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 2291:

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

  Tennyson and Browning lived about the same time and therefore _____ poets

  Options:
  A) contrary
  B) contractual
  C) contemporaneous
  D) contemporary
  E) contemptible
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2292:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined.

  His comment was not printable.

  Options:
  A) punishable
  B) suitable
  C) offensive
  D) unfair
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2293:

  The medical definition of miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before twenty-four weeks. Miscarriage is very common, occurring in ten to twenty per cent, of confirmed pregnancies. Most of those feature ...16... twelve weeks of pregnancy. The most common ...17... is vaginal bleeding, which can range from light spotting to heavier than a period. You may see blood clots, brown discharge or other tissues that are not ...18... identifiable. Sometimes a sac-like structure is seen. Often, there is cramping with pelvic or back pain. You may find that the usual symptoms of pregnancy, such as breast tenderness, feeling sick and having to pass urine more ...19... than usual stop unexpectedly. Sometimes there are no signs or symptoms of miscarriage and pregnancy symptoms continue, and the miscarriage only ...20... in a routine scan . About half all early miscarriages happen because of a problem in the way the genetic material from the egg and sperm have combined during ...21... it can be difficult to find out why this has ...22... , but it is more likely to be due to random chance than to any underlying problem with either parent. Imbalances in pregnancy hormones, problems in the immune...23... ,and some serious infections are also thought to make miscarriages more likely. The risk of miscarriage ...24... with age because the quality of eggs deteriorates . If a woman drinks too much alcohol or smokes heavily, the risk of miscarriage is higher. It is also increased with ...25... pregnancies such as twins.

  Adapted from Saturday punch, 13 October 2007

  Choose the most appropriate answer in the gap numbered 18 Options:
  A) clearly
  B) naturally
  C) directly
  D) medically
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2294:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  The lawyer pointed out a discrepancy in the two stories

  Options:
  A) similarity
  B) gap
  C) falsehood
  D) difference
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2295:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The chief was generous in his award of university scholarships

  Options:
  A) nobel
  B) considerate
  C) liberal
  D) mean
  E) honest
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2296: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The Bank Manager assured us that there was nothing to worry about _____ ? Options:
  A) as regard to the loan
  B) with regard to the loan
  C) in regard of the loan
  D) with regards to the loan
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2297:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  The paper carries many humorous cartoon on Saturdays

  Options:
  A) amorous
  B) grievous
  C) hilarious
  D) grave
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2298: Choose the option that best complete the gap. My mother was _____ annoyed with me for coming late. Options:
  A) Just.
  B) Very.
  C) Neither.
  D) Hotly.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2299:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The severity of the harmattan helped me to complete my writing assignment in record time because i had no choice but to lock my self indoors

  Options:
  A) warmth
  B) mildness
  C) moderation
  D) leniency
  E) gentility
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2300:

  Read each passage carefully and answer the questions that follow it

  The approach to the university is being restricted to ease the flow of traffic, give better security and provide appropriate introduction to a set of higher learning. The Works and Services Complex is also under construction and we intend to move into the complete |(major) part of it within the next few weeks. All these projects are being executed with an eye to aesthetics, for we recognize the important influence of a beautiful and healthy environment on its inhabitants and feel that a cluster of buildings on a small space such as we have should be so well designed as to have a beneficial psychological and sociological effect on all members of the community.

  I have gone to this length to itemize these examples of current development for two main reasons. Firstly, to advise you that the road diversions and other physical inconveniences, currently being experienced will be on the increase because of intense development activity. We therefore appeal to you to bear with us in full knowledge and consolation that such inconveniences are temporary and will soon yield final tangible results. Secondly, to demonstrate our capacity for executing approved projects with dispatch, and to assure Government that we are up to the task. Indeed, I can assure Government that its ability to disburse funds to us will be more than matched by our capacity to collect and expend them on executing various worthy projects in record time.

  An eye to aesthetics in this passage means Options:
  A) regard for space
  B) beneficial psychological effects
  C) regard for health
  D) consideration for beauty
  E) a cluster of building
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  The correct answer is E .