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 3081:

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

  The armed robbers went into the house and robbed the three _____?

  Options:
  A) woman occupants
  B) women's occupants
  C) woman's occupants
  D) women occupants
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3082: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word(s).Amina's performance in the examination surpassed my expectations? Options:
  A) was disappointing
  B) lacked merit
  C) was extraordinarily good
  D) amazed everyone
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3083:

  Setting up a news paper involves a lot of preparations. The __11__ has to employ a lot of people. Other people working with him are cartographers, editors, typesetters, readers, who work in various ways to produce the text of the newspaper, __12__, who go out and collect story and items of news, and __13__, who specialize in one kind of topic. Another important person who works closely with the Editor-in-Chief is the __14__, who has to choose the most important stories__15__ go through stories sent to them and make necessary adjustments.

  The Editor-in-Chief could determine for instance, whether a particular journalist should write articles daily or weekly in a particular column. Such a journalist is known as __16__. The editorials of the news paper will be coordinated by __17__. The publisher could decide to establish __18__ which would be on sale weekly, fortnightly, or monthly,__19__ the eyes catching, screaming headlines and captions of newspapers on sale everyday from the __20__.

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled 13. Options:
  A) newscasters
  B) correspondents
  C) distributors
  D) listeners
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3084:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  As debutantes in that tournament, the super eagles were up against their first opponents by three goals to nil.

  Options:
  A) The Super Eagles were playing in the tournament for the first time, but they won their match by three goals to nothing
  B) Though the Super Eagles were rated as the weakest side in the tournament, they won their first match by three goals to nil
  C) Even though the Super Eagles were playing without some of their stars, they won their match by three goals to nil
  D) As the best trackers inthe match, the Super Eagles easily defeated their opponents by three goals to nothing
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3085: Fill the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.There are several _____. in the farmyard? Options:
  A) sheep
  B) ewe
  C) lamb
  D) goat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3086:

  The importance of the code theory in education lies in the fact that the school system requires the use of an elaborated code but not all students have access to it. The importance of this theory to sociology lies in the fact that the differential access to the elaborated code does not occur randomly but rather is controlled by the class system. Lower working-class urban children tend to have a restricted code. Middle-class children possess both a restricted and an elaborated code. The two groups enter into different types of relationship and learn to express themselves in different ways through language. They do not use language for the same functions, some of which it seems are necessary for the school situation. When the lower working-class child is expected implicity to exploit language for functions, he normally does not express verbally a discontinuity is created between his home and his school environment. He has learned to verbalize certain range of meanings in his home and when he enters school, another range of meaning is required. There is then a very subtle but nonetheless very real, sense in which what is taught is personally irrelevant for this child. The school system does not talk to him. Middle class children possessing both codes experience no such discontinuity. They can use languages for these functions required by the school.

  An appropriate tittle for this passage is Options:
  A) language and education
  B) education and sociology
  C) codes and sociology
  D) codes and education
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3087:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).

  He shared his room with a person whose behaviour was quite nauseating?

  Options:
  A) disgusting
  B) disrespectful
  C) disgraceful
  D) discouraging
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3088:

  choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the word(s) underlined.

  The governor was incoherent in his speech

  Options:
  A) uncoordinated
  B) talkative
  C) confused
  D) eloquent
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3089: Select the option that best explain the information conveyed in the sentence?If he were here it could be more fun? Options:
  A) He did not show upand so the occasion lacked much fun
  B) He was being expected to supply more fun
  C) There was not fun because he was not present
  D) He was expected but did not show up to liven up the occasion
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3090:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(S). We won't leave until it _____. raining?

  Options:
  A) will stop
  B) stopped
  C) stops
  D) has stopped
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  The correct answer is C .