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 2921:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  We hold that the nation, both in its public and private sectors _____ the best consultancy service and advice in all its endeavours

  Options:
  A) deserve
  B) deserving
  C) deserves
  D) are deserving
  E) richly deserve
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2922:

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

  A[n]kle

  Options:
  A) Tongue
  B) New
  C) Pneumatic
  D) Photosynthesis
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 2923:

  Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.Ade: Do you mind if i sit down here?

  Bola: Well, yes I do actually.

  Options:
  A) Bola is reluctantly granting the request
  B) Bola is willingly accepting the request
  C) Bola is certainly rejecting the request
  D) Bola is objecting to the request
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2924:

  Choose the appropriate option to fill the gap in the following sentences:

  If Remi perform poorly in her forthcoming examination,then either her mother or i _____ to blame

  Options:
  A) must
  B) has
  C) will be
  D) are
  E) am
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 2925:

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

  The footballers moved with their tails between their legs.

  Options:
  A) They moved happily because they won the match the match
  B) They were unhappy because they had been despised by their opponents
  C) They were ashamed because they had been defeated
  D) They moved with their tails between their legs
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2926:

  In the question below, choose the expression or word which best completes each sentence:

  Candidates who are not accustomed to _____ fast will find it difficult to finish this paper

  Options:
  A) write
  B) have written
  C) be writing
  D) writing
  E) having written
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 2927:

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

  Her ingenuous smile drew our attention.

  Options:
  A) witty
  B) naive
  C) clever
  D) arrogant
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2928:

  The passage below has gaps numbered 16 to 25. Immediately following each gap, four options are provided. Choose the most appropriate for each gap. Each question carries 2 marks.

    Publishing is the fast growing business in Nigeria and there are therefore, many publishing houses all over the country. When ……..16……..[A. an article B. an essay C. a book D. a manuscript]. is submitted by an author, the publisher sends it to ……..17……..[A. an assessor B. an evaluator C. a checker D. an examiner] to know if it is actually publishable. This is important because the publisher wants to make sure that the book catches the ……18…..[A. market B. audience C. students D. shops] when it is eventually published. In a good publishing house, there is …….19……[A. an error-proof B. an editor C. a lithographic D. an evaluation] section which is concerned with……..20……[A. proof-reading B. reading over C. scanning over D. skimming over] the manuscript and correcting both the spelling and typing errors. After this, the manuscript is ………21…….[A. typewritten B. typeset C. double-spaced D. single-spaced] in readiness for …….22…..[A. photocopying B. Xeroxing C. filming D. printing].

    The printed ……..23……[A. items B. bulletin C. copies D. specimen] are then stored in the warehouse and a few of them may be sent to the author as ……..24……[A. complementary B. complimentary C. acknowledgement D. sample] copies. Since it is not just the aim of the publisher to offset the cost of production but also to make some gains, there is a strong marketing division which promotes sales. A certain percentage of the cover price of the book is paid to the author as ……..25……[A. royalty B. honorarium C. dividend D. interest].

  Select the correct option for the space numbered 18 in the above passage Options:
  A) market
  B) audience
  C) students
  D) shops
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 2929:

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

  He was not a very _____ student when i first met him but the years _____ his character ultimately

  Options:
  A) mature/mature
  B) matured/mature
  C) mature/matured
  D) matured/matured
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 2930: Choose the option that best completes the gap(s).Each of the houses _____ a new look? Options:
  A) have got
  B) have
  C) has
  D) were given
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  The correct answer is C .