English-Language Exam Past Questions and Answers | JAMB, WAEC and NECO

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• Question 2001:

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

  English?

  Options:
  A) end
  B) thin
  C) think
  D) edge
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2002:

  When I set out for London, little did I suspect that I was not on a journey to God’s own city where harmony reigned supreme. So used to the frenzied life of Lagos was I that I had come to associate that city with everything that was chaotic, and there was no doubt in my mind that Lagos was one giant symbol of our backwardness. As the plane taxied its way out of the tarmac of our national airport, of our national airport, I heaved a sigh of relief, not so much because I was leaving my own country as that I was being relieved of the tension that had possessed me during those tense hours in the untidy lounge. I had felt so uneasy, my thoughts racing from one uncertainty to another. But at least I was air-borne, moving away from the whole uncertainty, from the whole load of fear towards a place which I supposed would be El Dorado.

  Everything that happened in the plane passed through my eyes like pictures on the screen. The white air hostess who instructed me on how to use the safety belt was an angel, what with her beauty, her pretty blue dress, and her ever-smiling face. The same lady of the air served me snacks and supper. Another angel, whose queenly voice through an invisible public address system, dished out occasional information on the progress of our journey. I had never felt so relaxed, and my jolted heartbeats each time the plane took what appeared like a sudden brief descent, did not matter. When eventually we were set for landing, the anxiety that came over me was almost thrilling. What was the wonderland going to be like? So overwhelmed was I that I almost lost consciousness of what happened thereafter.

  But I would never forget the shock that greeted me when we arrived in the tube station and boarded a train to behold the sea of white faces and furtive glances from apparently indifferent co-passengers. I believe that the nostalgic feeling for Lagos which later became part of my life all my days in London began at a point.

  The writer, attitude to the air hostesses can be described as Options:
  A) Lustful
  B) Worshipful
  C) Timid
  D) Gregarious
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2003: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).A nursery rhyme is used to teach pupils how to spell the word _____ ? Options:
  A) hipoppotemus
  B) hippoppotemus
  C) hipoppotamus
  D) hippopotamus
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2004:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  We should take care _____ the robbers come back

  Options:
  A) may be
  B) should in case
  C) perhaps
  D) probably
  E) in case
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2005:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  Granted you are my senior by one year, you cannot _____ me around as if i were your servant

  Options:
  A) control
  B) dribble
  C) order
  D) ask
  E) compel
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2006:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  We shall offer a good job to a _____ to register guests in the Central Hotel

  Options:
  A) waiter
  B) watchman
  C) cashier
  D) receptionist
  E) cleaner
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2007: In the book "Independence" Tayo's uncle, Kayode, wanted to study Engineering in _____. Options:
  A) Britain
  B) U.S.A
  C) France
  D) Germany
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2008:

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

  When we were coming back from the picnic last Friday, there …. on EKO bridge.

  Options:
  A) Were many traffics
  B) Was much traffic
  C) Were plenty traffic
  D) Were losts of traffic
  E) Was a few traffic
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2009:

  In the question below fill the gap with the appropriate option :

  In addition, their comments are vague and abstract, _____ difficult to interpret

  Options:
  A) which students find them
  B) but students find it
  C) so students find them
  D) but students find them
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2010: Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. Valedictory. Options:
  A) vaLEdictory.
  B) valeDICtory.
  C) valedicTORY.
  D) VALedictory.
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  The correct answer is B .