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:

  In the passage below, the numbered gaps (11-20) indicate missing words. From the options lettered A- Ethe most appropriate option.

  The head of the -11- is called the queen bee. She is -12-than the rest of the bees. Her main task in the colony is to lay eggs. Most of the other bees are the -13- bees. These bees collect nectar and -14- from flowers. The nectar that iscarried by the worker bees is deposited on the hive and then -15- into honey. The worker bees also help to look after the young bees. As soon as they are -16-, the worker bees feed the young bees with pollen and nectar. The third type of bee found in the colony is the -17- or male bee. The main task of such a bee is to -18- with a new queen. The queen bee has a life span of about three years. During this period, she would have -19- more than half a million eggs. When the queen bee is dying, a new queen would be groomed. This new queen will eventually take over the duties of the old queen when the -20- dies.

  In question number 13above choose the best option from letters A- Ethat best complete the gap

  Options:
  A) servant
  B) maid
  C) workers
  D) errand
  E) worker
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1802:

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

  They boys knew that storm was imminent?

  Options:
  A) impending
  B) encroaching
  C) possible
  D) threatening
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1803:

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

  One would wish _____ missed that opportunity to be present at the graduation ball

  Options:
  A) to have not
  B) for having not
  C) to having
  D) not to have
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1804:

  Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllable are written in capital letters(s).

  satisfactory?

  Options:
  A) satisfacTORY
  B) saTISfactory
  C) SATisfactory
  D) satisFACtory
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1805:

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

  No sooner had the examination ended _____ the students started vacating the halls of residence

  Options:
  A) when
  B) that
  C) than
  D) before
  E) and
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1806: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.Ali has been cured of his amnesia, he no longer suffers from _____ ? Options:
  A) rounds of anxeity
  B) loss of memory
  C) pains in his arms
  D) bouts of malaria
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1807:

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

  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 1808:

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

  Bobrisky is a fashion victim

  Options:
  A) he/she likes fashionable things more than anything else
  B) he/she dresses gorgeously without any fitting
  C) he/she wears low quality dresses of his/her pauperized status
  D) he/she likes things that are indisputably translucent
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1809: Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence. My eldest son, who is in Lagos, studying English. Options:
  A) only my son is in Lagos studying English
  B) my only son is in Lagos studying English
  C) one of my sons is in Lagos studying English
  D) my sons are in Lagos but, only one is studying English
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1810:

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

  My brother does not have a flair _____ mathematics.

  Options:
  A) for
  B) in
  C) at
  D) of
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  The correct answer is A .