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 1611:

  Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :

  During the inaugural address, the president _____ the activities of his government for the past four years

  Options:
  A) reiterated
  B) reviewed
  C) restated
  D) recited
  E) resumed
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1612:

  Choose the word or phrase from A to E which has the nearest meaning to the underlined word or words in each sentence :

  The president of our club has sent his regrets. He may be unable to attend the next meeting.

  Options:
  A) Confusion
  B) Explanations
  C) Anxieties
  D) Unhappiness
  E) Apologies
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 1613:

  Choose the option nearest in meaning to the word underlined.

  The witness provided a monstrous account of the event?

  Options:
  A) supportive
  B) tragic
  C) shocking
  D) verbatim
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1614:

  In this question, the word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given sentence relates.

  EMEKA finished his homework yesterday.

  Options:
  A) Who finished his home work yesterday?
  B) When did Emeka finish his home work?
  C) Did Emeka do his home work yesterday?
  D) Was Emeka helped to do his home work?
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1615:

  Choose the most appropriate option for each group for questionsAlice, a small fragile-looking Ugandan mother, is dying of AIDS. She lives with her son and daughter in a tin-roofed shack on the .....1... of Kampala. When her husband died of AIDS in 1987, Alice discovered she was HIV positive. Frequent ...2..... of sickness forced her to give up her embroidery job. She was so depressed that she just wanted to eat. ....3.... by a neighbour, the mobile care unit from Nsambya hospital went to her home. They convinced her to start taking proper ..4....... After three months of ....5.... treatment, she regained her will to live. The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly. The World Health Organization ....7.... that 1.8 million Ugandans are HIV positive, nearly one in eight of the total population. The Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease. However, under-porting and the lack of post-mortem and ...9..... makes it impossible to establish exact figures. No one ....10.... that it is a disaster far worse than the years of civil war.

   

  The AIDS time bomb .....6... on relentlessly.

  Options:
  A) Strikes
  B) Burns
  C) Ticks
  D) Drops
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 1616: Efua's guarded and hostile attitude towards boys could be traced to Options:
  A) the teachings she had from her cleric
  B) stories she had heard from her aunt
  C) the experience she had with her stepfather
  D) her innate sense of justice
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1617:

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

  A student's natural ability should be a _____ factor in his choosing a course of study at the university.

  Options:
  A) determined
  B) determining
  C) determinant
  D) determinate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1618:

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

  Jibril found that thieves had entered his house in his absence. He went to the police to report the _____

  Options:
  A) break out
  B) break up
  C) break in
  D) break into
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1619:

  From the options lettered A-D, choose the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word.

  It is wise not to depend on mundane things.

  Options:
  A) imported
  B) material
  C) attractive
  D) expensive
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1620:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.

  Even though Susan was the last in the examination, her result wasn't too different from what had been expected.

  Options:
  A) Her result was poor
  B) Her result was a dissapointment
  C) Her result was as expected
  D) She had not been serious with her studies
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  The correct answer is C .