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 1831:

  Choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the underlined word.

  Nigeria is gradually experiencing economic recession?

  Options:
  A) birth
  B) discovery
  C) recovery
  D) destruction
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1832:

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

  When we got to the president's house, we were told that he _____ two days earlier

  Options:
  A) may have left
  B) left
  C) had left
  D) has left
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1833:

  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 1834:

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

  No matter to whom i _____ , nobody in the crowd had a clue to what was going on

  Options:
  A) discussed
  B) asked
  C) turned
  D) contacted
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1835:

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

  Ummi is an Arabic word that is directly translated to mean_____

  Options:
  A) My mom
  B) My mother
  C) grandmother
  D) Godmother
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1836:

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

  They attacked all regulations designed to emasculate student militancy?

  Options:
  A) condone
  B) isolate
  C) punish
  D) strenghten
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1837:

  Read the Passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

  The term Mass Communication occurs when information is disseminated to a relatively large number of people in different places. it should be seen as the same thing with talking face to face with someone else. With mass communication, there is no answer, smile, laugh or lock of surprise. the people who receive the message are as far away from the source of the message as far away as you are from the announcers on the radio or from the newscasters on television, or from the writer of a column in the local newspaper.

  There are three identifiable means of errors in mass communication. There is one done through the printed words, books, magazine and newspapers. The other is primarily radio, but also records and tape recordings. Also, it can be done through a combination of sound and pictures as in television, films and the more recently popular video tape.

  Together, they are referred to as the mass media.

  All media can be used to inform and entertain. However, there are coverts roles played. It may be to educate as in school broadcast. Again, the aim may be to persuade as when the media are used by advertisers or for political broadcasts. The media are often in strong position to influence public opinion because they select the topics to be presented and can stress the importance of one issue over the other.

  The mass media have, in recent times, come under acerbic criticism. Many presenters have become not only conscientized but also immensely concerned about the possible effects that science of violence and bad behavior may have on their children. More worrisome are the potential danger of political and commercial propaganda.

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  One major source of worry about the mass media is from?

  Options:
  A) Broadcasting
  B) Advertisement
  C) Political rallies
  D) News casting
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 1838:

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

  Salma was looking more stunning on the last day of her exams because_______

  Options:
  A) her classmates had planned to go to the beach after the exam
  B) her classmates had organized a mini picnic to wrap up the good work
  C) All of the above
  D) her classmates had planned a photo shoot with some lecturers
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 1839:

  Choose the word that has the consonant sound as the one in bracket, from questions below.

  A[d]just

  Options:
  A) Diary
  B) judge
  C) Dynasty
  D) Anticipate
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 1840:

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

  Snakes and ladders always _____ me happy these days.

  Options:
  A) makes
  B) make
  C) made
  D) making
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  The correct answer is A .