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 1181:

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

  The governor's wife, in characteristically simple attire, walked into the hall unnoticed?

  Options:
  A) eccentrically
  B) typically
  C) conssistently
  D) intrinsically
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1182: Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others? Options:
  A) rough
  B) dog
  C) cough
  D) rot
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1183:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  The manager was angry with Dauda for _____ seeds of discord among the workers

  Options:
  A) planting
  B) sewing
  C) cultivating
  D) sowing
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1184:

  In the question below choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap(s):

  Many a man _____ done without milk in _____ tea these days

  Options:
  A) had/their
  B) has/his
  C) have/their
  D) had/his
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1185:

  Choose the option that best convey the meaning of the underlined portion in each of the following sentence;

  I have been able to observe him at close quarters

  Options:
  A) in government house nearby
  B) within a short space of time
  C) in a small family house
  D) at close range
  E) at regular intervals
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1186:

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

  Caught?

  Options:
  A) hot
  B) water
  C) sup
  D) wrong
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1187: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the other. Options:
  A) rafity
  B) famous
  C) result
  D) taxi
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1188:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  The School Board has placed an order for _____

  Options:
  A) all the furnitures and equipments required in the new schools
  B) all the furniture and equipment required in the new schools
  C) all of the furniture and equipments required in the new school
  D) many of the furnitures and equipment required in the new school
  E) many of the furnitures and equipments required in the new schools
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1189:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  Scientists have invented ways of preserving fruits much longer?

  Options:
  A) coined
  B) devised
  C) arranged
  D) organized
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1190:

  In the past, learning English as a separate subject seemed relatively easy. The textbook selected and graded items of language which were put into context and then practiced intensively. New items were carefully controlled do that the student could cope quite easily. Now that English used as a medium of instruction, however, all this has changed. Unknown items of grammar and vocabulary appear in texts which attempt to explain new and often difficult information. Difficulties with the language interact with difficulties as regards the subject matter. The student’s reading in his own subject slows down and his comprehension becomes less secure. He expresses himself slowly and often fails to convey his ideas exactly. He is disappointed to find that under pressure he makes a lot of unnecessary mistakes in area where he knows the correct language forms. His social relation are difficult as he cannot find the right phrase quickly enough to keep a conversation going; so his language often betrays him into dullness, coldness, or worst of all rudeness. Instead of the students being in control of the language, the language seems now to be in control of the student.

  All of this can be very depressing and the student can start to feel very anxious. Working in a foreign language is also very tiring, and the concentration and self-discipline required to correct one’s mistakes is very great indeed.

  The expression 'his language often betrays him into dullness,coldness,or worst of all, rudeness' means that Options:
  A) his English language lets him down and he becomes dull,cold and rude
  B) the way he uses the language gives one the impression that he is dull,cold or rude
  C) he betrays his bad manners by using English badly
  D) his dullness,coldness or rudeness
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  The correct answer is C .