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 3111:

  Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).

  They are taught to value honour _______ their lives.

  Options:
  A) from
  B) in
  C) than
  D) above
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3112:

  Read the passages below and answer the questions that follow:

  Everyone is tired or fatigued at some time. The major cycle in your life is work, fatigue and rest in that order. Fatigue ischaracteristic of your body. It does not occur in a man-made machine which operates as long as its parts are intact and it has fuel. But your body, a living machine, has a definite limitation - its work continues, it gradually loses its responsiveness, becomes less irritable, turns out less work and finally may not respond at all. The feeling of fatigue usually expresses itself inthree ways: first, there is a feeling of tiredness and a marked desire for rest. Second, efficiency is greatly reduced. Third,there may be definite physiological changes in your body, low blood pressure, loss of muscle tone, tremors, and poor muscular coordination, and in other ways. Fatigue, however, may express itself in many ways for there are many different forms of it. The fatigue of a student. for example, who has worked all evening on a difficult lesson, is different from that of a labourer who has worked all day at a back-breaking task, or that of a business executive who worries with the stress and strain of organisation.

  definite limitation used to describe the human body in the passage means that

  Options:
  A) the body cannot be made to work continuously like a machine
  B) the body should only perform simple tasks
  C) body parts must be limited
  D) the body is equal to man-made machines.
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3113:

  In the question bellow choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  She wounded the man _____ the back with her knitting needle

  Options:
  A) on
  B) in
  C) at
  D) by
  E) upon
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3114:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase underlined:

  Everybody respects the team leader.

  Options:
  A) looks up for
  B) looks up on
  C) looks up to
  D) looks up at
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3115: In this question, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) underlined.
  If experience is anything to go by, the action will prove a political minefield Options:
  A) a source of political benefit
  B) a way out of political trouble
  C) a cause for political joy
  D) an invitation to political problems
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3116:

  My accountwith the bank is in the red. This means that my account is

  Options:
  A) heavy
  B) in danger
  C) overdrawn
  D) written in red ink
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3117:

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

  For all he cared, the game was a good as lost.

  Options:
  A) He did not care if the game was lost
  B) He could not care less if the game was lost
  C) He was almost certain that the game would be lost
  D) He was afraid the game would be lost
  E) Thegame was very good, and he cared very much about losing
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3118: Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. Today's weather is favourable for a game of tennis. Options:
  A) Disapproving.
  B) Impartial.
  C) Abnormal.
  D) Encouraging.
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3119:

  In the question below which of the following options express the same idea as the one in quotes?:

  'An open secret' means

  Options:
  A) a fact that is very secret
  B) an open matter
  C) a secret known to everybody
  D) a confidential matter
  E) a secret told in the open air
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3120:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:

  Most of his observations were wide of the mark

  Options:
  A) comprehensible
  B) irrelevant
  C) pertinent
  D) unacceptable
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .