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 3761:

  Choose the option that has the same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter(s) underlined.

  Tend?

  Options:
  A) caned
  B) jeopardy
  C) turned
  D) earned
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3762:

  Theatre in the recent past used to be a very popular art in traditional African society. It used to be a point of intersection where members of the community not only cometo entertain themselves, 'but join heads together'. In the traditional context of African drama, therefore, theatre was popular and respectable institution which preserved the people's culture and tradition. Theatre was popular with the people because it emphasized community participation, peace and progress. The presentations focused on the people's lives, their aspirations, fears, and hopes. But today, the situation is different. Theatre is becoming very unpopular.

  Africa of the present age is pre-occupied with many problems yearning for immediate solutions. The continent is facing hydra-head challenges - challenges on the political, social, and economic scenes. In a world where Science and Technology are seen as the solutions to these problems, little attention is paid to the arts. Literature generally, and drama in particular is often rated very low on the utility-scale. Many Africa today look at drama and theatreas a mere thing of fun, a joke so to say.

  Elitism is another barrier that militates against the appreciation of theatreas a communal art. Folktheatre is appreciated by a negligible number of people, contemporary focus is on literary theatre. Unfortunately, literary theatre only pretends to serve the interest of its society while in reality, it has a foreign audience in mind. The use of European and American theatricalconventions by our academic playwrights can bear witness to this anomaly.

  The popularity of the literary African theatre is further marred by the medium of communication as most literary dramas in Africa are written in foreign languages which are not understood by many Africans. The question often asked is whether the artist should climb down to the level of his community of stay at his exalted height and wait for the community to gradually move up to him.

  In the passage, the term "theatre" and "drama" are used _______

  Options:
  A) differently
  B) concurrently
  C) interchangeably
  D) sparingly
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3763:

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

  The journalist's write-up contained a plethora of detail.

  Options:
  A) shortage
  B) simplicity
  C) complexity
  D) spectrum
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3764: Choose the word or phrase from options A-E which has nearest in meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence:
  He should be able to do it alone. Options:
  A) He would be able to do it alone
  B) He ought to be able to do it alone
  C) He may be able to do it alone
  D) He has to be able to do it alone
  E) He will do it alone
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3765:

  In each of this question choose the option opposite in meaning to the word or phrase underlined:

  The soldiers tried in their dogged defence of the city.

  Options:
  A) strong
  B) indestructible
  C) classical
  D) indifferent
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3766:
  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate option for each gap.

  With the most profound respect to the members of the senate, I do not think that it is within the competence of that………16…….[A. executive B. judicial C. administrative D. legislative] body to pass a motion to……..17…….[A. enforce B. nullify C. modify D. order] the executive action of the president. The senate is……..18…….[A. a wing B. a portion C. an anchor D. an arm] of the National Assembly. But it is not by itself alone the National Assembly. One can imagine the confusion which would be created if the……..19……..[A. House of Representative B. Judiciary C. National Assembly D. Executive council] were to take a view dramatically opposed to that reflected in the senate resolution. The strongest objection to the action of the senate is passing the resolution is the fact that it constituted itself the………20…… [A. litigant B. defendant C. plaintiff D. attorney] as well as the judge of the constitutionality of the action of the president. The function of the senate is to…….21….. [A. enact B. create C. compose D. annul] laws. But the senate has no authority or…….22…..[A. might B. power C. dynamism D. strength] to control the President in the exercise of his…….23……[A. official B. authoritative C. judicial D. executive] powers. It cannot by a mere resolution or motion give any direction to the president regarding the exercise of his powers or can it undo what the president has done in the executive of those powers. The only way in which the exercise of the powers of the president can be……..24…….[A. modified B. standardized C. regulated D. ordered] is by……..25……[A. an act B. a decree C. a motion D. a bill] of the National Assembly.

  Select the correct option for the space numbered 20 in the above passage Options:
  A) litigant
  B) defendant
  C) plaintiff
  D) attorney
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is A .
• Question 3767: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).He devoted too much time to the peripheral aspects? Options:
  A) unimportant
  B) superficial
  C) minor
  D) main
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is D .
• Question 3768:

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

  Akpan was able to douse the flames with the new piece of equipment?

  Options:
  A) reduce
  B) extinguish
  C) ignite
  D) reinforce
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is C .
• Question 3769:

  My good people I come before you this evening as a man whose honesty and integrity have been questioned now, the usual political thing to do when charges are levelled against you is either to ignore them or to deny them without giving details, But before I answer any of your questions, let me state categorically that I have not touched a kobo of the ₦50,000 we contributed. Every kobo of it has been used in defraying political campaign expenses.

  Accosted in the passage means Options:
  A) grossly insulted
  B) greeted
  C) fought with
  D) forced
  E) went and spoke to
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .
• Question 3770:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word underlined:

  The instructions on the examination paper are explicit

  Options:
  A) simple
  B) ambiguous
  C) detailed
  D) definite
  Show Answer
  The correct answer is B .