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 3651:

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

  Many people believed that such an action is unbecoming of a leader

  Options:
  A) forthcoming
  B) not befitting
  C) unwanted
  D) not necessary
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3652: Choose the option that best complete the gap. What is the jury's _____ the matter. Options:
  A) Verdict with.
  B) Verdict on.
  C) Verdict at.
  D) Verdict from.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3653:

  Choose the option that has a different stress pattern from the others.

  Options:
  A) competent
  B) represent
  C) syllabus
  D) quality
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3654:

  Those who are familiar with it will tell you that Ludo, like human life itself, is a game both of chance and skill. You need skill in deciding how to make the most advantageous use of the figures that turn up on the die when you cast it. Since each player has at least four alternative ways of using his figures, two players with equal luck may fare differently, depending on how cleverly each one uses his figures. The element of luck, again as in human life, plays a dominant role however. For no matter how skilful a player may be in using the figures he gets on the die, he has a slim chance of winning if he continually throws low figures. While a combination of ones and twos may be useful in checking the advance of one’s opponents, it will not take one home fast enough to win. On the other hand: consistent throws of sixes and fives with the very minimum of skill, will help a player to home all his four counters before any of the three other players, unless, of course, he has no idea of the game at all.

  In the passage, the possession of skill specifically enables a player to Options:
  A) win
  B) throw good figures
  C) use his figures efficiently
  D) check his opponents effectively
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3655:

  Choose the best option to fill the gaps in the following sentences:

  The prices _____ are too high for us

  Options:
  A) you lent me
  B) you quoted
  C) you attended
  D) you gave me
  E) you want to buy
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3656:

  Choose the word that has a different stress pattern

  Options:
  A) Project(V)
  B) Basic
  C) Suspect(V)
  D) Neglect
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3657:

  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 19 in the above passage Options:
  A) an error-proof
  B) an editor
  C) a lithographic
  D) an evaluation
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3658: The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.Your mother CAN cook the meal. Options:
  A) Who will cook the meal?
  B) Can my father cook the meal?
  C) Isn''t my mother able to cook the meal?
  D) What can my mother do?
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3659:

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

  I know i _____ read more, but i am tired

  Options:
  A) may
  B) ought to
  C) would
  D) could
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3660:

  Choose the word or phrase from options A - E which has the opposite in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentences:

  While most of our recently elected legislators are living a life of affluence and ostentation the vast majority of those who elected them into office are unhappy

  Options:
  A) influence
  B) pleasure
  C) poverty
  D) happiness
  E) consequence
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  The correct answer is C .