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 3411:

  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 17 in the above passage Options:
  A) an assessor
  B) an evaluator
  C) a checker
  D) an examiner
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3412:

  Read the passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

  Curiosity is as clear and definite as any of our urges. We wonder what is in a sealed telegram or in a letter which someone else is absorbed or what is being said in the telephone booth or in low conversation. This inquisitiveness is vastly stimulated by jealousy. Suspicion or any hint that we ourselves are directly or indirectly involved in. But there appears to be a fair amount of personal interest in other people's affairs even when they do not concern us except as a mystery to be unravelled or a tale to be told. The reports of a divorce suit will have news 'value' for many weeks, They constitute a story like a novel, a play or a moving picture. This is not an example of pure curiosity. However, since we readily identify ourselves with others' their joys and despair then become our own concern.

  Adapted from Harris, W. and L.G Wilson (1963) The University Handbook,New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston

  Which of the following is true about the fireflies?? Options:
  A) They see red as black
  B) They see black as other colours
  C) They see all colours as the same
  D) They see red as different from other colours
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3413:

  Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

  Options:
  A) embrace
  B) suspect(V)
  C) member
  D) project(V)
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3414:

  For this question, choose the option nearest in meaning to the word or phrase in italics:

  Mr. Ojo has a fickle character.

  Options:
  A) a genuine
  B) a stable
  C) an imperfect
  D) an unpredictable
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3415:

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

  One of the guarantors shall sign here

  Options:
  A) It is desirable that on e of the guarantor signs here
  B) It is reasonable that one of the guarantors signs here
  C) It is obligatory that one of the guarantors signs here
  D) It is advisable that one of the guarantors sign here
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3416:

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

  In the course of the debate, the speakers were advised to summarize their points?

  Options:
  A) argue
  B) develop
  C) round off
  D) round up
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3417:

  Choosing the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  If i were the Head of the English Department in my school, i _____ make oral English a compulsory subject

  Options:
  A) would
  B) could
  C) should
  D) might
  E) had
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3418:

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

  Ojo used to play tennis everyday?

  Options:
  A) is familiar with playing
  B) has to play
  C) was in the habbit of playing
  D) was made to play
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3419:

  complete the sentences with the correct options from the list below:

  Many goods _____ tape recorders and cameras find a ready market in every country

  Options:
  A) like
  B) such a
  C) such as
  D) such
  E) as
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3420:

  Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  What you are asking me to do is herculean task?

  Options:
  A) a strenuous
  B) a demanding
  C) a lovely
  D) an easy
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  The correct answer is D .