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 921:

  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. Each question carries 2 marks .

  One of the most difficult and confusing aspect of English language is its spelling system. There is often ….16…. [A. discrepancy B. discord C. a similarity D. concord] between the punctuation of a word and its spelling. One cannot always tell how to spell a word ….17…. [A. throughout B. by C. as to D. as from] its pronunciation.

  In order to understand the peculiarity of English spelling ….18….[A. difficulty B. confusion C. system D. code], it is good to know something about the history of the language. First, it is helpful to realize that English was originally spoken by people who could neither read nor write. While the ….19…. [A. middle-class B. educated C. less enlightened D. uneducated] people spoke English, the literate upper classes spoke French and wrote in Latin, later when English became a ….20…. [A. literary B. romantic C. written D. coded] language, there was no system for spelling its words. Moreover, the first writers of English were French speaking ….21… [A. newscasters B. scribes C. orators D. interpreters] who knew English only slightly: therefore, they carried many French spelling ….22…. [A. habits B. attitudes C. idiosyncrasies D. mannerisms] into English. In addition, these first writers of English, who were used to writing in Latin, often ….23…. [A. inserted B. interjected C. interpolated D. juxtaposed] letters into words even when they were not pronounced because the ….24…. [A. antecedent B. opposing C. corresponding D. synonymous] word in Latin was spelled that way. Finally, the confusion increased when the ….25…. [A. diction B.morphology C. orthography D. pronunciation] of certain words changed while the spelling remained the same.

  In question number 16 choose the best option from the letters A-D that best completes the gap Options:
  A) a descrepancy
  B) discord
  C) a similarity
  D) concord
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 922:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  I would not like you to do the work piecemeal.

  Options:
  A) At meal time
  B) Bit by bit
  C) Badly
  D) As a master piece
  E) As a masterpiece
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 923: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).It is _____ responsibility to look after parents in old age? Options:
  A) theirs'
  B) their
  C) theirs
  D) their's
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 924:

  In the question below select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence:

  Between you and me, i would say the equipment has outlived its usefulness

  Options:
  A) I believe that the equipment is no longer useful to any of us
  B) I believe that the equipment continues to be useful to either you or me
  C) My idea of the usefulness of the equipment should remain known only to the two of us
  D) My idea of the usefulness of the equipment is shared by both
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 925: Choose the option that has a different vowel sound from the others? Options:
  A) does
  B) flood
  C) world
  D) son
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 926:

  Fill in the gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided?

  He is so credulous _____ my story about the ghost?

  Options:
  A) to believe
  B) that he believes
  C) in order to believe
  D) since he believes
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 927: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).The first prize was _____ tray? Options:
  A) a carved wooden attractive
  B) a wooden attractive carved
  C) an attractive carved wooden
  D) a carved attractive wooden
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 928:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  My little boy is hyper-active and he is therefore prone _____ accidents

  Options:
  A) with respect to
  B) for
  C) to
  D) about
  E) as regards
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 929: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  ''I want to know you intimately...''
  This statement was made to whom _____

  Options:
  A) Salma
  B) Ummi
  C) Tomiwa
  D) Ngozi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 930:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the word(s) or phrase(s) Underlined:

  Ngozi and Ekaette were fast friends when we were in the secondary school

  Options:
  A) friends who run very quickly together
  B) friends who go without food for a long time together
  C) friends who are not easily separated from each other
  D) friends who spend too much time and energy on pleasure and excitement together
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  The correct answer is C .