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 1441:

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

  An acceptance of the offer would be a departure from the several rejections that _____ .

  Options:
  A) had taken place
  B) have taken place
  C) will take place
  D) took place
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1442:

  Boxing is sometimes called' the noble art of self defence'. According to some people, boxing appeals to the lowest instincts in the ...11... who have come to watch blood flow and their fellow human suffer Boxers who are medically fit appear in the ...12... The referee sometimes allows the...13... to go on for long so that one of the ...14... is reduced to a human punch bag.It may happen that the boxers are not well ...15... one being much stronger than the other, as a result of which he so much...16... his opponent that he wins ...17... Many boxers have suffered permanent brain...18... in the ...19... of punches that have been thrown at them during their ...20...

  Choose the most appropriate option for the gap labelled [...13...] above. Options:
  A) bout
  B) match
  C) performance
  D) contest
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1443:

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

  He decided to wait for the bus because ha had

  Options:
  A) too many luggage
  B) many luggages
  C) a lot of luggage
  D) plenty luggages
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1444:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  The author of The Life Changer holds a degree in ______

  Options:
  A) BSc (Ed) Mathematics
  B) BA (Ed) English Language
  C) BA (Ed) Economics
  D) BA Mass Communication
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1445:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

  The commander said that he battle would be sustained, total and relentless?

  Options:
  A) continuous
  B) brutal
  C) fierce
  D) innocuous
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1446:

  These two factors the altitude and the weather, tend separately and together to defeat the climber. The height weakens, slows him down; it forces him to spend days and nights in the courses of his assault on the summit; the weather, besides adding to the demand of his energy and moral fortitude, conspires to deny him the time he needs to complete his mission. Whereas in lower mountains and on easy ground the weather may be no more than a handicap, in the high Himalayas it is decisive, regardless of terrain.

  The deduction to be drawn from these two factors is was clear enough. We must either so fortify ourselves that we could continue, without detriment, to live and have our being above the limit of natural acclimatization, or, better still, we must solve the problem of speed. It was desirable; in fact, that we must meet both these requirements and thus give to those chosen to attempt the summit and to their supporting teams some measures of insurance against the vagaries of the weather, for safety in mountain climbing is as much a matter of swiftness as of sureness of foot. Either or both could be achieved only by the administration of oxygen in sufficient quantities to make up for the deficiency in the air, and for the duration of the upward journey above the limit of successful acclimatization

  'to live and have our being above the limit of natural acclimatization' (line 7)means Options:
  A) to be protected from the effect of the weather
  B) to expect no protection from the bad weather
  C) to survive under unnatural weather conditions
  D) limit our natural desires to get acclimatized to the weather
  E) none of the above
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1447:
  A British electronics manufacturer has built a factory in which quartz crystals can be grown in 3 weeks. The natural growth of quartz takes 3 million years, and very often the crystals are not sufficiently pure to satisfy the precise needs of science. However, the manufactured crystals are exceptionally pure, and this is important because quartz, in transistors is used in an astonishing number of devices where constant accuracy is required: radio and television transmitters and receivers, space satellites and computers are familiar examples. In order to make artificial quartz, very small pieces of the natural crystal imported from Brazil are placed in long, narrow, steel cylinders. A high pressure and a high temperature are maintained within the cylinders for 3 weeks, and at the end of this the small fragments have grown to the required weight of one pound. The quartz is then ready to be made into the tiny transistors that have replaced the much larger thermionic valves.
  Transistors have Options:
  A) helped to rodce quartz
  B) made radio and television inaccessible to the working populace
  C) made transmitters and receivers smaller and lighter
  D) retarded progress in electronics
  E) made transmitters and receivers bigger and heavier
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1448:

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

  The point you have made is quite apt

  Options:
  A) illogical
  B) helpful
  C) irrelevant
  D) insentitive
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1449:

  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.

  From the passage, it is evident that

  Options:
  A) we need to agree on the pattern of correctness in the use of English language
  B) fluency in English leads to empty thought and ideas
  C) Nigerians would say they are not English people because they hate the language
  D) Every undergraduate needs to specialise in English.
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1450:

  Fill the blank spaces with the most appropriate of options A-E:

  In the past 20 years, many patients _____ by the doctors in the specialist hospital.

  Options:
  A) are treated
  B) were loved to treated
  C) have been treated
  D) treated
  E) have treated
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  The correct answer is C .