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 2051:

  This question is based on Bolaji Abdullahi's Sweet Sixteen

  
  How old was Aliya in the Novel?

  Options:
  A) 16
  B) 18
  C) 17
  D) 19
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2052:

  Mathematics is the language in which the Book of Nature is written: Mathematics is the queen of the Sciences. It is universally agreed that Mathematics is the backbone of Science and Technology. For without Mathematics the engineer is but an artist or sculptor. He can build his bridge, attest to its from and beauty, but without Mathematics he cannot guarantee its reliability to serve the purpose for which it is built. Mathematics is indeed the science of sciences. It is also art of all arts. It is right, legitimate and defensible to consider Mathematics as an Art. The poet, the musician, the artist and the Mathematician have a lot in common. Fundamental to all their studies and works is their common interest in the logical study of related concepts and objects from patterns which will produce beauty, harmony and order. Thus the poet arranges words to produce a pattern called poetry: the musician arranges sounds to produce a pattern called music, the artist arranges colours to produce pattern called painting and the Mathematician arranges abstract ideas into a pattern, using symbols, to produce equations. Each of these patterns- the poem, the music, the painting and the equation must stand up to the test of some order, harmony and beauty. So if Mathematics is not an art what is art?

  The last sentence of the passage. 'So if Mathematics is not an art what is art? is a Options:
  A) question posed for the reader to answer
  B) statement put in the form of a question
  C) question combined with a statement
  D) mathematical equation stated in words
  E) pattern which illustrates beauty, harmony and ordre in language
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2053:

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

  The general promised the soldier would go back to the barracks

  Options:
  A) barricade
  B) army
  C) military trainig school
  D) soldiers' quarters
  E) civilian quarters
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2054:

  Choose the correct word to fill the space in the following sentences:

  It is difficult these days to get a seat _____ the plane in spite of a confirmed booking

  Options:
  A) inside
  B) in
  C) on
  D) upon
  E) into
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2055:

  From the words lettered A to D, choose the word or group of words that best completes each of the following sentences.

  The soldiers pledge their ________ loyalty to the new government

  Options:
  A) enduring
  B) tireless
  C) complete
  D) questionable
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2056:

  Read each passage and answer the question that follow

  The learning of a foreign language should be an integral part of every university student’s education. As a discipline, it affords the mind excellent training. It utilizes skills needed in other subjects; the concentration required for memorizing music (not to mention for developing the ear for tone and pitch), the logical thinking for solving mathematical problems, even the deductive reasoning capabilities needed to comprehend philosophical concepts. The mind is stretched through the simple act of learning the grammatical patterns, vocabulary and phonological system of a language. At the same time, the student of a foreign language is acquiring a useful tool. This tool has a double advantage, for while most people (especially teachers) expound on the reward for being able to communicate in a second, third, or fourth language. Perhaps the more promising of the two, is being able to understand and hopefully appreciate another cultural group through their literature, their music and custom – all of which are best assimilated through the medium of their language.

  Which of the following statement is not made in the passage Options:
  A) all students should study a language in the university
  B) foreign language learning enables one appreciate other people's culture
  C) teacher emphasize ability to communicate as a reward or foreign language learning
  D) foreign language learning helps the study of other subjects
  E) foreign language learners are usually better students than others
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2057:

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

  Because of the _____ he did to my car, i am going to sue him for _____

  Options:
  A) damage/damages
  B) damages/damage
  C) damages/damages
  D) damage/damage
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2058: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s). _____ his illness, Muhammad could not come to school? Options:
  A) wtih reference to
  B) referring to
  C) owing to
  D) due to
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2059:

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

  A lorry larger than an elephant was stuck on the bridge.

  Options:
  A) as large as an elephant
  B) carring an elephant
  C) that looked like an elephant
  D) with elephantiasis
  E) of enormous proportions
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2060:

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

  In spite of many days of fasting, Musa is still fastidious about his food?

  Options:
  A) particular
  B) undecided
  C) indifferent
  D) unmindful
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  The correct answer is C .