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 2111:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  You should read all the _____ carefully before you decide where to go on holiday?

  Options:
  A) brochures
  B) prospectuses
  C) tickets
  D) handouts
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2112:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap.

  I had hardly _____ down to sleep when i heard the gunshot?

  Options:
  A) lay
  B) lied
  C) lain
  D) laid
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2113:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

  Shine?

  Options:
  A) clean
  B) fine
  C) machine
  D) lain
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2114:

  Fill in the gap(s) with the most appropriate option from the list following the gap(s).

  The development is to be carried to the _____ level?

  Options:
  A) grass root
  B) grassroot
  C) grassroots
  D) grass-root
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2115: Choose the option that has a different stress on the first syllable. Options:
  A) understand
  B) address
  C) afternoon
  D) taxi
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2116:

  Choose the option that rhymes with the given word.

  Match?

  Options:
  A) harsh
  B) batch
  C) such
  D) watch
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2117:

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

  Though he is our elected representative, he often takes a rather jaundiced view of our problems.

  Options:
  A) He takes a rather hazy view of our problems
  B) He takes an unfavourable position concerning our problems
  C) He takes a rather forceful view of our problems
  D) He takes a sickly view of our problems
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2118:

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

  National

  Options:
  A) sugar
  B) raise
  C) glass
  D) tree
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2119:
  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.

  It is business of the scientist to accumulate knowledge about the universe and all that is in it and to find if he is able, common……11…..[A. experiment B. instruments C. approaches D. factors] which underlie and account for the facts that he knows. He chooses when he can, the method of the controlled…….12…..[A. respondent B. experiment C. system D. data]. If he wants to find out the effect of light on growing plants, he takes many plants, as alike as possible. Some he stand in the sun, some in the shade, some in the dark, all the time keeping all other (temperature, moisture, nourishment) the same. In this way, by keeping other variables……..14……[A. constant B. good C. dark D. natural] and by varying the light only, the effect of light on plants can be clearly seen. This …….15…..[A. research B. method C. tool D. rationale] of using ‘controls’ can be applied to a variety of situation and can be used to find the answers to questions as widely different as ‘must moisture be present if…….16….[A. an alloy B. gold C. bar D. iron] is to rust?’ and which variety of beans give the greatest yield in one……17…..[A. climate B. period C. season D. weather]?

  In the course of his……18…..[A. finding B. queries C. experiment D. inquiries], the scientist may find what he thinks is one common explanation for an increasing number of facts the explanation, if it seems consistently to fit the various facts, is called…….19……[A. an antithesis B. a principle C. a thesis D. a hypothesis]. If this continues to stand the test of numerous experiments and remains unshaken, it becomes a……20…..[A. deduction B. law C. notion D. thesis].

  In question number 13 above, choose the best option from letters A-D that best completes the gap. Options:
  A) studies
  B) procedures
  C) objects
  D) conditions
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2120:

  For these questions, choose the option that best complete the gap(s):

  He decided to wait for the bus because he had_______.

  Options:
  A) many luggages
  B) plenty luggages
  C) a lot of luggage
  D) too many luggage
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  The correct answer is C .