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 891: Choose the option that has same vowel sound as the one represented by the letter (s) underlined.glasier Options:
  A) feign
  B) glass
  C) gleam
  D) flat
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 892: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the lists provided.The highly appreciative audience clapped _____. hands and showered ______ on the lecturer? Options:
  A) their /encomiums
  B) its / encomiums
  C) their / invectives
  D) its / invectives
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 893:

  The main source of -1- (A. Production B. Revenue C .development D. capital) to the government is -2-(A. planning B. budgeting C. Taxation .investment),which can be direct or indirect. while the former is based on one’s -3-(A. income B. profits C. services D. wealth),the latter is imposed on goods and -4-(A. re-numeration B. surpluses C. resources D. services) and it is paid only we these are -5- (A. supplied B. produced C. distributed D. bought) other sources includes -6- (A. compensation B. Benefits C. gratitude’s D. loyalties) such as those paid by mining companies, and sales of -7- (A. charges B. duties C. bills D. licenses ) for dogs,guns,hotels, etc .another major source is -8- (A. investment B. banking C .interest D. borrowing ) which is different from the other because it as to be repaid. From these and other sources, government is able to raise -9-(A. loans B. capitals C. money D. grant) with which it carries out its -10- (A. jobs B. necessities c. investments D. functions), which include administration and the -11- (A. settlement B. provision C. embarking D. commitment) of social services. Besides, it is able to control the country’s -12- (A. accounts B. budgets C. prices D. economy) by imposing taxes sometimes to prevent -13-(A. deflation B. monopoly C. inflation D. depression) or by altering pattern of -14- (A. consumption B. production C. development D. growth) through the raising of -15- (a. subsidy B. discount C. commission D. duty) against certain foreign goods.

  Read the passage carefully and answer the question labeled 11. Options:
  A) settlement
  B) provision
  C) embarking
  D) commitment
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 894:

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

  The villages looked _____ their leader for good examples.

  Options:
  A) up to
  B) on to
  C) up at
  D) forward to
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 895:

  Choose the option that best complete the gap (s):

  Usman would have won the race_______.

  Options:
  A) only if he could run fast
  B) if he had run fast
  C) if he can run faster
  D) although he ran fast
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 896:

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

  I wonder how he will _____ being absent from school for a long time.

  Options:
  A) make in
  B) make up
  C) make off
  D) make out
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 897:

  Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  How is the new editor _____ on with his work?

  Options:
  A) moving
  B) getting
  C) pushing
  D) going
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 898:

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

  The School Board has placed an order for _____

  Options:
  A) all the furnitures and equipments required in the new schools
  B) all the furniture and equipment required in the new schools
  C) all of the furniture and equipments required in the new school
  D) many of the furnitures and equipment required in the new school
  E) many of the furnitures and equipments required in the new schools
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 899:

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

  Old customs die hard. This implies that old customs

  Options:
  A) cause a lot of hardship and death
  B) must be stopped
  C) never die out
  D) cause hardship for younger people
  E) tend to last for a long time
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 900:

  In the question below choose the option opposite in meaning to the word(s) Underlined:

  Unless we see the evils clearly, contending against them is like fighting the air

  Options:
  A) avoiding
  B) strugglling with
  C) combating
  D) repelling
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  The correct answer is A .