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 1811:

  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 18above choose the best option from letters A- Ethat best complete the gap

  Options:
  A) mate
  B) sleep
  C) romance
  D) protect
  E) lead
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1812:

  Developments in electronic science have transformed the art of record keeping to the modern age. Traditionally, records of events were kept only in people’s minds. It depends very much on the retentive power of the human memory. This was extremely dangerous as people either forgot events wholly or in part or deliberately falsified details to suit their various interests. Interminable arguments were thus order of the day. Even writing which replaced mental recording was not entirely free from these shortcomings as untruths could be written as true either willingly or inadvertently. With the advent of the electronic memory, however these dangers have been largely overcome. Recording on audio and video cassettes now show not what happened, but also who did or said what including how and when

  How many stages of development did the writer mention while discussing the art of record keeping? Options:
  A) two
  B) three
  C) four
  D) five
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1813:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap.

  The young man looked carefully at the long document, but he couldn't make __________ what it meant.

  Options:
  A) up
  B) out
  C) off
  D) through
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1814: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. The first round of the tournament was a doddle. Options:
  A) Exasperating.
  B) Easy.
  C) Balanced.
  D) Dodgy.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1815:

  Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.

  Options:
  A) competent
  B) represent
  C) syllabus
  D) quality
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1816: Choose the word that does not have the same vowel sound as the others? Options:
  A) deep
  B) lease
  C) meet
  D) lace
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1817: Fill the each gap with the most appropriate option from the list option from the list provided.Modern dancing has become rather scientific and so requires _____? Options:
  A) bizzarre costuming
  B) some choreographic skill
  C) immmense instrumentation
  D) a rapping voice
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1818:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word that has the same consonant sound(s) as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

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  Options:
  A) rather
  B) mother
  C) though
  D) thwart
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1819:

  In the question below, select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  The crisis ended as suddenly as it began.

  Options:
  A) The crisis had suddenly begun.
  B) The crisis will not end suddenly.
  C) The crisis stopped almost immediately.
  D) The crisis will stop immediately.
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1820:

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

  This section of the test will _____ questions on set passages

  Options:
  A) consist
  B) comrise of
  C) contain
  D) carry
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  The correct answer is C .