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 2701:

  From the list of words or group of wordslettered A to D, choose the one that is mostnearest opposite in meaning to the underlined word or group of words and that will, at the same time correctly fill in the gap in the sentence.

  After Ade had listened to some advice, his rigid ideas became more ______________

  Options:
  A) friendly
  B) compromising
  C) flexible
  D) democratic
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2702:

  Choose the most appropriate stress pattern from the options. The stressed syllable are written in capital letters(s).

  captivity?

  Options:
  A) captiviTY
  B) captiVIty
  C) capTIvity
  D) CAPtivity
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2703:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  One reason the narrator had the habit of entering her children's room unannounced was because

  Options:
  A) to monitor their hygiene and tidiness
  B) to monitor their prayer life
  C) to check on their welfare
  D) to keep them studying their books
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2704:

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

  The child's recent training has not been very effective, he is likely to _____ to his old habits

  Options:
  A) revert
  B) convert
  C) reverse
  D) revise
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2705:

  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 Ugandan AIDS Commission set up by President Museveni ..8...... the spread of the disease.

  Options:
  A) Limits
  B) Anticipates
  C) Monitors
  D) Increases
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2706:

  In the question below choose the phrase or word which best completes the meaning of each sentence:

  He was _____ he had no time to eat

  Options:
  A) so busy that
  B) very busy
  C) very busy that
  D) too busy that
  E) busy that
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2707: Choose from the options nearest in meaning to the word underlined.The principal told the teacher to stop browbeating the children? Options:
  A) pampering
  B) bullying
  C) deceiving
  D) caning
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2708:

  This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  "Nothing happened, My friend didn't feel like giving you her number so she gave you mine instead" Who is the friend?

  Options:
  A) Salma
  B) Ada
  C) Tomiwa
  D) Ngozi
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2709: Choose the option that best completes the gap(S).It is African for a younger person to show _____ to elders? Options:
  A) understanding
  B) indifference
  C) deference
  D) satisfaction
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2710:

  Complete each of the following sentences by choosing the option that most suitably fills the space;

  I would not have condescended to appease the traffic policeman but i happened _____ traffic regulation

  Options:
  A) to have broken
  B) to be breaking
  C) to break
  D) to break in
  E) to have evaded
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  The correct answer is A .