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 1751:

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

  His ideas sounded quite palatable yet they were jettisoned by the group.

  Options:
  A) accepted
  B) dumped
  C) denied
  D) criticized
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1752:

  Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:

  He will smoke continuously when he is depressed

  Options:
  A) He smokes continuously whenever he is depressed
  B) He intends to smoke continuously whenever he is depressed
  C) He wishes to smoke continuously when he is depressed
  D) He may smoke continuously when he is depressed
  E) He can smoke continuously when he is depressed
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1753:

  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 1754:

  The importance of the code theory in education lies in the fact that the school system requires the use of an elaborated code but not all students have access to it. The importance of this theory to sociology lies in the fact that the differential access to the elaborated code does not occur randomly but rather is controlled by the class system. Lower working-class urban children tend to have a restricted code. Middle-class children possess both a restricted and an elaborated code. The two groups enter into different types of relationship and learn to express themselves in different ways through language. They do not use language for the same functions, some of which it seems are necessary for the school situation. When the lower working-class child is expected implicity to exploit language for functions, he normally does not express verbally a discontinuity is created between his home and his school environment. He has learned to verbalize certain range of meanings in his home and when he enters school, another range of meaning is required. There is then a very subtle but nonetheless very real, sense in which what is taught is personally irrelevant for this child. The school system does not talk to him. Middle class children possessing both codes experience no such discontinuity. They can use languages for these functions required by the school.

  'Restricted code' and 'elaborate code' are Options:
  A) synonyms
  B) homonyms
  C) contradictions
  D) antonyms
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1755:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  Had he known he _____ away

  Options:
  A) will go
  B) will be going
  C) would have gone
  D) may be going
  E) is going
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1756:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that rhymes with the given word.

  Breeze

  Options:
  A) stress
  B) chess
  C) free
  D) trees
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1757:

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

  Akpan was able to douse the flames with the new piece of equipment?

  Options:
  A) reduce
  B) extinguish
  C) ignite
  D) reinforce
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1758:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  I am not used to _____ on the left

  Options:
  A) drive
  B) having driven
  C) driving
  D) have driven
  E) being driving
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1759:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  How much did Habib give Tomiwa personally?

  Options:
  A) Ten thousand naira
  B) Five Thousand Naira
  C) Thirty thousand naira
  D) Twenty Thousand naira
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1760: In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase underlined: The flock suddenly became restive after midday Options:
  A) quiet
  B) submissive
  C) disorderly
  D) fidgety
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  The correct answer is D .