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 1801: Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).The material in the book is presented within an eclactic framework? Options:
  A) simple
  B) a broad
  C) a restricted
  D) clumsy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1802:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 11 to 20. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  A prepared speech is not easy to deliver, especially if it is not written by the presenter. -11- [A. Quantum B. document C. free D. manuscript] delivery is one in which the speech has been written out word from word and is read to -12- [A. an audience B. a congregation C. a conference D. a gathering]. this kind of delivery is usually reserved for very -13-[A. genuine B. impromptu C. guaranteed D. formal] occasions when exact wording is -14-[A. reportive B. conclusive C. speculative D. critical] such as the State of the Union Address or speeches before the United Nations General -15-[A. Assembly B. Audience C. Organisation D. Negotiation]. The primary advantage is that the speech may be highly-16-[A. advanced B. analogous C. discreet D. polished] in terms of word choice, turns of phrase, and development of ideals. The main disadvantage is that this type of delivery is difficult to do well. Reading aloud with meaningful -17-[A. vocal B. bifocal C. anticipatory D. profuse] inflection requires the speaker to be very familiar with the text. If not, the words will come out in a choppy, expressionless way. Such poor delivery could destroy any -18-[A. decisive B. positive C. interactive D. restrictive] effects created by the carefully chosen -19-[A. dialect B. rhetoric C. slang D. language] . Lack of familiarity with the -20-[A. text B. context C. exchange D. note] could also prevent the speaker from maintaining eye contact with the people being addressed.

  In question number 11 above, choose the best option from letters A - D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) Quantum
  B) Document
  C) Free
  D) Manuscript
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1803:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap.

  Mrs. Okoro __________ in this school since 1975.

  Options:
  A) taught
  B) has been teaching
  C) was teaching
  D) is teaching
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1804: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.I like the character that played the role of a political _____ at the last convention of our party? Options:
  A) thorncoat
  B) torncoat
  C) turncoat
  D) turnedcoat
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1805: Choose the option that best complete the gap. when the strike is over, there will probably be an increase in wages and a _____ increase in prices. Options:
  A) Chronic.
  B) Sporadic.
  C) Concordant.
  D) Concurrent.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1806:

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

  My brother's primary school foundation was solid and this affected his secondary education

  Options:
  A) sound
  B) sorded
  C) shaky
  D) weak
  E) unevenful
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1807: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.llesa witness the largest _____ of writers at any convention in recent times? Options:
  A) turnaround
  B) turnover
  C) turn-out
  D) turn-on
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1808:

  The Save the Children Fund (SCF) was first started in London on 19th May, 1919 by an English woman named Miss Jebb. It is now a worldwide organization, dedicated to helping needy children everywhere. The SCF of Malawi was formed in 1953, under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda. “Our job in Malawi is to give those unfortunate children the rights that are deprived of through no fault of theirs. These are internationally recognized as the ten rights of children and includes protection, care, food and accommodation, and relief, a spokesman for the Fund explained.

  One of those who benefited from the help of the Fund is Samuel Mpetechula, a graduate of Chancellor. His sponsorship started in 1967. The SCF of Malawi found him sponsors. They were Mr. and Mrs. Sutton of Australia who paid is school fees and continued to help him financially throughout his University education. Mr. Mpetechula said, ‘They even built a house for me at home and looked after my family while I was a student. They were really helpful to me, and the thought that there were these sponsors caring, for me from thousands of kilometres away from here was an encouragement for me to work hard at college.

  Another important function of the work of the SCF is in the field of nutrition. With the help of the Australian Government, the SCF established two nutrition rehabilitation centres for children; one at Mpemba and another in Mulanje’. The object of the Centre’s, explained Mr. Petre Chimbe, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, ‘is to combat malnutrition in children, by giving them the proper food’ .

  In Malawi, the 'Save the Children Fund' was formed Options:
  A) by an English woman named Miss Jebb in 1919
  B) in 1919 under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzi Banda
  C) under the patronage of His Excellency the Life President Ngawazi Dr. H. Kamuzu Banda in 1953
  D) in 1953 by a group od social workers headed by Dr. Mbagunda E.
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1809:

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

  If only we _____ we could have overcome the difficulty

  Options:
  A) had persevered
  B) have persevered
  C) had persevere
  D) persevered
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1810: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The highly appreciative audience clapped _____. hands and showered ______ on the lecturer? Options:
  A) their /encomiums
  B) its / encomiums
  C) their / invectives
  D) its / invectives
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  The correct answer is A .