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 1531:

  Choose the expression or word which best complete each sentence:

  My little boy is suffering _____ jaundice

  Options:
  A) from
  B) of
  C) for
  D) with
  E) by
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1532:

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

  The _____ of the participating countries will hold a preconference on the eve of the conference.

  Options:
  A) Auditors Generals
  B) Auditors General
  C) Auditors generals
  D) Auditors generals
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1533:

  Fill in the blank spaces in the following sentences making use of the best of the five options:

  Although he was invited _____ he was not welcome.

  Options:
  A) but
  B) yet
  C) so
  D) since
  E) because
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1534:

  To listen properly is hard job and probably one of the toughest skills in the art of communication. Good listening has nothing to do with proper functioning of one’s auditory organs, which is assumed to be inevitable. Good listening in the sense we are interested in is not a biological factor, but a psychological one. Your auditory orangs may be in perfect order, when actually you cannot use them creatively. Creative listening implies your being efficient in the art of concentration; in other words, you concentrate on what one is saying so as to make sure that you hear all that is said. At the same time you are concentrating to hear all that is being said, you are also thinking fast, digesting what is being said, allowing your mental faculties and your memory to accept that which you understand and to reject that which you do not understand, sorting out what you do not understand and storing them somewhere in your brain for future discussion and all at the same time rationalizing what you hear, accepting that which you find rational and rejecting that which you do not find rational.

  After you must have listened creatively to what you have been told, then you can respond if the need arises. It is quite proper that you respond because the process of response enhances the art of communication. But your response ought to be only a necessary response; a response that will improve your understanding. This response should involve your mentioning some things you have been told but which do not understand, or politely questioning the rationality of some of the speaker’s argument. But your response must be constructive; must enhance the communicative worth. It should not be an unnecessary argument, or an opportunity for you to express dissatisfaction. The ability properly aids communication and understanding

  The passage says that Options:
  A) there are many skils of communication of which listening is one
  B) the art of listening is the toughest of all communication skills
  C) good listening depends on perfect function of the auditory organs
  D) good listening needs formal training
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1535: Choose the most appropriate option nearest in meaning to the underlined word(s).Surely, Ahmed if a ball of fire? Options:
  A) quarrelsome person
  B) a hot-headed activist
  C) a fiery speaker or writer
  D) a very energetic person
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1536:

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

  Language teachers believe that grammar exercise stretch the mind

  Options:
  A) expand
  B) ruin
  C) enrich
  D) restrict
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1537:

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

  We should try to help_______.

  Options:
  A) the less fortunates
  B) less fortunates
  C) the less fortunate
  D) this less forunate
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1538: Choose the word that has a stress pattern on the first syllables. Options:
  A) bachelor
  B) forget
  C) cement
  D) ago
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1539:

  READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW.

  With its radiant color and plant-like shape, the sea anemone looks more like a flower than animal. More specifically, the sea anemone is formed quite like a flower for which is named, with body like a stem and tentacles like petals in brilliant shades; blue, pink, green and red. Its diameters vary from about six millimeters in some species to more than ninety centimeters in the giant verities of Australia. Like corals, hydras and jelly fish, sea anemones are coelenterates. They can move slowly, but more often they attach the lower part of their cylindrical bodies to rocks, shells or wharf pilings.

  The upper and end of the sea anemone has a mouth surrounded by tentacles which the animal uses to capture its food. Stinging cells in the tentacles throw out tiny poison threads that paralyze other small sea animals. The tentacles then drag this prey into the sea anemone's mouth.The food is digested in the large inner body cavity. When disturbed, a sea anemone retracts its lump on a rock. Anemones may reproduce by forming eggs. dividing in half or developing buds that grow and break off as independent animals.

  The author compares sea anemone's tentacles to a flower

  Options:
  A) stem
  B) petals
  C) leaves
  D) roots
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1540:

  This question is based on "The Life Changer" novel.

  Why did Habib call Tomiwa instead of Salma that he gave a ride?

  Options:
  A) Because Tomiwa is a Muslim and Salma is not
  B) Because Salma gave him Tomiwa's number instead of hers
  C) All of the above
  D) Because Habib likes Tomiwa more than Salma
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  The correct answer is B .