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 2871: Choose from the options opposite in meaning to the word underlined.Common sense requires that one should be decorous at formal gatherings? Options:
  A) courteous
  B) impolite
  C) incurious
  D) careful
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2872:

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

  We cannot explain his objection _____ the new law

  Options:
  A) for
  B) with
  C) at
  D) to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2873:

  Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  I am surprised to learn that Badmus is an agnostic?

  Options:
  A) someone that believes in God
  B) some one who antagonizes God
  C) someone who is nonchalant about the existence of God
  D) someone who does not believe in the existence of God
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2874:

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

  The vermin on his body _____ hideous

  Options:
  A) makes the lunatic look
  B) make the lunatic look
  C) makes the lunatic to look
  D) make the lunatic to look
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2875: Choose the appropriate stress pattern from the options. The syllables are written in capital letters.jurisprudence? Options:
  A) jUsprudence
  B) juRIsprudence
  C) jurisPRUdence
  D) jurispruDENCE
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2876:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 6 to 15. Immediately following each gap are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  Before any detailed analysis begins, the first thing to do with the data is to check through the field record book and questionnaires for any……..6……[A. records B. events C. odds D. mistakes], inconsistencies and incompleteness. In some cases, it may be possible to correct any discovered shortcomings. When it is possible to carry out these……..7……[A. plans B. possibilities C. corrections D. expectations].

  In most scientific……8…..[A. experiment B. data C. conclusion D. questionnaires] such revisits are clearly impossible. This is true of many surveys too. A road traffic survey…….9……[A. conducted B. experimented C. classified D. precoded] to find out the amount and frequency of daily traffic between two towns cannot be expected to be……..10…..[A. reproducible B. undertaken C. observed D. produced]. There is no way of going back to check whether the number of vehicles reported for any particular hour is correct or not. With open-ended questions the……11…..[A. methods B. responses C. errors D. conclusion] have to be classified into relatively small number of groups. The process of classifying answers and of sometimes identifying them by number and letter is called…….12…….[A. recording B. recoding C. encoding D. coding]. When closed-ended questions are used, it is possible to code all the possible answers before they are actually received. This is called……..13…..[A. precoding B. coding C. encoding D. recoding]. What is done, a check through the answers for proper classification, numbering and lettering is still called for at this stage. This whole process of checking through questionnaires and notebooks is called……14…..[A. editing B. posting C. listing D. auditing]. Collected data will eventually have to be used in drawing……15…..[A. references B. examples C. conclusions D. analogies] and writing a report about the population from which it came.

  In question number 6 above, choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gab. Options:
  A) records
  B) events
  C) odds
  D) mistakes
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2877:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.

  book

  Options:
  A) cool
  B) cook
  C) fool
  D) tool
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2878:

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

  Thank?

  Options:
  A) though
  B) thought
  C) thames
  D) thomas
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2879:

  Questions below are based on Bolaji Abdullahi's "Sweet Sixteen"

  A child's choice of career is matter of

  Options:
  A) glamorous desire
  B) passion
  C) public perception as to the success rate and earnings of a profession
  D) parental discretion
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2880: Choose the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) release
  B) exit
  C) exchange
  D) explode
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  The correct answer is B .