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 2071:

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

  Nobody knew the source of the altercation between the couple.

  Options:
  A) alter ego
  B) quarrel
  C) deep love
  D) wealth
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2072:

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

  The officer acted in _____ the instructions.

  Options:
  A) accorance by
  B) accordance to
  C) accordance of
  D) accordance with
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2073:

  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 2074:

  In this question, fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.

  We are all hungry; we ...... anything to eat since morning.

  Options:
  A) hadn't had
  B) never had
  C) haven't had
  D) didn't have
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2075:

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

  The leader called for concerted efforts in order to get over the problems?

  Options:
  A) combined
  B) definite
  C) disparte
  D) isolated
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2076: Identify the word that has a different stress pattern from the others. Options:
  A) classroom
  B) programme
  C) July
  D) brother
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2077:

  If he had spoken up, he wouldn't have been given. This means that

  Options:
  A) he spoke up and was given
  B) he wasn't given because he spoke up
  C) he didn't speak up and wasn't given
  D) he was given because he didn't speak up
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2078:

  Choose the option that best conveys the meaning of the underlined portion in the following sentence;

  Mrs. Dada has been deserted by her husband because he feels she has a heart of stone

  Options:
  A) she has a heavy heart
  B) she has little warmth of feeling
  C) she has a hard heart
  D) she is hard hearted
  E) she has a strong heart
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2079:

  In the question below choose the word or phrase which best fills the gap in each sentence:

  The dull students took correspondence course as a means _____ his standard in the class

  Options:
  A) to improve
  B) for improving
  C) of improving
  D) by improving
  E) to improving
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2080:

  The brave officer _____ the time bomb.

  Options:
  A) diffused
  B) druse
  C) defused
  D) difused
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  The correct answer is C .