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 1631:

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

  The captain says sport is being debased by commercial sponsorship.

  Options:
  A) localized
  B) perverted
  C) elevated
  D) overvalued
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1632:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:

  If he had left home earlier, he _____ late

  Options:
  A) would not be
  B) would have not be
  C) would not been
  D) would have been not
  E) would not have been
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1633:

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

  Note that only senior members of staff have the _____ of using the toilet upstairs

  Options:
  A) permission
  B) occasion
  C) privilege
  D) habit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1634: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined:He works long hour collecting trash to make out a livelihood Options:
  A) try a living
  B) struggle for a living
  C) make a living
  D) carve out a living
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1635: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.Despite all preparations, the wedding did not _____ ? Options:
  A) come along
  B) come off
  C) come on
  D) come up
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1636:

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

  Vital _____ is still spread _____ word of mouth in most villages in Africa.

  Options:
  A) information / from
  B) information / with
  C) information / by
  D) information / through
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1637:

  From the options, choose the word opposite in meaning to the underlined word:

  He is quite an outspoken young man but his father is ________.

  Options:
  A) humorous
  B) sober
  C) taciturn
  D) silent
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1638:

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

  One of the most difficult and confusing aspect of English language is its spelling system. There is often ….16…. [A. discrepancy B. discord C. a similarity D. concord] between the punctuation of a word and its spelling. One cannot always tell how to spell a word ….17…. [A. throughout B. by C. as to D. as from] its pronunciation.

  In order to understand the peculiarity of English spelling ….18….[A. difficulty B. confusion C. system D. code], it is good to know something about the history of the language. First, it is helpful to realize that English was originally spoken by people who could neither read nor write. While the ….19…. [A. middle-class B. educated C. less enlightened D. uneducated] people spoke English, the literate upper classes spoke French and wrote in Latin, later when English became a ….20…. [A. literary B. romantic C. written D. coded] language, there was no system for spelling its words. Moreover, the first writers of English were French speaking ….21… [A. newscasters B. scribes C. orators D. interpreters] who knew English only slightly: therefore, they carried many French spelling ….22…. [A. habits B. attitudes C. idiosyncrasies D. mannerisms] into English. In addition, these first writers of English, who were used to writing in Latin, often ….23…. [A. inserted B. interjected C. interpolated D. juxtaposed] letters into words even when they were not pronounced because the ….24…. [A. antecedent B. opposing C. corresponding D. synonymous] word in Latin was spelled that way. Finally, the confusion increased when the ….25…. [A. diction B.morphology C. orthography D. pronunciation] of certain words changed while the spelling remained the same.

  In question number 22 choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gap Options:
  A) habits
  B) attitudes
  C) idiosyncrasies
  D) mannerism
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1639: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The greatness of the creator of the universe is always inexpressible to many adherents of certain faiths? Options:
  A) inevitable
  B) wonderful
  C) unbearable
  D) ineffable
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1640:

  Choose from the option the word that has the same consonant sound as the represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Sure?

  Options:
  A) cheer
  B) cheap
  C) charlatan
  D) church
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  The correct answer is C .