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 301:

  In the question below choose the most appropriate option opposite in meaning to the word(s) underlined:

  Surveying the sky in the quiet of the night gives me an ethereal feeling

  Options:
  A) human
  B) earthly
  C) mundane
  D) commonplace
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 302: Choose the option opposite in meaning to the underlined word or phrase. The lamp shades were translucent. Options:
  A) Transparent.
  B) Opaque.
  C) Intersected.
  D) Luminous.
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  The correct answer is B .
• Question 303:

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

  The Director is _____ pains to ensure the success of the programme.

  Options:
  A) in
  B) at
  C) on
  D) having
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 304:

  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 22 in the above passage Options:
  A) photocopying
  B) xeroxing
  C) filming
  D) printing
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 305:

  In each of the following sentences, the word that resolves the emphatic stress is written in capital letters. From the options letters A to D, choose the one to which the given sentence is the appropriate answer.

  Daddy plays TENNIS on Saturday afternoons

  Options:
  A) Does mummy play tennis on Saturday afternoons?
  B) Does daddy play tennis on Sunday afternoons?
  C) Does daddy play tennis on Saturday morning?
  D) Does daddy play cricket on Saturday afternoon?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 306:

  In the question below choose the option nearest in meaning to the underlined word or phrase:

  In may 1978 the rain fell incessantly and made life drab

  Options:
  A) at intervals
  B) recurrently
  C) repeatedly
  D) concurrently
  E) continously
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  The correct answer is E .
• Question 307:

  The word in capital letters has the emphatic stress. Choose the option to which the given relates.

  EMEKA finished his home work yesterday.

  Options:
  A) Was Emeka helped to do his home work?
  B) Did Emeka do his home work yesterday?
  C) When did Emeka finish his home work?
  D) Who finished his home work yesterday?
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  The correct answer is D .
• Question 308:

  The words in capital letter have the emphatic stress. Choose the options to which the given sentences relate.
  I bought my WIFE a red dress

  Options:
  A) Did I buy my husband a red dress?
  B) Did I buy my wife a red shoe?
  C) Did he buy my wife a red dress?
  D) Did I buy my wife a black dress?
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  The correct answer is A .
• Question 309:

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

  It's no good _____ about the result until you have sat for examination

  Options:
  A) to worry
  B) for worring
  C) worrying
  D) to have worried
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  The correct answer is C .
• Question 310: This question is based on the novel, The Life Changer.

  The Author of The Life Changer dedicates the novel to whom?

  Options:
  A) her Husband
  B) Her mother
  C) her father
  D) her children
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  The correct answer is D .