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 1071:

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

  Ojo used to play tennis everyday?

  Options:
  A) is familiar with playing
  B) has to play
  C) was in the habbit of playing
  D) was made to play
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1072:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks.

    Publishing is the fast growing business in Nigeria and there are therefore, many publishing houses all over the country. When ……..16……..[A. an article B. an essay C. a book D. a manuscript]. is submitted by an author, the publisher sends it to ……..17……..[A. an assessor B. an evaluator C. a checker D. an examiner] to know if it is actually publishable. This is important because the publisher wants to make sure that the book catches the ……18…..[A. market B. audience C. students D. shops] when it is eventually published. In a good publishing house, there is …….19……[A. an error-proof B. an editor C. a lithographic D. an evaluation] section which is concerned with……..20……[A. proof-reading B. reading over C. scanning over D. skimming over] the manuscript and correcting both the spelling and typing errors. After this, the manuscript is ………21…….[A. typewritten B. typeset C. double-spaced D. single-spaced] in readiness for …….22…..[A. photocopying B. Xeroxing C. filming D. printing].

    The printed ……..23……[A. items B. bulletin C. copies D. specimen] are then stored in the warehouse and a few of them may be sent to the author as ……..24……[A. complementary B. complimentary C. acknowledgement D. sample] copies. Since it is not just the aim of the publisher to offset the cost of production but also to make some gains, there is a strong marketing division which promotes sales. A certain percentage of the cover price of the book is paid to the author as ……..25……[A. royalty B. honorarium C. dividend D. interest].

  Select the correct option for the space numbered 22 in the above passage Options:
  A) photocopying
  B) xeroxing
  C) filming
  D) printing
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1073:

  The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option that best fits the expression in the sentence.

  My UNCLE retired from the police?

  Options:
  A) Did your brother resign from the police?
  B) Did your sister resign from the police?
  C) Did your uncle retire from the army
  D) Did your brother retire from the police?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1074:

  Choose the word that has the same vowel sound as the one in bracket, from questions below

  G[ua]rantee

  Options:
  A) plait
  B) far
  C) guard
  D) aunt
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1075:

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

  He shared his room with a person whose behaviour was quite nauseating?

  Options:
  A) disgusting
  B) disrespectful
  C) disgraceful
  D) discouraging
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1076: Choose the option nearest n meaning to the word or phrase underlined.
  Accountability is certainly a desirable quality in a politician. Options:
  A) respectability
  B) courage
  C) responsibility
  D) diligence
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1077:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined words.

  If you are really keen on immediate results, you just have to adopt his pragmatic approach?

  Options:
  A) practical
  B) unrealistic
  C) opportunistic
  D) sensible
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1078:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined statement or words:

  Had she asked me earlier, i might have been able to employ him

  Options:
  A) I employed her
  B) I did not employ him
  C) I did not employ her
  D) I employed him
  E) I employ neither of the two
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1079:

  In the following options lettered A to D, all the words except one have the same stress pattern.

  Choose the one with the different stress pattern

  Options:
  A) physique
  B) menace
  C) challenge
  D) reckless
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1080:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Ogiri takes after his father, he fawns upon anyone with influence.

  Options:
  A) Like his father, Ogiri likes to flatter people with influence in society
  B) Like his father, Ogiri hates influential people
  C) Ogiri, who always follows his father, tries to act an influential man
  D) Ogiri, who looks like his father, follows rich and influential people about
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  The correct answer is A .