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 3011:

  Bridget denied that she wasn't there. This means that

  Options:
  A) She confessed that she wasn't there
  B) She owned up not to be there
  C) She maintained she was there
  D) She maintained she wasn't there
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3012:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks.

    Publishing is the fast growing business in Nigeria and there are therefore, many publishing houses all over the country. When ……..16……..[A. an article B. an essay C. a book D. a manuscript]. is submitted by an author, the publisher sends it to ……..17……..[A. an assessor B. an evaluator C. a checker D. an examiner] to know if it is actually publishable. This is important because the publisher wants to make sure that the book catches the ……18…..[A. market B. audience C. students D. shops] when it is eventually published. In a good publishing house, there is …….19……[A. an error-proof B. an editor C. a lithographic D. an evaluation] section which is concerned with……..20……[A. proof-reading B. reading over C. scanning over D. skimming over] the manuscript and correcting both the spelling and typing errors. After this, the manuscript is ………21…….[A. typewritten B. typeset C. double-spaced D. single-spaced] in readiness for …….22…..[A. photocopying B. Xeroxing C. filming D. printing].

    The printed ……..23……[A. items B. bulletin C. copies D. specimen] are then stored in the warehouse and a few of them may be sent to the author as ……..24……[A. complementary B. complimentary C. acknowledgement D. sample] copies. Since it is not just the aim of the publisher to offset the cost of production but also to make some gains, there is a strong marketing division which promotes sales. A certain percentage of the cover price of the book is paid to the author as ……..25……[A. royalty B. honorarium C. dividend D. interest].

  Select the correct option for the space numbered 23 in the above passage Options:
  A) items
  B) bulletin
  C) copies
  D) specimen
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3013:

  Choose the option opposite in meaning to word underlined?

  For anything to do with academic work, he has a great aversion?

  Options:
  A) conversion
  B) attention
  C) contempt
  D) predilection
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3014: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.Two young boys have been caught with parts of the stolen machine but _____ admitted stealing it? Options:
  A) neither of them has
  B) neither of them have
  C) none of them has
  D) none of them have
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3015: Efua was not in the good books of teachers at Forcados High School because Options:
  A) the students of Forcados did not like her
  B) she was expelled from her previous school
  C) she bribed the principal before she was admitted
  D) her admission into senior class was unusual
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3016:

  Bolu shall be the M.C. This means that

  Options:
  A) Bolu may be the M.C
  B) no one else will be the M.C
  C) later in life, Bolu will become an M.C
  D) Bolu may not be the M.C
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3017: Choose the option that has a different stress on the first syllable. Options:
  A) intact
  B) integral
  C) negotiate
  D) about
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3018:

  In the question below, choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined:

  Ijeoma counted her chickens before they were hatched. This means that Ijeoma

  Options:
  A) regarded each egg as a chicken
  B) hatched the egg prematurely
  C) assumed that her expectation had already been realized
  D) protected her eggs from breaking
  E) insured the eggs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3019: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).The journalist said he was working freelance. Options:
  A) tirelessly
  B) without a pay
  C) satisfactorily
  D) dependently
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3020:

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

  The doctor listened to my heartbeat with a _______.

  Options:
  A) cardiograph
  B) stethoscope
  C) chromometer
  D) microscope
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  The correct answer is B .