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 1211:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:

  The armed robbers who raided passengers on the Expressway came to grief when they had a shoot out with the police today

  Options:
  A) came to bad end
  B) became grieved
  C) encountered grief
  D) came to dead end
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1212:

  Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  Bimbo sings beautifully _____ ?

  Options:
  A) isn't it
  B) doesn't she
  C) isn't she
  D) does she
  E) is she
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1213:

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

  If it had rained, we would have had to postpone the concert. It didn't rain, so _____

  Options:
  A) we won't have to
  B) we would have had to
  C) we wouldn't have to
  D) we didn't have to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1214:

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

  The African extended family system gives security to _____ members

  Options:
  A) his
  B) her
  C) its
  D) their
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1215:

  To listen properly is hard job and probably one of the toughest skills in the art of communication. Good listening has nothing to do with proper functioning of one’s auditory organs, which is assumed to be inevitable. Good listening in the sense we are interested in is not a biological factor, but a psychological one. Your auditory orangs may be in perfect order, when actually you cannot use them creatively. Creative listening implies your being efficient in the art of concentration; in other words, you concentrate on what one is saying so as to make sure that you hear all that is said. At the same time you are concentrating to hear all that is being said, you are also thinking fast, digesting what is being said, allowing your mental faculties and your memory to accept that which you understand and to reject that which you do not understand, sorting out what you do not understand and storing them somewhere in your brain for future discussion and all at the same time rationalizing what you hear, accepting that which you find rational and rejecting that which you do not find rational.

  After you must have listened creatively to what you have been told, then you can respond if the need arises. It is quite proper that you respond because the process of response enhances the art of communication. But your response ought to be only a necessary response; a response that will improve your understanding. This response should involve your mentioning some things you have been told but which do not understand, or politely questioning the rationality of some of the speaker’s argument. But your response must be constructive; must enhance the communicative worth. It should not be an unnecessary argument, or an opportunity for you to express dissatisfaction. The ability properly aids communication and understanding

  The passage says that Options:
  A) there are many skils of communication of which listening is one
  B) the art of listening is the toughest of all communication skills
  C) good listening depends on perfect function of the auditory organs
  D) good listening needs formal training
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1216:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  _______ went to the stadium to watch a football match?

  Options:
  A) Amadi and me
  B) Amadi and I
  C) Me and Amadi
  D) Amadi and myself
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1217:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  As it relates to sex education, Aliya's father advised that

  Options:
  A) she should abstain totally from sex as this is the worst sin ever in the history of human civilisation
  B) she should wisely decide before letting go of her body
  C) she should be mindful of her company of friends and the media's influence on sexual affairs
  D) sexual affair is no longer a hidden issue and she should wisely make her choices
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1218:

  He was both a writer and a politician, but he was better ........ a singer

  Options:
  A) like
  B) to be
  C) as if
  D) as
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1219:

  Choose the option that complete the gap(s).

  He says he _____ find me a job, but will accommodate me?

  Options:
  A) could not
  B) was not able to
  C) is not able to
  D) cannot be able to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1220:

  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 .