticism. Many presenters have become not only conscientized but also immensely concerned about the possible effects that science of violence and bad behavior may have on their children. More worrisome are the potential danger of political and commercial propaganda.

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  A suitable title for the above passage can be:

  Options:
  A) Mass communication
  B) The mass media and the people
  C) The purpose of mass media
  D) The good and the bad side of the media
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 9:

  complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

  Many goods _____ tape recorders and cameras find a ready market in every country

  Options:
  A) like
  B) such a
  C) such as
  D) such
  E) as
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 10:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  Gregarious animals can be found in the zoo?

  Options:
  A) lonely
  B) tame
  C) wild
  D) various
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  The correct answer is C .