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 411: Choose from the options opposite in meaning to the word underlined.Civil engineering is predominantly a male profession? Options:
  A) absolutely
  B) essentially
  C) generally
  D) seldom
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 412:

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

  The way that big boy bullied his sister with relish make me think he could be a _____

  Options:
  A) bully
  B) sadist
  C) pugilist
  D) tyrant
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 413:

  Answer the following question below and choose the option that best completes the gap(s)

  For more productivity, the company is focusing attention on the possible_______of available resources.

  Options:
  A) synergy
  B) tapping
  C) alignment
  D) arrangement
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 414: Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word underlined word(s).Akoso thought that her father was very callous? Options:
  A) indifferent
  B) compassionate
  C) wicked
  D) careless
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 415:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined words :

  Do you have the same aversion as i do for way film?

  Options:
  A) bitterness
  B) dislike
  C) criticism
  D) indignation
  E) preference
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 416:

  Choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s)
  No one would complain if you emulate good behaviour

  Options:
  A) differentiate
  B) condemn
  C) imitate
  D) exhibit
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 417: Fill each of the gap with the appropriate option from the list following the the gap.The class _____ more girls than boys this session? Options:
  A) comprised of
  B) comprises of
  C) comprise
  D) comprises
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 418:

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

  ' _____ at 9:30 for more news',said the announcer.

  Options:
  A) Switch on
  B) Tune in
  C) Hook on
  D) Channel in
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 419:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the italicized words or expressions.

  The French classes were always funny because we considered French a strange tongue.

  Options:
  A) Awkward
  B) Foreign
  C) Funny
  D) Uninteresting
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 420:

  It is normal in Nigeria to use proficiency in the use of English language as a barometer for evaluating the height of any person's educational attainment. Today, many teachers resort quite often to the use of vernacular in the teaching of their subjects. One is often dismayed at the incompetence of many teachers, even graduates in the use of English language. Throughout the colonial period, up to 1960, Nigerian formal education was patterned after the English system. The "accent" was on English and an educated Nigerian was one who was only African in colour but English in thought and culture. The ability to speak English fluently and if possible with an Oxford accent was the hallmark ofexcellence even if the speaker was empty of thought and ideas. In those days it was a serious offence for a secondary school boy or girl to "laugh in the vernacular". But we now swung to the other extreme. Nigeria would say they are not English people, some would say they did not specialise in English in the university. But thecountry has adopted the English language as its official, the language of instruction at schools, parliamentary proceedings, conduct of official business and indeed the lingua franca. If the language is to continue to be used, then it is imperative that we all agree on the pattern of correctness in the language so that communication can be effective.

  Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

  Options:
  A) the competence level in the use of English has fallen greatly
  B) what used to be in the past could be considered extreme
  C) the writer is advocating for the use of indigenous language for teaching and learning
  D) English language is the official language in Nigeria
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  The correct answer is C .