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 1531: Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) interpreter
  B) impossible
  C) remarkable
  D) critism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1532: Jimi was very prominent in Forcados High School because he was Options:
  A) the son of a great scholar
  B) the only child of his parents
  C) one of the school prefects
  D) noted for his good paintings
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1533:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 6 to 15. Immediately following each gap are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Before any detailed analysis begins, the first thing to do with the data is to check through the field record book and questionnaires for any……..6……[A. records B. events C. odds D. mistakes], inconsistencies and incompleteness. In some cases, it may be possible to correct any discovered shortcomings. When it is possible to carry out these……..7……[A. plans B. possibilities C. corrections D. expectations].

  In most scientific……8…..[A. experiment B. data C. conclusion D. questionnaires] such revisits are clearly impossible. This is true of many surveys too. A road traffic survey…….9……[A. conducted B. experimented C. classified D. precoded] to find out the amount and frequency of daily traffic between two towns cannot be expected to be……..10…..[A. reproducible B. undertaken C. observed D. produced]. There is no way of going back to check whether the number of vehicles reported for any particular hour is correct or not. With open-ended questions the……11…..[A. methods B. responses C. errors D. conclusion] have to be classified into relatively small number of groups. The process of classifying answers and of sometimes identifying them by number and letter is called…….12…….[A. recording B. recoding C. encoding D. coding]. When closed-ended questions are used, it is possible to code all the possible answers before they are actually received. This is called……..13…..[A. precoding B. coding C. encoding D. recoding]. What is done, a check through the answers for proper classification, numbering and lettering is still called for at this stage. This whole process of checking through questionnaires and notebooks is called……14…..[A. editing B. posting C. listing D. auditing]. Collected data will eventually have to be used in drawing……15…..[A. references B. examples C. conclusions D. analogies] and writing a report about the population from which it came.

  In question number 12 above, choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gab. Options:
  A) recording
  B) recoding
  C) encoding
  D) coding
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1534:

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

  As a matter of fact, we have been trying to step up production?

  Options:
  A) maximize
  B) decrease
  C) suspend
  D) increase
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1535:

  Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.

  photography?

  Options:
  A) phoTOgraphy
  B) PHOtography
  C) photoGRAphy
  D) photograPHY
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1536:

  Choose the correct interpretations of the statement given, for questions below

  All the Nigerian footballers have itchy feet

  Options:
  A) the footballers have insured feet
  B) the footballers use their feet to steer
  C) the footballers like to travel
  D) the footballers like play skillfully
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1537:

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

  His father surmounted the myriad of obstacles on his way.

  Options:
  A) most
  B) few
  C) all
  D) many
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1538:

  Choose the word(s) or phrase(s) which best fill(s) the gap.

  Now, I am used ____________ bread without butter.

  Options:
  A) to eat
  B) in eating
  C) of eating
  D) to eating
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1539:

  Choose the word that has the same consonant sound as the one in bracket

  Non[ch]alant

  Options:
  A) television
  B) arch
  C) champagne
  D) chest
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1540:

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

  The manager often quarrels with his staff because he goes around with a chip on his shoulder

  Options:
  A) deformed shoulder
  B) readiness to be angered
  C) look of contempt
  D) an air of superiority
  E) search of gossip
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  The correct answer is B .